Jaimie Vernon wrote:

> But again, the novelty of meticulously placing puked up snippets of 
> sound all over these audio Mona Lisa's makes me wish I had a bottle of 
> ProTools Windex so I could go back and take the offending neon road 
> signs off the pristine highway these songs nearly traveled on.

Love this line--and I agree with it.  I also have absolutely no desire 
to see the Cirque Beatles' show (or any other Cirque show, for that 
matter).

But at the same time, I've enjoyed my repeated listenings of "Love". 
Even though these definitely are "audio Mona Lisas" being monkeyed with, 
I can enjoy the CD as I listen to it and then know it's ultimately 
disposable entertainment.

Honestly, as a huge music hound, there are fewer and fewer CDs I come 
back to after the first dozen or so spins. Individual tracks, sure. Full 
CDs? Rarely. I suspect that's the case for many of us Auditeers, 
especially when I see annual "best of" lists that are so long that many 
repeated listens would be near impossible given the time necessary for 
such a task (and/or pleasure).

Much of what we love in music---irrespective of genre--- is almost 
literally in one ear and out the other. Then it's on to the next discovery.

Joe Field
http://FlyingColorsComics.com