illustration by Radek Drutis

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What makes sad music sad?

by Moira Farr

illustration by Radek Drutis

From the May 2008 issue of The Walrus


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As for me, I’m not going out of my way to see Guy Maddin’s film The Saddest Music in the World, but Garnet Rogers, Rufus Wainwright, and a host of other favourites are once again welcome on my iPod. I’m grateful to have that restored as a listener — the strange human capacity to enjoy feeling sad.
 

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