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Found an interesting word on wikipedia the other day: ergodic. In terms of literature, it refers to books that are nonlinear or require reader effort to piece together -- consider hypertext works, "House of Leaves" or on a simpler level games like "Myst" or even "Choose Your Own Adventure" books. The Paper Chase is, in a sense, ergodic music. It is not idle listening, a background track to other activities -- it's just way too disonant and weird. Somehow the band can use those two qualities to force me to pay attention to the music, while simultaneously overcoming them, making me illogically enjoy somethng I ought to hate. Emo vocals stitched to music that sounds like what happens when an untrained six-year-old gets at a keyboard? Listen to it a couple of times, and I guarauntee you're brain will start muttering "Good things die ... all the time/God bless your heart, vengeance is mine." All it takes is a little more effort than usual.
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[Source: www.theolympian.com -- MP3 Blog]
