[f_minor] f_minor Digest, Vol 11, Issue 3

Sat Feb 19 17:41:18 EST 2011

Thanks, Professor Wright, for your comments, I agree with you about the British "pill-popping" article. Perhaps that critic could test his thesis by taking lots of drugs to see if it might improve his writing...or take some and then try to play the piano as well as Gould! Why are some people uncomfortable with genius? Because they themselves are so far from it? 

As you and others may remember, GG himself was unsatisfied with a performance early in his career when he tried to stifle the "platform mannerisms"...the music just didn't come out the same. So the guy eventually stops performing in public (and this could very well be one of the reasons, people laughing at him or always commenting about it), and can finally really relax and enjoy making recordings, films, etc., and some dolts have to criticize his choice, or claim his brilliance was due to being high. All I can say is....the music lives on! And thank you, Glenn! 

Regards, Elaine

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Today's Topics:

   1. Re: In The Year Of The Water Dragon (maryellen jensen)
   2. Re: Genius Within DVD for Europe (maryellen jensen)
   3. Re: Genius Within DVD for Europe (michael
 macelletti)
   4. Re: Genius Within DVD for Europe (Pat)
   5. For Our Bobmerk (maryellen jensen)
   6. Can this be right? (Timothy Conway)
   7. my libido a mosquito my libido a mosquito (Robert Merkin)
   8. Re: Can this be right? (Robert Merkin)
   9. Re: Can this be right? (James Wright)

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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2011 23:45:33 +0100
From: maryellen jensen <maryellenjensen28 at hotmail.com>
To: <f_minor at glenngould.org>
Subject: Re: [f_minor] In The Year Of The Water Dragon
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6YnkAQg0lY

Not even 1,000 'views' for an original Gould composition.

"I for one am convinced that a platoon of audio and video 
engineers is frantically working day and night cleaning, editing and rendering 
GG?s audiovisual legacy for a deluxe 12 DVD Box Set with tons of extras and 
previously unreleased material and a thick booklet for a release in 2012 and the 
CBC throwing in a few CDs with material previously unavailable in this format. 
Please tell me I am not hallucinating."

 You asked. I said I think you are. I still do.

"It would indeed be a crying shame if
 September 2012 passes by 
without any release of GG material on DVD whatsoever. I for one would be stunned 
and very dissapointed indeed having imagined things that did not come true. In 
any case nobody will talk about GW by then."

 I think that there probably will be some release of something in 2012 and I personally hope the releases will come from the CBC because they are sitting on the long-time-no-see 'motherload'. I hope that the CBC is ready to release the complete tv performances (45+ years after the fact) that have been hacked to pieces in "Life and Times", the "GG Collection" and "Hereafter". The fact that three CBC properties have been pulled from UBU Web isn't particularly indicative of anything $$$ wise (the Pet Clark radio program is still available on the Net as you well know - just not on UBU anymore and there are long CBC radio interviews of GG still available on youtube). Glenn Gould isn't Michael Jackson or
 Jagger/Richards in terms of revenue. I doubt that GG even comes close to Bernstein or Koopman or Karajan, Barenboim or Perahia or perhaps even Mlle. Hewitt (when adjusted for inflation) in terms of revenue...and Lang Lang? I'd love to see some stats if anybody's got decent ones. O!
 f course the GG Foundation is doing its best to ensure that Dudamel outsells them all, adjusted for INFLATION...

 "In any case nobody will talk about GW by then." Why isn't 'anyone' talking about On and Off The Record and The Alchemist now? (As you can surmise I tend to favour two films where the subject was actually present). GG and fans needed a film such as GW like a cat needs a second tail. I'd be curious to know if GG music/video sales got a GW bump, since we seem to be talking about cash cows and monetary harvests.

Mary              

From: pzumst at bluewin.ch
To: f_minor at glenngould.org
Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2011 13:15:01 +0100
Subject: [f_minor] In The Year Of The Water Dragon

G?day all

It would indeed be a crying shame if September 2012 passes by 
without any release of GG material on DVD whatsoever. I for one would be stunned 
and very dissapointed indeed having imagined things that did not come true. In 
any case nobody will talk about GW by then.

