this from a man who's userid is a pink floyd song title? now that's irony.
are you a bowie fan?
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From: Arnold Layne [mailto:l__________@hotmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2001 2:51 PM
To: youn0394@umn.edu; fstab@yaxu.org; idm@hyperreal.org
Subject: Re: [idm] dancing about architecture
Wow, You guys sure can argue about inane things! Every day I'm completely
amazed at the Pseudo-intellectualism on this list. Hahaha. You guys crack
me up.
I mean, of course words can't properly describe the arts. I thought Plato
discovered that a long time ago. But, I'm glad you guys are all rehashing
it ;)
I would expect nothing less from the prestigious IDM list. =p
--AL
quoted 66 lines From: EggyToast <youn0394@umn.edu>
>From: EggyToast <youn0394@umn.edu>
>To: <fstab@yaxu.org>, <idm@hyperreal.org>
>Subject: Re: [idm] dancing about architecture
>Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 16:39:53 -0600
>
>but this same problem arises in every sense-oriented field. you describe
>flavors based on very basic things and through analogies, you describe
>smells the same way (although through more analogies), and touch is equally
>similar. since we as humans currently devote almost all of our sensory
>focus on vision, it's easy to describe what we see, and more difficult to
>describe the other senses.
>
>the fun part about this is that it requires much more conversation on a
>given subject. sure it's a pain when you know the person listening doesn't
>care, but when someone really does care, it's nice to see how you (or how
>someone else) express yourself.
>
>cheers,
>/derek
>
>np: marumari-wolves hollow (just showed up about 20 minutes ago, sounds
>pretty good so far :D)
>
>At 07:18 PM 1/16/2001 +0000, fstab@yaxu.org wrote:
>
>>On Tue, 16 Jan 2001, Kent williams wrote:
>> > When it comes to writing about music, it's something I do a lot, so I
>> > think that it can be done. Otherwise I wouldn't bother.
>>
>>yes. but you can only go so far.
>>
>>we (or at least, i) lack the diction to describe sound to any level of
>>satisfaction. when we describe sound using words like 'bright', 'dark',
>>'textured', 'hard', 'sharp', we're drawing in words used for our other
>>senses.
>>
>>i can feel some satisfaction in describing a piece of music using
>>elaborate genres, like 'jazzy french techno' or 'minimal glitch', but any
>>other person will interpret that differently from me.
>>
>>so talking about music is hard. everyone interprets music in their own
>>way... no wonder reviewers end up talking about themselves and the other
>>music the like. but it is a good process to go through. i guess dancing
>>about architecture is good too.
>>
>>so i am agreeing with you, and adding a tangent...
>>
>>
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