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David Stewart tempts us:
>Anyone like to recommend a drink for their favourite composer?
How tempting! (Of course, the above could be misconstrued...I'd love to by
Shostakovich a drink.)
Mussorgsky, of course, should be listened to while drinking as much vodka
as possible. I don't know many willing to enter this composer's world to
that extent, though. I bet it'd be rewarding, if slightly disorienting.
And I reckon that if you could get your hands on some absinthe (not in this
country!!) you could have a great time with Debussy.
IIRC some Russian composer wrote a symphonic poem called "Hashish", early
20th century. But I can't find it now, and I've never heard it. Anyone?
And I always figured Cage would be more meaningful under the correct
'influences'. Hmm...A drink for Cage? Perhaps a single cherry blossom,
floating in perfume, served in a man's hat? (Or is that for Satie?)
Don Satz, on Keith Jarrett's Bach (and a related subject):
>It's definitely a WTC for the illicit drug crowd.
Yes, I had a great experience in college (in that crowd, so to speak) with
the St. Matthew Passion. I'm not huge into Jarrett's CM, but I'll take
this as a glowing reccomendation.
Oh, crap, are those my true colors I see slipping out? I'll see if I can
reconceal them...
Bob K., slightly hungover
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