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From: hofmann@AMSAA.ARPA (RAMD)
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Subject: Re: Re: Music Kritics
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Date: Mon, 20-May-85 11:04:54 EDT
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In message from lewislazarus < what a monicker! > he says:

>Music is not an absolute.

Agreed. In support of this Arthur Clarke of SF fame said in a 
recent interview ( OMNI - I think ) that the Close Encounters
of the Third Kind premise of First Contact ( FC, for us SF-types)
would be through music.  Clarke disputed this by pointing out
differences in music in our world alone ( compare, say - Oriental
Music with Bruce Springsteen ... there isn't musch platform from
which the twain to meet).  Clarke instead said first communication
would probably take place thru numbers or mathematics.  However
music in its coldest terms can be defined be numbers ... thank the
Lord for free expression.

Just got the latest Dire Straights disc.  Didn't sound too good
on first listen but later that night ... It's great ... nine cuts
and none of this video-twisting by the pool garbage'.  Second
side especially is very dramatic in that DS understated way.  Also
Howard Jones new albumn ... Not too impressive,  Howard reminds
me of those absentminded musicians I always would run into in
my travels.  This time he forgot to include any new and worthwhile
music except perhaps for the first song.  Anybody wanna buy a 
slightly used Howard Jones albumn.

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