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i love brian eno so much. one of my favorite musicians. such a unique voice. i don't always love everyting he does, but i trust his instincts enough that i am w

i love brian eno so much. one of my favorite musicians. such a unique voice. i don't always love everyting he does, but i trust his instincts enough that i am willing to go wherever he's leading. i am a completist, i.e., for my favorite musicians, i try to get all their records. checking my music collection, i see that i have 31 eno records. i would guess that i am probably less than half-way done. when you count all his solo records, and the ones he made when he was in roxy music, and the collaborations he's done with david byrne and robert fripp and other artists, and the weird one-off records like "headcandy" that were only released on macos CD-ROM format, and all the records he made to accompany museum exhibits ... well, you're just never going to get them all. there is always one you don't have yet. but i will keep trying!

itisit 5y ago
And how about the turn-your-tv-sideways Thursday Afternoon laserdisc, the Oblique Strategies card deck, and the Windows 95 startup sound? He sure is eclectic!
- jimmySixDOF 5y ago
  >Oblique Strategies card deck Tim Harford (BBC/FT) talks [1] about how useful this game of random instructions is at releasing the creative process in a recording studio if it gets stuck. He says Brian Eno will pull out the cards when the flow slows down. A card might say two people should exchange instruments for a while. Anything to get people out of their comfort zones to explore new creative territory and shake things up. The results speak for themselves. [1] https://timharford.com/2019/12/cautionary-tales-ep-7-bowie-jazz-and-the-unplayable-piano/ https://timharford.com/2019/12/cautionary-tales-ep-7-bowie-j...
christkv 5y ago
I first heard Brian Eno as kid watching Starfleet (X-bomber). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zux1-a2rRHc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zux1-a2rRHc and have loved his music since then. I you are curious you can find the episodes on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ST7QrlLLtLI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ST7QrlLLtLI
- allenbrunson 5y ago
  having spent many hours researching brian eno’s discography, that didn’t ring any bells for me. on inspection, it appears that you are talking about someone named brian may, rather than brian eno.

itisit 5y ago

And how about the turn-your-tv-sideways Thursday Afternoon laserdisc, the Oblique Strategies card deck, and the Windows 95 startup sound? He sure is eclectic!

jimmySixDOF 5y ago
>Oblique Strategies card deck Tim Harford (BBC/FT) talks [1] about how useful this game of random instructions is at releasing the creative process in a recording studio if it gets stuck. He says Brian Eno will pull out the cards when the flow slows down. A card might say two people should exchange instruments for a while. Anything to get people out of their comfort zones to explore new creative territory and shake things up. The results speak for themselves. [1] https://timharford.com/2019/12/cautionary-tales-ep-7-bowie-jazz-and-the-unplayable-piano/ https://timharford.com/2019/12/cautionary-tales-ep-7-bowie-j...

christkv 5y ago

I first heard Brian Eno as kid watching Starfleet (X-bomber). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zux1-a2rRHc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zux1-a2rRHc and have loved his music since then. I you are curious you can find the episodes on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ST7QrlLLtLI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ST7QrlLLtLI

allenbrunson 5y ago
having spent many hours researching brian eno’s discography, that didn’t ring any bells for me. on inspection, it appears that you are talking about someone named brian may, rather than brian eno.