koyyyyaaaniissssqaaaatssssiiiiii....

frankpop1 · October-7th-2003, 03:15 PM

i saw the phillip glass ensemble live playing the soundtrack accompaniment to the film koyanisqatsi. the ensemble music is amazing for glass' fans. the real star hear was the film itself. simply the most amazing and revolutionary film ever made.

normally, i would have skipped a $30 ticket concert, but i rationalized with the film it was reasonable value. i was hoping glenn branca was to attend, since it wan in his home town. i looked for the punk, but ouldnt see him. it was virtually sold out except for the $100 meet the composer tickets.

all in all, good show

mmkay

walto · October-7th-2003, 03:43 PM

FWIW, I've been hunting around, and it costs about a C-note for the video.

Jon Abbey · October-7th-2003, 08:20 PM

Walt, the DVD's cheap, and I'll sell you my copy of the prerecorded video if you e-mail me. I always turn off the audio when playing this at home and put on my own music, and I always thought it worked fine, I find the Glass soundtrack unlistenable.

Joe Milazzo · October-8th-2003, 10:32 AM

Saw this in Dallas about 3 weeks ago. It makes for a rather overwhelming experience.

Jon -- would be interested to know what alternative scores you've used. In the Q & A following the Dallas performance, Glass talked a little about how Godfrey Reggio won him over to the project -- by screening some footage of the film first using a score he had commissioned from an (unnamed) electronic music composer, then by screening the same footage using a composition from one of Glass' then-recent recordings (again, unnamed).

Jon Abbey · October-8th-2003, 10:49 AM

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Jon -- would be interested to know what alternative scores you've used.

I don't remember exactly, it's been a while, and given my taste at the time, it was probably something like Can or Funkadelic. I think the nature of the movie pretty much allows most records that one enjoys to work as an alternate score, I remember there were some remarkable synchronicities between image and music, whatever it was I used.

walto · October-8th-2003, 04:38 PM

Thanks, Jon: I'll email you. If it's unlistenable, maybe I'll end up doing the same thing. I've never either heard or seen it.

(I have visited the Hopi Mesas, though. Isn't "K....." a Hopi word?)

Jon Abbey · October-8th-2003, 04:57 PM

yes, it's Hopi meaning "life out of balance".

Sergio Zamora · October-8th-2003, 05:01 PM

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Originally posted by Joe Milazzo
Jon -- would be interested to know what alternative scores you've used.

Don't let him fool you.

Pete C · October-8th-2003, 08:35 PM

I prefer Mondo Cane.

frankpop1 · October-10th-2003, 07:21 AM

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yes, it's Hopi meaning "life out of balance".

blasphemy

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yes, it's Hopi meaning "life out of balance".

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(I have visited the Hopi Mesas, though. Isn't "K....." a Hopi word?)

never let it be said again, that i hang here with a hip crowd.

its no wonder that there is a thread claiming and defending doris'
as a new level of improvisation.

hey, when u guys get to the 90s let me know.

Jon Abbey · October-10th-2003, 11:16 AM

frankp, I don't think anyone would even vaguely consider this place to be hip, but I still have no idea what your last post means.

Uli · October-10th-2003, 01:26 PM

imho & fweiw this place went from hip to supberb.

Pete C · October-10th-2003, 03:16 PM

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Originally posted by Jon Abbey
frankp, I don't think anyone would even vaguely consider this place to be hip, but I still have no idea what your last post means.

u dont dig experimental poetry?