Anything sounds good in the company of "lovely ladies".
Gary
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Thames" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu>; "gary digman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2005 3:32 PM
> Subject: Re: sketches of spain lute
>
>
>> Gary,
>> After thinking about last night. I have to say, after chips, salsa,
>> and
>> guacamole, the company of some lovely ladies, and 3 or 4 margaritas, the
>> jazz actually started to sound pretty good!
>> Michael Thames
>> www.ThamesClassicalGuitars.com
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "gary digman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> To: <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu>
>> Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2005 2:52 AM
>> Subject: Re: sketches of spain lute
>>
>>
>>> Dear Michael;
>>>
>>> "...heady, pretentious, self infatuated, imaginary
>>> composer....blues
>>> butchery..." Do really believe this crap or are you just trying to stir
>>> up
>>> that selfsame viscous substance.
>>>
>>> Gary
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Michael Thames" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>> To: "gary digman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu>; "Roman
>>> Turovsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>> Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2005 8:47 AM
>>> Subject: Re: sketches of spain lute
>>>
>>>
>>> > >I am not a big jazz fan, but Strayhorn's "Daydream" is as >great a
>> piece
>>> > >of
>>> >>music as anything classical.
>>> >>And having "The Who???" in the same paragraph is >preposterous.
>>> >>The only R&R entity that ever could stand up to classical >and be
>>> >>judjed
>>> >>(favorably) on classical terms was KingCrimson's >LIZARD.
>>> >>RT
>>> >
>>> > I always found King Crimson to a bit "heady" and a little
>>> > "pretentious".
>>> >
>>> > Rock musicians, with to much knowledge, can be a dangerous
>>> > combination.
>>> > Unless you happen to be a heady, pretentious, self infatuated,
>>> > imaginary
>>> > composer. In which case one would be attracted to this kind of blues
>>> > butchery, and classify it as good classical music.
>>> > Michael Thames
>>> > www.ThamesClassicalGuitars.com
>>> > ----- Original Message -----
>>> > From: "Roman Turovsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>> > To: "gary digman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu>
>>> > Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2005 6:39 AM
>>> > Subject: Re: sketches of spain lute
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >> > Dear Jim;
>>> >> >
>>> >> > I do. I need jazz. I don't need the Who. That's just me. However, I
>>> >> > don't need every expression of jazz that's put out. I'm not going
>>> >> > to
>>> >> > try
>>> > to
>>> >> > tell you that you should need jazz or that you should need the jazz
>>> >> > I
>>> > like.
>>> >> > There's something for everybody. I don't know why we seem to find
>>> >> > it
>>> >> > necessary to belittle each other's tastes in order to promote our
>> own.
>>> > The
>>> >> > whole argument seems to come down to the idea that what I like is
>> good
>>> > and
>>> >> > what I don't like is bad in some objective sense. So far no one has
>>> > managed
>>> >> > to articulate what objectively makes the Who good and Charlie
>>> >> > Parker
>>> >> I am not a big jazz fan, but Strayhorn's "Daydream" is as great a
>>> >> piece
>>> >> of
>>> >> music as anything classical.
>>> >> And having "The Who???" in the same paragraph is preposterous.
>>> >> The only R&R entity that ever could stand up to classical and be
>>> >> judjed
>>> >> (favorably) on classical terms was KingCrimson's LIZARD.
>>> >> RT
>>> >>
>>> >> --
>>> >> http://polyhymnion.org/torban
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
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>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
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