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Re:Gifaanisqatsi: A Random Koyaanisqatsi Generator by mlinksva on Saturday November 26, 2022 @12:30AM (#33750269)
From pretty much the first time I'd heard/heard of Glass (conceivably Koyannisqatsi) I found him kind of boring, and didn't listen carefully, except for the Kronos Quartet performs Philip Glass album, because I love KQ. Apparently dismissing Glass is a thing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tizP7IFyWig

Anyway, after many years I've listened carefully and love it all. I hope to experience (and will gladly fly to) a live performance of Einstein on the Beach someday. Like the infinitely more sophisticated person in the linked video, I was wrong about Glass.

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Re:Gifaanisqatsi: A Random Koyaanisqatsi Generator by indigodaddy on Saturday November 26, 2022 @01:31AM (#33750481)
Pretty much same for me. Listened very casually/cursorily/briefly in my late teens, tried a few times again in my 20s and 30s, and found it kind of boring and unexceptional.

Then in my early 40s I dug in a bit and really started actually listening and exploring. And oh man what a wide universe of musical discovery burst forth for me after that. And I couldn’t believe that I didn’t put in a little effort earlier..

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Re:Gifaanisqatsi: A Random Koyaanisqatsi Generator by justincormack on Saturday November 26, 2022 @04:05AM (#33751163)
I managed to see Einstein on the Beach in London a while back, recommended! It is performed maybe once a decade or something somewhere…
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