Re: [microsound] Admit it, you're as bored as I am

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wow thanks for posting.  very interesting.  honestly ive thought for awhile
now that many (not all) artistic statements deemed "modern" are somewhat
relying on shock value in some way in order to come off as different or
revolutionary.  solo vocal music consisting of bizarre behavior, a woman
reading poetry off a slip of paper as she pulls it out of her vagina, or a
rock band dressed up as chickens might be amusing but might not qualify as
being beautiful forms of expression in any sort of definition of beauty.
even music that is harsh and uncomfortable that has lasted the times somehow
fits into someones definition of beauty.  seems like there was a lot of
shock art going on in the 70's but its 2008 and i feel like a lot of that
stuff is tired now.  lots of ideas in this article though.  but if anyones
thinking of writing a duet for suspended cymbal and a microwave, maybe you
should rethink that one.

On Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 10:22 AM, Kim Cascone <kim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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