Update on the Nine Squares. A Musician Was ... The Whole Phenowomenon.
"Sex, drugs, and Rock and Roll" was preceded by, and yes, ultimately it too was a delusion, by another: "Love, Novels ("Romances"), and a musician was ... Liszt, Paganini, or even ... Chopin. Sex, Drugs, and a musician was ... Whoever, if not born black, could pass themselves off as "black" through enormous effort, self-discipline, and unswervingly steadfast application. Which brings us to Punk, and I think of "Goth" as Perotin and Leonin and the Codex Calixtinus of Santiago de la Compostela. But I defer to Doctor Az ... who says it was ... well, something else. But a musician is: A musician is whoever says they're a musician. And that about sums up the whole phenomenon.