tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371351138596055444.post5204687733519694490..comments2024-01-20T23:55:26.269-08:00Comments on The Detritus Review: Picking Nits?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371351138596055444.post-77022387621205211362008-04-18T09:04:00.000-07:002008-04-18T09:04:00.000-07:00Inimitable? Inimitable!???!!??Isn't the sum total...Inimitable? <I>Inimitable!???!!??</I><BR/><BR/>Isn't the sum total of someone's influence how much s/he is imitated? <I>Especially when it's "popular" music!?</I><BR/><BR/>??<BR/><BR/>!!<BR/><BR/>Why not just say "unique?"<BR/><BR/>Oh, never mind. You'd just tell me "how unique" he was, or that he was "very unique," or "among the most unique." <BR/><BR/>I have an asshat and it's in exactly your size and color, Tim Smith.<BR/><BR/>Also, the orientation required to define the Jazz Age by Gershwin is not "classical." It is more aptly described as "racist."Murderfacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01220337199108444992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371351138596055444.post-31771943095902963622008-04-16T14:07:00.000-07:002008-04-16T14:07:00.000-07:00I agree, Aaron. I'd take Duke over George anytime...I agree, Aaron. I'd take Duke over George anytime. However, seeing the "classical" orientation I was giving some slack. Pfft. Stupid me.Sator Arepohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00006808744513156317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371351138596055444.post-53128044887827238832008-04-16T13:56:00.000-07:002008-04-16T13:56:00.000-07:00I like me some Gershwin, myself, but I personally ...I like me some Gershwin, myself, but I personally would even take issue with either (or both!) Gershwin's defining the Jazz Age.<BR/><BR/>Seems to me there were some guys by the name of Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington (and, heck, Jelly Roll Morton and Scott Joplin and so on and so forth...) who might be more plausible candidates for defining the Jazz Age, being people who actually played jazz rather than people who incorporated some blues and jazz elements into more conventionally "classical" pieces and popular songs.<BR/><BR/>But maybe that's just me.Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16371363571092946834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371351138596055444.post-20123188901046499042008-04-16T13:32:00.000-07:002008-04-16T13:32:00.000-07:00Also, I realize that "American" music probably pro...Also, I realize that "American" music probably properly started with some indigenous folks, way back. Just to be clear.Sator Arepohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00006808744513156317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371351138596055444.post-78259983042509863242008-04-16T13:30:00.000-07:002008-04-16T13:30:00.000-07:00Seriously, ever flown United through Denver?In the...Seriously, ever flown United through Denver?<BR/><BR/>In the middle of the big main terminal, there's a CD-player piano that plays it over and over and over and over and over and over.<BR/><BR/>I once had lunch during a layover in a little "French" "restaurant" near the middle of the terminal there. Between their own piped-in music and the clinks and clanks of forks and glasses, I realized that the Gershwin was on constant loop.<BR/><BR/>When I was done, I asked my waiter, "So does it just repeat that same piece all the time?"<BR/><BR/>He gave me the withering look from hell.<BR/><BR/>I left him a nice tip.Sator Arepohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00006808744513156317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371351138596055444.post-54682533778876953402008-04-16T12:38:00.000-07:002008-04-16T12:38:00.000-07:00And by the way, I really needed that United link. ...And by the way, I really needed that United link. Thanks. Weirdo.Empiricushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11629835829400843701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371351138596055444.post-35163225958617521232008-04-16T12:35:00.000-07:002008-04-16T12:35:00.000-07:00That is really a lazy, unnecessary device.If Ameri...That is really a lazy, unnecessary device.<BR/><BR/>If American music criticism had to be defined in only two words, these would do nicely: Current president of <A HREF="http://www.mcana.org/execboard.html" REL="nofollow">MCANA</A><BR/><BR/>Funny punchline, Empiricus. Thanks.Empiricushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11629835829400843701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371351138596055444.post-1880122593992982992008-04-16T12:31:00.000-07:002008-04-16T12:31:00.000-07:00I need only one word: Devo.I need only one word: Devo.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371351138596055444.post-11896367860198173982008-04-16T12:23:00.000-07:002008-04-16T12:23:00.000-07:00Or maybe "Charles Ives"?Or maybe "Charles Ives"?Sator Arepohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00006808744513156317noreply@blogger.com