Saturday, April 12, 2008
Book vs Music
After reading rhythm science I felt like I didn't understand too much of what he said. He seemed to take a bunch of topics and sort of mix them together. I thought listening to the CD would make things clearer but it really didn't. Although the style of his music is not what you might hear everyday, I didn't feel that it was all that different from many other kinds of underground music I've heard and I didn't get much "meaning" out of it. In other words, I didn't think it was anything special. A review I found about the book on a BBC website said that "an oft-levelled criticism aimed at Spooky's output is that his rhetoric has too often outweighed the substance of his musical output"(http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/release/jx8c/). I agree with this criticism. His book, although difficult to understand, seemed to have more meaning and content than his music.
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I definitely agree that his book has more substance than his music, but I feel that the book helped me understand his music more. So they go really well hand in hand.
I agree that his book is better than his music (although I don't think that's saying much), but I find it really interesting that his music is his source of inspiration to write, but they don't seem to mesh to a lot of people.
I also agree that it is odd that his music inspires he book, but most seem to find that they find more substance in the book.
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