Learning Fun and Important Things
Let us contemplate the pictures of musicians in my Last.fm library and whether they appear in color or black and white. The discernment of meaning in this exercise is left as an exercise for the reader.
Bob Dylan: black and white
The Magnetic Field: black and white
Pavement: color
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah: color
Animal Collective: color
Tom Waits: black and white
Pixies: black and white
Joanna Newsom: black and white
The Thermals: color
The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem: color (barely; these Northern European gentlemen are shown in signature white Aran sweaters against a white background.)
The Rolling Stones: black and white
Arcade Fire: black and white
Sufjan Stevens: color
The Who: color
Dan Deacon: color
The Beatles: black and white
Ween: black and white
Radiohead: black and white
Glenn Gould: black and white
Built to Spill: black and white
Herbert von Karajan & Berliner Philharmoniker: color
Rasputina; black and white
Philip Glass: black and white
Wolf Parade: color
David Bowie: black and white
Frank Zappa: black and white
Yo La Tengo: black and white
The Smashing Pumpkins: black and white
Final Fantasy: color
Wu-Tang Clan: black and white
Bongwater: black and white
Talking Heads: black and white
Frédéric Chopin: black and white
Regina Spektor: color
Belle and Sebastian: color
Leon Redbone: black and white
At this point, it is believed that we have learned enough.
