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user-inactivated  ·  3902 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Further discussion on the state of art

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.