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Hello Pat,<br>
<br>
The recent posting about GG on DVD was from me -- would be nice to
be included in your message. The source is genuine -- he has written
liner notes about Gould's work in television. When I get more
information I will relate it to the group, even though the sadly
luke-warm interest in this to me most important Gould news -- I'm
talking both about the Music&Arts release and the coming DVD
collection -- doesn't exactly inspire me to make an effort. Let's
ask ourselves what Fminor is here for. I for one is more interested
in Gouldiana and Gould news than more or less inspired personal
views.<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
Jorgen<br>
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<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;
font-size: 18px;">My dear fellow F_miners</span></div>
<div><span>
<div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><font
class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><br>
</span></font></div>
<div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><font
class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">Slightly
Off-Topic. but please consider this example, there is a
GG connection: </span></font></div>
<div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><font
class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><br>
</span></font></div>
<div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><font
class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">In a
recent interview, Nick Mason (drummer of Pink Floyd)
claimed that the time of hardware media such as the CD
or DVD would be over very soon. Now would be one of the
last opportunities if not the last to cash in big time. </span></font></div>
<div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><font
class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">Not
that Mason is running out of loose change any time soon.
He just sees a good opportunity, as cynical as it is.</span></font></div>
<div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><font
class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><br>
</span></font></div>
<div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><font
class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">To a
certain extent he is right. The local record store where
you could buy rare or imported records from the US or
Japan which were unavailable anywhere else closed shop
years ago. Big record chains are useless and will follow
suit some day. Amazon makes money with other crap than
music and books. </span></font></div>
<div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><br>
</span></div>
<div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">Only
people of a certain age/wealth buy CDs or LPs these days.
Over time they will become niche products. The youngens
buy their music on iTunes or nick it off the web. </span></div>
<div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><br>
</span></div>
<div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">And
don't get me wrong here but the babyboomers who still were
partly educated in classical music are not getting any
younger. Find me a teenager who knows more about Mozart
than Pink Floyd (just as an example in context) and I
will invite you for dinner at the must expensive hotel I
can find in Basel, 1st Class flight included.</span></div>
<div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><font
class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><br>
</span></font></div>
<div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><font
class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">Now
the remaining members of Pink Floyd decided to cash in
one last time with lavish box sets per album. I will
spare you details, I for one can't wait despite the fact
that I know I am being milked like a cow as it were. It
will be worth it, some of the material has only been
available "underground". One gem that will be lifted
will be a performance with Stephane Grapelli, rumored to
exist, but never heard before.</span></font></div>
<div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><font
class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><br>
</span></font></div>
<div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><font
class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">My
question after the OT is: When will the classical
segment realize that time is running out, as sad as it
is ? </span></font></div>
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class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><br>
</span></font></div>
<div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><font
class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">And an
even more pressing question: When will Sony and the CBC
realize that GG's legacy *must* be dragged into the 21st
C, kicking and screaming, before it will be to late to
cash in "one last time" ? Similar actions must be taken
as in the case of Pink Floyd, again just an example of
how it could be done.</span></font></div>
<div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><font
class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><br>
</span></font></div>
<div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><font
class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">T</span></font><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">he
recent posting about new DVDs from the CBC is at least
until now an unconfirmed rumor, <a moz-do-not-send="true"
title="http://amazon.ca/" href="http://amazon.ca/">amazon.ca</a> is
silent on the subject as of yet. I shall believe it when I
see it. And even when I see it I will have doubts, given
the recent track record of both companies. How come the
rockers are better at cashing in than the classicals ?</span></div>
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class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><br>
</span></div>
<div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">Pat</span></div>
<div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">curious,
slightly confused and worried about GG's audiovisual
Legacy</span></div>
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