[NewMusic] breathtakingly bad

[Damon Smith]

Like Cage, Zorn is an easy target and people try to sum up what he  
does as one thing. He has done too much to have it be a case of  
liking or not liking his work, or specifying what his work exactly is.
Obviously he is a good musician, he has ideas, he has done more for  
other musicians than any figure in his league I can think of.
He made his mark, nothing can change it. It is just a matter of  
whether you can learn something from or otherwise enjoy his work or not.


Damon


On Jul 2, 2007, at 9:03 PM, weasel walter wrote:

>> So the guy is all fired up.  Good.  Be a crappy article if he wasn't.
>
> it was interesting to read such a scholarly trashing of zorn.  
> obviously
> the writer thinks zorn sucks, but this writer was one of the first  
> to be
> so measured, well-researched and vicious in his critique. that's a
> particularly rare occurence and i believe that's why the article was
> brought to our attention.
>
> like many who personally know and work with zorn, mr. slusser was  
> quick
> to defend zorn . . . fair enough. i'm not going to take any sides  
> on this
> one (not like anyone really cares what "side" i'm on or needs my  
> opinion
> about it.)
>
> now playing: blue oyster cult - "ME 262"
>
> avant garde forever,
>
> ww
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Damon Smith

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