[NewMusic] caveman make tool

[David Slusser]

On Oct 19, 2006, at 5:12 PM, Sarah - 21 Grand wrote:
> - Well, yes and no. Rock music is indeed a tool, much like, say,  
> painting,
> that has millions of practitioners and, despite which, is regularly
> proclaimed dead and triumphantly returned by critics, depending on  
> whim,
> subscription revenue, trends, or the nature of their bowel  
> movements, etc.
> I'm currently waiting for The Wire cover story on "The Return of  
> Melody."

Man, don't you know "melody" is the new "texture".

> But then again, to say that it's a blank slate is also off-the- 
> mark, the
> tool/medium/genre has a well-known history and a lot of things have  
> "already
> been done," and thus new work that is similar to existing work  
> often gets
> placed in the "derivative" category and becomes fodder for the  
> obituarians.
> In fact, the notion of rock being a blank slate seems to be  
> contradicted by
> the fact that, I'm not sure if I'm using the term correctly but, so  
> much of
> it is idiomatic (same goes for painting).

That idiomatic language allows rock to be effectively used as an  
improvisatory form.