"It seems to me that to organize on the basis of feeding people or righting social injustice and all that is very valuable. But to rally people around the idea of modernism, modernity, or something is simply silly. I mean, I don't know what kind of a cause that is, to be up to date. I think it ultimately leads to fashion and snobbery and I'm against it."
Jack Levine: January 3, 1915 – November 8, 2010
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Sunday, September 25, 2016
Brahms Intermezzo op.117 no.2 in B flat minor
Wilhelm Kempff, piano
Don't know if Brahms meant this piece to be associated with a day in early fall but I think of it this time of year. Wilhelm Kempff's recording of it is outstandingly beautiful.
Hey Sparky -- just got back from seeing Ron Howard's new documentary on your beloved Mopheads.
This guy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Goodall makes the self-evidently obvious point that the quality and quantity of the Beatles melodic songwriting is up there with Mozart and Schubert.
Hey Sparky -- just got back from seeing Ron Howard's new documentary on your beloved Mopheads.
ReplyDeleteThis guy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Goodall
makes the self-evidently obvious point that the quality and quantity of the Beatles melodic songwriting is up there with Mozart and Schubert.
He must be an idiot, of course.