I for one am convinced that a platoon of audio and video 
engineers is frantically working day and night cleaning, editing and rendering 
GG?s audiovisual legacy for a deluxe 12 DVD Box Set with tons of extras and 
previously unreleased material and a thick booklet for a release in 2012 and the

CBC throwing in a few CDs with material previously unavailable in this format. 
Please tell me I am not hallucinating.

Money
Bob mentioned it already, GG is still a cash cow for Sony/CBC, 
no matter what. For the wrong reasons and the false image of GG that people 
still have he is still selling. Aren?t people getting a bit sick of streamlined 
artists with a predictable repertoire these days ? Isn?t this one of the reasons 
we are here ?

The CBC pulled some of GG?s radio features off ubuweb because 
they are looking at ?a potential loss of thousands of dollars?. There will be 
radio programs to celebrate the occasion and I doubt that the CBC will let the 
opportunity pass to have a look at the vaults to see what might be 
sellable.

Prestige
GG is the most famous classical musician of his native country 
, there will be celebrations, no doubt about that. And the interested public 
would
 want to buy what is on offer. Books, CDs and DVDs galore. The people in 
charge of GG?s legacy will not let that opportunity pass to cash in. 
Unfortunetly there will be myth-making and not much debunking and GG would be 
horrified by some of the things the talking heads will have to say about him but 
sadly this is part of the game. Can you imagine the pouring of ridicule of 
critics and fans over the heads of the people in charge who grandly celebrate 
his 80th but no complementary product in sight ? Heck, there would be reckoning 
!

Reputation
I am contradicting myself here a bit but apart from the 
Original Jacket Box Sony had a pretty bad track record of good new GG releases, 
especially on DVD. The only DVD currently on sale by Sony in Germany are the ?81 
Goldbergs. High time to bring GG?s visual legacy to the 21st century. They 
simply cannot afford to ignore the fact that here we have a performer who
 was 
keen on his TV appearences and an interest in new technology for his own use. 
GG?s TV broadcasts unavailable in 2012 is absolutely unthinkable, unless Sony 
wants to loose its reputation as self-proclaimed Guardian of GG?s 
legacy.

Demographics
The demographics of record buyers have changed. The times 
where an artist will sell millions of records in just weeks are over. Record 
companies need to reorient and ajust to a new demographic. A new category has 
sprung up which will be the ideal POS for GG products: The 50 quid man. 
Well-educated wealthy people between 40-early 60s who will cough up at least 50 
quid at the cash register during their rare visits to a record store. This 
includes the classical crowd in general and a GG target audience in particular. 
Record companies are well advised to serve a wealthy niche these days. Record 
labels like Rhino found that out years ago, they are doing
 well, get brilliant 
reviews and are loved by fans and collectors alike.

So therefore I am convinced that in a top-secret underground 
facility in Cape Dorset audio and video wizards of prime rank are busy preparing 
an audiovisual GG feast to blow us all away ! Mary, any counter-arguments 
?

Pat

From: maryellen jensen 
Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 11:47 PM
To: f_minor at glenngould.org 
Subject: Re: [f_minor] Genius Within DVD for 
Europe

Pat,

Hardly 
anything at all of any substance has been said about Genius Within (how does one 
wrestle with jello anyway?) and I would say that you are hallucinating. 

Michael Macelletti: I second your sincere outcry for all your reasons 
and perhaps a few more to boot. 

Mary

From: pzumst at bluewin.ch
To: f_minor at glenngould.org
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2011 
20:24:42 +0100
Subject: [f_minor] Genius Within DVD for Europe

Dear f_minor

By now all that had to be said about Genius Within by those 
who have seen it has been said I reckon with the conclusion that the definitve 
documentary about GG has yet to be made.

Just for the record and in fairness to tthose who have not 
seen it yet a Code 2 version (Europe) on both DVD and Blu-Ray should be released 
on March 28th.  

