[f_minor] Knock Knock

[Lynne Ittleman]

AMEN!  i can't stand philip glass.

On Wednesday, April 15, 2015, Pat <pzumst at bluewin.ch> wrote:

>    - Knock knock
> - Who’s there ?
> - Knock knock
> - Who’s there ?
> - Knock knock
> - Who’s there ?
> - Knock knock
> - Who’s there ?
> - Knock knock
> - Who’s there ?
> - Knock knock
> - Who’s there ?
> - Phil Glass
>
> ....so, this year’s winner of the GG Prize has been announced and it is
> Philipp Glass.
>
> As you all know, with a few exeptions Mr. Gould found that whole minimal
> thing a bit dull and methinkst at one point he refered to it as 18th
> Century Music or summet to that extent. (Personally I am not of that
> opinion, just for the record. What counts here are the opinions of Mr.
> Gould.)
>
> So I wonder if this was a wise choice.
>
> Not that I have any grudges against Mr. Glass, far from it.
>
> Yet I reckon it should have gone to someone with a more “gouldian”
> approach to music and technology than a former revolutionary composer from
> the 70s who is  past mainstream and maybe a bit antique by now. And who was
> parodied by Mr. Gould in one of his rehearsal tapes.
>
> Or could it be that the Old Boys And Girls Network was in charge, decided
> to give the prize to “one of us” without any regard whatsoever for any
> gouldian context or the signals this is sending to the rest of the art
> world, be done with it, proceed to the lunch buffet, safe in the knowledge
> that their names will also be mentioned in blogs and articles around the
> interwebs together with the famous laureate ? Do I smell Politics ? A PR
> stunt ? Why am I wondering if dear old Pet Clarke has ever seen  or heard
> Koyaniswhatever ?
>
> At least for me this announcement has a strange aftertaste and I really
> dunno if Mr. Gould would be happy with the idea of giving a prize in his
> name to Mr. Glass. Or giving out a prize in his name in general.
>
> Pat
>
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