Re: [F_MINOR] Music and Entertainment Technology

[lstanwyk <lstanwyk@RYERSON.CA>]

Awesome thesis topic btw. Mine was dull...Creativity: The link between
ECME, neurological attributes and their affect on cognitive development
cough.. choke...snork... I work in academic admin, coordinating 3
Master's and 2 PhD programs, so I understand the whole
'dissertation/advisory committee/gotta make that deadline/I'm starting
to hate my dang thesis/can't wait until this crap is over' thing LoL
Ya, couldn't imagine Glenn sitting down playing the Sims - he'd probably
be fascinated by it's novelty for about 5 minutes and would need to move
on to the next stimuli. Mind you the new Sims2, due out in September, is
going to be incredible, with all that Maya 3-D animation going on. It
will be very innovative, and will hopefully start a new wave of improved
interactive 3D gaming environs.  Dance Dance Revolution rofl!  Think
Glenn ate too many Arrowroots to accomplish that one well.  True - Glenn
gaming no... but Glenn mp3 file sharing, yes.  I certainly picture Glenn
on a pc, double-clicking to his heart's content on Kazaa lol.

Cheers,

Leah

Mary Jo Watts wrote:
>
> Leah--
>
> Funny you should mention funk, PhD theses and video games in one post!
> The last chapter of my dissertation discusses video game consoles
> allowing "stories" to split off from CD-ROM PC technology.  I start the
> dissertation with GG imagining CD-ROM-like tech (the music kit) and end
> where you are--of course the I-Pod plays a role-- but that's another
> story.  I think GG would certainly find video games decadent, no?  Even
> the SIMS is a bit on the tropical side although I think he'd secretly
> enjoy controlling a bunch of unwitting puppet-people.  Especially if his
> SIM could call others in the middle of the night with good results which
> mine cannot.  My vote is he'd go for the I-pod and leave the gaming
> consoles behind even though he'd never given them a chance.  Although
> the idea of GG partaking in a friendly game of Dance Dance Revolution
> makes me LOL. Here's the quandary though-- would he BUY his downloads or
> would he snitch them?  Or would he pay somebody to digitize his vinyl?
> (The only LEGAL Sibelius 5th I could get was not the version I wanted
> but was just over 5$.)
>
> The funk?  Well, I won't bother you with images of me working for days
> on end thru the night!  Actually I'm a great procrastinator and this
> dissertation is the entire focus of my put-it-off-til-next-year skill.
> It's kind of a non-take-two-ness fear.  Like if I actually put
> everything down and submit it to my committee-- it's sort of like my
> statement about Bach printed in vinyl (to stretch this parallel to its
> limits!)
>
> -Mary Jo
>
> lstanwyk wrote:
>
> >HaHaHa way too funny.  Knowing Glenn's funk is still alive and well and
> >stored at the NLC is oddly reassuring. Wonder where they keep stinky hat
> >and scarf? on the shelf next to the PhD theses?
> >I used to collect GG vids - taped just about every t.v. program that has
> >been aired about GG for the last 20 yrs., e.g., segments where Yehudi
> >Menuhin is the interviewee, both arguing on the old 'recording versus
> >live' debate.  I wonder, if Glenn was still alive, what he'd think of pc
> >games, and the general mind-blowing advancement of AI technology in
> >entertainment.  My prediction is that pc games will replace t.v. as the
> >main source of entertainment in most households.  Why watch the movie
> >when you can star in it, as well as control the story, in a pc game?
> >
> >Leah
> >
> >Elmer_Elevator wrote:
> >
> >
> >>This suggests, a la Jurassic Park, that someday, someone may try to clone
> >>Glenn Gould from the DNA on his funky hat and scarf. We've only just been
> >>temporarily grieving. Glenn Gould may soon be back among us.
> >>
> >>When he's no longer decomposing, maybe he'll finally get around to
> >>composing!
> >>
> >>Elmer
> >>
> >>----- Original Message -----
> >>From: "Mary Jo Watts" <mwatts@EDEN.RUTGERS.EDU>
> >>To: <F_MINOR@EMAIL.RUTGERS.EDU>
> >>Sent: Saturday, June 05, 2004 7:42 PM
> >>Subject: Re: [F_MINOR] Glenn Gould Collectibles
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>Elmer_Elevator wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>I think I could resist all Gouldiana -- except his wonderful winter long
> >>>>scarfs. Maybe he only had one. Where has it gone? I would sell my soul
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>for
> >>
> >>
> >>>>it.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>This is kind of gross, but I think I remember reading somewhere or
> >>>somebody told me that the librarians at the National Library of Canada
> >>>had a great debate when they received GG's hat (and I think scarf).
> >>>Apparently they were kind of funky-- as in they were dirty with GG's
> >>>body funk. The great debate was-- should they store them as they
> >>>received them or should they send them to the dry cleaners?  I think
> >>>they elected to store his funk (and possibly his DNA) for posterity.
> >>>Now I'm pretty sure I didn't make this story up but if I did it would
> >>>make an interesting vignette for a sci-fi novel...
> >>>
> >>>-Mary Jo
> >>>
> >>>
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