five thots on berstein's mass

1. old radicals tend to have this fond kitsch, see the revival of the black panthers or soviet kitsch, nothing gets dated faster then those who wish to upend the world, so although this was v. dated, i was shocked tht i was shocked
   
2. formal reversals w/i a tightly constructed narrative perhaps?
3. there is everything here, marching bands, callopies, timpani, noise, boys choirs, oboe and flute solos, womens solos, blues and rock singing, there is no attempt to work the chaos, though it does overwhelm
   
4. i felt weird how much it affected me emotionally, how raw it made me.
   
5. was bernstein the last of those who could be said to be slumming, who the hi/lo dialectic actually mattered?