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haiku magnets and an obituary
Feb. 12th, 2004 07:35 pmPutting haiku on the blog seems to have attracted some other haiku like a magnet. I'm happy with that.
Found out today that Edward Said died last September. I'm aware that Said was well known for his political commentary, but he was also a music lover and wrote about that. Last year I read a book called _Parallels and Paradoxes: Explorations in Music and Society_ by Said and Daniel Barenboim. It was one of my favorite non-fiction books of 2003; I haven't read anything that either has written besides that, but it was so well done that I thought I might. Much of it was about music, but it was set up as a dialogue between these two old friends, and thus ranged over all kinds of subject matter. A difficult book to describe, but a book of ideas and not difficult to read.
Found out today that Edward Said died last September. I'm aware that Said was well known for his political commentary, but he was also a music lover and wrote about that. Last year I read a book called _Parallels and Paradoxes: Explorations in Music and Society_ by Said and Daniel Barenboim. It was one of my favorite non-fiction books of 2003; I haven't read anything that either has written besides that, but it was so well done that I thought I might. Much of it was about music, but it was set up as a dialogue between these two old friends, and thus ranged over all kinds of subject matter. A difficult book to describe, but a book of ideas and not difficult to read.