Re: MD (no subject)

From: David MOREY (us@divadeus.freeserve.co.uk)
Date: Wed Feb 25 2004 - 22:17:02 GMT

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    Platt, here you are:

    John Cage (1912-1992) was a singularly inventive and much beloved American
    composer, writer, philosopher, and visual artist, whose influence, already
    profound, has yet to be fully felt.

    read more at:

    http://www.mode.com/profiles/cage.html

    DM

    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "Platt Holden" <pholden@sc.rr.com>
    To: <moq_discuss@moq.org>
    Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 1:29 PM
    Subject: Re: MD (no subject)

    >
    > > But what if "trash can music" effects a person unlike any Mozart music
    > > ever
    > > would? Does that make this person "less"?
    > >
    > > not at all, if you would like my opinion. it was said that everyone has
    a
    > > different store of analogues and therefore experiences quality
    differently.
    > > besides, who's to say "trascan music" doesn't have more "quality" than
    > > Mozart?
    >
    > Who's to say anything is better than anything else?
    >
    > i'd say it's certainly much more original.
    >
    > Originality means quality? Framing a piece of shit and hanging it on your
    > wall will certainly be "original."
    >
    > take john cage, for
    > > example.
    >
    > Never heard of him. Who is John Cage and why should I care?
    >
    > but i think this kind of goes to back the discussion about "which
    > > religion is the best", about which my input was that we needn't rank
    > > everything. music, and art in general, may be one of those things. whose
    to
    > > say if Bach is better than Cage? what's the criteria?
    >
    > Who's to say anything is better than anything else?
    >
    > Platt
    >
    >
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