April 2012
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Lil B →
5 Myths About Contemporary Classical Music →
Hmmm..have to think about this one. Seems to continue the same trope of “New Music PR.” 1) Pander to popular music aesthetics by conjuring up the sacred cows of the Beatles and Radiohead to give credence to the uncomfortable, noisy, and “inaccessible” components of contemporary classical music. 2) Use the narrow view of what makes music accessible or beautiful (i.e....
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At the Breakfast Table
[in the middle of conversation between L and me]
B: What are you talking about Dad?
Me: Feminism
B: Finn McMissile?
[aaaand...end scene]
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If you were to bother to read my books, to behave as educated persons would, you...
– From Kurt Vonnegut’s letter, dated 11/1973, to a North Dakota school board president who burned Slaughterhouse Five for its ‘obscene language’. (via marathonpacks)
For all the anti-intellectuals out there.