It's hard for bands to stay together or for artists to keep their sharp edge when working in the entertainment industry for decades. Basically, the axiom is that classics die. Can you think of anyone to buck that pessimistic trend in music, movies, television, whatever? Who is still as relevant with their new stuff as they were when they were new on the scene?
For -jinx-: which entertainer has modern work as good as the classic work?
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David Cronenberg, David Lynch
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GAF has been exposed to real music!
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I thought about finding a frowning corgan for both threads, but it seemed to easy...
I wish I could erase everything past Adore...
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I like when Sting made that album with the desert rose song and turned it into a car commercial!
Heh...thanks. 
I guess the criteria I'd use would be this: at least one truly great work late in his/her/their career, and a fairly consistent record of quality...although obviously there will be some missteps along the way in a long career.
Music: I'd nominate Bob Dylan (Time Out Of Mind is truly brilliant, and his most recent album is strong as well), Morrissey, Peter Gabriel, Neil Young (does anyone else think Mirrorball is the best "Pearl Jam" album?), The Flaming Lips, Randy Newman, and Steely Dan (nominated since Two Against Nature was as if they'd never left...I'm still not sold on Everything Must Go). I'm almost tempted to put R.E.M. on the list, but their recent material seems to slip a little bit more with every album.
Poetry: Albert Goldbarth and James Tate come to mind immediately, and I'm sure I'm forgetting several who should be on the list...
Directors: Stanley Kubrick.
Actors: Bill Murray, Peter Sellers...and someone who is more of a movie buff will fill in about twenty more deserving people immediately.
I guess the criteria I'd use would be this: at least one truly great work late in his/her/their career, and a fairly consistent record of quality...although obviously there will be some missteps along the way in a long career.Music: I'd nominate Bob Dylan (Time Out Of Mind is truly brilliant, and his most recent album is strong as well), Morrissey, Peter Gabriel, Neil Young (does anyone else think Mirrorball is the best "Pearl Jam" album?), The Flaming Lips, Randy Newman, and Steely Dan (nominated since Two Against Nature was as if they'd never left...I'm still not sold on Everything Must Go). I'm almost tempted to put R.E.M. on the list, but their recent material seems to slip a little bit more with every album.
Poetry: Albert Goldbarth and James Tate come to mind immediately, and I'm sure I'm forgetting several who should be on the list...
Directors: Stanley Kubrick.
Actors: Bill Murray, Peter Sellers...and someone who is more of a movie buff will fill in about twenty more deserving people immediately.
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Nice to see the Steely Dan mention. I made a Steely Dan thread a few weeks ago, and the entire board jumped on me. So much hatred for that band.-jinx- said:Heh...thanks.
Music: I'd nominate Bob Dylan (Time Out Of Mind is truly brilliant, and his most recent album is strong as well), Morrissey, Peter Gabriel, Neil Young (does anyone else think Mirrorball is the best "Pearl Jam" album?), The Flaming Lips, Randy Newman, and Steely Dan (nominated since Two Against Nature was as if they'd never left...I'm still not sold on Everything Must Go). I'm almost tempted to put R.E.M. on the list, but their recent material seems to slip a little bit more with every album.
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William Gibson and Hayao Miyazaki have been pretty consistent for the last 20 years with Spirited Away and Pattern Recognition being arguably their best works.
Excellent taste there.-jinx- said:Heh...thanks.
Music: I'd nominate Bob Dylan (Time Out Of Mind is truly brilliant, and his most recent album is strong as well), Morrissey, Peter Gabriel, Neil Young (does anyone else think Mirrorball is the best "Pearl Jam" album?), The Flaming Lips, Randy Newman, and Steely Dan (nominated since Two Against Nature was as if they'd never left...I'm still not sold on Everything Must Go). I'm almost tempted to put R.E.M. on the list, but their recent material seems to slip a little bit more with every album.
Poetry: Albert Goldbarth and James Tate come to mind immediately, and I'm sure I'm forgetting several who should be on the list...
Directors: Stanley Kubrick.
Actors: Bill Murray, Peter Sellers...and someone who is more of a movie buff will fill in about twenty more deserving people immediately.
Novelists: Thomas Pynchon (Mason & Dixon: best novel of the 90s by miles), Henry James, Dostoevski (despite his best efforts)
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what about Tom Waits?
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Funny as it sounds, Shawn Michaels' output as of late has matched up nicely to his mid-90's highs. Aside from wrestling, however 
Morgan Freeman is an actor whose work has stayed at a consistently high mark over the years since "Street Smart". Occasional lapses, to be sure, but as an overall body of work he's still getting it done.
Morgan Freeman is an actor whose work has stayed at a consistently high mark over the years since "Street Smart". Occasional lapses, to be sure, but as an overall body of work he's still getting it done.- Status