1. This @alexrossmusic piece on Adorno & Benjamin is superb. Doesn't mean I'll refrain from quibbling with it: http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/09/15/naysayers …
@alexrossmusic Yeah, you're right about "Uber Jazz" -- and really TWA didn't make an effort to inform himself on Jazz, so he's fair game.
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@alexrossmusic A partial defense of TWA would be that he first heard Jazz (or pseudo-Jazz) in Germany & that was compromised work 1/2 -
@HeerJeet@alexrossmusic This is a common defense of TWA. It is not a very good defense. - Show replies
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@alexrossmusic But as@SWGoldman pointed out, TWA didn't make any efforts to learn better when he was in USA. So he's fair game.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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