A year with swollen appendices
by Brian Eno · first published 1996
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Musicians are not there to sell "experiences" in general: they are there to sell musical experiences. That's their art. In his book "A Year with Swollen Appendices" Brian Eno has an essay that makes a good case for the role of music in pop music and pop culture. Basically (and I wish there was a link this someplace) he argues that in popular music people are in…
on “ITunes Will Soon Be Obsolete ” ↗…least he seems determined to stay curious in a Feynman-esque sort of way. Sadly (for me, at least), his music of late doesn't thrill me as much as his '70s and '80s work, but that's life. His book, A Year with Swollen Appendices, is extremely entertaining. Mixed into mundane daily items are some striking observations, and the essays at the end are worth the price of the book alone.
on “An audience with Brian Eno” ↗I have his book "A year with swollen appendices" - has he done anything similar more recently wrt keeping an online diary? I can take or leave his music but I did enjoy reading his thoughtful daily entries.
on “So you want to contact Brian Eno? (2000)” ↗I recognize it as a quote from A Year With Swollen Appendices, which is a great read even if you aren't an Eno fan (although I am, which admittedly makes me biased :P)
on “Coarse is better” ↗…the throat that releases it. The excitement of grainy film, of bleached-out black and white, is the excitement of witnessing events too momentous for the medium assigned to record them.” ― Brian Eno, A Year With Swollen Appendices (1996)
on “Brian Eno: Composers as Gardeners” ↗…the book you mention. The preview on Amazon includes this passage, which is on page 318. The other essays there are worthwhile if you're into Eno -- a lot are in the preview. http://www.amazon.com/Year-With-Swollen-Appendices-Brian/dp/...
on “ITunes Will Soon Be Obsolete ” ↗…the throat that releases it. The excitement of grainy film, of bleached-out black and white, is the excitement of witnessing events too momentous for the medium assigned to record them.” ― Brian Eno, A Year With Swollen Appendices
on “Pictures from the Eastern Bloc in the 80s” ↗There's a Brian Eno quote from A Year with Swollen Appendices that people always pull out in these conversations: > Whatever you now find weird, ugly, uncomfortable and nasty about a new medium will surely become its signature. CD distortion, the jitteriness of…
on “Remembering Dave Smith, 1950–2022” ↗…the throat that releases it. The excitement of grainy film, of bleached-out black and white, is the excitement of witnessing events too momentous for the medium assigned to record them.” ― Brian Eno, A Year With Swollen Appendices
on “How Well Can You Hear Audio Quality? (2015)” ↗…the throat that releases it. The excitement of grainy film, of bleached-out black and white, is the excitement of witnessing events too momentous for the medium assigned to record them.” ― Brian Eno, A Year With Swollen Appendices
on “Why do all these 20-somethings have closed captions turned on?” ↗…the throat that releases it. The excitement of grainy film, of bleached-out black and white, is the excitement of witnessing events too momentous for the medium assigned to record them.” ― Brian Eno, A Year With Swollen Appendices
on “The contagious visual blandness of Netflix” ↗