From Nate Harrison Sent Wed, Oct 14th 1998, 22:27
From Nate Harrison Sent Wed, Oct 14th 1998, 22:27
please...stop talking...about the proper/improper grammar of the title of the new Squarepusher record...we all get what TJ is talking about...since when did correct grammar matter in IDM...let's move on...please... peace Nate On Wed, 14 Oct 1998, rod a lester wrote: > On Wed, 14 Oct 1998 15:11:42 +0100 (BST) xxxxx@xxxxxx.xx.xx writes: >=20 > >Right, straight from the horse's mouth for you all, as Tom explained in > the > >"Mixing It" interview ... > > > > > >Interviewer " Interesting title Tom, 'Music is Rotted One Note" sounds > like > >a Shakespearian quote?" > > > >Tom - "What it relates to is a conversation I had with Sean from > Autechre > >(which by the way, he pronounced Au teck er !), where basically I was > >expressing the fact that I kind of was a really big fan of yoghourt and > >cheese and stuff but really didn't like milk and Sean made the > comparison > >of music being a "rotted" form of a single tone, or one note as it were > ... > >I like the music but not the one note ... and cheese but not the milk > ..." > > > > > >So there you have it folks, the mystery revealed ... and I knew that > Tom's > >a veggie but obviously not a vegan! >=20 > i still say the grammer is kind of jacked. maybe "Music is One Note > Rotten". i just really hate the word "Rotted". sounds out of place > anywhere. i guess he is just using it as verb, when it sounds better as > an ajective. >=20 > >I think it makes perfect grammatical sense, if you look at "note" as > being a > >unit of measure for the rottenness of music. Like, "Squarepusher drops > his > >latest depraved creation and thus, the institution of popular MUSIC IS > >ROTTED ONE NOTE." >=20 > >Ed >=20 > but that is not what he is trying to say. the "Note" isn't a unit of > messure. it is the original item that is being changed into the music. >=20 > oh, what ever the fuk it is// > =AB=AE=F4=D0=BB > "having the potential to become a success, > the only problem being who's idea of success > i will become" >=20 > ___________________________________________________________________ > You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. > Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com > or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] >=20