3.08.2004

"Sonata For Jukebox" -- a review of what sounds like a fascinating new book, on "Pop Music, Memory and the Imagined Life." Which is to say, what we listen to, and why. Allow me to quote: "In an age of recording devices and mass commercial exchange, people don’t ask of a piece of music 'Is this beautiful?' based on its proportion or harmony. They say 'This is me,' or 'This is mine,' because it evokes intense feelings of personal allegiance." I guess in 20 years one of my peers will write "Symphony for iPod" in the same vein?

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