Pynchon & Jazz

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> Heller, Craig.  From Metal to Mozart:
>    The Rock and Roll Guide to Classical Music.
>    San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1994. 
> 
> Pattison, Robert.  The Triumph of Vulgarity:
>    Rock Music in the Mirror of Romanticism.
>    New York: Oxford UP, 1987.
> 
> Walser, Robert.  "Eruptions: Heavy Metal
>    Appropriations of Classical Virtuosity."
>    Popular Music, Vol. 11, No. 3 (1992): 263-308.
> 
> And see as well ...
> 
> Duxbury, Janell R.  "The Nexus of Classical and
>    Rock." Progression 39 (Summer 2001): 70-74.
> 
> http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/8660/article.html
> 
> And her excellent bibliography ...
> 
> http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/8660/bibliography.html
> 
> > Metal is an attempt to restate classical Romantic
> > values in modern music ...

These are excellent; thank you. Janell Duxbury's site in particular 
has some fascinations that are new to me.

Lords of Chaos
by Michael Moynihan

Although somewhat uneven, this book chronicles the events in Norway 
as black metal rose and intelligently presents the ideological 
viewpoints behind the actions of these musicians, as well as giving 
insight to the mechanations of bands and personalities in the 
turbulent world of underground metal. 

Rocking the Classics : English Progressive Rock and the 
Counterculture
by Edward L. Macan 

Delving into the world of progressive rock in a context of cultural 
development through history, this book explores the motivations and 
musicology of progressive rock with a broad but well targetted 
research base. 

some people view violence as inherently evil. as a naturalist, what 
do you feel is the role of violence? 

It's natural in nature. It's not evil in my eyes. Evil is beyond all 
this, something only one can know oneself. If you stab someone for no 
reason and laughs about it afterwards, you're not necessarily evil. 
You might have had a bad childhood or whatever. As for myself, I 
despise my own race. I don't see this as evil, I just don't think 
humans are worthy of living. When I take a walk up in the mountains, 
I always hope I won't meet someone. Animals, on the other hand, have 
my total respect and admiration. 

your misanthropy is legendary. what is it about humans that makes 
them detestable in contrast to ideologically silent plants and 
animals? 

Humans are weak, always have to act contrary to what they really 
want, and they have also destroyed an entire planet. In short, they 
don't live in allegiance with themselves and I will always hate my 
own race.  

what do you think of vegetarians and recycling? some say they are 
sell-outs for picking intermediate steps when much more radical 
action is required. 

I'm a vegan myself. I became vegan when I was 17, I'm now 30. I never 
touch anything with milk in it, meat, fish, whatever. I respect 
animals, and consider them worthy of life. Humans, on the other 
hand... I think my misanthropy is to a large extent a result of the 
disrespect towards animals seen among filth of the human race. Still, 
of course I hate them for other reasons as well. I'm not one of those 
who hate just because of a bad childhood. I had the perfect 
childhood, being very often on my own, exploring. I also had many 
friends being a child, but at some time I realized that 
friendship actually doesn't exist. Sure, you can respect someone, but 
friendship? I don't think so. About recycling, I'm careful about 
littering, but it's just because of the animals. I actually don't 
care about the planet, animals are in hell, anyway. I confess that 
I'm a bit confused as to how I should explain this. Anyway, I follow 
my conscience, which is my guiding star through life and, eventually, 
death. 

-- 
Backup Rider of the Apocalypse
www.anus.com/metal/
DEATH AND BLACK METAL