I Am Sitting In A Room

Commentary and thoughts on (mostly) classical music.

Monday, July 31, 2006

for john

Counterpoint and dissonance are the cables on which Mozart’s bridges to paradise hang.
-
Alex Ross

A beautiful line. Someday I hope I can write half as well.

Now, for john [in Red Stripe commercial form]:
"Boo abusive musicologist.
Hooray beer!"

Friday, July 28, 2006

To the surface

DO NOT ADJUST YOUR MIND:
IT IS REALITY THAT IS MALFUNCTIONING

- reassuring words from Robert Anton Wilson