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.

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