> But if you're willing to follow along, and excuse the sometimes excessive dips into self-created jargon, he has some interesting ideas. No digging for a needle in a haystack -- they're good, fairly big ideas. But they sit alongside the specialized terms he invents, and you just have to be willing to accept that he uses his own ridiculous shorthand for things. Often, I don't like his terms, or his willingness to invent dozens of terms that don't really hold water, but I do like some of his ideas.
I think Kodwo's invention of his 'own' language was half the reason for the book; he was frustrated with the usual adjectives and terms of reference that are used to with regard to music. This does make the book a fairly difficult read, but I think he deserves admiration for 'thinking outside the box' in this way. I do think he does tend to embrace some music that isn't really as deserving of the serious analysis he gives it as he thinks, though - but then no doubt he (and other!) would say the say same about me and every other music hack out there! TOM
