Re: Comparing Incomparables

[Eliezer Kaplan <zelwel...>]

As far as I'm personally concerned, Owen, I won't read e-mail BEFORE
havdolah. As for my wife being able to instantly recognize Zappa, I don't
just mean stuff with his 'distinctive' vocal styling- I also meant
instrumental stuff. Something about his writing style- what he himself
would have called the 'statistical density' of his music makes it instantly
recognizable. IMO same thing goes for Brandwein- at this level I think it's
a legit comparison. As far as lifestyle goes, Brandwein was actually nuts
way beyond Zappa's league!
                EK

At 04:12 AM 7/11/99 +0000, you wrote:
>Naftule Brandwein compared to Frank Zappa?  I *LOVE* this list!!!  I notice
>that this took place after Havdole: who can tell me how this affects making
>distinctions and comparisons?
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>Owen
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>Eliezer Kaplan wrote:
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>> . But someone like, say,
>> Zappa, even my wife (who correctly claims to have little facility for this
>> sort of thing) can get, because he's so, well, inimitable. Maybe Brandwein
>> is just like that.
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