Philip Glass is a god.

Kule Kule - Jherek Bischoff

Benh Zeitlin and Dan Romer are my new favorite composers. Why? Just listen. If it doesn’t give you a sense of frisson, or fill you with hope / bravery to conquer things bigger than yourself, then you aren’t human.

P.S. You must go watch Beasts of the Southern Wild, especially if you’re having a shitty day, or just feeling emotional. You’ll walk out of that theater feeling completely uplifted.

I’m currently captivated by Einstein on the Beach, an avant-garde opera that Philip Glass wrote and scored back in the 1970s.

I love how @5:40 the woman says “My father was a heavy smoker and Einstein was very long without an intermission and my father sat there throughout the whole thing….which was amazing, and then at the end of it when people were standing and clapping and cheering I just looked at him and there was tears….it was quite amazing.” That’s really saying something.

Philip Glass. I first found out about him through Leonard Cohen. I unfortunately only have a few of his precious orchestrations and this isn’t one of them. Time for some downloadin’