Comments on: Music as an “Information Operation” http://marctyrrell.com/2008/07/23/music-as-an-information-operation/ Being in the main the musings of a Symbolic Anthropologist Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:48:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: admin http://marctyrrell.com/2008/07/23/music-as-an-information-operation/comment-page-1/#comment-187 admin Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:21:24 +0000 http://marctyrrell.com/?p=46#comment-187 Thanks for the comments, Max. I probably would have used he other 5, but I'd rather give them a challenge than a curse . Personally, while I love writing about performance, I prefer performing. I'm seriously thinking about doing a daily ethnographic blog series on our tour to Europe next year (St. Paul's in London, Notre Dame in Paris, and back to the Thomaskirche in Leipzig). Unfortunately, we aren't going to be performing in Montreal this coming season... Maybe next season. Thanks for the comments, Max. I probably would have used he other 5, but I’d rather give them a challenge than a curse .

Personally, while I love writing about performance, I prefer performing. I’m seriously thinking about doing a daily ethnographic blog series on our tour to Europe next year (St. Paul’s in London, Notre Dame in Paris, and back to the Thomaskirche in Leipzig). Unfortunately, we aren’t going to be performing in Montreal this coming season… Maybe next season.

]]> By: Maximilian Forte http://marctyrrell.com/2008/07/23/music-as-an-information-operation/comment-page-1/#comment-186 Maximilian Forte Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:48:27 +0000 http://marctyrrell.com/?p=46#comment-186 Cross posting here, thanks for your comments on the Gusterson piece (I wonder if you gave him the idea for the 'professor goes to war' title?). I read this post above earlier today and I wanted to say I enjoyed it a great deal. Heston's five words were a surprise: I thought they would be, "Damn you all to hell!" but instead it was his other five famous words. I must remember that the best sound bites are five words in length. I also meant to mention that I am at my happiest when writing about music and music videos, even though I don't fancy myself as an ethnomusicologist, nor a dance anthropologist (I still remember my surprise at learning that this was a distinct subfield in anthropology -- but then again, we have everything in anthropology). I think that were it not for blogs, YouTube, etc., I never would have written as much (or anything?) about "popular culture," music, dance, etc. And now I wonder if that is as true for other anthropologists as well. Also, I have been able to practice something different in terms of visual anthropology, on the Web. This goes far from your post, and Gusterson, and getting back to the former I also share the same love of church music, and I wish I could see you perform live. I am always impressed by the many talents of my colleagues (perhaps you can ask Alexandre Enkerli at Disparate to accompany you on his sax). Until later, best wishes. Cross posting here, thanks for your comments on the Gusterson piece (I wonder if you gave him the idea for the ‘professor goes to war’ title?). I read this post above earlier today and I wanted to say I enjoyed it a great deal. Heston’s five words were a surprise: I thought they would be, “Damn you all to hell!” but instead it was his other five famous words. I must remember that the best sound bites are five words in length. I also meant to mention that I am at my happiest when writing about music and music videos, even though I don’t fancy myself as an ethnomusicologist, nor a dance anthropologist (I still remember my surprise at learning that this was a distinct subfield in anthropology — but then again, we have everything in anthropology). I think that were it not for blogs, YouTube, etc., I never would have written as much (or anything?) about “popular culture,” music, dance, etc. And now I wonder if that is as true for other anthropologists as well. Also, I have been able to practice something different in terms of visual anthropology, on the Web. This goes far from your post, and Gusterson, and getting back to the former I also share the same love of church music, and I wish I could see you perform live. I am always impressed by the many talents of my colleagues (perhaps you can ask Alexandre Enkerli at Disparate to accompany you on his sax). Until later, best wishes.

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