Yeah, this is great, as ever. Just pulled open the Baryshnikov article to read this afternoon. ("Misha" was a Fred Specktor client, during the Taylor Hackford/"White Nights" era.) Can't wait.
Oh wow. I’m a big White Nights fan. I tell everybody it’s basically part of a little group of films along with Spies Like Us and Rocky 4 that sort of sum up America about the win the Cold War schmaltz.
I really appreciated this piece—thanks for this! I, too, had an immigrant dad who force-fed me classical music, hoping it might elevate me somehow. I also agree wholeheartedly that the concept of highbrow (and "brows" in general) is essentially a white classist construct.
Ha! The funny thing is that I play my baby so much Glenn Gould and Yo Yo Ma and I ask myself if I’m repeating what my dad did or just want her to appreciate great music.
I pretty much live for the moments when I learn that another writer I like also listens to My Bloody Valentine.
Such good writing music.
Yeah, this is great, as ever. Just pulled open the Baryshnikov article to read this afternoon. ("Misha" was a Fred Specktor client, during the Taylor Hackford/"White Nights" era.) Can't wait.
Oh wow. I’m a big White Nights fan. I tell everybody it’s basically part of a little group of films along with Spies Like Us and Rocky 4 that sort of sum up America about the win the Cold War schmaltz.
I really appreciated this piece—thanks for this! I, too, had an immigrant dad who force-fed me classical music, hoping it might elevate me somehow. I also agree wholeheartedly that the concept of highbrow (and "brows" in general) is essentially a white classist construct.
Ha! The funny thing is that I play my baby so much Glenn Gould and Yo Yo Ma and I ask myself if I’m repeating what my dad did or just want her to appreciate great music.