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    19 Apr '08 02:341 edit
    Originally posted by Nemesio
    I'll tell you why he won't share, Epiphinehas: it's because there is nothing to share. It's the
    Emperor's New Clothes. A blue square on a field of chartreuse, it's brilliant can't you see? If you
    can't see, you're an uncultured, denigrating sot (and a communist and atheist, too). Do you
    see the brilliance now?

    Uh huh. Yeah.

    Nemesio
    This speaks volumes.
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    19 Apr '08 03:10
    Originally posted by ThinkOfOne
    This speaks volumes.
    If it is false, then it would be a simple matter for you to demonstrate it. It would require climbing
    out of your ivory tower, of course.

    Nemesio
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    19 Apr '08 14:11
    Originally posted by Nemesio
    If it is false, then it would be a simple matter for you to demonstrate it. It would require climbing
    out of your ivory tower, of course.

    Nemesio
    True or false, your words matter not.
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    19 Apr '08 16:50
    Originally posted by ThinkOfOne
    True or false, your words matter not.
    I figured avoiding providing actual content would be your methodology.
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    19 Apr '08 17:031 edit
    Originally posted by Nemesio
    I figured avoiding providing actual content would be your methodology.
    I figured you'd remain a prisoner of your own small-mindedness.
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    19 Apr '08 17:23
    Originally posted by ThinkOfOne
    You can expand the definition of music to be "organized sound".

    Most music is "about the creation and release of tension". However, you might want to consider that there are many aspects of sound that can be used in building tension: form, melody, harmony, dissonance, rhythm, dynamics, timbre, texture, etc. There are examples of music that are primar ...[text shortened]... ing "intelligible" is ignorance. This is also true of "experimental" musics.
    i agree with this.
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    19 Apr '08 17:27
    Originally posted by ThinkOfOne
    This speaks volumes.
    maybe nemesio likes hiding behing the sterile and impotent rhetoric that denies to the core what human intelligence is and what artistic expression and music really is.
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    19 Apr '08 22:46
    Originally posted by ThinkOfOne
    I figured you'd remain a prisoner of your own small-mindedness.
    Small-minded = interest in music stretching over a millennium.

    You're very funny.

    Nemesio
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    19 Apr '08 22:47
    Originally posted by eldragonfly
    maybe nemesio likes hiding behing the sterile and impotent rhetoric that denies to the core what human intelligence is and what artistic expression and music really is.
    Ad hominem = fallacy
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    19 Apr '08 22:51
    Originally posted by Nemesio
    Small-minded = interest in music stretching over a millennium.

    You're very funny.

    Nemesio
    You're very obtuse.
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    19 Apr '08 22:57
    Originally posted by ThinkOfOne
    You're very obtuse.
    And you have nothing to say, by your own admission.
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    19 Apr '08 23:56
    Originally posted by Nemesio
    And you have nothing to say, by your own admission.
    By MY own admission?

    At least you're consistent.
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    20 Apr '08 15:13
    😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴
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    21 Apr '08 07:20
    Originally posted by Iron Monkey
    😴 // 😴😴: // Z: // Z😴: // Z😴😴: // Z😴: // Z: // Z😴😴: // Z😴😴😴😴
    Now it's music.
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