tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289116667568040508.post3623685194849998815..comments2024-03-24T19:33:56.162-07:00Comments on la dimension de trastos: THANK YOU ISAK AND KARLTom G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/15645389548043561479noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289116667568040508.post-19731185077294363382014-04-28T00:18:45.569-07:002014-04-28T00:18:45.569-07:00Experience be damned Tom, I think your reflections...Experience be damned Tom, I think your reflections are more than valid (remember: although it should, reflection doesn’t necessarily follow experience – parents/parenting not excluded, so don’t discount yourself!).<br /><br />Treated the kids (including Karl, who was sleeping over) to a friday-night Monks mini-marathon experience (YouTube) before bedtime. They had the whole weekend to reflect.<br /><br />And, while we’re on the subject:<br /><br />A few months ago, I ordered some back-issues of Ugly Things, one of which just happened to have a review of the film «the transatlantic feedback» – the 2008 documentary which made it pretty clear that the format was initially scripted, and the guys duly directed and correspondingly coached – before being sent out to fend for themselves. Sir, yes, sir. Managers Remy + Niemann – the original instigators and creative AD’s… Monks #1 and 2 of 7.<br /><br />Can’t find that Ugly Things issue right now, but do recall a rather scornful go through… I’m thinking it’s probably due to the film's info/angle being conceived as detrimental to the glorious notion of renegade US GIs beating out a glimpse of the future on the Bierstube circuit. <br /><br />And now, checking your links, the Monks' own website seems to downplay the integral part of the German management duo… there are hints, sure, but you have to look hard.<br /><br />Don’t know about you Tom, but for me, the Monks revealed as a German conceptual art project made things fall into place (Ach zooo!) – even adding to the «mystique» of the band. The important part is that SOMEONE was crazy enough to plot this all out, and for it to be a couple pudgy looking, conservatively suited, jr. execs from Germany, just makes it cooler.<br /><br />E<br /><br />«…a good manager stays in the background» – Walter Niemann (on declining official participation in «the transatlantic feedback»).espen e.noreply@blogger.com