Morgue Gallery - A Mischief of Guitars

A little belief in superstition and myth can help create new music. Newspaper horoscopes are based on star signs and birth dates. They predict what will happen during the day, and those predictions rely on probability and randomness. If you read your horoscope in the morning, you might turn it into a self-fulfilling prophecy: you could go looking for the “tall, dark, handsome man,” or decide to take a “long journey.” Or, you might read it late in the evening and then interpret what happened that day through its mystical language—“Yes, I did meet someone important today.” The interesting part is this: you could meet that “tall, dark, handsome man,” take a “long journey,” and meet someone important—without ever reading your horoscope at all. So, did the horoscope really predict anything, or were those outcomes simply coincidence? Does this mean the day’s events were not predicted? I find it difficult to create new material because I’m constantly aware that I’m not in complete control of ...