If classical music is the state of the art, then the arts are in a sad state

Art is making something out of nothing, and selling it.

The most important thing in art is the frame. For painting: literally; for other arts: figuratively - because, without this humble appliance, you can't know where The Art stops and The Real World begins. You have to put a "box" around it because otherwise, what is that shit on the wall?

Information is not knowledge.
Knowledge is not wisdom.
Wisdom is not truth.
Truth is not beauty.
Beauty is not love.
Love is not music.
Music is THE BEST.

Most rock journalism is people who can't write interviewing people who can't talk for people who can't read.

Music is the only religion that delivers the goods.