Until recently, I had been happily living in a smaller world of words. Then, a new word entered my brain. A word which has perplexed my bothered mind. But then, I played the dichotomy gambit; it must be halfway between, fact & fiction. Ah yes, that’s it, something made-up that, through usage, becomes real. I realized that we, of this modern world, all live with, the artificial & made-up. It’s the truth about advertizing. It’s how any generation names the musical moments of their time in history. Lofty heights & platitudes aside, brass tacks are what we’re after here. A music librarian, works in a room full of the factitious; the music genre names! Some of these genre names are toxic to the system of how you archive music. The library can become a dark maze of blind alleys & dead ends. This is why, KZSC no longer has a “miscellaneous non-rock” section, nor do we have an “easy-listening” section. Just look up Rock Music on Wikipedia & you will behold an awesome artifice of factitious words & phrases; even if it’s a lovely list & quite educational, it proves the point I’m trying to make.
By the way, my favorite factitious word is, ABSQUATULATE, but you’ll need a copy of the Oxford English Dictionary to find out what it means.
About the author
The Savage - 25 years on the West Coast, but he still has the East Coast attitude to carry him through, even if the caffeine fails him at times. The long-time host of Unfiltered Camels, David Anton Savage, is now well into an extensive revamp of the library here at KZSC and hopes to be done by June of 2013. Wish him luck, because the fruits of his labor could mean more sweet music to your ears. Stay tuned.