from quiet music to incredible music

I saw a very interesting article on the New York Times website, called “The End of Quiet Music.” It talks about, among other things, the fact that some artists really want to create art and not spend all their time in self-promotion. Which is certainly a relevant topic these days.

Speaking of artists who spend absolutely no time on self-promotion (and he may be the last one), I am, of course, reading Thomas Pynchon’s new novel, The Bleeding Edge. So far, so good. It’s way too early to write about it in any detail, but I did like this article :
“Thomas Pynchon and ‘WTF’: A Love Story”

And not only because it links to this piece about the New Yorker‘s rules about commas. Because you can never talk enough about that subject. 🙂

I really liked reading this: “How Does an Exception Prove a Rule?” Because sometimes, when sayings seem to make no sense, it’s because they don’t actually mean what you think they mean.

And I think I’ve linked to this before, but this article reminded me about it, and you can’t watch it too often. It’s a great song, but the performance is what knocks it out of the park.