A special episode! We talk about John Cage, whether "culture has come to a standstill," how Nina fell in love with music, and what opera singers listen for.
I made the point about cultural standstill 20 years ago, kicking off some vigorous fisticuffs on Crooked Timber. I'd say most kinds of cultural innovation ended in the 1970s, not the early 2000s as suggested in the linked NY Times article.
I made the point about cultural standstill 20 years ago, kicking off some vigorous fisticuffs on Crooked Timber. I'd say most kinds of cultural innovation ended in the 1970s, not the early 2000s as suggested in the linked NY Times article.
https://crookedtimber.org/2006/03/16/the-traditionality-of-modernity/
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/10/magazine/stale-culture.html