[NewMusic] Book Review

[Matthew Goodheart]

Salon.com has a review of a new book by Alex Ross about "contemporary  
composers" called "The Rest Is Noise."  Has anyone read the book?

http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2007/11/02/alex_ross/

I perused through the letters, which are generally what one would  
expect.  One sentence I was rather fond of:

". . . it's hardly the kind of music you want to have playing in the  
background while you're doing the dishes -- though I encourage you to  
try it anyway, because it will really change the way you feel about  
dishes."

Also of note was a letter from Rupert C. who posted a link to what is  
apparently a Klingon playing a Theramin

http://youtube.com/watch?v=y1WlvegSSPQ

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