RIP Gyorgy Ligeti

[beddoes]

Another old giant gone.

[jakartajive]

It'll be ME next at this rate, I tell you.

And no-one will know who I was either!!!

[beddoes]

Aw man, don't do this to me... (Grumpy noises emanating from America)

Turn off the football and listen to some dope classical!



dope classical

dope classical

dope classical


No, it doesn't begin sounding more natural with repetition...

[ginghamkitchen]

I sort of lost track of the whole classical thing when Vaughan Williams died. Anything new to report?

[peretti]

I sort of lost track of the whole classical thing when Vaughan Williams died. Anything new to report?

Yes. Vanessa Mae still lives.

[wayne]

Only recently finished reading Richard Steinitz's book on Ligeti, which definitely made me want to hear much, much more of his music than I've so far managed. Funnily enough, sorting through things while packing, I was checking some old tapes a friend made about 10 years ago of people like Ligeti, Messaien, Xenakis and others, and thinking I really need to get some of this stuff on a proper format, at last. Unfortunately, he chose the option of making a lovely arty graphic insert rather than a tracklist...

[beddoes]

I sort of lost track of the whole classical thing when Vaughan Williams died. Anything new to report?

I read about a farmer who used to play Vaughan Williams for his cows.

[ginghamkitchen]

Yes. Vanessa Mae still lives.

Wasn't she hatched from that boil on the side of Nigel Kennedy's neck?

[ginghamkitchen]

I read about a farmer who used to play Vaughan Williams for his cows.

Very happy cows then, I should think - unless he played them the 6th or 7th symphonies which are a little more challenging.

[wayne]

Very happy cows then, I should think - unless he played them the 6th or 7th symphonies which are a little more challenging.

They were probably just bored with the Mozart usually wheeled out for these purposes and fancied a change.

[beddoes]

Very happy cows then, I should think - unless he played them the 6th or 7th symphonies which are a little more challenging.

Makes for nice beef. But not the softest! Kobe beef = cows that listen to xian raer.

[babycart]

I often wonder if you played bees some Elgar, or beatnik jazz or even Craig David they might provide you with a slightly smarter bee beard than the usual ZZ Top stuff they insist on forming.

[beddoes]

Bee muttonchops.

[babycart]

Bee muttonchops.

Nice, but I'm hoping more for an Eric Dolphy-style bee goatee.

[beddoes]

Nice, but I'm hoping more for an Eric Dolphy-style bee goatee.

Ever seen a picture of William Empson? Clean shaven face, beard begins beneath the jawline and chin.

Can't imagine a bee 'stache. Just look like you had bees on your lip.

[babycart]

Can't imagine a bee 'stache. Just look like you had bees on your lip.

Not if they huddled up close. And waxed their little legs into twirly salvador Dali points.