From stepintime Sent Wed, Oct 14th 1998, 21:46
On Wed, 14 Oct 1998 15:11:42 +0100 (BST) xxxxx@xxxxxx.xx.xx writes: >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! 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. >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." >Ed 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. oh, what ever the fuk it is// «®ôл "having the potential to become a success, the only problem being who's idea of success i will become" ___________________________________________________________________ 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]