4.7 Notes to Self, Plastic People, and Symphonies Then and Now

“Notes to Self” (@ 0:25) — Backlog — Some individual points — Line by Rod Serling — “What are you, some kind of sadist?” — Nicholas Meyer on specificity and universality — The very picture of a violinist — Sir Yehudi Menuhin — Poster in a café — Tastes in music — Plastic people — A really bad idea — Symphonies were originally not expected to be heard by any single person more than once — What types of music and what pieces of music you can listen to over and over again — Expectations of Beethoven, Mozart, and others — Very different now — Expected relistenings — Theme music for this podcast — Most advertising jingles annoy on purpose — Angelo Badalamenti’s theme for Inside the Actors Studio — Twin Peaks theme by him and David Lynch — Highly relistenable — Sometimes you hit those times in life where the heaviness of what you need to experience is overwhelming — You can’t express love generically — Devalues expressions of love — The companion playlists: “What Now with Simo 1952–1955” and “What Now with Simo 1956–1959” — No longer tweeting about new additions — On Spotify — Sharing beautiful creations with others