Re: GG:Others who "get it"

[Cynthia K Harris <ckh0003@jove.acs.unt.edu>]

On 26 Jul 1997, Alun Severn wrote:

> Cynthia said:
> 
> >I am forced to require my employees, when they are in my office, to
> >listen to his recordings [...]
> >(Glenn's recordings are going in my office all day, everyday.)
> 
> Well, welcome, Cynthia, and please accept, on behalf of f_minorites
> everywhere, the coveted ENLIGHTENED EMPLOYER OF THE MONTH AWARD FOR
> SERVICES TO CULTURE. (Please note that this award was previously known as
> PROLETARIAN HERO OF CULTURE, but that was before the collapse of the
> f_minor Central Ministry for Culture and Art.)
> 
> So -- excuse my curiousity -- but what do your employees do? And what are
> the penalties for failing to either listen to or appreciate GG?
> 
While listening to Gould, we write computer applications and do computer
support for our department at UNT.EDU.  Friday, I sent my most promising
employee home with Brahms Ballades/Rhapsodies and "Images."  I told him
that he must listen to each CD at least twice, with headphones.  If I
planned better I would have had sent him home with the Toccatas and the
Beethoven Vol.1, but I hadn't brought them to the office. 

If he is not assimilated when he returns to work tomorrow, I honestly
don't know what I'll do with him.  I don't think it's legal to fire
someone for not appreciating Gould to the appropriate degree.

Cyndie...