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Karl Miller <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 6 Dec 2000 16:17:05 -0600
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Sam Kemp wrote:

>Would you prefer to visit a concert where the music was of one particular
>style in order that it is effectively guaranteed that the audience want to
>hear the music and do not shuffle restlessly, or one that mixed the two in
>the hope that people would be surprised by how good some more "difficult"
>music is?

Let me put it this way, would you prefer an art museum that limited its
collection to some subjective notion of what an art museum visitor would
like to see? Good luck guessing.

Karl

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