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Music Has Lost its Sense of Fun 30-i-2013 |
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by Ben Watson |
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An edition of Ben Watson's long-running radio show Late |
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Lunch With Out To Lunch called "Music Has Lost its Sense |
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of Fun", a response to a letter by John Coldwell in The |
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Wire (#348, February 2013) complaining he felt swamped by |
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product. Watson's target is John Zorn's concept of Avant, |
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which Watson feels is now The Wire's invertebrate shtick, |
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losing the jazz backbone of the R. D. Cook period (when |
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Watson's byline was welcome in its pages). All "Avant" is |
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apparently a righteous rebellion versus mass music, so no |
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criticism is possible: hence Coldwell's sense of over- |
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production. Writers are no longer registering their real |
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feelings in the manner of A. B. Spellman, Nat Hentoff and |
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Leroi Jones. Watson's show mixes pop, jazz, avantgarde, |
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home-recordings of Watson's son Mordecai (4), |
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Cobbingesque gargle poetry and Zappa novelty records to |
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taunt the serious fools at The Wire office. Moshi |
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Monsters make an appearance too, as well as pianist |
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Gwilly Edmondez, the latter live in-studio on a visit |
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from Newcastle. |
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NB: Don't try this at home! Watson's show was suspended |
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from Resonance FM for fifteen weeks due to his heretical |
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opinions ... |
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Date Published: 2013-01-31 01:31:57 |
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Identifier: MusicHasLostItsSenseOfFun30-i-2013 |
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Item Size: 148752048 |
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Media Type: audio |
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