Comments on: When Bad Things Happen To Obscure Music http://countercritic.com/2007/12/05/when-bad-things-happen-to-obscure-music/ Thu, 21 Apr 2011 01:30:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: anon http://countercritic.com/2007/12/05/when-bad-things-happen-to-obscure-music/#comment-491 Wed, 05 Dec 2007 23:10:28 +0000 http://countercritic.com/2007/12/05/when-bad-things-happen-to-obscure-music/#comment-491 “…the new elements (the “acting”, the “dancing”, and the “stage direction”) consistently stymied the vanguard, world-class, and fiercely rigorous performances of the musicians, who were the real rock stars of the night.”

Bravo! That’s exactly it. I felt both privileged and robbed last night: privileged to be seeing and hearing this work, and robbed of its full, wondrous effect by that god-awful dance. Shame on Partch for insisting on the inclusion of elements in a manner that seems at once too vague and too exacting. But I’m sure the poor man never could have imagined it would lead to this …

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