Bob K. replies to my signature: >>Stevie Schwartz, the Bad Boy of Music > >Tell me, is this an Antheil reference? I don't believe I've ever heard an >Antheil reference, in any forum, for any reason... Yep. I've recently (within the past year) heard the original version of Ballet mecanique (MUCH better than the revision). One of the most extraordinary pieces of this century. I'm not a big fan of the later, Stravinskian Antheil, but this is one of those great might-have-beens of music. Stravinsky once mused about the course of Western Music had Gesualdo's output been more widely circulated. I wonder the same thing if Antheil had persisted in this vein. I intend to do a fuller review. I'm months and months behind in my writing, so I can't say when it might appear. Steve Schwartz