Re: An Israelite Odyssey - Review of Koby Israelite's Dance of

2003-05-06 Thread R.A.S.
*** REPLY SEPARATOR *** On 05/05/2003 at 09:53 r l reidr l reid wrote: Eliezer Kaplan wrote: Roger Reid yclept: Why is genre classification silly? Because it forces listeners to 'pgeonhole' music based on their expectations. Forces? Hardly. Gives a hint as to whether

Re: An Israelite Odyssey - Review of Koby Israelite's Dance of

2003-05-06 Thread R.A.S.
*** REPLY SEPARATOR *** On 04/05/2003 at 20:47 Ari Davidow wrote: At 05:44 PM 5/4/2003 -0500, you wrote: Of course there are, but one needs to recognize that what goes into each one depends on someone's arbitrary opinion. But just for fun, let's play a little game.

Re: An Israelite Odyssey - Review of Koby Israelite's Dance of

2003-05-05 Thread r l reid
Eliezer Kaplan wrote: Roger Reid yclept: Why is genre classification silly? Because it forces listeners to 'pgeonhole' music based on their expectations. Forces? Hardly. Gives a hint as to whether it's your kind of thing, maybe. It's cool if Koby Israelite doesn;t fit any genre. But

RE: An Israelite Odyssey - Review of Koby Israelite's Dance of

2003-05-05 Thread R.A.S.
*** REPLY SEPARATOR *** On 04/05/2003 at 18:25 Seth Rogovoy wrote: Why is genre classification silly? Because it forces listeners to 'pgeonhole' music based on their expectations. Are there no such things as musical genres? There are indeed, and they do have their

Re: An Israelite Odyssey - Review of Koby Israelite's Dance of

2003-05-05 Thread Ari Davidow
At 05:44 PM 5/4/2003 -0500, you wrote: Of course there are, but one needs to recognize that what goes into each one depends on someone's arbitrary opinion. But just for fun, let's play a little game. Genre-classify the following five artists: Salim Halali The Klezmatics Don Van Vliet (Captain

Re: An Israelite Odyssey - Review of Koby Israelite's Dance of

2003-05-05 Thread Eliezer Kaplan
PROTECTED] To: World music from a Jewish slant [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 05, 2003 8:53 AM Subject: Re: An Israelite Odyssey - Review of Koby Israelite's Dance of Eliezer Kaplan wrote: Roger Reid yclept: Why is genre classification silly? Because it forces listeners to 'pgeonhole

Re: An Israelite Odyssey - Review of Koby Israelite's Dance of

2003-05-04 Thread r l reid
R.A.S. wrote: defeats any silly genre classification Why is genre classification silly? Not a ctique of the work you're critiquing; just a critique of the critique itself. roger -- r l reid[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -+ Hosted by

RE: An Israelite Odyssey - Review of Koby Israelite's Dance of

2003-05-04 Thread Seth Rogovoy
Why is genre classification silly? Because it forces listeners to 'pgeonhole' music based on their expectations. Are there no such things as musical genres? -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -+ Hosted by Shamash: The Jewish Network http://shamash.org A

Re: An Israelite Odyssey - Review of Koby Israelite's Dance of

2003-05-04 Thread Eliezer Kaplan
Subject: Re: An Israelite Odyssey - Review of Koby Israelite's Dance of R.A.S. wrote: defeats any silly genre classification Why is genre classification silly? Not a ctique of the work you're critiquing; just a critique of the critique itself. roger -- r l reid [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: An Israelite Odyssey - Review of Koby Israelite's Dance of

2003-05-04 Thread Eliezer Kaplan
include the years1969-1975) Leonard Bernstein See what I mean? - Original Message - From: Seth Rogovoy [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: World music from a Jewish slant [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2003 5:25 PM Subject: RE: An Israelite Odyssey - Review of Koby Israelite's Dance of Why

Re: An Israelite Odyssey - Review of Koby Israelite's Dance of

2003-05-04 Thread George Robinson
treasonable to the American public. --Theodore Roosevelt - Original Message - From: r l reid [EMAIL PROTECTED]; r l reid [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: World music from a Jewish slant [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2003 5:28 PM Subject: Re: An Israelite Odyssey - Review of Koby Israelite's