Brack Flank

Jason Ingram · 02 Mar 2002, 17:53 · from urth-v0203.mbox · original

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From: Jason Ingram <j_ingram at mac.com>
Subject: Re: (urth) re: Brack Flank
Date: Sat, 2 Mar 2002 09:53:47 -0800
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When I hear music that I often listened to when reading, I tend to=20
remember those stories ("state-dependent memory"?); for me Miranda Sex=20
Garden's _Fairy Tales of Slavery_ perfectly evokes the mood of TBONS,=20
with the possible exception of one song in German.

I don't mean to imply that this might explain other people's=20
associations, since
a) lyrical content may match too well to be coincidental, and
b) it's likely that the reading and listening occurred at different=20
times--

but synchronicity--meaningful coincidence--isn't enough, for me, to=20
evidence informed intent.

REM's "The End of the World as we know it" is a famous example in debate=20
circles, with debaters claiming that the band members went to a debate=20
tournment, listened to the arguments being made, and wrote the song=20
("tournament, tournament, tournament of lies").  I'm skeptical, but--and=20
this applies to Lupine music as well--even if the link isn't true it=20
*ought* to be.

Sepia

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