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! ZxzzzxxzzztThump! Thump…. […]
Classical Music vs. Music Of Color?
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 idea is […]
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 innocent. There […]
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 music. Examples […]
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 a symphony, […]
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 “the supreme […]
Diversity Is Our Weakness
Diversity is our weakness. Diversity is the process of giving special consideration to those who have favored demographic or biologic characteristics or who have non-procreative sexual desires. Now you might think it […]
I Defy You To Watch This And Not Smile
Time to lighten things up a bit, if only for a day. First, a palate cleanser, before we get to the main event. This, and a slew of other similar videos, proves […]
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