Monthly Archives: March 2012

I'm supposed to be thinking forward to retirement. In an orderly world, eight years from now I would be delivering a sappy speech at a faculty dinner then, engraved punchbowl in hand, making a beeline for the golf links at … Continue reading →

Sometimes I hear statements to the effect that musical ideas are only worthwhile if they're unique. As a rule I take the suckerbait and point out that unique does not equal significant. An idea can be unique but insignificant (trousers … Continue reading →