Unseen

When I was in college in the late 60’s and early 70’s, that was the heyday of “album rock” when the radios shifted from playing 2.5-3 minute pop tunes to recordings of just about any length. DJ’s were local celebrities and in some cases even nationally, such as “Wolfman” Jack.

Then, the big corporations started buying up the local stations and…[Read more]

@ Robert

According to Rick Beato, it’s about business, the consolidation of radio stations under just several corporate umbrellas, and placing business efficiency over the discovery and cultivation of talented artists.

Is the quest for perfection actually the enemy of perfection?

Technology is killing music. Music is or should be a human activity. Today, Autotune and other tools can make music pretty close to absolutely perfect, which people are not.

Years ago and before Autotune came along, the singer Curtis Salgado said in an interview something like this…[Read more]

Comparing four performances of Money by The Warning. All great, but different.

This one is the most recent from Teatro Metropolitan, a concert that’s about as close to perfectly recorded as a live concert can be:

And now this one from their performance opening for The Foo…[Read more]

PopeBeanie wrote:
We’ll still behave the same, either way. Only the belief in free will vs no free will might influence how some people behave. When in court for bad behavior, the philosophical debate about free will shouldn’t influence general outcomes, either. Each individual has unique behavioral patterns that need to be taken into acc…

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Simon Paynton wrote:
philosophy can’t tell us what we ought to do.  It can tell us what we ought to do if we have certain goals.  Science comes up with those goals.  Is that science or philosophy?

I don’t think I’ve ever met any well-educated person who’s so ignorant of philosophy and its role in the overall scheme of things. You have things ass-…[Read more]

Simon Paynton wrote:
I’m looking for general definitions which distinguish science as a thing from philosophy as a thing.  I’m not sure there are any.

It’s the difference between “is” and “ought.” Sociology finds out what is the case. Moral philosophy asks what ought to be the case. When sociologists stray from polling and research and other form…[Read more]

A few decades ago, I used to do a 45 minute evening health walk and back then there were Walkman-style players that could play CDs. One of my favorite CD’s to listen to was Nine Inch Nails’ Pretty Hate Machine which didn’t have a filler track on it. Terrible Lie, though, was  one of my favorites. Here, Opera Singer Elizabeth Zharoff analyzes a…[Read more]

Simon Paynton wrote:

Unseen wrote:
If that were true, what would the function of philosophy be, then?

I don’t know, it’s hard to tell the difference. They both derive abstract patterns from the data (theories or hypotheses). Is it the subject matter? Is it the technique? I would venture that science is about the physical world, and phi…

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unapologetic wrote:

Unseen wrote:
I don’t believe the OP was asking a philosophical question.

As the OP, I wasn’t being philosophical in any way. But hay, take this discussion in any direction you want.

You were quoting me when those were Simon’s words. And I am taking the question in a philosophical direction because Simon seems to think soc…[Read more]

Can a 10 year old girl who’s probably too small to get on the roller coaster sing a blues/jazz standard sounding like a 40 year old? Why, yes, Virginia. IF she’s Angelina Jordan:

A reaction and analysis by opera singer Elizabeth Zharoff (aka The Charismatic…[Read more]

Simon Paynton wrote:

Unseen wrote:
Your scientific methods can only pin down morality with a historical asterisk attached to it.

I can back up the philosophy with scientific data and theories. Philosophy and science both aim to construct a description of the world, do they not?

If that were true, what would the function of philosophy be, then?

Simon Paynton wrote:

Unseen wrote:
“Morality” is a philosophical concept at heart.

It’s also a scientific one. Is there really a difference? I think the philosophy needs the science to philosophise about.

No. No more than one can answer “What is beauty?” with a scientifically-conducted poll, which can only tell you what people at a given time…[Read more]

Simon Paynton wrote:
I don’t believe the OP was asking a philosophical question. It’s a physical or scientific explanation that is required.

“Morality” is a philosophical concept at heart.

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
Don’t mess with John Wick even when he only has a pencil in his hand.

He’s killed many people with his bare hands.

@ Simon

A sociological explanation of where moral behavior comes of is not an answer to the philosophical question.

@ Simon

I’m sorry, but any highbrow discussion of the philosophical foundations of morality collapses in my mind as soon as the word “foraging” crops up. LOL

@ PopeBeanie

I’m curious if you read my discussion above of the difference between not having free will and being insane or having an obsessive-compulsive behavior. If we aren’t free, then what’s the difference between that and someone who truly has no control?

Don-Music has, I think, settled on “23” as his favorite TW song. At one point toward the end it actually makes him tear up a bit. It’s an in-depth analysis of the song.

One thing he notes is something I sensed even though I have zero musicologicsl education is that the song fails to resolve at the end. The last note doesn’t belong to the base…[Read more]

@ PopeBeanie

The Teatro Metropolitan looks like a pure live video recording but some trickery is definitely involved. One expert reactor thought he was going crazy because after he noticed that Dany keeps spare picks on her mic stand, it drove him crazy that there were six, then a bit later five, and then six again. That’s when he realized that…[Read more]