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I'm not sure there's that much intention. The students in my community college music classes use "random" as slang to describe things they don't understand. Students have used "random" to describe music by Arnold Schönberg (atonal, but highly structured), Milton Babbitt (total serialization), John Cage (OK, some of that really is stochastic), and W. A. Mozart (!! by an alto who hadn't learned her part).
"Random" also describes non-sequiturs that are then treated as hilarious jokes; Urban Dictionary has several examples. Anything is funny if it has a canned laugh track, right?
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Randomization Jackie 08/14/06 03:43 PM Re: Randomization TEd Remington 08/14/06 07:24 PM Re: Randomization Buffalo Shrdlu 08/15/06 12:51 PM Re: Randomization TheFallibleFiend 08/15/06 04:32 PM Re: Randomization Jackie 08/15/06 05:40 PM Re: Randomization speck 08/15/06 06:08 PM Re: Randomization musick 08/20/06 03:51 PM Re: Randomization sjmaxq 08/20/06 08:03 PM Re: Randomization AnnaStrophic 08/21/06 09:40 AM Re: Randomization wsieber 08/21/06 04:39 PM Re: Randomization Zed 08/22/06 11:01 PM Re: Randomization TheFallibleFiend 08/15/06 06:39 PM Re: Randomization Myridon 08/15/06 07:49 PM Re: Randomization TheFallibleFiend 08/16/06 03:24 PM
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