Moot Thoughts & Musings

So the New Yorker just reviewed Prince's new album "Musicology". To those of us who are actually musicologists, the fact that he named his album and the subsequent tour thus is old news. We've all gone through the shock of seeing the name of our esoteric discipline plastered in newspapers and billboards. And discussion has ensued about whether or not he thought he made up the word, with my opinion leaning towards the affirmative.

At first I was upset that the New Yorker didn't address this in their review, but on the other hand, it's not reallly relevant. The critic (Ben Greenman) reviewed the music, and that is what it's about. The name of the album is something that only startles and fascinates the very few of us who belong to this discipline that is so small that Prince probably hasn't heard of it.

In other news. I made the mistake of looking at the schedule for JazzFest. Arguably as big an event as Mardi Gras, we are in JazzFest season. I haven't gone, because unlike mardi gras, it costs money and comes in the final weeks of a semester. So it's better just to not know what you're missing. However, I looked, and now I'm sorry. On Saturday, I could go here the Dave Brubeck Quartet one hour and the next go hear Santana. Oh cruel fate! Okay...back to these papers.

In other culture news. The New Yorker also has a review/discussion of a couple of art exhibits featuring Minimalist art. Since I'm really intrigued with minimalism in music, I'm putting this link here, because I don't have time to read the article at the moment.