A displaced Californian composer writes about music made for the long while & the world around that music. ~
The avant-garde is flexibility of mind. — John Cage ~
...composition is only a very small thing, taken as a part of music as a whole, and it really shouldn't be separated from music making in general. — Douglas Leedy ~
My God, what has sound got to do with music! — Charles Ives
Saturday, June 14, 2008
Good Enough
A Song for Fathers' Day, Groucho Marx, courtesy of the Internet Archive (here: mp3).
The man was a genius. Working with a mediocre voice, he still manages to deliver a performance that is perfect and touching in every way.
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