Less Rock, More Talk

On Paul Morrissey, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Ezra Pound, “Political” Art, and 1988’s ‘Spike of Bensonhurst’

If you spend a lot of time in dingy Irish watering holes frequented by retired mail carriers, and I know I do, you’ve probably seen one of those signs behind the bar that says “No Talking Politics,” or something to that effect—necessitated, presumably, because people can get awful hot under the collar when politics come up, especially if they’ve had a f…