lebrecht.live 2nd edition wednesday September 27 1900 London time, 2000 CET, 1400 EST www.bbc.co.uk/radio3 The second edition of lebrecht.live raises several important questions that have engaged this list of late. Does new art have to be nasty? Must modern music makes its point so painfully? Is popular art necessarily bad art? Given us your views, by phone and e-mail, and bounce them off top artists and promoters on lebrecht.live - the show where the arts audience has its say. Send a strong opinion (or copy your MCML posts) to [log in to unmask] You can also join the audience poll on www.bbc.co.uk/lebrechtlive.shtml to vote: Which is the better playwright G B Shaw or Samuel Beckett Which is the better composer Leonard Bernstein or Pierre Boulez Which is the better artist David Hockney or Damien Hirst Which is the better writer Martin Amis or Stephen King Who or what has most influenced your view of modern art Boulez Beckett The Beatles Bernstein Le Corbusier Pope John Paul VI Woody Allen Andrew Lloyd Webber The Tate Modern/MOMA NY IRCAM (Paris) Mozart Norman Lebrecht