From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!floyd!trb
Newsgroups: net.music
Title: Re: Laurie Anderson
Article-I.D.: floyd.1037
Posted: Mon Jan  3 13:32:49 1983
Received: Tue Jan  4 02:28:07 1983
References: pyuxjj.380

I am not "into" the minimalist avant garde music scene, but sometimes
WFMU (East Orange, NJ) plays Laurie Anderson or Philip Glass (a whole
side or more at a time).  I find their music soothing, kind of like
sitting on the beach listening to the ocean.  I can take it for long
periods of time, and I don't find it irritating.

I can't really see looking into these minimalists' works and finding
social relevance.  Clearly, if Laurie Anderson mumbled "Ronald Reagan
is a jerk" over her electronic music, you could construe that as
socially relevant, but when I listen to them I am not listening for
news and opinion.  (I admit, though, that I sometimes listen to "All
Things Considered" as background music.)

Hey, folks out there, if you indulge in minimalist art, do you do it
for the soothing cleansingness of it, or is there some transcendental
relevance which has so far escaped me?  (Sorry, there are only 9000
hackers reading netnews, clearly not a large enough group from which to
form a separate net.aesthetics discussion.)

	Andy Tannenbaum   Bell Labs  Whippany, NJ   (201) 386-6491