Bad Blog of Musick

February 23, 2024
Finally, the English version: “If art is too “colorful” for you, then you are too gray.” #nmz #badblogofmusick https://blogs.nmz.de/badblog/2024/02/23/what-art-is/
January 29, 2024

The Loss of Truth

“The decline of truth creates a new superstition that is more fatal than any false belief that we attribute to the Middle Ages from today’s perspective. And it attacks the […]
January 3, 2024
“Millions of times we will stare at our cell phone or a computer instead of a person’s face. And only very rarely will we experience anything of relevance.”
November 18, 2023

Themes, Themes, Themes

“The “Eroica” was not created because Count Popanz von Mützenburg issued the obligatory motto “Napoleon”. The “well-tempered piano” was not created as a simple fulfillment of a festival’s theme of […]
November 1, 2023
What is “Kairosis”? Is it a game, a piece of music, a kind of opera, a film score? The answer is: a little bit of everything. https://blogs.nmz.de/badblog/2023/11/03/kairosis-2/ https://blogs.nmz.de/badblog/2023/11/01/kairosis/
October 28, 2023

Late farewell to Mark Foster

  “I think we need to talk more often about people like Mark. The business isn’t just run by the stars.” https://blogs.nmz.de/badblog/2023/10/30/late-farewell-to-mark-foster/
October 17, 2023

Dubious composition competitions, episode 263: Amadeus Composition Award Vienna

Dubious composition competitions, episode 263: Amadeus Composition Award Vienna “What is one to make of a competition that displays this kind of business behavior? That’s a question everyone can probably […]
October 12, 2023

How I once (almost) came last in a swimming marathon

“That I wasn’t going very fast, I noticed because my kayakers were kind of bored sitting in their boats playing games on their cell phones.” https://blogs.nmz.de/badblog/2023/10/13/how-i-once-almost-came-last-in-a-swimming-marathon/