You young people think old man Zeno isn't hip, don't you? Well, let me tell you something, I got my greying ear to the ground, and I know what the kids are dancing to. The problem is that a lot of you don't have much in the way of taste.
And more to the point, what's with the sudden abuse of the term "experimental"? Experimentation is supposed to be a money-losing proposition. By definition, any particular music that achieves market success can't be called experimental anymore. When you start to sell a lot of records, your experiments are over, and you have begun applying your findings.
Look, that thing over there that's proping up your dorm room window... That's called a "dictionary." It's a type of "book."
Ah, to heck with it. What follows is a not-comprehensive list of so-called experimental music that has been formally banned from any further mention on the Hollow Tree Experimental Music Report.
1. Radiohead
2. Arcade Fire
3. Mars Volta
4. Sunn 0)))
5. Wolf Eyes
6. Boards of Canada
7. Belle and Sabastian
8. Deerhoof
9. Battles
10. Wilco
We deem these nightclub acts to be either fatuous, uninteresting or simply bad.
Meanwhile, please stand by for a HTxMR experimental music news roundup. Probably will hit your local 'blog stand sometime this weekend.
Kisses,
Zeno Izen
(Now entering my second second childhood.)
UPDATE: Arctic Monkeys
2nd Update: DaveX has posted his own list of not-so-experimental musical acts. You ought to take a look, because I think your favorite band might be on it.
And more to the point, what's with the sudden abuse of the term "experimental"? Experimentation is supposed to be a money-losing proposition. By definition, any particular music that achieves market success can't be called experimental anymore. When you start to sell a lot of records, your experiments are over, and you have begun applying your findings.
Look, that thing over there that's proping up your dorm room window... That's called a "dictionary." It's a type of "book."
Ah, to heck with it. What follows is a not-comprehensive list of so-called experimental music that has been formally banned from any further mention on the Hollow Tree Experimental Music Report.
1. Radiohead
2. Arcade Fire
3. Mars Volta
4. Sunn 0)))
5. Wolf Eyes
6. Boards of Canada
7. Belle and Sabastian
8. Deerhoof
9. Battles
10. Wilco
We deem these nightclub acts to be either fatuous, uninteresting or simply bad.
Meanwhile, please stand by for a HTxMR experimental music news roundup. Probably will hit your local 'blog stand sometime this weekend.
Kisses,
Zeno Izen
(Now entering my second second childhood.)
UPDATE: Arctic Monkeys
2nd Update: DaveX has posted his own list of not-so-experimental musical acts. You ought to take a look, because I think your favorite band might be on it.
