February 11, 2007
From the desk of Jane Galt:You know what's really fun?
Going to see jazz with an economist who harshes on the alto saxophonist for not grasping spontaneous order.
Posted by Jane Galt at February 11, 2007 6:23 PM | TrackBack | Technorati inbound links"); ?>Are you being sarcastic or are you actually looking forward to the jazz concert? Listening to people who moan about strange topics (e.g. 9/11 conspiracy-believers) is strangely entertaining.
Also, what is "spontaenous order?" Is it something like "jumbo shrimp?"
Posted by: Zhong Lu on February 11, 2007 7:13 PMIt has already happened
It really was fun
The alto sax was not good at improving, while the rest of the group was smooth, so it was jarring and also, pity-inducing.
Posted by: Jane Galt on February 11, 2007 9:16 PMThe simple solution is to play baritone sax instead, because nobody will notice when you screw up.
Posted by: AT on February 11, 2007 9:19 PMI want to know if the economist was you.
I am the only guy I know who isn't limited to thinking Selma when I hear Hayek.
Of course, most of the women I know are even worse off...
Jane, I'm guessing you meant that the alto wasn't good at IMPROVISING. (Presumably he wasn't on stage practicing modes and scales, which would have been him IMPROVING.) In which case, honestly, why the hell was he on stage playing jazz? Jazz IS improvisation!
Well, at least the rest of the act was apparently worth seeing.
Likening improvisational music to spontaneous order... is your economist friend by chance a musician himself? It really is a very accurate comparison. Observation, profit motive, feedback loops, market failure (as you witnessed firsthand)... y'know, it might not be so much that the sax didn't understand spontaneous order as he was just a lousy entrepreneur. :-)
Posted by: Flynn on February 12, 2007 7:45 AMWho was the group? I improvised for about 5 years with a group in Florida once. We had absolutely no problems with people figuring out how to improvise quickly (including once a homeless guy who walked in and wanted to sing) except with a celloist from a philharmonic who just didn't get it I suppose or maybe that was the point.
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I'm just laughing that this thread is what drew Kyle out as a commenter.
Posted by: Lane on February 12, 2007 2:56 PMWas the jazz you witnessed at that club on M Street in Georgetown?
I don't recall Silver Spring having much of a jazz scene.
(Am I the only one who's excited by the Police reunion tour?)
Posted by: D------ on February 13, 2007 12:11 AM