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

[Eliezer Kaplan <zelwel...>]

> Why is "genre classification" silly?

Because it forces listeners to 'pgeonhole' music based on their
expectations.


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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 ro (at) rreid(dot)net
>
>
>
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