ITL #9: The Glass Cage

After issuing a correction from Episode 1, Chris and Sridhar discuss Glenn Gould's early appreciation of recording technology, the music of John Cage and Philip Glass, the phenomenon of 20th century music generally, and humans' attitudes towards the new. Useful Links: Check out our website! Rate, review, and share us on Apple Podcasts Tweet us your feedback @impolitelisten Short clips on Instagram (@impolitelisten) Longer clips on YouTube Glenn Gould plays Beethoven's 6th Symphony on piano Gould's "Acoustic Orchestrations" album Gould's Scriabin recording session (short documentary) Gould's recording of Scriabin's Sonata No. 5 - a look under the hood Chris and Glenn Glenn Gould statue in Toronto - map link Gould's CBC archives Marshall McLuhan - Canadian media theorist Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Glenn Gould, and the Goldberg Variations John Cage - American composer, artist, philosopher, mycologist Cage's 4'33'' played by David Tudor 4'33'' score Cage's Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano Cage's notes for preparing the piano for Sonatas and Interludes Prepared piano - wikipedia Aleatoric (chance) music - wikipedia "Making Music With Dice" - 12Tone video I-Ching - Book of Changes A Year With John Cage - How To Get Out Of The Cage (Documentary by Frank Scheffer) Cage plays "Child of Tree" for amplified cactus and feather Cage's obsession with mushrooms Cage and his cat Losa Cage's "Roaratorio, an Irish Circus on Finnegans Wake" Finnegans Wake - Irish pub in San Francisco's Cole Valley James Joyce's "Finnegans Wake" with annotations The Philip Glass Ensemble The Orange Tree by Philip Glass (from The Illusionist) The Illusionist - full movie with music by Philip Glass (shh...don't tell anyone) Philip Glass' (disowned) Sonatina No. 2 Helen's Theme from Candyman (by Philip Glass) played on theremin Anton Ego's monologue from "Ratatouille" - voiced by Peter O'Toole Applebee's All You Can Eat Riblets commercial