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(idm) DJ-ing, Art, Language, Sqpr, Locust

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1997-04-24 19:43M.A.J. Huffman (idm) DJ-ing, Art, Language, Sqpr, Locust
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1997-04-24 19:43M.A.J. Huffman>Writers usually write in a language which was invented by their culture >hundreds, even t
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(idm) DJ-ing, Art, Language, Sqpr, Locust
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quoted 6 lines Writers usually write in a language which was invented by their culture>Writers usually write in a language which was invented by their culture >hundreds, even thousands of years before. They use other people's pens, >paper, and word processors. These tools, made and designed by others, >VERY much determine what they are able to write. Do you write >differently than you did before you owned a word processor? I certainly >do.
Not that this has much to do with music, but... If you regard language as being "invented by a culture" then I suggest your conception is as errant as the person's conception of "art" which you find so objectionable. Natural languages are not *invented* by anyone. Artificial languages have been invented, but they remain just that. There are fundamental differences between spoken and written language, but as for claiming that pens influence what you compose..hmmm.... Music: I'll be very interested to see what people make of the new sqpr. I like it, but I think he's gone as far as he can in this particular idiom. Have to say I'm rather disappointed by the new Locust single. I can't see what he's trying to do. I'll give it a few more listens but it seems conceptually flawed to me and the execution doesn't transcend the concept sufficiently. Whatever that means. adam