Ian Pojman wrote:
quoted 2 lines this may not really be quite pertinent, but I'd like to remind> this may not really be quite pertinent, but I'd like to remind
> everyone that Mozart died cause he was a massive alcoholic...
I thought he died of tuberculosis (or maybe I should say of "consumption") or one of
those 18th century type illnesses.
quoted 1 line Look what drugs have done for music, and appreciate it.> Look what drugs have done for music, and appreciate it.
Yeah, you _should_ look at what drugs have done for music and look at all the wasted
talent throughout history. Sure drugs can have certain effects on the creation of
music (not speaking from personal experience), but artists compose amazing music
because they're extremely talented, not because they were stoned or drunk while
composing.
And I think it's funny that some of the most zonked out music I know was composed by
some pretty square people like all those post-WWII composers and people working at
INA-GRM and what have you. That stuff sounds a lot more fucked up to me than any
psychedelic nonsense I've heard. Check out Heinz Holliger's "Scardanelli-Zyklus",
which deals with poet Friedrich Holderlin's descent into madness, if you wanna hear
some real unearthly music. And if you see a picture of Holliger you'll see what a
damn nerd he is.
Andrei
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