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=A0=0A> Dave Phillips  wrote:=0A>>=0A>> I must be pe=

rverse. As I listened to this (very fine) tune I kept =0A>> thinking about =

the horror movie "Carnival Of Souls"...=0A>>=A0 =A0 =0A>=0A> Thanks Dave, a=

lthough I find it slightly disturbing that you sensed=0A> something not ent=

irely happy in the tune. You're actually one of three=0A> people who have s=

aid that, and I can't for the life of me understand how=0A> that should com=

e about.=0A=0A> To my ears the form and instrumentation are reminiscent of =

music for a =0A>=A0carousel or carnival. In my psyche (admittedly influence=

d by 'way too =0A> many horror and sf books & movies from the 50s and 60s) =

there's =0A> something inherently surreal or even menacing about such thing=

s and =0A> events. Perhaps it's a cultural conditioning ?=0A=0AIt was defin=

itely early conditioning in my life regarding circus=A0clowns.=0A=0AAs a ve=

ry sickly infant and young child, I quickly learned to associate circus clo=

wns with intense, physical pain.=0A=0AThe pediatrician had circus clown por=

traits=A0on the walls of=A0his waiting rooms, hallways, and patient rooms.=

=A0 Everywhere I went and waited, there were circus clowns.=A0 Then came th=

e treatments and pain, with those circus clowns watching=A0and laughing.=0A=

=0ATo this day (I'm 56), I don't find anything remotely joyful or comfortin=

g about circus clowns.=A0 They were the stuff of nightmares to me.=0A=0AAma=

zed=A0and just realizing=A0how much I'm *still* upset with circus clowns,=

=0AStephen.

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 =0A> Dave Phillips <dlphillips@woh.rr.com> wrote:>>>> I must be=

 perverse. As I listened to this (very fine) tune I kept >> think=

ing about the horror movie "Carnival Of Souls"...>>    =

quoted text
>> Thanks Dave, although I find it slightly disturbing that y=

ou sensed> something not entirely happy in the tune. You're actually=

 one of three> people who have said that, and I can't for the life o=

f me understand how> that should come about.=0A> T=

o my ears the form and instrumentation are reminiscent of music for a &=

gt; carousel or carnival. In my psyche (admittedly influenced by 'way =

too > many horror and sf books & movies from the 50s and 60s) th=

ere's > something inherently surreal or even menacing about such thi=

ngs and > events. Perhaps it's a cultural conditioning ?=

=0AIt was definitely early conditioning in my life regarding circus&nb=

sp;clowns.=0A =0AAs a very sickly infant and you=

ng child, I quickly learned to associate circus clowns with intense, physic=

al pain.=0A =0AThe pediatrician had circus clown=

 portraits on the walls of his waiting rooms, hallways, and patie=

nt rooms.  Everywhere I went and waited, there were circus clowns.&nbs=

p; Then came the treatments and pain, with those circus clowns watching&nbs=

p;and laughing.=0A =0ATo this day (I'm 56), I do=

n't find anything remotely joyful or comforting about circus clowns.  =

They were the stuff of nightmares to me.=0A =0AA=

mazed and just realizing how much I'm *still* upset with circus c=

lowns,=0AStephen.

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