[/caption]Don't forget Eno Night on BBC Four this evening (then repeats - MythTV box primed and ready!)
I'm excited to finally see (missed it on TV last year) the film of the Apollo missions that the very wonderful Apollo soundtrack was made for. (See Guardian mini-interview from last year).
Also - last week's Observer had some extracts form Paul Morley's interview (for the TV) with Eno - I particulalry liked this quote:
"I think records were just a little bubble through time and those who made a living from them for a while were lucky. There is no reason why anyone should have made so much money from selling records except that everything was right for this period of time. I always knew it would run out sooner or later. It couldn't last, and now it's running out. I don't particularly care that it is and like the way things are going. The record age was just a blip. It was a bit like if you had a source of whale blubber in the 1840s and it could be used as fuel. Before gas came along, if you traded in whale blubber, you were the richest man on Earth. Then gas came along and you'd be stuck with your whale blubber. Sorry mate – history's moving along. Recorded music equals whale blubber. Eventually, something else will replace it."
Similar to Bowie's "music like water" quote from 2002
''Music itself is going to become like running water or electricity,'' he added. ''So it's like, just take advantage of these last few years because none of this is ever going to happen again. You'd better be prepared for doing a lot of touring because that's really the only unique situation that's going to be left. It's terribly exciting. But on the other hand it doesn't matter if you think it's exciting or not; it's what's going to happen.''
Link to Eno Night schedule info
- 21:00–22:00A profile of Brian Eno, former Roxy Music keyboardist and a pioneer in ambient music.
- 22:00–23:00Paul Morley talks about some of Brian Eno's hit tracks, including Heroes and Viva La Vida.
- 23:00–23:55Profile of the glam band Roxy Music, who reformed after 25 years to make a new album. (R)
- 23:55–01:101989 documentary relating the story of the 24 men who travelled to the moon with NASA. (R)
