Re: Ask glenn?

[Paige Poe <Viviandarkbloom3@aol.com>]

I don't seem to recall Gould ever saying anything that seemed remotely
"objectivist," or else I would have banished him from my record collection
altogether. Of course I don't get into an artists' philosophy when
considering their music, usually--one half of the Minutemen was libertarian
and so are one-half of their lyrics, but I still think they're amazing (the
other half--Mike Watt--was socialist and more agreeable to my personal
views). But with Gould it is definitely an important issue, as I not only
enjoy his music but also his theories and writings. Didn't it say somewhere
in that Ostwald biography that Gould said he was a socialist? That, to me,
makes more sense in terms of his moral and aesthetic views (see: "Glenn Gould
interviews Glenn Gould about Glenn Gould").

Am I the only one here who thinks that Rand's so-called theories--resulting
in long, terrible pseudo-philosophical romance novels--are drivel?

paige.