This is why the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is an embarrassment to
music, to Clevelanders, to landmarks, to fans of music, and to the United States:
real dispalys currently being exhibited:
'The young gods' (or dudes, I can't remember): includes
Psychotica, L7 and M.Manson, all unproven artists. Pay-offs are going on!
Handwritten lyrics of a Paul Simon song - on a NEW legal pad with no
mistakes - it was obviously written a week before the opening.
'Grunge Display Manequin' - the curators slapped different grungers
pieces of clothing on the same manequin - like someone's boots, some other persons' flannel, etc. Are you fucking kidding.
'Video Killed the Radio Star' -- a video display, about 20 monitors
with quick exceprts of popular MTV videos. Key words such as 'androgeny' are flashed and then a picture of Boy George appears. I watched the people watching this video, more than I did
the video, and yes, video killed the radio star.
None of the manequins even resembled the artsist - in actual form. For
example, there was a Madonna display and ALL the manequins physically looked different.
A Melvins guitar. The melvins are important to some people, yes, but
others guitars were mysteriously missing: Clapton, Hendrix, Page, BB King, etc.
Most of the movies were things I have already seen on MTV -
specifically the rap documentary.
There was not one single exceptional artifact that I felt was
noteworthy. There was huge displays for Rolling Stone Magazine (a huge museum contributor) and Alternative Press(home offices are in Cleveland).
A large portion of the displays were blown up pictures you've seen in
magazines.
The wigs on the manequins were laughable.
They lay-out of the museum was in dis-array. No floor plans were
available.
