I’ve been curious about Christopher Small’s Musicking ever since Christgau reviewed the thing back in 2000. (My curiosity was further piqued when Marsh referred to the concept in his 2001 rockcritics.com interview with me) (nb: I have to live with my misspelling of “musicking” in the Marsh interview until I’m properly set up with a home PC again). Small died last week, prompting a recollection by Christgau, as well as an obit by Ben Ratliff in the New York Times.