Music The Third Pillar

The Bachelor has talked about the metaphor of the "crystal radio villigers" living remotely in a developing country.  The crystal radio villigers have a crystal radio set encased inside a ceremonial drum. The designated "information elder" for the villigers turns the drum upside-down, pushing into the ground the crystal set grounding rod(s) that is attached rim-side to the top of the drum, casts the antenna wire into a tree, places a conch shell on top of the bottom of the upturned drum and adjusts the belt that the antenna is attached to around the coil around the drum, until there's a transmitted signal. In this way, the villigers listen to the information coming out of the conch shell used as a sound amplifier pertaining to current events in the world and need-to-know content on audio. When the villigers receive the information for the day, they undo the above setting up, turn the drum right side up again, and they're able to play on the drum as an instrument.  This metaphor tries to illustrate the dichotomy of music and information. The villigers have to tend to the responsibility of knowing what's going on, but they need to do it in a way consistent with simple living. The minimalism that this task is based on is conducive to a meditative state. When the villigers drum on the drum as an instrument, they're enjoying themselves and that pertains to the hedonistic side of things. The links and content the Bachelor shares here, as well as much of the culturally based meaning it relates to is based on this metaphor.  Shares @ http://hbannounce.blogspot.com/search/label/Audio