This week we’re delving into the calculative and communicative characteristics of Math Rock! Join us in our review of The Chronicles of Marnia by the ever-imaginative Marnie Stern. Then we revisit our old Song Scales discussions by taking stock of our rating systems as they stand today. First impressions notwithstanding, tastes are malleable and adaptive. A good rating system boils down to a careful balance of subjectivity and objectivity. But as Ralph Waldo Emerson said:
“Speak what you think today in hard words and tomorrow speak what tomorrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict everything you said today.”
So, one day at a time, be prepared to live and die by your own “0-5’s”! In the meantime, here’s ours…
Next week’s review:
Leaving Eden by Carolina Chocolate Drops
