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Boring Formless Nonsense: Experimental Music and the Aesthetics of Failure by eldritch Priest. Bloomsbury, 2013. £18.99

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Andrew Hugill
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Tempo , Volume 69 , Issue 271 , January 2015 , pp. 98 - 99
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2 The true purpose of the Philosopher's Stone was to deliver an elixir of eternal youth. Turning base metals into gold was only ever a test for its efficacy. In this analogy, the book seeks to connect us with something that is ever youthful in our spirit.

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