“Linear, overt activism that calls attention to itself is as shitty as cosmetic beauty that does the same. And “political” punk-folk farted out for a like-minded protest-horny audience is just as redundant as hymns about being at church or club anthems about clubbing. (We’ll be DIY when we make our own cigarettes, fuel, and plastic.) [...]

“The output of symphonies in Europe in the fifty years between 1750 and 1800 was prodigious; it has been estimated that the number was well in excess of twenty thousand. It was customary to order a symphony for a specific occasion, as one might order a new coat or wig; one would no more [...]