Contrary to the North American version this one will only be 
108 Mins, no word on extra features as of yet.

DVD Pre-Order info found at amazon.co.uk: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Genius-Within-DVD-Glenn-Gould/dp/B00450AFT2/ref=sr_1_2?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1297881707&sr=1-2

Blu-Ray version: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Genius-Within-Inner-Glenn-Blu-ray/dp/B004HZ5IGU/ref=sr_1_1?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1297881707&sr=1-1

I for one am convinced that a platoon of audio and video 
engineers is frantically working day and night cleaning, editing and rendering 
GG?s audiovisual legacy for a deluxe 12 DVD Box Set with tons of extras and 
previously unreleased material and a thick booklet for a release in 2012 and the 
CBC throwing in a few CDs with material
 previously unavailable in this format. 
Please tell me I am not hallucinating.

Pat

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Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2011 01:14:56 +0100
From: maryellen jensen <maryellenjensen28 at hotmail.com>
To: <f_minor at glenngould.org>
Subject: Re:
 [f_minor] Genius Within DVD for Europe
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http:///www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSgseffAn2U&feature=watch_response

Dear Bobmerk,

I was worried about you but kept it to myself. Now I know my worries were founded in fact and I shouldn't have kept it to myself. 

Let's hear it from everyone on this F Minor List that "bobmerk" is out of danger and that we are all ecstatic to hear it! 

Perhaps this 'little ditty' from Bach will help: if any morning looks a little too grey or it hurts to laugh or to sit up or whatever ... I dont presume to know but sing this to yourself and smile
 inside of the melody and just shake your head at the thought that any of this exists.

All the best to you 

Mary Jensen 

PS I like "Smells Like Teen Spirit" because it is incomprehensible, no matter how many people have recorded it in every way possible. 

Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2011 21:08:13 -0500
From: bobmerk at earthlink.net
To: f_minor at glenngould.org
Subject: Re: [f_minor] Genius Within DVD for Europe

Surprisingly for a Swiss, you clearly do not understand der Kapitalismus, where the dead never stop earning money.Michael Jackson (whose estate owns the Beatles song catalog) just started earning big money, because he just abruptly stopped his bizarre spending spree. Death is a sort of Rehab for people with shopping addictions.A
 few years ago Karen Carpenter was the  top-selling Dead Musical Artist. For several years this odd honor has gone to Kurt Cobain (the incomprehensible "Smells Like Teen Spirit").

Elvis, of  course, rakes it in every year.(During his lifetime, Van Gogh was never able to sell a single painting.)In 2010, after their typical legal squabbles, the surviving Beatles finally dove into the .mp3 Internet Music For Sale market, with huge success. The Stones on the other hand always enter new tech marketplaces immediately, and are quickly rewarded and enriched. btw in 2010 The Stones cleaned up, extra-featured and released a new CD of "Exile on Main Street" which has garnered huge critical praise.They were the halftime act at the (USA football) Super Bowl in 2006, singing "Start Me Up," "Rough Justice," "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction." The show was viewed by 89,900,000  people, more than the audiences for the Oscars, Grammys and Emmy Awards
 combined. In the wake of the Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy with Janet Jackson [the world accidentally saw her breast for a second], ABC and the NFL imposed a five-second delay and censored lyrics considered too!
  sexually explicit in the first two songs by briefly turning off Mick Jagger's microphone -- censoring to which the group had previously agreed.* * *There's never going to be a "definitive" documentary about Glenn Gould. His unique achievements and bizarre life will keep attracting documentarians, good and not-so-good. "32 Short Films" showed how photogenic the long-dead GG was and that there was a substantial audience for documentary re-interpretations of him. I am waiting for Glenn Gould in I-Max 3D.(The guy who invented the cool new 3D tek called RealD also wrote "Puff the Magic Dragon.")Actually I am waiting for the first biopic about Bobby Fischer. Nominations for who might play Bobby? I vote for Christian Bale.BobA
 personal note: I and my laptop are in a Rehabilitation Facility recovering from monster heart surgery. By Springtime I will have recovered enough to go home. But the ordeal is far more emotional than physical; intense despair and depression are my daily lot!
 .Of depression, my vascular surgeon simply prescribed: Sunlight and Mozart. So I brought GG's Mozart sonatas with me and listen to them in every spare moment.They work! They truly brighten my spirit and banish despair!I bought the Goldbergs too. Bach does not have this magical Happy Spirit effect.

