"in centuries past
audiences at symphony concerts
were not afraid to act out their
displeasure at works which
offended
them
in our time
i have either attended or
listended to
hundereds of concerts
and never have i heard an
audience
express even the mildest displeasure
with any
work.
have our musical artist improved
to such an
extent?
or is it the decay of courage,
the inability of the
mass mind to
reach its own
decisions?
not only in the world of
music
but in the other
world?
the next time you hear
a symphony concert
note
the obedient applause,
the death of the bluebird,
the shading of the sun;
the hooves of the horses from
hell
pounding on the barren
ground
of the human
spirit."
charles bukowski-the sheep
you know...i couldnt agree more with ol' buk right there. the human spirit, musical or otherwise, is dead. there are only but a few glimmers of life here and there, but mainstream media has murdered it.
i just finished reading the latest biography (Locked In The Arms Of A Crazy Life) on him and a book of his poems and short stories (Betting On The Muse)...and even though he died 11 years ago, its kind of like now that i have read about his life in another persons words, he's officially dead. it makes me think about how im gonna live my life out. not a very uplifting thought these days.
audiences at symphony concerts
were not afraid to act out their
displeasure at works which
offended
them
in our time
i have either attended or
listended to
hundereds of concerts
and never have i heard an
audience
express even the mildest displeasure
with any
work.
have our musical artist improved
to such an
extent?
or is it the decay of courage,
the inability of the
mass mind to
reach its own
decisions?
not only in the world of
music
but in the other
world?
the next time you hear
a symphony concert
note
the obedient applause,
the death of the bluebird,
the shading of the sun;
the hooves of the horses from
hell
pounding on the barren
ground
of the human
spirit."
charles bukowski-the sheep
you know...i couldnt agree more with ol' buk right there. the human spirit, musical or otherwise, is dead. there are only but a few glimmers of life here and there, but mainstream media has murdered it.
i just finished reading the latest biography (Locked In The Arms Of A Crazy Life) on him and a book of his poems and short stories (Betting On The Muse)...and even though he died 11 years ago, its kind of like now that i have read about his life in another persons words, he's officially dead. it makes me think about how im gonna live my life out. not a very uplifting thought these days.