Re: [microsound] outsider artists

[jacob felix heule <jfheule@xxxxxxxxx>]

I'm not really into Irwin Chusid. Two reasons: (1) He looks at his
subjects with mockery. He talks about Jandek, but only derides him for
being the worst "musician" ever to attempt making a record. I don't
think he sees anything in music like that other than a weird cultural
phenomenon to archive, make fun of, and profit from. (2) He classes
artists like Harry Partch and Captain Beefheart alongside artists like
Wesley Willis and Shooby Taylor. There are major differences between
these two groups, which I think should be clear to anyone here.

jacob

On 5/25/05, ian stewart <artsonics@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> the intrepid diy-music preservationist, Irwin Chusid. He is also, of course, the
> author of Songs in the Key of Z: The Curious Universe of Outsider Music
> (2000, A Cappella Books).
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