-----Original Message-----

From: Pat 

Sent: Feb 16, 2011 2:24 PM

To: f_minor at glenngould.org

Subject: [f_minor] Genius Within DVD for Europe

Dear f_minor

By now all that had to be said about Genius Within by those 
who
 have seen it has been said I reckon with the conclusion that the definitve 
documentary about GG has yet to be made.

Just for the record and in fairness to tthose who have not 
seen it yet a Code 2 version (Europe) on both DVD and Blu-Ray should be released 
on March 28th.  

Contrary to the North American version this one will only be 
108 Mins, no word on extra features as of yet.

DVD Pre-Order info found at amazon.co.uk: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Genius-Within-DVD-Glenn-Gould/dp/B00450AFT2/ref=sr_1_2?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1297881707&sr=1-2

Blu-Ray version: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Genius-Within-Inner-Glenn-Blu-ray/dp/B004HZ5IGU/ref=sr_1_1?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1297881707&sr=1-1

I for one am convinced that a platoon of audio and video 
engineers is frantically working day and night cleaning, editing and rendering 
GG?s audiovisual legacy for a deluxe 12 DVD Box Set with tons of extras and 
previously unreleased material and a thick booklet for a release in 2012 and the 
CBC throwing in a few CDs with material previously unavailable in this format. 
Please tell me I am not hallucinating.

Pat

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Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2011 16:50:44 -0800 (PST)
From: michael macelletti <mmacelletti at sbcglobal.net>
To: Robert Merkin <bobmerk at earthlink.net>,    "Discussion of the Canadian
    pianist Glenn Gould." <f_minor at glenngould.org>
Subject: Re: [f_minor] Genius Within DVD for Europe
Message-ID: <274321.96353.qm at web83709.mail.sp1.yahoo.com>
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all the best with your recovery. md's  are very good with that. i wouldn't be a 
bit surprised if they've added at least 30 years to your
 life !

________________________________
From: Robert Merkin <bobmerk at earthlink.net>
To: Discussion of the Canadian pianist Glenn Gould. <f_minor at glenngould.org>
Sent: Wed, February 16, 2011 9:08:13 PM
Subject: Re: [f_minor] Genius Within DVD for Europe

Surprisingly for a Swiss, you clearly do not understand der Kapitalismus, where 
the dead never stop earning money.

Michael Jackson (whose estate owns the
 Beatles song catalog) just started 
earning big money, because he just abruptly stopped his bizarre spending spree. 
Death is a sort of Rehab for people with shopping addictions.

A few years ago Karen Carpenter was the  top-selling Dead Musical Artist. For 
several years this odd honor has gone to Kurt Cobain (the incomprehensible 
"Smells Like Teen Spirit").

Elvis, of  course, rakes it in every year.

(During his lifetime, Van Gogh was never able to sell a single painting.)

In 2010, after their typical legal squabbles, the surviving Beatles finally dove 
into the .mp3 Internet Music For Sale market, with huge success. The Stones on 
the other hand always enter new tech marketplaces immediately, and are quickly 
rewarded and enriched. 

btw in 2010 The Stones cleaned up, extra-featured and released a new CD of 
"Exile on Main Street" which has garnered huge critical
 praise.

They were the halftime act at the (USA football) Super Bowl in 2006, singing 
"Start Me Up," "Rough Justice," "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction." 

