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Wednesday, July 12, 2006
Smart Creative People are Fun
John Brion has become the ultimate “behind the scenes” guy for music and film today. He’s composed soundtracks for Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and a couple of P.T. Anderson films. He’s also overseen albums by Fiona Apple and Kanye West. His shows at L.A. club The Largo have been received high praise. I’ve enjoyed his music but I was really impressed when I heard him on Sound Opinions talking so intelligently about his career and his view on music (he appears on show #32). Hearing him talk about the difference between a “song” and a “performance piece” by invoking Led Zeppelin, Kurt Cobain and Gershwin gave me something to mull over for the rest of the day. Maybe it’ll do the same for you.
I’ve been reading the aspecialthing.com interview with Louis C.K. in sections and continued to enjoy reading C.K.’s speak about trying to come up with his own take on comedy while still being a crowd pleaser. The fourth section features a really inspiring bit about how he really improved his stand-up by just going for broke when all other showbiz options seemed over. The whole interview is one of those great long Comics Journal or Playboy pieces that stand-up comics don’t usual get. I’m glad to see C.K. get this chance to share his ideas on entertainment.
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