source file: mills2.txt Date: Tue, 10 Dec 1996 01:13:38 -0800 Subject: Margie's oysters From: Will Grant Margaret The Outspoken (who dislikes the Egyptian) has brought up the importance of cajones in a refreshingly cosmopolitan context. She's quite correct. Partch's problem is -- I durst not say it here ... Berio, appositely, yet also lacks these wonderful toys of the gods. He is exquisite, superb, technically profound, but -- ah, no cajones. Shostakovich, on the other hand, that wimp, that plaything of Stalin, that lily-livered, cream-faced loon, still hangs like a clock and displays real feelings. Nutty, isn't it ? It's not a technical matter at all, merely spiritual. Received: from ns.ezh.nl [137.174.112.59] by vbv40.ezh.nl with SMTP-OpenVMS via TCP/IP; Tue, 10 Dec 1996 10:14 +0100 Received: by ns.ezh.nl; (5.65v3.2/1.3/10May95) id AA32303; Mon, 9 Dec 1996 13:45:11 +0100 Received: from eartha.mills.edu by ns (smtpxd); id XA32280 Received: from by eartha.mills.edu via SMTP (940816.SGI.8.6.9/930416.SGI) for id EAA08471; Mon, 9 Dec 1996 04:44:55 -0800 Date: Mon, 9 Dec 1996 04:44:55 -0800 Message-Id: <961209124211_101610.3043_JHP49-2@CompuServe.COM> Errors-To: madole@ella.mills.edu Reply-To: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Originator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Sender: tuning@eartha.mills.edu