tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3014997390968095391.post409161247840685897..comments2010-01-14T06:15:20.516-08:00Comments on Postcards of the Hanging: Opera: Some Boring ThoughtsBen Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17317445668508916179noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3014997390968095391.post-39548855556992142522008-05-15T15:15:00.000-07:002008-05-15T15:15:00.000-07:00No opera could be staged without a good chance of ...<I>No opera could be staged without a good chance of success, without elaborate composition that would ensure periodic engagement.</I><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/Music-Philip-Glass/dp/0306806363/ref=pd_bbs_sr_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1210889292&sr=1-3" REL="nofollow">This book</A> would seem to refute that point. Funding was pieced together for <I>Einstein on the Beach</I> from multiple sources not expecting any return on the investment nor expecting a success by Opera standards. It was assumed that the engagement could never be periodic (or repeated, say, even once). The composition came together at the last moment and, while intricate, is performed by a small ensemble and not elaborate. The opera also ended 90,000 dollars in the hole. And the composer continued to drive a taxi. So well, I guess that is kinda punk.Dan Grhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11560961071193599339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3014997390968095391.post-15691994154840481772008-05-06T02:10:00.000-07:002008-05-06T02:10:00.000-07:00Yeah, well precisely. In a review of Killing Joke'...Yeah, well precisely. <BR/><BR/>In a review of Killing Joke's last album, Hosannas from hell, which was an album full of esoteric meanings about life and the world and so on, I asked whether most people who buy the record would get it...or whether they bought the record for the exoterics, i.e. the loud pounding guitars and beats etc. I guess that is remotely relevant to what you say here...<BR/><BR/>Punk rock and other "subcultures" may attract strange people, but all the while there's people who are into "the scene" or the music (or whatever) for other reasons that is not necessarily related to purely antisocial needs.<BR/><BR/>Then of course there's the (almost) fact that musicians are not necessarily the best thinkers...ho ho ho.Slobodan Burgherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11017404620889150039noreply@blogger.com