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Best selling classical music album of all time. Originally written as a lullaby (this is highly disputed). I’ve listened to this nearly every day since I was 18. The voice leading is almost supernatural. There is an argument amongst (highly autistic) classical music fans as to whether the 1955 or 1980 recording by Gould is better. Clearly the answer is the 1955 version that contains all of Gould’s childlike glee (it was his first recording in America) and trademark humming. The 1980 version sounds like an old man trying to revisit his youth; it sounds like an old man close to death, much too clean. I like this piece of music.
May 10, 2023
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Yodeling legend, if you've never seen/heard this before you'll think it's fake.
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My 3 yo daughter wanted to know what the flute player looked like that makes the sounds like a bird; was cool to show her this video since any B&W tends to be less exciting for her. For the non-toddlers, the music is also very good.
Jan 29, 2024
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This is probably less of a choice and more of a personality defect. It’s ultimately an alienating and soul crushing way to live your life. But there is no way to be successful without being highly critical, at least as an editor. The danger is when you turn it on yourself and people you are close to (inevitable). In a culture where we’re sold blind positivity (profit motive), it's important to stay critical, to stay on your toes. As an editor this is most important. But it’s also important to be an “A-type” thinker instead of a “B-type” thinker: you have to offer ways to improve what it is you’re criticizing, and not just be critical for the sake of criticizing.
May 10, 2023
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Network spirituality etc etc etc. One of the only books I have ever read twice.
May 10, 2023
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Favorite architect, still alive and teaching in Kyoto. His buildings are all formally bizarre in terms of structure and ratio and there’s a theory that him and other Japanese architects of his generation purposefully do not adhere to western architectural proportions and aesthetic ideals as a silent protest against the west because of the war and the nuclear fallout that many of them endured as children. He is also a terrific fiction writer. I’ve been trying to get him to write for the magazine for some time now. Apparently he used to beat his employees with a T-ruler.
May 10, 2023