Brian Eno Interview

The second page is maybe the most relevant. Here's an excerpt:

"Eno: I just dislike the word interactive. It implies that there are forms of art experience that are somehow inferior because they don't have you physically engaged in them. But the physical engagement is not the interesting part for me. It's the mental engagement, and that's something we get with all art experiences. So unfinished is a better word: It implies that you, the user, are also the maker of the experience."

Thats my dads favorite musical guy. He even had a numbered box of his oblique strategies until at least the early 80's. But he was a hippie and was constantly selling his good stuff so who knows where it is now.

Just read interesting interview at The Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/jan/17/brian-eno-interview-paul-morley

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGB8M1Gh0Eo&feature=player_embedded

this man is a god

Thanks for posting these. I was introduced to Eno's music by my best friend in high school, John Baez (genius).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C._Baez

The interview at the Guardian contains many wonderful observations, though this one in particular hits home for me:
"What they often say is, 'What does that stand for then?' Or, 'What does that mean?', based on the idea that something exists because it has to tell you something, or it refers to something else, and I realise that this notion is foreign to me."

Since childhood, I've always had the strong feeling that the world we live in makes no sense. In my case, it's the one essential idea that drives creativity.

My Dads fiance was many years ago rescued from some guys giving her a hard time by, believe it or not, Brian Eno. They hadn't met before, he saw her situation and pretended to be her boyfriend, compelling the guys leave her alone. They hung out at some cafe and she ended up hanging at his place and helping him with some of his paintings he was working on at the time. She left with his number and no knowledge of his significance as a musician. Later she found out he was actually this famous musician guy, but she lost his number and they've since had no contact.

Recently she's been working on a project of environmental restoration. Through one of her contacts it seems Brian Eno may be re entering the equation. Although the likely hood of this is unclear, I'm sure he's a pretty busy guy.

I'd love to meet him. He talks about straddling both music and art. That's something I'm trying to steer myself towards.

The interview at the Guardian contains many wonderful observations, though this one in particular hits home for me:
"What they often say is, 'What does that stand for then?' Or, 'What does that mean?', based on the idea that something exists because it has to tell you something, or it refers to something else, and I realise that this notion is foreign to me."

yeah what a wonderful observation (*dismissive wank gesture*)

The traditional American view is that anything issued from the body is dirty. It's incredibly puritanical and it resents bodily fluids, so if one is trying to debase a woman, you cover them with that and hence you get the fabulous term 'Golden Showers' – the term for pissing on someone, which some well- known rock musicians are said to be very involved in..."

Here come the warm jets?

"That's certainly a reference."

http://thequietus.com/articles/04339-brian-eno-interview-chrissie-hynde-nme-here-come-the-warm-jets

where the heck am i

"My Dads fiance was many years ago rescued from some guys giving her a hard time by, believe it or not, Brian Eno. They hadn't met before, he saw her situation and pretended to be her boyfriend, compelling the guys leave her alone"

brian eno: non-musician, art installations composer, renaissance man, + now stand-up-to-5-bigger-guys-for-a-complete-stranger, man-on-the-street-type-hero. how cool can one guy possibly be?

... Liberal Democrat

^ cool blown