Oh, it was very nice. I had some crab chips and took a nice walk around Federal Hill and downtown. I had some cigars and beer at some Irish pub in the inner harbor while listening to a cover band mangle Smells Like Teen Spirit. Good times.
And I met a bunch of theorists and attended the workshop that I was in, which was a great experience. There were also some really interesting papers--including two on Bartok that were very good. There was supposed to be a paper on Meshuggah, but it was canceled because it had just been published in a journal.
Anyway, yeah, my knowledge of Deleuze, Guattari, and whatnot is limited, and I prefer to stick to more straightforward music theory. In my experience, philosophy ends up being used more for navel-gazing (in terms of the discipline itself), but those are some smart folks up there and I'm reluctant to completely dismiss it. If anybody wants to read the abstracts, the complete program is here:
http://societymusictheory.org/pdf/SM...racts_2007.pdf