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My seat is actually K47, which you can see three rows up and two seats over. That might be the best $152 I’ve ever spent. Commence squeeing!
*(…on Saturday, June 9th at 6pm. Hey Toronto peeps, can I crash on your couch/floor/kitchen table that night?)
Who will be joining me in Toronto on June 9th or 10th for the north american premiere of Philip Glass’ Einstein On The Beach?
Tickets go on sale this Monday, March 19th, and I plan to buy two seats immediately, because it will surely sell out quickly.
If you are interested in joining me, please let me know ASAP so we can discuss which showing works best for us.
Track:
Knee 5
Artist:
Philip Glass
Album:
Einstein On The Beach
Download 80 plays
Philip Glass / Robert Wilson - Einstein On The Beach - Knee 5
8:05 for August 5th
Philip Glass isn’t for everybody, but he’s a hero of mine. This is a beautiful piece of art.
This is the final piece from his 3+ hour-long masterpiece. Text by Mr. Samuel Johnson.
Finally she spoke:
“Do you love me, John?” she asked.“You know I love you, darling.” he replied.
“I love you more than tongue can tell. You are the light of my life, my sun, moon and stars. You are my everything. Without you I have no reason for being.”Again there was silence as the two lovers sat on a park bench, their bodies touching, holding handls in the moonlight. Once more she spoke.
“How much do you love me, John?” she asked.
He answered:
“How much do I love you? Count the stars in the sky. Measure the waters of the oceans with a teaspoon. Number the grains of sand on the sea shore. Impossible, you say. Yes and it is just as impossible for me to say how much I love you.“My love for you is higher than the heavens, deeper than Hades, and broader than the earth. It has no limits, no bounds. Everything must have an ending except my love for you.”
There was more of silence as the two lovers sat on a park bench with their bodies touching, holding hands in the moonlight. Once more her voice was heard.
“Kiss me, John” she implored.
And leaning over, he pressed his lips warmly to hers in fervent osculation.
Happy 75th birthday to Philip Glass!
-Lucinda Childs (vis)
Track:
Knee 5
Artist:
Philip Glass
Album:
Einstein On The Beach
Download 80 plays
Philip Glass / Robert Wilson - Einstein On The Beach - Knee 5
8:05 for August 5th
Philip Glass isn’t for everybody, but he’s a hero of mine. This is a beautiful piece of art.
This is the final piece from his 3+ hour-long masterpiece. Text by Mr. Samuel Johnson.
Finally she spoke:
“Do you love me, John?” she asked.“You know I love you, darling.” he replied.
“I love you more than tongue can tell. You are the light of my life, my sun, moon and stars. You are my everything. Without you I have no reason for being.”Again there was silence as the two lovers sat on a park bench, their bodies touching, holding handls in the moonlight. Once more she spoke.
“How much do you love me, John?” she asked.
He answered:
“How much do I love you? Count the stars in the sky. Measure the waters of the oceans with a teaspoon. Number the grains of sand on the sea shore. Impossible, you say. Yes and it is just as impossible for me to say how much I love you.“My love for you is higher than the heavens, deeper than Hades, and broader than the earth. It has no limits, no bounds. Everything must have an ending except my love for you.”
There was more of silence as the two lovers sat on a park bench with their bodies touching, holding hands in the moonlight. Once more her voice was heard.
“Kiss me, John” she implored.
And leaning over, he pressed his lips warmly to hers in fervent osculation.
The Philip Glass Ensemble is a national treasure.
(via bucketbd)
Track:
Vessels
Artist:
Philip Glass
Album:
Koyaanisqatsi
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Philip Glass - Vessels (Koyaanisqatsi 1998 Re-recorded Version)
300 years from now, I’m hoping Philip Glass will be talked about with as much respect and admiration as we now use when we talk about historical masters such as Bach, Mozart, and Beethoven.
Philip Glass Ensemble - “‘Train/Spaceship’, Part 1” [1982]
It’s like watching someone do their taxes. In base-2. And Esperanto. As a palindrome.
And yet? Still gives me a giant arpeggioboner.
Before it was a Counting Crows song, Einstein On The Beach was a 5-hour opera, with no intermission, written by Philip Glass. It’s mind-blowingly awesome and contains some of the most complicated arrangements you’ll ever hear paired with fantastic spoken word poetry. And the performances, particularly on the 1993 Nonesuch release, are out of this world; the degree of difficulty, on a scale of 1 to 10, is somewhere around HOLY SHIT ARE YOU KIDDING ME?
I’ll happily share Einstein On The Beach with anyone that would like to hear it. Leave a comment.
Philip Glass Ensemble - “Rubric” [SNL, 1986]
Part of me loves that somebody tuning in for Lovitz’s Tommy Flanagan bit also got hit with five minutes of brainspray courtesy of the Glassmeister General
I will never let Philip Glass roll through my dashboard without reblogging.
He is America’s greatest living composer (with all due respect to Steve Reich), and don’t you forget it.
On a related note, if you all haven’t seen Koyaanisqatsi (or the whole ‘qatsi triology for that matter) then do yourselves a favor and watch it this weekend.
From a series called The Ruins of Detroit.
Hauntingly well-done. This building must have been incredible in its time.
I absolutely love this.
For even more of this amazing building, check out the film Naqoyqatsi, the third film in Philip Glass’s ‘Qatsi trilogy with cinematographer Godgrey Reggio. The film opens with a mesmerizing slow-pan along the seemingly endless facade of this battered and beaten structure (watch it on youtube).
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0145937/
The other films in the trilogy also come highly recommended, especially if you like the music of Philip Glass or beautiful imagery.
Phlip Glass rocking the Prophet~5
This is one of my favorite pictures ever. I wish I knew who to give credit to - I’ve been transferring it from floppy disc to zip disk to CD to hard drive to flash drive for the past 10 years.
This is a picture of a man who is as deep into the zone as you will ever see. The mental stamina and technical skill involved with performing his music is unmatched. He is the greatest living American composer - though if you ask me next week, I’ll tell you it’s Steve Reich - either way, this picture perfectly captures the essence of Glass at his prime.
