While webmining this evening, I found something a bit different from the usual eclectic stuff that appears on the OOT. More eclectic stuff.

Personally, I’m neither fond of (nor am I a connoisseur of) Classical Music, as the folks who enjoy it are often elite pretentious a-hos in my experience.  On the other hand, I can appreciate the complexity of the compositions and the talent required to perform such works. I don’t have to like it to respect it.

For example, an orchestra can’t perform Ravel’s “Bolero” without a conductor – it’s too difficult a piece; and a retro rock band can’t perform “Surfin’ Bird” without a lead singer. Same difference. The video illustration of Bach’s mathematical and musical genius entertained me.

I guess that makes me an elite pretentious a-ho, too, on
The Overnight Open Thread.

[Update: No offense meant to anyone who actually enjoys classical music. You folks are not the pinky-lifting white-wine-sipping brie-sniffing posers I was referring to as far as you know.]