The show was viewed by 89,900,000  people, more than the audiences for the 
Oscars, Grammys and Emmy Awards combined. In the wake of the Super Bowl XXXVIII 
halftime show controversy with Janet Jackson [the world accidentally saw her 
breast for a second], ABC and the NFL imposed a five-second delay and censored 
lyrics considered too sexually explicit in the first two songs by briefly 
turning off Mick Jagger's microphone -- censoring to which the group had 
previously agreed.

* * *

There's never going to be a "definitive" documentary about Glenn Gould. His 
unique achievements and bizarre life will keep attracting documentarians, good 
and not-so-good. "32 Short Films" showed how photogenic the long-dead GG was and 
that there was a
 substantial audience for documentary re-interpretations of him. 
I am waiting for Glenn Gould in I-Max 3D.

(The guy who invented the cool new 3D tek called RealD also wrote "Puff the 
Magic Dragon.")

Actually I am waiting for the first biopic about Bobby Fischer. Nominations for 
who might play Bobby? I vote for Christian Bale.

Bob

A personal note: I and my laptop are in a Rehabilitation Facility recovering 
from monster heart surgery. By Springtime I will have recovered enough to go 
home. 

But the ordeal is far more emotional than physical; intense despair and 
depression are my daily lot.

Of depression, my vascular surgeon simply prescribed: Sunlight and Mozart. So I 
brought GG's Mozart sonatas with me and listen to them in every spare moment.

They work! They truly brighten my spirit and banish despair!

I bought the Goldbergs too. Bach does not have this magical Happy
 Spirit effect.

-----Original Message----- 

From: Pat 
>Sent: Feb 16, 2011 2:24 PM 
>To: f_minor at glenngould.org 
>Subject: [f_minor] Genius Within DVD for Europe 
>
>
>Dear f_minor
> 
>By now all that had to be said about Genius Within by those  who have seen it 
>has been said I reckon with the conclusion that the definitve  documentary about 
>GG has yet to be made.
> 
>Just for the record and in fairness to tthose who have not  seen it yet a Code 2 
>version (Europe) on both DVD and Blu-Ray should be released  on March 28th.  
>
> 
>Contrary to the North American version this one will only be  108 Mins, no word 
>on extra features as of yet.
> 
>DVD Pre-Order info found at amazon.co.uk: 
>http://www.amazon.co.uk/Genius-Within-DVD-Glenn-Gould/dp/B00450AFT2/ref=sr_1_2?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1297881707&sr=1-2
>
> 
>Blu-Ray version: 
>http://www.amazon.co.uk/Genius-Within-Inner-Glenn-Blu-ray/dp/B004HZ5IGU/ref=sr_1_1?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1297881707&sr=1-1
>
> 
> 
>I for one am convinced that a platoon of audio and video  engineers is 
>frantically working day and night cleaning, editing and rendering  GG?s 
>audiovisual legacy for a deluxe 12 DVD Box Set with tons of extras and  
>previously unreleased material and a thick booklet for a
 release in 2012 and the  
>CBC throwing in a few CDs with material previously unavailable in this format.  
>Please tell me I am not hallucinating.
> 
>Pat
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Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2011 02:15:54 +0100
From: "Pat" <pzumst at bluewin.ch>
To: "Discussion of the Canadian pianist Glenn Gould."
    <f_minor at glenngould.org>
Subject: Re: [f_minor] Genius Within DVD for
 Europe
Message-ID: <C3F87F49115740CBA0214F18469D451C at PatPC>
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Hi all

Bob

All the very best from me as well. Get well soon, there is still so much fun to be had ! Heart surgery reminds me that I should quit somking...

Remembered this little song by Wolferl which I had to learn to sing in school. Might cheer you up or help you fall asleep with a grin on your face: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_lmOt7DIwo

Best
Pat

From: michael macelletti 
Sent: Friday, February 18, 2011 1:50 AM
To: Robert Merkin ; Discussion of the Canadian pianist Glenn Gould. 
Subject: Re: [f_minor] Genius Within DVD for Europe

all the best with your recovery. md's  are very good with that. i wouldn't be a bit surprised if they've added at least 30 years to your life
 !

