Word: offing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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JN: The tradition of most American colleges is to be bastions of creative or experimental music, or even experimental forms of mainstream music like indie rock. At Harvard, I think there's a desire to be culturally conservative. I was shocked that people had such a negative reaction to the...
JN: I'm a spectator for them most of the time, and there are always incredibly positive reactions. It's very accessible music, mainly because it's so personal and expressive.
DH: I think a lot of people have never really thought to look for it. A number people who've come to our shows, say afterwards, "I've never heard anything like that, but I really like it."
SF: A lot of people think "new music" and they think "weird, abrasive music." For a long time, a lot of composers had the idea that "if the public likes it, we must be doing something wrong." [A long discussion on Dada and composer Philip Glass ensues]
SF: In some ways, we're trying to go against the grain of most bands. We're not commercially geared in any sense. I can't think of any other band today that only exists live. With any other band, you can just buy their album, and there's this...