Yes, very witty actually...the second Feste post in particular. Spelled it out for me. :) I always think he is a she..probably because I knew a woman in highschool with the last name of Feste and I translated his last post to Robin as coming from a female. Ha. Sorry Feste, I've gotten the gender thing wrong here a couple of times.
________________________________ From: authfriend <jst...@panix.com> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, January 30, 2012 9:29 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Philip Glass - The Poet Acts --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn <emilymae.reyn@...> wrote: > > I love the cello...almost posted a Philip Glass cello piece > last night, but it was long...and depressing :) This fellow > is wonderful and thank you for posting. > > So, did I get the joke...was it the repetitive nature of the > song that prompted Feste? Am I living in another too literal > world altogether? Feste's quip was actually very witty. Glass is known for pieces that repeat and repeat, but then introduce a little bit of variation, then repeat and repeat that, then go back to the original repetition, then introduce another little bit of variation and repeat that, and so on, just like Feste's first response. It's a style that's usually called "minimalism." This was in his earlier days, though; he's writing different kinds of music now. > Are not chants repetitious? Are not bhajans repetitious? I > love repetition when done to certain musical themes; it is > mesmerizing and transports. Sure. That's what Glass intends, to provoke a sort of hypnotic state that then gets shaped by the little variations. Nothing wrong with it at all, but for some it may be an acquired taste (one I haven't acquired). I don't think Feste meant it as a criticism. He was just mimicking that style in words. > > > ________________________________ > From: merudanda <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Monday, January 30, 2012 6:39 PM > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Philip Glass - The Poet Acts > > >  > knock -knock- sneak- sneak-------- > > Schubert one of the least "intellectual-smart" of composers may help > > leaving behind lucid dreamy night > > kiss the sunshine in the morning bright > knowing the game > so let us play  play again > > and again and again > > together > leaving the lucid night > this posting Trio taking each the instrument of > choice > saha vīryaṃkarav�vahai(May this light strengthen our friendship ) > tejasvin�vadhītamastu m� vidviṣ�vahai (May our life be brilliant, may > we never > misunderstand) > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFcGgmWStnM > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn <emilymae.reyn@> wrote: > > > > Yes, I'm not one of the smarter meditators here, but I'm humble on that > > point.  I actually liked it and haven't been privy to him - this joke goes > > over my head as well, unless you are pointing out that repetition is his > > gig in a lot of the music he composes.  > > > > > > ________________________________ > > From: feste37 feste37@ > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > Sent: Monday, January 30, 2012 12:22 PM > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Philip Glass - The Poet Acts > > > > > >  > > > > > > It may not have been apparent, but I was in fact making a very feeble > > Philip Glass joke. Here's another one: > > > > Knock, knock. > > Who's there? > > Knock, knock. > > Who's there? > > Knock, knock. > > Who's there? > > Knock, knock. > > Who's there? > > Knock, knock. > > Who's there? > > Knock, knock. > > Who's there? > > Philip Glass. > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn emilymae.reyn@ wrote: > > > > > > You are welcome.  I got the reference to Philip Glass from the video > > > telling the story of the Bhagavad Gita that Buck sent.  He was on of > > > the speakers and is also a composer.  He did the score for the movie > > > The Hours, which I never saw, but may now.  You may already know this > > > :). > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > From: feste37 feste37@ > > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > > Sent: Monday, January 30, 2012 5:39 AM > > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Philip Glass - The Poet Acts > > > > > > > > >  > > > I like it. I like it. I like it. I like it very much, very much. I like > > > it. I like it. I like it a lot . A lot. A lot. I like it. I like it. Very > > > much. Very much. I like it. I like it. > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn <emilymae.reyn@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fca2oXLe9g4&feature=related > > > > > > > > > >