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From: Robert Merkin <bobmerk at earthlink.net>
To: Discussion of the Canadian pianist Glenn Gould. <f_minor at glenngould.org>
Sent: Wed, February 16, 2011 9:08:13 PM
Subject: Re: [f_minor] Genius Within DVD for Europe

Surprisingly for a Swiss, you clearly do not understand der Kapitalismus, where the dead never stop earning money.

Michael Jackson (whose estate owns the Beatles song catalog) just started earning big money, because he just abruptly stopped his bizarre spending spree. Death is a sort of Rehab for people with shopping addictions.

A few years ago Karen Carpenter was the  top-selling Dead Musical Artist. For several years this
 odd honor has gone to Kurt Cobain (the incomprehensible "Smells Like Teen Spirit").

Elvis, of  course, rakes it in every year.

(During his lifetime, Van Gogh was never able to sell a single painting.)

In 2010, after their typical legal squabbles, the surviving Beatles finally dove into the .mp3 Internet Music For Sale market, with huge success. The Stones on the other hand always enter new tech marketplaces immediately, and are quickly rewarded and enriched. 

btw in 2010 The Stones cleaned up, extra-featured and released a new CD of "Exile on Main Street" which has garnered huge critical praise.

They were the halftime act at the (USA football) Super Bowl in 2006, singing "Start Me Up," "Rough Justice," "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction." 

The show was viewed by 89,900,000  people, more than the audiences for the Oscars, Grammys and Emmy Awards combined. In the wake of the Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show
 controversy with Janet Jackson [the world accidentally saw her breast for a second], ABC and the NFL imposed a five-second delay and censored lyrics considered too sexually explicit in the first two songs by briefly turning off Mick Jagger's microphone -- censoring to which the group had previously agreed.

* * *

There's never going to be a "definitive" documentary about Glenn Gould. His unique achievements and bizarre life will keep attracting documentarians, good and not-so-good. "32 Short Films" showed how photogenic the long-dead GG was and that there was a substantial audience for documentary re-interpretations of him. I am waiting for Glenn Gould in I-Max 3D.

(The guy who invented the cool new 3D tek called RealD also wrote "Puff the Magic Dragon.")

Actually I am waiting for the first biopic about Bobby Fischer. Nominations for who might play Bobby? I vote for Christian Bale.

Bob

A personal note: I and my
 laptop are in a Rehabilitation Facility recovering from monster heart surgery. By Springtime I will have recovered enough to go home. 

But the ordeal is far more emotional than physical; intense despair and depression are my daily lot.

Of depression, my vascular surgeon simply prescribed: Sunlight and Mozart. So I brought GG's Mozart sonatas with me and listen to them in every spare moment.

They work! They truly brighten my spirit and banish despair!

I bought the Goldbergs too. Bach does not have this magical Happy Spirit effect.

-----Original Message----- 

  From: Pat 
  Sent: Feb 16, 2011 2:24 PM 
  To: f_minor at glenngould.org 
  Subject: [f_minor] Genius Within DVD for Europe 

  Dear f_minor

  By now all that had to be said about Genius Within by those who
 have seen it has been said I reckon with the conclusion that the definitve documentary about GG has yet to be made.

  Just for the record and in fairness to tthose who have not seen it yet a Code 2 version (Europe) on both DVD and Blu-Ray should be released on March 28th.  

  Contrary to the North American version this one will only be 108 Mins, no word on extra features as of yet.

  DVD Pre-Order info found at amazon.co.uk: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Genius-Within-DVD-Glenn-Gould/dp/B00450AFT2/ref=sr_1_2?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1297881707&sr=1-2

  Blu-Ray version: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Genius-Within-Inner-Glenn-Blu-ray/dp/B004HZ5IGU/ref=sr_1_1?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1297881707&sr=1-1

  I for one am convinced that a platoon of audio and video engineers is frantically working day and night cleaning, editing and rendering GG?s audiovisual legacy for a deluxe 12 DVD Box Set with tons of extras and previously unreleased material and a thick booklet for a release in 2012 and the CBC throwing in a few CDs with material previously unavailable in this format. Please tell me I am not hallucinating.

