Jud Nelson's Hefty 2-PlyToss half the contents of MoMA into a landfill and the garbage man would never notice.
The garbage man may notice a trash bag made of marble when he tries to move it. Otherwise, he might just walk by it. I was looking through more of Nelson's work and it's pretty interesting stuff.
Privilege to be mentioned by name (er, handle) in the blog post. Have some thoughts, but they'll have to wait until I'm not on the company dime. One thing I wanted to point out right away, though, for the record- bfv corrected me last week in that the work I referred to (Nymphomatriarch by Venetian Snares and Hecete) isn't really just raw footage of them bumping nasties. They bumped nasties and then sampled those sounds for beats/tones. It's nowhere near as esoteric as believed/led you to believe. Hurts my credibility, dunno if it changes your argument any, though. Anyhow, for the record. Okay, more when I get the chance. also: re. Tsarnaev- relevant. Especially weird since I mentioned Stockhausen last week.
Yes, I saw bfv's note. I even listened to a few minutes of Nymphomatriarch's... well... sound. I was not entirely clear about what they HAD done, but decided it didn't matter. Whether they did that with a microphone or not, I'm confident someone else either has or will. On the other hand, if you are seriously concerned about your credibility I can make an appropriate note on my blog. My original essay was more-or-less an exercise in writing something that I thought some Hubskii might find entertaining, but your reaction raised my level of interest. Read your linked article. My reaction, not surprisingly, is that people with Stockhausen's view (or the author's -- who couldn't decide what to think of Stockhausen's view) are eventually going to eliminate their own culture through the process of natural selection. That said, I find no reason to revile Stockhausen's work. Salvador Dali had a certain friendly fascination with Hitler, but I don't think we should burn Dali's paintings. It is rarely justifiable to praise or condemn human beings as though they were either altogether good or altogether evil. To hate Stockhausen's comment is fine, but to hate his work because of his comments is not much of a moral advance over the 9/11 bombers themselves.
Personally I am opposed to excellence because I think the best solutions do not appear at the extremes. But if you replaced the word with 'Charm' I think we have agreement in fact my new essay is yours with the word 'charm' copy-pasted over 'excellence'. I have not published it but expect the reader to do it himself and give me credit.
So I should expect you to take me out for Chinese sometime later this year.
I have little doubt that the entertainment value of the conversation would be more than worth the cost of the meal, but the journey presents certain problems. Also, my wife and I are off Chinese for health reasons. We could compromise. I could send you a photograph of a Japanese meal and you could comment on it...
I will post the picture and say that i ate it / made it.