[NewMusicEvents] scared vs. dismissive

[Jacob Lindsay]

I don't think a lot of folks are scared of radical
music.  They are just dismissive of it.

here's a question: does music have to scare people to
be radical?  if music is scary does that make it
radical?

there is certainly music that is both radical and
scary (ayler's bells and brotzmann's machine gun come
to mind).  imagine walking into a performance of
either of those in the late sixties and not really
knowing what to expect.  you might be scared.  you
might like being scared.

Jacob Lindsay
http://www.bayimproviser.com/artistdetail.asp?artist_id=44