As the original Ades demonologist, I enjoyed Scott's similar opionion, but
my day was really made by Steve:

>I don't understand the fuss over Ades myself.  I have the Living Toys and
>the Powder Her Face albums.  It seems like nicely-orchestrated piffle to
>me.

Indeed.  And `nice piffle' goes pretty much for his orchestral pieces, so
much favored by my otherwise great and good friend, K.  Nagano. `These
Premised Are Alarmed,' indeed!

What made me react to negatively to `Powder' (both in Berkeley, with
Nagano, and in Aspen) was the nasty streak in the text, in the whole
piece.  I have never responded well to the `Clockwork Orange' culture.

On the other hand, I finally heard Ades' fame-making early `Arcadiana' at
the Ottawa Strings of the Future festival, and a *very* nice piffle it is.

Unfortunately for Ades, at the same festival I heard several works by
Kelly-Marie Murphy, and when I start commissioning music (the next Lotto
drawing is on Wednesday), it will be Murphy, not Ades.  She has all the
intensity, sincerity, repeatability I could never find in the boy wonder.

Janos Gereben/SF
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