Burial is nice. "Not thrilling, but nice"

the british magazine the Wire named his record the best of last 
year. It's okay, nothing to freak about IMHO. They are 
contributing to people at least giving it a listen, though. But 
yeah, sometime i listen to what is touted as the next big thing 
and wonder if they'd like to hear some of my csound scores from 
the summer of 94.

pp



Patrick Pagano,M.F.A
Sound and Light Technologist
Nadine McGuire Theatre & Dance Pavilion
GAINESVILLE  FL  US  32611-5900
University Of Florida
(352) 273-1483

shreeswifty wrote:
> Burial is nice. "Not thrilling, but nice"
> 
> the british magazine the Wire named his record the best of last year. 

excellent! No reflection, but:  I have a funny feeling myself about 
Wire. A long time ago (in a galaxy...) I had a brief moment of fame when 
I published via Oxford University Press a "Dictionary of electronic and 
computer music instruments". Strictly a reference book, to complement 
the much bigger book on instruments by Anthony Baines. Mostly good 
reviews too. They charged too much so students couldn't afford it. 
Cancelled the photographs.  Never went into paperback. No royalties. 
Bits of it are quoted on the EARS website (www.ears.dmu.ac.uk).

Wire gave a review, in which they roundly critcised it/me for "making no 
attempt" to discuss the moral/political/sociocultural issues around the 
use of electronic instruments. It seems to them ~everything~ has to be a 
"think piece"; possibly full of oblique rive-gauche Derrida references 
(or perhaps to dubstep and noise floor). I almost wrote them a letter 
saying "well, it's a dictionary...".

Richard Dobson

That is genuinely humourous.

the term "noisefloor" is mine as far as i'm aware. Maybe i'd better sharpen
my rive-gauche & get scribbling....



Richard Dobson wrote:
> 
> 
> excellent! No reflection, but:  I have a funny feeling myself about 
> Wire. A long time ago (in a galaxy...) I had a brief moment of fame when 
> I published via Oxford University Press a "Dictionary of electronic and 
> computer music instruments". Strictly a reference book, to complement 
> the much bigger book on instruments by Anthony Baines. Mostly good 
> reviews too. They charged too much so students couldn't afford it. 
> Cancelled the photographs.  Never went into paperback. No royalties. 
> Bits of it are quoted on the EARS website (www.ears.dmu.ac.uk).
> 
> Wire gave a review, in which they roundly critcised it/me for "making no 
> attempt" to discuss the moral/political/sociocultural issues around the 
> use of electronic instruments. It seems to them ~everything~ has to be a 
> "think piece"; possibly full of oblique rive-gauche Derrida references 
> (or perhaps to dubstep and noise floor). I almost wrote them a letter 
> saying "well, it's a dictionary...".
> 
> Richard Dobson
> 
> 
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