Comments on: Home of the Brave

By: jennifer

jennifer — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 18:54:15 +0000

This is not the first time Walker and the MIA exhibitions have collided, nor will it be the last. I have to admit it’s entertaining hearing the Walker complain about the one lone exhibition that didn’t happen to get the Walker’s usual lion’s share of local press, but blaming it on your peers feels like sour grapes.

BTW there is a Chipotle on 26th and Hennepin.

By: Nate Solas

Nate Solas — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 18:37:38 +0000

But hey, at least you’re getting comments! I know it took most of us well over a week to start getting comments on our posts…

By: Matt Peiken

Matt Peiken — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 15:55:21 +0000

I’m closing my first full week on the Walker staff, and I still feel very much like an outsider — and I mean that in a positive sense, in that I’m looking at what’s happening here with senses of discovery. Your points are valid — I’m still feeling out the adjustment of tone/language I can employ as a Walker staffer vs. that of a mainstream journalist — but I would feel the same about this show, and would have used the same adjectives, if I were still writing about it for the Pioneer Press.

By: 222k

222k — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 22:11:36 +0000

I'm sure you mean well, but it's strange hearing you reinforce stereotypes about the Walker. "Rarified and precious." Aren't those words you don't want to be known for? Like "elitist." "An ideal example of the Walker's gift to the community." Pretentious?

The show itself sounds good. The way you're trying to convince me it's good isn't working.

P.S. Artists should rejoice that City College News and not the Pioneer Press showed up!