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The Advent Of Lousy Music
In anticipation that many will be out, or in but out, today, no Class. Instead a topical post which ran originally on 6 December 2017. It will keep on running…
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Proof That Music Is Growing Worse
This post originally ran 28 September 2011, and is in the top 20 of all posts. If I ever do it again, there is much I'd expand on. The basic…
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Classical Music vs. Music Of Color?
So we were heading to the Sheep Meadow to have a day reading under a tree. By the time we passed Balto, we could already hear it. Thump! Thump! Thump!…
The Advent of Lousy Music
Stream: The Advent of Lousy Music Ladies and gentlemen, the story you are about to read could be true. The names and locations have not been changed to protect the…
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Stop The Music!
It's everywhere. It can't be escaped. It destroys more souls than television and politics combined. And we are powerless to prevent it. Bad music. Now everybody knows about bad popular…
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Music, God’s Gift to Man–and to Robots? — Guest Post by Bob Kurland
Editor's note: The original post can be seen at Kurland's place. A few days ago my wife pointed out a news item announcing a robot that (or who?) can compose…
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Plato, Bloom & Wan Baochang On The Destructive Power Of Bad Music
Wan Baochang (whom I learned of from Richard Spacek) lived some 1,500 years ago. According to the The Taoism Reader, Wan had a spiritual revelation in which he was told…
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Bad Science Of The Year Nominee: Global Warming To Cause Bad Music
Strike the title. It's probably wrong. But, if so, it was an understandable mistake. After all, it was based on the news article "Music: Will climate change give us the…
