Why not invest in the future of music, instead of building fortresses to preserve its past?

My favorite term for a new kind of performance is "security theater." In this genre, we watch as ritualized inspections and patdowns create the illusion of security. It's a form that has become common since 9/11, and even the government agencies that participate in this activity acknowledge,off the record, that it is indeed a species of theater.

Yeah, it's pretty hard not to be completely cynical these days.

It's a fundamental, social attitude that the 1% supports symphonies and operas and doesn't support Johnny learning to program hip-hop beats. When I put it like that, it sounds like, 'Well, yeah,' but you start to think, 'Why not, though?' What makes one more valuable than another?

I can't tell one from the other:I find you or you find me?There was a time before we were born If someone asks, this is where I'll be.

Most of our lives aren't that exciting, but the drama is still going on in the small details.

Everything's intentional. It's just filling in the dots.