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Collections Of Colonies Of Bees: Customer

by Mark Corroto
November 4, 2004

I cannot tell you that I understand the role of music in our society today. Like many things (including consumer goods), music plays the role of a mild distraction. Sure, some teenager somewhere feels the earth move every time he/she hears “that song" on the radio. But for the most part we are a visual people, not an aural one.

Then again, maybe my theory is completely wrong. And maybe that's why I couldn't passively ignore the audio ...