The REAL Mxyzptlk <therealmxyzptlk@comcast.net> wrote:
quoted 5 lines Subject: Lawrence: The Absence of Blight>Subject: Lawrence: The Absence of Blight
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>I just can't play this in the background when I'm doing my final papers for
>school.
>It sucks me in. What a fine, fine record.
In the past year I happened to get back into contemporary classical
music. the shocking thing i discovered was how slack-ass my listening
habits had become listening to electronica. which is to say, if you
listen to a piece by Grisey or Sciarrino or Stockhausen (to name a
few that got me excited this year), you can't just flip it on in the
background -- you really have to sit and listen with intense focus or
you'll miss what's going on almost completely.
so it's funny to read this post and be reminded of how many of my
favorite electrnoica albums have been things I would typically flip
on and then listen to with moderate or intermittent attention. you
could look at the respected Mr. Mxyzptlk's post and see that it's
kind of a humorously low standard he is citing on behalf of Lawrence
-- a recording so good you actually can't write a term paper while
listening to it. this would seem to be about the least amount of
attention you could possibly give to a piece of music short of
leaving the room and closing the door!
what does it all mean?
kurt
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