To me, everything in the world comes down to two categories: "about-ness" and "is-ness". "About" represents or describes … - David First

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Circumstance - which moves by laws of its own, regardless of parties and policies, and whose decrees are final and must be obeyed by all - and will be

David First

To me, everything in the world comes down to two categories: "about-ness" and "is-ness". "About" represents or describes something, while "Is" is the thing itself.

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If you're talking about musically, I think I understand just a little bit more about things that were mostly intuited back then - how certain timings and tones work, so I can be a little more analytical about things now.

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The numerous ecstatic traditions - including free jazz and funk - have all been great inspirations.

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However naïve it sounds, or however inept the result, I think the idea is to try to alchemize the crap, not just mirror it all.

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