Re: OT Musical languistics

Roger Mills scripsit:

> Maybe it has to do with what's in the artist's mind-"Hey, I'm going
> to do something so ridiculous it's outrageous" as opposed to "Gee,
> how much can I get for this?"
Le Guin says that the search for excellence may succeed or fail in
varying proportions, but the search for crap *always* succeeds.

Then again, Gore Vidal says that for a book to be a best-seller, it is
not enough for it to be bad.

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Business before pleasure, if not too bloomering long before.
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