Musicians, dangerous people?

 “It’s not only insulting and heartbreaking, but how? In what way? Musicians, dangerous people? Is it my piano playing?

“I have no indication at all,” she added, “and it has been 13 ½ months.”

For a legal alien on an H1-B visa, this story in the NY Times, about a musicologist whose visa was revoked with no explanation, is a timely reminder of how tenuous my legal status is in the United States.

Comments 1

  1. steven wrote:

    Apparently those who traffic in music and ideas are dangerous, indeed (seriously, though, National Socialists found a lot of time in the day to harass artists, so perhaps we shouldn’t be surprised when evil bureaucrats intervene)! And that Elgar- nobody knows what those “Enigma Variations” are all about; He’s sending messages for the enemy!

    Posted 24 Sep 2007 at 5:15 pm

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