Tuesday, October 25, 2005  Creativity in Blogs and Music
Creativity in Blogs and Music  [EDIT UPDATE: I meant to mention
men and women, gentle readers, that a relative of avant garde
composer John Cage telephoned me last night, right before my own
music composing session.  Cage wrote often of "chance
operations" that result in art and anecdotes. A double
coincidence: I had just downloaded the rare album "John Cage
meets Sun Ra" (two of my favorite odd musicians) from Ubu Web.
This relative, guy named Jerry Davis, is researching my
relative, one Howard Streight, who apparently was a modestly
famous artist. I have had a link to info about Howard on my Art
Test Explosion site, for over a year now. That's how he tracked
me down, a living relative of the artist he was researching. A
link that paid off.  See? You need lots of links in your blog or
web site, for added value to your readers.]  I don't intend to
turn this web usability blog into a "music blog", nor should you
even care what music I like, but I pass