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Friend of Mind the Gap John Pippen sends in this photo snap from a recent visit to the Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City. I can't help but wonder/wish that these were someone's record bins, and that I could reach in and see what was stored under each tab. It looks like a totally reasonable filing system for music these days, and one that's way more intriguing than the usual distinctions.

Yes, yes, borders between genres have been ripped up a bit. So have the fences between a lot of things. And while I'm sure there are those in the room who think it wise to fight these trespasses in art, food, and society, I have never had much interest in that side of the conversation (or arguments about what we call it when it happens, though I am sympathetic to the plight). What I have always been interested in, specifically in the area of music, is what each camp needs to learn from the others in order to create great work and how they effectively (socially and professionally) go about doing it: sharing recording knowledge, improving composition chops, polishing performance skills, gaining business acumen. In the 21st century, if everyone wants to not only build their own art, but also create their own frames, that's great and amazing and exciting stuff, but that also takes a great deal more skill to pull off well, no? Or it requires a better kind of tag-team playing and creating than we have ever yet seen, but are perhaps perfectly poised to achieve.