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Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: [OT] Despair

2010-01-10 by Mike Dickson

I genuinely believe that Sinfield thinks this guy is onto something.

markpringnz wrote:

I think that the term is psychosis. I wouldn't want this guy to know where I lived.

--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, Mike Dickson ...> wrote:
>
> Anyone looking for a one-way ticket to Bollocksville should look no
> further than this:
>
> http://www.songsouponsea.com/Promenade/ChapterOne.html
>
> Seriously. This guy is off his tits. Seriously. This is one of the
> (many) reasons we felt we had to draw a halt to Elephant Talk.
>
> Mike
>
> markpringnz wrote:
> >
> >
> > He left out I Ching, Godel's theorem and the mandlebrot set.
> >
> > --- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
> > <mailto:newmellotrongroup%40yahoogroups.com>, Mike Dickson
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > Even as a KC fan, this sort of thing makes me *despair*.
> > >
> > > From David Cross' diary:
> > >
> > > /"I have just scanned through a preview copy of Andrew Keeling's
> > > 'Musical Guide to Larks' Tongues in Aspic by King Crimson'. In this
> > book
> > > Andrew has applied some powerful analytical tools, deconstructing tonal
> > > and metrical materials using Bartok's Axis system of tonality, the
> > > Golden Section and the Fibonacci series. He has also engaged with the
> > > ritualistic, occult and mystical components implicit in the album
> > > through the lens of Jungian psychology and revealed some fascinating
> > > numerical symbolism (particularly around the number 5) whilst
> > developing
> > > a finely argued view of the music's place in the spectrum of rock.
> > > Andrew recognises the developmental importance of LTIA in uniting
> > > disparate musical features within a shared language as opposed to the
> > > polystylism of earlier progressive rock."/
> > >
> > > --
> > > Mike Dickson, Edinburgh
> > >
> > > Free Music Project: http://www.mikedickson.org.uk/
> > <http://www.mikedickson.org.uk/>
> > > Or http://www.last.fm/music/Mike+Dickson
> > <http://www.last.fm/music/Mike+Dickson>
> > > Or http://soundcloud.com/mikedickson <http://soundcloud.com/mikedickson>
> > > Or http://www.planetmellotron.com/revd4.htm#mikedickson
> > <http://www.planetmellotron.com/revd4.htm#mikedickson>
> > > Or http://www.myspace.com/mellotronworks
> > <http://www.myspace.com/mellotronworks>
> > >
> >
> >
>


-- 
Mike Dickson, Edinburgh

Free Music Project: http://www.mikedickson.org.uk/ 
Or http://www.last.fm/music/Mike+Dickson                  
Or http://soundcloud.com/mikedickson
Or http://www.planetmellotron.com/revd4.htm#mikedickson   
Or http://www.myspace.com/mellotronworks


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