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Re: Please lets all sit together now and define what we do!



Interesting.  I had always heard it attributed to Elvis Costello.  Now,
based on your input, I did a little research, and found this:

http://home.pacifier.com/~ascott/they/tamildaa.htm

Seems like a lot of people are confused about it's origins ;)

Doug
----- Original Message -----
From: <Hedewa7@aol.com>
To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 12:18 PM
Subject: Re: Please lets all sit together now and define what we do!


dougcox@pdq.net writes:

>Somehow, I'm reminded again of Elvis Costello's comment - "talking about
>music is like dancing about architecture".
that was not elvis' (original) comment.
i believe (but don't know) that it was either edgar varése or nicolas
slonimsky that uttered that phrase.....
best,
dt / splattercell