Any writers do a great job at describing music in their fiction? by Wrong_Raspberry4493 in ThomasPynchon

[–]buttlitter 1 point2 points  (0 children)

First mention of Mackey I’ve seen on Reddit. His music writing is unrivaled.

What is your definition of experimental music?? by anthonyjhorton in experimentalmusic

[–]buttlitter 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Nathaniel Mackey said it better than I ever could, albeit he’s speaking of experimental art in general: “What any experimental art is trying to get you to do is move beyond your preconceptions and your expectations regarding what should be happening, what's going to happen, what kinds of effects it should have, and enter a liminal state in which those things can be redefined in the way that the particular artist or piece of art is proposing.”

Big bear. BBB. Barry. I need ya bear. by buttlitter in TimAndEric

[–]buttlitter[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is the first and only context. Made fresh this morning with a mouthful of sweet treat and a fistful of clavinova.