A Welter of Polyrhythms

A Welter of Polyrhythms

On the train this morning, deep into Aaron Copland’s classic, <i>What to Listen for in Music</i>, which Art Dudley discusses in our November issue, I read a bit about rhythms and polyrhythms. Copland is giving a brief history on the use and evolution of rhythm in modern Western composition, explaining how we got from basic two-four time marches to much more complex combinations of two or more independent rhythms in varying times. This is what I read:

I'm digging Chinese cinema lately.

Watched The Red Cliff tonight.

Been catching those Jet LI set in China flicks, too.

Great western style action and heroes.

I give The Red Cliff a 9.

I watch alot of them not knowing the names, but the ones that start out with a little narrative aboout conflicting Chinese clans and reiions are best, with really quality epic story lines and actions.

If only Clint had been Chinese.

Very Shakesperian, as well.

Any other aficionados? I'd chase down your recommendations.

how many stereos do you own?

The question is not - how much gear do you own? I suspect most of us have piles or shelves of various equipment, in various states of repair.

I'm curious about how many complete, in-use stereos people have, and where they have them. Do you have one in your office? Family room? Garage? Bedroom? (I'm always amazed by guys who somehow, even though they're married, have honking big stereos or - odder still - surround in their bedrooms.)

I'm assuming many people have dedicated listening rooms - I don't, and use our family room after my wife goes to bed.

Windows 7 clean install

I have a chance through school to buy Windows 7 pro for $29. I my home desk top I have 2 gigs of ram and plenty of HD space and a 2 gig processor, but not dual core. In my lap top I only have 1 gig of ram, plenty of HD space, and a 1.9 processor.

Microsoft says says I must do a clean install meaning I must move all my programs and folders to another HD and then do a clean install of Win 7. They have a multi-step video tutorial that tells me this may not be just a "walk in the park".

I'm not sure it is worth the trouble to do that. Comments are appreciated.

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