"Ripped" at the bar with musicology grads

[phallelujah]

Last night I organized a bar-outing with four of my favourite musicology grads. Of course, the chatter included recent research we were doing, our classes, different ways of thinking/writing about music and such. It was awesome for all but the last hour or two

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[phallelujah]

yeah I can go back and forth between being a social butterfly to being socially inept. If I get confused, that sort of thing happens. I hope the waitress is happy at least.

[littlebluenote]

hey dude. who is this bitter grad? i'm interested, because i'm a little bit bitter myself and i wouldn't mind having someone to bitch with.

i'm gonna friend you, ok?

[littlebluenote]

but, by the way, i have no bitterness toward caplin and his work, etc. i think he's a swell guy. and i'm sorry those dudes made you feel bad. :(

[phallelujah]

I remember someone (perhaps you) saying during the break on the first day of History of Theory that he came across as really intelligent and thoughtful. I totally agree. From the impression I get from that one class and from reading some of his textbook, I really like what he does and the way he approaches music.

Anti-theory sentiments in general really unsettle me. I read an article by Kofi Agawu on it this morning and it made me feel a lot better. I recommend it and it's on JSTOR (hooray!):

"Analyzing Music under the New Musicological Regime"

http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0277-9269(199722)15%3A3%3C297%3AAMUTNM%3E2.0.CO%3B2-P

If the link doesn't work, just go to http://www.scholar.google.com and type in 'Agawu and "new musicology"' as your search and it'll come up as the first article.

[phallelujah]

Sounds good. :)

Just a warning before I introduce you to anyone, this is motrin bitter. He spoke longingly of the "death of music scholarship" in 50 years' time. It wasn't humourous or the product of a fleeting anxiety. He seemed to genuinely hate music scholarship.