[NewMusic] The Cold must go on

[Matthew Goodheart]

Well, I don't really question not bringing one's Guarneri out in  
freezing temperatures.

Rather what is fascinating is; seeing as how predictably cold the  
whole thing was going to be, that it was so important to have that  
kind of event that the physically impossible of it's actuality was  
unimportant.   Every aspect of it, the original material, the history  
of the melody, the lyrics, the "composer," the instrumentation, the  
players. . .  It is a huge statement about power and populism, high- 
brow and low-brow. To layer onto that the fact of it being an  
imitative event, a "miming" or "unreality" . . . says a lot about  
contemporary culture. . .


On Jan 23, 2009, at 6:03 PM, Robair, Gino wrote:

> Ron wrote:
> <<and this guy looks pretty F#$%ing cold too!
>
> http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/archive/d/de/20061025002220!Wa
> shington_Crossing_the_Delaware.png >>
>
> Damn. I can't quite see ol' George's Stradivarius in that painting.  
> Help
> point it out, will ya?
>
> But hey, if I had a string instrument worth $1 million, even if  
> built during
> an Italian ice age, I'd probably leave it at home if the 21st Century
> venue's weather conditions were uncertain. But then again, I've  
> hammered
> nails into snare drums, so what do I know.....
>
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Matthew Goodheart
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