The Sweet And Sour Crew Dept.

For some strange and wondrous reason, the Nile Rodgers interview in��Behind the Glass��has proven to be an endless source of wisdom for me. At one point he talks about complementary dynamics in a song, and how analogies can be drawn between those things and, say, food: "I think of weight and substance, and I understand flavors and ingredients and textures and how to work with sweet and sour, hot and cold, funky and smooth."

Notions like this tend to wash around in my head and attach themselve...