  Pat

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Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2011 04:28:39 +0100
From: maryellen jensen <maryellenjensen28 at hotmail.com>
To: <f_minor at glenngould.org>
Subject: [f_minor] For Our Bobmerk
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTIv8hP-UIA&feature=related

Polyphony lives on, or can this be fugue? Gould would have approved (tongue planted firmly in cheek) and it ought to give you a giggle. Silly stuff.

Teen Spirit
 might smell slightly different here:

http:///www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KZjnFZvCNc&NR=1

Mary

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Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2011 14:57:28 +0800
From: Timothy Conway <timcon at comswest.net.au>
To: "Discussion of the Canadian pianist Glenn Gould."
    <f_minor at glenngould.org>
Subject: [f_minor] Can this be right?
Message-ID: <A6CB0712-F36D-4B3D-9812-94908D6BD2BE at comswest.net.au>
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Hello All,

Go to http://www.spectator.co.uk/arts-and-culture/featured/6649333/pillpopping-pianist-.thtml for something that may make your hair curl.

-- Tim
Geraldton, WA, Oz

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Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2011 03:51:08 -0500 (GMT-05:00)
From: Robert Merkin <bobmerk at earthlink.net>
To: "Discussion of the Canadian pianist Glenn Gould."
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Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2011 04:19:11 -0500 (GMT-05:00)
From: Robert Merkin <bobmerk at earthlink.net>
To: "Discussion of the Canadian pianist Glenn Gould."
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The guy died in 1982, leave him alone already.

But this kind of analysis might help Americans get a better grasp of the political philosophy of the king of right-wing political radio, Rush Limbaugh, whom one critic just calls The Drugster. Limbaugh favored buckets of synthetic opiates, oxycontin/oxycodone, known among the back-alley set as Hillbilly Heroin.

-----Original Message-----
>From: Timothy Conway <timcon at comswest.net.au>
>Sent: Feb 18, 2011 1:57 AM
>To: "Discussion of the Canadian pianist Glenn Gould." <f_minor at glenngould.org>
>Subject: [f_minor] Can this be right?
>
>Hello All,
>
>Go
 to http://www.spectator.co.uk/arts-and-culture/featured/6649333/pillpopping-pianist-.thtml for something that may make your hair curl.
>
>
>-- Tim
>Geraldton, WA, Oz
>
>
>

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Message: 9
Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2011 08:20:34 -0500
From: James Wright <gzarlino at hotmail.com>
To:
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Subject: Re: [f_minor] Can this be right?
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As British film and radio documentarist Piers Plowright pointed out in an international panel discussion here in Ottawa a few years ago, GG never quite gained a following in the UK as he did elsewhere.  His critics are legion there, and the somewhat mocking and dismissive tone of this review is fairly typical.  One wonders if there isn't a hint of indignation at the very proposition that a consummate artist might have emerged from one of the "colonies."  That said, those of us who love Gould's work need
 to be careful not to expect hagiographies from everyone who writes about him.

J.

James K. Wright, Ph.D. 
Associate Professor &
Supervisor of Performance Studies
School for Studies in Art & Culture: Music
A917 Loeb Building, Carleton University
1125 Colonel By Drive
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada  K1S 5B6
Email: James_Wright at carleton.ca
Telephone : (613) 520-2600 (ext. 3734)
Fax : (613) 520-3905

> -----Original Message-----
> >From: Timothy Conway <timcon at comswest.net.au>
> >Sent: Feb 18, 2011 1:57 AM
> >To: "Discussion of the Canadian pianist Glenn Gould." <f_minor at glenngould.org>
> >Subject: [f_minor] Can this be right?
> >
> >Hello All,
> >
> >Go to http://www.spectator.co.uk/arts-and-culture/featured/6649333/pillpopping-pianist-.thtml for something that may make your hair curl.
> >
> >
> >-- Tim
> >Geraldton, WA, Oz
> >
> >
> >
> 
> 

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