Holy Ghost Posted March 13 Report Posted March 13 On 3/10/2025 at 9:58 AM, Pim said: Reading about trees? How is it? Quote
Pim Posted March 13 Report Posted March 13 5 hours ago, Holy Ghost said: Reading about trees? How is it? Sorry I don’t understand what you mean? Quote
rostasi Posted March 13 Report Posted March 13 Anthony Braxton on his six decades in music: ‘It’s about the hope of the future’ Quote
JSngry Posted March 13 Report Posted March 13 3 hours ago, rostasi said: Anthony Braxton on his six decades in music: ‘It’s about the hope of the future’ Excellent!!! Quote
JSngry Posted March 15 Report Posted March 15 On 3/13/2025 at 12:23 PM, rostasi said: Anthony Braxton on his six decades in music: ‘It’s about the hope of the future’ This is deep, imo: I think since the middle of the 1960s moving into the 70s, certainly there was a complexity where political men and women, African Americans in this case, would begin to push this way of thinking that improvisation is more important than composition, is more important than symbolic languages. And more and more, the African-American community, especially the artists, would come to a point of stall. That is to say, it would stop evolving. And to this day, in my opinion, the African-American community, especially the artists, have stalled, and as the result of stalling, suddenly this idea of “improvisation is more important than anything else” would emerge. But I have never agreed with this idea. In fact, I wouldn’t say I’m against it, but I would say, when applied to my own work, this idea of runaway improvisation was never what I was interested in. I was interested in being the best student of music that I could be. And how can you be the best [if] you reject notation? After all, notation is just a record of how you built something — the foundation of how you built something; the foundation that can help you discover the meta-reality of creative music. There's a lot more... Quote
rostasi Posted March 15 Report Posted March 15 I'm often buoyed by Braxton's words - even if they conflict some with my ideas and work. Quote
GA Russell Posted March 16 Report Posted March 16 OK, but the protagonist detective was a young woman whom I didn't like. Quote
Holy Ghost Posted March 25 Report Posted March 25 (edited) Lols Pim, nothing, late night, clumsy translation. I apologize. Edited March 25 by Holy Ghost Quote
JSngry Posted March 25 Report Posted March 25 16 hours ago, felser said: Do you turn turn turn the pages? Quote
felser Posted March 25 Report Posted March 25 3 minutes ago, JSngry said: Do you turn turn turn the pages? To every book there is a season, a time to read, a time to refrain from reading. Quote
ghost of miles Posted March 26 Author Report Posted March 26 5 hours ago, Chuck Nessa said: Thanks, this is one I want to get to sooner rather than later. Quote
ghost of miles Posted March 26 Author Report Posted March 26 Also starting an Alan Furst novel for the first time in quite awhile. Quote
ejp626 Posted March 27 Report Posted March 27 Rereading Lafcadio's Adventures by Gide. (And yes I did go out of my way to get the edition with the cover by Gorey...) After this, probably State of Grace by Joy Williams and then Lampedusa's The Leopard, which I have not managed to get around to before now. Quote
GA Russell Posted March 29 Report Posted March 29 Pulp fiction. Only a little better than average. Quote
mjazzg Posted April 2 Report Posted April 2 On 3/26/2025 at 1:36 AM, ghost of miles said: Also starting an Alan Furst novel for the first time in quite awhile. I'd forgotten about Furst, thanks for the reminder Quote
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