source file: mills2.txt Date: Sun, 1 Dec 1996 11:05:20 -0800 Subject: consistency From: William Sethares While Brian McLaren is going on about yakademics, just remember that in tuning digest #256, (Fri Dec 16, 1994) Brian wrote: In fact there are an amazing number of exceptionally capable composers and theorists in academia. They generally take on protective coloration--they spout all the right buzz-words ("the New Complexity!" "The New Turgidity!!" "The New Pomposity!!!") but like effective chameleons they're merely hiding their true nature from the faculty committees and grants committees and awards committees. ... a long list of talented academics... Yes, Virginia, there ARE talented composers in academia. ****** I am happy that Brian is willing to attack Cage, and I am also happy that several list subscribers are ready to defend... Cage was an influential composer who published a lot, and he must stand or fall based on what he said, wrote, and composed. I am not so happy with attacks based on casual emails. I do not believe that people need to stand behind every word they write in email, any more than they need to stand behind every casual comment in a phone conversation. For instance, I would much rather discuss (or read a discussion of) Eric Lyons CD "Red Velvet" (which I do believe he should be held responsible for) than read that he is a victim of junkthink because in an email message he used the word "experiment" incorrectly. Received: from ns.ezh.nl [137.174.112.59] by vbv40.ezh.nl with SMTP-OpenVMS via TCP/IP; Sun, 1 Dec 1996 20:29 +0100 Received: by ns.ezh.nl; (5.65v3.2/1.3/10May95) id AA13653; Sun, 1 Dec 1996 20:31:31 +0100 Received: from eartha.mills.edu by ns (smtpxd); id XA13617 Received: from by eartha.mills.edu via SMTP (940816.SGI.8.6.9/930416.SGI) for id LAA28290; Sun, 1 Dec 1996 11:31:28 -0800 Date: Sun, 1 Dec 1996 11:31:28 -0800 Message-Id: <961201193004_71670.2576_HHB45-9@CompuServe.COM> Errors-To: madole@ella.mills.edu Reply-To: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Originator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Sender: tuning@eartha.mills.edu