[linux-audio-user] [OT - Apostrophe]

[Eric Dantan Rzewnicki]

On Tue, Jun 29, 2004 at 09:19:10AM -0300, luis jure wrote:
> el Mon, 28 Jun 2004 21:14:30 -0700
> Jos Laake <jos at radiks.net> escribi?:
> > I believe it's a reference from the Frank Zappa song "Apostrophe", no?
> >  From the album of the same name.
> > I belive the line goes:
> > "The crux of the biscuit is the Apostrophe." - FZ
> right. "it should be easy to see..."
> > What it means?  I have no idea.  Random silliness from the Master
> > is my guess. ;-)
> i don't see it as random. i'm not a native speaker of english, but i think i
> can follow how zappa developed a funny variant of the idioms that use the
> word"crux" (meaning of course "decisive point", and not "cross"), mainly
> "the crux of the matter", but also "the crux of the problem/conflict", "the
> crux of the discussion/debate", etc.
> 
> it's very probable that zappa himself invented the expression (can anyone
> trace it to a predating source?), perhaps melding "crux of the matter" and
> "crust of the biscuit". 
> 
> it appeared first in the song "stink foot", which was included in the album
> "apostrophe" from 1974. zappa also used the expression in conversation, i
> remember reading interviews where he used this peculiar idiom.
> 
> excuse the OT, but the artists and groups usually mentioned on this list are
> completely unknown to me, for once i wanted to talk a musician i _do_ know.
> er... not very probable an OT about duke ellington or thelonious monk, is
> it?

Not that the OT needs to go on any longer, but monk is one of my all
time favorite composers and performers. :-D If I were to start studying
music again I think I would start with monk.

-Eric Rz.