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Taste, Part I: Schubert and Schoenberg
I don’t trust people who don’t have strong feelings when it comes to taste.
Amend that. I don’t trustcreativepeople who don’t have strong feelings when it comes to taste.
Have you ever asked someone what kind of music they listen to, only to have them answer, “Oh, all kinds. I like everything”?
Makes you wanna slap ‘em. Oh, REALLY? You likeSchubertandSchoenberg? Biker thrash rockandBenny Goodman? Drums’n’BassandBach’s solo violin sonatas?
Don’t have a preference between Sonny Rollins and Kenny G? Just love that nice, atmospheric new-age sonic wallpaper, but also Sonic Youth? Have a special place on your desert island for the Clash’sSandinista, but couldn’t live without those nifty Nimbus reissues of historical opera performances? You love the Archies and bubblegum pop from the ‘60s, and gangsta rap? Bill Monroe and salsa? Accordion polkas and Weird Al Yankovic? Bi...

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