>All:
>
>I've been listening to some new (for me) CDs that have had me wondering the
>difference between musicians and poets on the world stage: on this List
>political
>debate and differences are disparate and more than lively; what I recall from
>living experience with musicians is that music supercedes politics. The
>freedom to
>play and join in 'the world jam' seems to say "fuck all you control assholes,
>we're here to lay down some riffs together". A healthier take than I
>experience
>with poets? Maybe?
>
>The Cds:
>Pat Metheny Group: Speaking of Now
>Cassandra Wilson: Belly of the Sun
>John Coltrane: The Ultimate Blue Train w/alternate takes of Blue Trane &
>Lazy Bird
> Enhanced Compact Disc w/visuals for computer (Mac &
>Windows)
>
Perhaps, but who's making the money off all this? There have been 3
(three!) CDs of Blue train by now, a i have the 2nd one, after buying the
first, with just one alternate take. Aaargh!
But, back to the music, sure. And as you know, in her notes, almost always,
Jessica Williams speaks of the spiritual love music enacts...
Doug
Douglas Barbour
Department of English
University of Alberta
Edmonton Alberta Canada T6G 2E5
(h) [780] 436 3320 (b) [780] 492 0521
http://www.ualberta.ca/~dbarbour/dbhome.htm
The blank page
as merely an interval or
an intrusion. We could not rescue it
nor could we huddle, as if the page were
big enough.
Kathleen Fraser
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