GG: Toronto

[Erich Schmidt <strat@castle.net>]

My sincere (!) apologies in advance to Mr. Gamber; I fear this post will 
not be a discussion of "Glenn's work process, his theories on 
interpretation and advancement " yadda yadda yadda (any Seinfeld fans?). 
Only a simple quest for some ideas.

I don't know if I have posted to this list before; I'm, at heart, a 
lurker. I also feel I'm not sufficiently versed in Gould to contribute 
much of value, yet (I've not read all the books <yet>, and I haven't 
listened to GG more than a few hundred times <yet>).

I am a programmer/analyst in Princeton, NJ; has anyone found, as I have, 
that GG playing Bach is quite helpful when doing analytic tasks, such as 
programming or mathematics? or even creative tasks, like design/desktop 
publishing? It's not as simple as "you like the music, so of course it 
helps". There is plenty of music I like as much as GG (blasphemer); but 
not all of it helps in this work.

The real reason for my post: I will be in Toronto, ostensibly for some 
Yankee/Blue Jay games, in July; I've been there twice before, but never 
with any time (or any ideas) for things Gould to do. So, what is a must 
do or must see?? Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Erich Schmidt




>When I subscribed to this discussion list, I suspected the bulk of the
>conversation would include Glenn's work process, his theoroies on
>interpretation and advancement, and an extention and application of them
>into other media.  Then after a deal of dissection and discovery, people
>would gain some enlightenment from the spinoff of their own ideas and then
>put concept into reality.  I figured that a continuation of what he began
>would be a proper form of memorial to suit the immortality that he always
>wanted. This is not what I see here.