“We discovered that it was OK to have a little high-brow as long you have a lot of low-brow. That’s entertainment value. The one thing you want to avoid is the middle brow, because the whole world is frigging middle brow at the moment.” – Jon Langford
Well, we're waiting now more than in 1981, methinks.
Brian Eno is one of the few folks in music who deserves the devalued term genius, and bringing along David Byrne for the ride only helps.
posted by George at 8:22 AM
George markets only for the forces of good for a living. He has a paid hobby that involves eating, drinking, and writing, things he’d do for free, which is almost what he’s doing it for. In a previous life he taught mostly illiterate and generally ungrateful college students how to write. He has been a body guard for Jodie Foster, a walk-on dancer with French avant garde troupe Maguy Marin, a film programmer, a judge at an Iron Chef style competition, a political activist, a textbook author, a bassist in a band, a two-time league winning fantasy baseball manager, a union local president, a pr flack helping run a red carpet at an Angelina Jolie event, a janitor, a chauffeur to folks from TC Boyle to Andrei Codrescu, a delivery man to Plato's Retreat, a reluctant writer of a non-snarky intro for Colin Powell, a radio DJ, a corn detassler, an escort van driver, a rock journalist, a lab assistant for a company that made everything from mouthwash to super skin lubricant, and even, once, a poet. His biggest brush with fame was when Julie Christie fondled his tie, a tie George Lopez belittled to 1000 people minutes later. The best thing about him is his wife. His dogs aren't bad, either.
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I am a proud member of this cult.
He came to Cal to talk when I was there, probably 79 or 80. He played no music, but talked about it brilliantly, clearly, comfortably for an hour or so. It was almost an ambient lecture.
[Enthusiastic applause for George.] I could not agree more! Thanks for the clip. Think I'll go off now and listen to My Life In the Bush of Ghosts.
And I'm jealous of Marty.
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