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29 March 2010

The Geometry of Circles. Cool old animation from Sesame Street (1979), with original music by Philip Glass.

post by: BoringPostcards at: 02:55 | 11 comments

It took Sesame Street to make me fully appreciate the music of Philip Glass.

posted by twoleftfeet 29 March | 06:22

This was well after my Sesame Street years, so I never knew he did original music for them. That's just too cool.

posted by BoringPostcards 29 March | 06:32

Cool. It's like what Sesame Street would look like on acid.

posted by dg 29 March | 07:42

So cool! A Philip Glass single! Plus the animation presented some fairly deep geometry concepts. This is why the teabaggers hate us.

posted by Ardiril 29 March | 08:01

Ah, so now I can say I've heard some Philip Glass.

posted by Eideteker 29 March | 09:13

Hell, I've heard a bunch of Philip Glass, and I never would have made the connection. Thanks!

posted by Madamina 29 March | 09:27

What Ardiril and Madamina said!

posted by Specklet 29 March | 14:12

It sort of foreshadows Teletubbies, no?

This is past my SS years too, but I remember seeing stuff like this and kid-brain thinking - oh, I'll understand this when I'm older. It's so wonderful that there isn't anything concrete to understand. Just swim in the stuff so that the pool isn't so cold when you get there.

posted by rainbaby 29 March | 19:01

What a fantastic way to put it, rainbaby.

posted by BoringPostcards 29 March | 21:37

Thank you. Just what I needed.

posted by jtron 30 March | 16:38

Two of my favorite things (I also think the Sesame Street Fisher-Price Little People) are really great). Thanks, BP.

posted by box 30 March | 20:55

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