Fabricating the Absolute Fake on NPS Kunststof
On 7 August 2008, Petra Possel interviewed Jaap Kooijman about his book Fabricating the Absolute Fake on the radio 1 talkshow Kunststof. With fragments of songs ranging from USA for Africa’s “We Are The World” and Mariah Carey’s “The Star-Spangled Banner” to Lee Tower’s “You’ll Never Walk Alone” and Gerard Joling’s “At Your Service,” the discussion focuses on the Americanization of Dutch popular culture and the dominance of America in global pop culture. One of the talkshow’s traditions is to have the guest write down “words of wisdom” on a tile. Jaap cited the late singer Paul Jabara, who sang in his disco classic “Never Lose Your Sense of Humor” that “instead of the plumber, I called Donna Summer.” In other words, instead of always opting for practical solutions, answers sometimes can be found in art or pop culture. Click here to listen to the show.
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