tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4200147945040702557.post2434021022208070464..comments2023-08-20T10:48:55.697-04:00Comments on Sustainable Music: Documenting the DocumentarianJeff Todd Titonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10384565652765905576noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4200147945040702557.post-39969201737744853232010-05-26T13:56:35.175-04:002010-05-26T13:56:35.175-04:00Strange powers, indeed. A document makes an idea r...Strange powers, indeed. A document makes an idea real -- that is, it brings the idea to the level of a shared reality. One must respond by either confirming or denying it: there is no middle ground, no ambiguous "maybe". Either the doc is true (and the idea behind it true), or it is false and a motive is attached (someone is propagating that falsehood for a reason). Either way the idea has some validity now that a doc exists.<br /><br />Not looking at the doc is too late because others have produced it -- so he had to blame the American government for it.<br /><br />In other news, John Lennon repeatedly said "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds" was based on a child's drawing, and not the initials LSD. When the document was finally made available -- the child's drawing -- the press seemed unconvinced. Sorry, John, we like our version of the story more. And that's the truth.Tony Bovehttp://www.tonybove.comnoreply@blogger.com