Philip Glass: Classic or Dud? Search and Destroy

FOURTH OF JULY PLUMES.

lagging, gah

playing this in two tabs that are slightly out of sync

Some eyelashes!

i forgot about the screams in this part

Just noticed that site has a link to the full libretto.

Have basically written off my evening, Yay French arts websites

Were the transitions between scenes always this quick?

yay the dancers

these and the spaceship are my favourite parts

XP - On this tour you mean? Yes, possibly not on others

They do seem to be cracking through it at a fair old pace though, the site says durée 3'20" which is odd, when I saw it it was at least four hours long.

What's killing me is how it's the same people now who have been touring this for what, nearly 2 years? What does their head sound like when they go to bed at night, that poor kid.

It's already been on for close to 3 hours

We still have New Age Sax Terror, Radio Ga-Ga Vid and Driving Miss Daisy (on a train) to go

don't forget Dan Flavin Space Aria

Haha, currently watching Levitating Polo Mint V3.

Had to turn off, don't want "Knee 4" to leave me a wreck while at w3rk.

it's gonna be available on the site for a while, I think

OH THANK GLASS.

Dan Flavin Space Aria. Awesome.

Hai-Ting Chinn bloody rules

Yeah this is so beautiful

HERE WE GO

That organ transition gives me goosebumps

*weeps silently*

RETRANSMISSION DU SPECTACLE

stream is repeating for those who want to begin at the beginning again

says it's available until may 7th

Fuckin' A!

oh sweet

The kid keeps a blog -

http://theboyofeob.wordpress.com/

I wonder how his skateboarding skills are coming along! When I saw the NY show I kinda laughed because he seemed unsteady. I'd imagine after X amount of performances he'd be doing ollie's off the stage by now.

Anyone got a link to a download of this? Would rather not stream it...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9TeVdW8sYA

Trial 2: Prison (Supermarket) @ 2:36:15

have watched twice since the stream went up

Wonder if this will actually be any good (the 1968 recording, not the fucking didgeridoo thing)

http://philipglass.typepad.com/glass_notes/2014/01/two-new-omm-releases-philip-glass-debut-concert-1968-voices-for-didgeridoo-organ.html

Wonder if this will actually be any good (the 1968 recording, not the fucking didgeridoo thing)

I actually really want to hear the fucking didgeridoo thing, but only out of morbid curiosity.

Attempted to listen to the fucking didgeridoo thing on Youtube. Interminable. Your suspicions were correct.

Glass up until Einstein <<<<<<<<<< Glass from Einstein through the Dance pieces >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Glass ever since. the only outliers are Music For Twelve Musicians and the Candyman soundtrack, both of which kick much ass.

thought he died when saw thread bump, imagined him cold with a needle in his arm

Saw a documentary about him. Watched him cook and do tai chi. He will outlive us all.

Music For Twelve Musicians

what is this?

It's sorta like Music For Eighteen Parts

So half of them are pulling double-duty?

jamescobo u got some inequality sign issues here breh

Originally it was a collaboration with Steve Reich called Music for 30 Musicians but they got into a big fight and everybody took sides.

music for COOL PEOPLE ONLY (parts I-XXIV)

I like La Belle et le Bete, Symphony no 8, and The Illusionist a lot out of later Glass stuff.

Glass up until Einstein <<<<<<<<<< Glass from Einstein through the Dance pieces >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Glass ever since. the only outliers are Music For Twelve Musicians and the Candyman soundtrack, both of which kick much ass.

this is completely otm though I find the lesser post-Dance stuff more interesting/listenable than I used to.

I rly like the 3rd Qatsi score too... can't remember if that's Naqoy or Powwa. Basically the first and third Qatsi scores are great and the middle one sucks.

The new Reggio one, Visitors, was interesting enough on first listen to warrant a second. Will say more later.

I def recognize that what he has to contribute at this stage is not unique or epoch making in the way he once was but it also just pleases me on an animal level.