>I'm a listener - and nobody has ever "forced" me to "pidgeonhole" music.
That's because you're intelligent and educated. You are not 'Joe Listener'. (BTW there's no 'd' in pigeonhole althouth there IS an 'i' ;-) ----- Original Message ----- From: "r l reid" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "r l reid" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "World music from a Jewish slant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, May 05, 2003 8:53 AM Subject: Re: An Israelite Odyssey - Review of Koby Israelite's "Dance of > Eliezer Kaplan wrote: > > Roger Reid yclept: > > > Why is "genre classification" silly? > > > > Because it forces listeners to 'pgeonhole' music based on their > > expectations. > > "Forces"? Hardly. Gives a hint as to whether it's your kind of thing, > maybe. It's cool if Koby Israelite doesn;t fit any genre. But genre > classification is hardly silly. Means I don't have to dig through > hip hop to find modern Hungarian classical. > > I'm a listener - and nobody has ever "forced" me to "pidgeonhole" music. > I've got all the free will I need for it. > > Not a victim, > roger > > > -- > r l reid [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > ---------------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------+ Hosted by Shamash: The Jewish Network http://shamash.org A service of Hebrew College, which offers online courses and an online MA in Jewish Studies, http://hebrewcollege.edu/online/ * * FREE JEWISH LEARNING * * Shamash invites you to join MyJewishLearning.com, a comprehensive, objective, authoritative and interactive learning resource in all areas of Judaism. Free membership via http://www.myjewishlearning.com/shamash ---------------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------=
