Re: [microsound] re: antony and the johnsons

[dkl37@xxxxxxxx]

First, I do not intend to belittle this artist's work with my commentary,
but I had a strange reaction when I heard the first minute of this track.

It seemed to try to stir a certain emotion for a brief moment, but it 
was quickly extinguished as I suddenly recalled reading all of the 
fawning press praise for this artist, which almost seemed intended to
condition 
the listener to react a certain way upon hearing the music for the first
time.

My point is that I found it interesting how I seemed to have had a
certain 
expectation of what I was going to feel/hear before actually hearing it, 
based on the press and promotional info I read beforehand. 
So, I felt that my brief emotional reaction was due largely to something 
other than the music. As the song continued, I kept trying to find
something
that set this apart from a lot of other music of a similar ilk, as well
as regain
that one brief moment I had experienced before. But to no avail.

Personally Stephan, I find some of work to be more beautiful and moving 
than this Antony track. And without press releases trying to
subconsciously
condition me to think and feel this way. ;-)
But I appreciate the posting of the link, because when the Antony show
came
to Seattle, I couldn't attend due in part because the ticket prices were
high and
because I only wanted to see William Basinski's solo set, which I heard
later 
seemed a bit watered down due to the billing he was a part of.
"Basinski-lite".
Oh well.

Cheers, Dale

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