Re: (idm) Re:FunkiPorciniLPtracklist

From the Quaternions
Sent Fri, Feb 19th 1999, 00:40

> is that "space is the place" by john szwed?  i took his class on the
> history of jazz. his brain is in hypertext, i swear, there's more
> information in there than in ten people.  it's not very idm, but i highly
> recommend the book to anyone with an interest in jazz. or good music
> writing.  

I'm taking a course from him now on "Sound and Phonography."  It's quite
bizarre, but really interesting.  It deals with all sorts of sound
philisophical issues stemming from the recorded nature of modern sound...
We get to listen to the KLF and Scanner for credit, and he promises to get
Thurston Moore to talk
to us.  Szwed is an odd man... he knows more random facts than anybody,
but he can't always make anything logical out of them.  That was the
problem with huis Sun Ra book.  All sorts of random anecdotes from ouyt of
nowhere.  The descriptions of the music itself were a bit lacking.  But
still a worthwhile read.

Sam