Ways Of Listening; Or, What May Lie Within The Malfunctioning Headphone

reggie — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 12:21:10 +0000

There is, what I presume to be, an old Jewish or Chinese proverb that I first heard from my maternal grandfather when I was only small (now, I am not only small but old too). It reads like this: “If it ain’t broken, it’s something else. But what?” Unlike a motorway or busy airport terminus, these words are something to live by. To suggest something is broken or ailing is to imply that it has but one function and that, once that function is defunct, the item is useless.

The Musiphilosoph, Explained

reggie — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:02:16 +0100

Section The First

"In that respect I was much better off than he was, for my progress was not slowed down by any Prizes, whether from Rome or any other town since I don't carry that sort of thing on me or on my back, because I'm a type rather like Adam (the ‘Paradise' Adam) who never won a prize - a lazy type, no doubt."

Erik Satie,
From a lecture on Claude Debussy, quoted in Erik Satie by Rollo H. Myers.

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Ways Of Listening; Or, What May Lie Within The Malfunctioning Headphone

The Musiphilosoph, Explained

Section The First