Sweetness
I am opposed to dry wines, dark chocolate, unadulterated coffees, astringent music (like Clinic or Schoenberg), “cheese plates” for dessert, the entire life’s work of Mondrian, Scotch as opposed to bourbon, paradoxes, Marianne Moore as opposed to Elizabeth Browning, and nightspots that don’t capitalize their names and put little dots in between each letter. Against a black background.
s • w • e • e • t • n • e • s • s is the new black.
“Just try it,” I said, of the ice wine.
“It tastes like pears,” she said, going back to the glass of stout, which was the color of chocolate or coffee.
“Isn’t that good?” I said.
“Is it natural to drink dissolved pears?” she asked me.
HAAHAHAHAHA. i love the way your site looks – so much more kugelmass than the old one.
also i love everything you said you am opposed to:
only drink dry wines, only eat dark chocolate, i do have half and have in my coffee, astringent music (LOVE Clinic – what about Kraftwerk? Can?) “cheese plates” for dessert (my dream) the entire life’s work of Mondrian ( are you kidding me? Mondrian makes me cream), Scotch as opposed to bourbon (now you’re killing me), paradoxes( do they exist?), Marianne Moore as opposed to Elizabeth Browning (agree with you, then again i know nothing), and nightspots that don’t capitalize their names and put little dots in between each letter. Against a black background. (wait so you want capitals?)
ok. whew. i like these short posts, less intimidating. then again i know nothing.
I like many of these things too; mostly, this was a post in protest of predictability of taste. It’s odd to me that good taste is easily faked by a consistent preference for dry, astringent culture.
It’s like those DJs (mash-up and house especially) who become great by rediscovering cheese from the 60s and 70s. They have to be able to hear something in all that schmaltz.
I was kidding about our Clinic conversation when I put up the reference to them. Actually, I think both Kraftwerk and Can are more expansive than may be apparent at first. Trans-Europe Express is full of glacial beauty, and the skittering percussion of Tago Mago is only the surface tension of eerie, cool depths.
Mondrian makes you flush? Is it because you’re a designer? Most people I know like him, but only lukewarmly.
you’re right, astringency is a signpost of high culture.
and you’re also right that kraftwerk and can are misunderstood to be astringent and dry. i find kraftwerk to be lush and “expansive” in trans europe, funny in Computer World, and downright pop in Man Machine. tey are kind of industrial in autobahn, that might be the closest to dry. i dunno, maybe some parts of trans europe are dry. hmmm.
can – eerie cool depths. hmm. yeah. there’s some visceral rock-i-ness to it too, so it’s not as dry as it seems.
we are in agreement.
although mondrian – like him lukewarmly? Impossible. unbelievable.
PS you should say some other color rather than “the new black”. that was pre Legally Blonde.
“the new pink” already happened. I like to say “the new orange ” but i think another color would suffice.