Tom's the lucky one. If I had that outlook, I wouldn't have to worry about
spending the rent on new 12"s.
m50
At 12:45 2008.04.24, Thomas D. Cox, Jr. wrote:
On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 1:29 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> painting the world in absolutes is dangerous to the mind, soul, and spirit
> might as well we all give up then - you included
> might as well lay down and die
nope.
> ah, but you're trying to put a corral, which is at best a concrete picket
> fence, around something that is abstract and untouchable
nope.
> the result is it will continue to slip out, over, and under any kind of
> objective rules you try to wrap "quality" in
nope.
> you can't see inside everyone's souls to see why they like the things they
> do
but you can see inside the soul of the people making the music, which
is what makes it either good or nonsense.
> outside of the technical, why they find "quality" in one person's
> playing and not in another's
i think people just make it up at random. most people dont even really
listen to music IMO.
> laying down objective parameters on "quality" is for people living in
> fragile worlds
nope.
> in the end, your mind, like the concrete fence, will be rigid and stuck -
> unable to move from where you last put it
nope.
> if you're sticking that fence around other people then you're ego trippin'
> to the highest degree
nope.
tom