Slog - Comments on For The Love Of Mingus http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/the_love_of_mingus If the power that fuels Coltrane's genius is cosmic spirituality, then the power that fuels Mingus's genius is the most human, the most direct form of love. We are but stick insects in the shadow of such artistic greatness. And the love Mingus had and generated in the short space of his life is the kind of love (a love that is concentrated in the moment, in the realm of life, in the biological, the physical, the temporal, the here and now and nowhere else) we can no longer even imagine it--let alone reproduce it. We the weak ( we... Copyright 2008 Mon, 27 Nov 2006 10:07:22 -0800 Mon, 27 Nov 2006 20:46:47 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by david Yes, we have stick insects here, at least on the East Coast, along with leafhoppers and other bugs disguised as various parts of plant anatomy. They're really cool and I don't mind being one.

But yeah, Mingus is amazing.

]]> david http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/the_love_of_mingus#c497462 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/the_love_of_mingus#c497462 Arts Mon, 27 Nov 2006 10:26:04 -0800 Comment by Eric F Judging by his appearences in Miles' autobiography, as well as the very little I was able to get through of Beneath the Underdog, I'd say hate had as much to do with Mingus's mightiness.

]]> Eric F http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/the_love_of_mingus#c497473 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/the_love_of_mingus#c497473 Arts Mon, 27 Nov 2006 10:31:04 -0800 Comment by josh much like vonnegut's harmoniums

]]> josh http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/the_love_of_mingus#c497594 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/the_love_of_mingus#c497594 Arts Mon, 27 Nov 2006 10:55:26 -0800 Comment by flamingbanjo The ears that hear are a crucial part of the instrument being played. We may admire the genius which is the music's source, but in so doing let us not ignore the vital role the listener plays in creating music. Attention occupied in to the fruitless observation "I will never be capable of producing such things" (however true that statement may be) is attention diverted away from experiencing the music as it unfolds. Giving one's full attention is the highest compliment one can pay and is the ideal towards which true artists strive, over and above the desire to be admired or envied by their audience.

Also, stick insects are way cool!

]]> flamingbanjo http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/the_love_of_mingus#c497615 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/the_love_of_mingus#c497615 Arts Mon, 27 Nov 2006 11:26:00 -0800 Comment by Gurldoggie Eric's not wrong. Hate and anger were major motivating forces for Mingus, but so were love, God, and an endless devotion to the church of Duke Ellington. The man was infinitely complicated (Did you know he wrote a book about training your cat to use the toilet? It's true! http://www.mingusmingusmingus.com/Mingus/cat_training.html) and his music reflects that. He is larger than life, and his compositions are timeless. Yeegads I love this man's music.

]]> Gurldoggie http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/the_love_of_mingus#c497631 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/the_love_of_mingus#c497631 Arts Mon, 27 Nov 2006 12:01:38 -0800 Comment by some deaths take forever The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady is superior to A Love Supreme, but hardly anybody wants to admit it. Why is that?

]]> some deaths take forever http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/the_love_of_mingus#c497735 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/the_love_of_mingus#c497735 Arts Mon, 27 Nov 2006 12:21:14 -0800 Comment by Stormy Who drank my Mingus Dew?

]]> Stormy http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/the_love_of_mingus#c499575 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/the_love_of_mingus#c499575 Arts Mon, 27 Nov 2006 20:46:47 -0800