Comments on: My Great Ghost, "Glass Machine"—remixing Philip Glass, with an app http://boingboing.net/2013/01/17/my-great-ghost-glass-machin.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 22 May 2013 13:05:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: TheOven http://boingboing.net/2013/01/17/my-great-ghost-glass-machin.html#comment-1633479 TheOven Mon, 21 Jan 2013 23:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=206346#comment-1633479  I was very disappointed by that Björk album/app. Nor can I blame Björk, though the album was bad enough that I not only didn't go pay AGAIN to have the MP3s, but I never even bothered to find a torrent of it. I found the app to be a huge failure considering it's price point… and look, here it is again; an app for 10$ based around the enigmatic music of someone with talent. But I do think this looks interesting – and I do already own the album… but 10$? No, I've been burned by this guy before and this is too expensive for an app of this type. This guy has to make some apps at regular app prices for me to give him another chance at ripping me off again. Because I do still feel burned by that Björk pos.  I was very disappointed by that Björk album/app. Nor can I blame Björk, though the album was bad enough that I not only didn’t go pay AGAIN to have the MP3s, but I never even bothered to find a torrent of it. I found the app to be a huge failure considering it’s price point… and look, here it is again; an app for 10$ based around the enigmatic music of someone with talent. But I do think this looks interesting – and I do already own the album… but 10$? No, I’ve been burned by this guy before and this is too expensive for an app of this type.

This guy has to make some apps at regular app prices for me to give him another chance at ripping me off again. Because I do still feel burned by that Björk pos.

]]> By: s2redux http://boingboing.net/2013/01/17/my-great-ghost-glass-machin.html#comment-1630626 s2redux Thu, 17 Jan 2013 22:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=206346#comment-1630626 Wow...my envy circuit hasn't been triggered in a long time. Good on you! (Both for seeing the performance, and for not needing a bathroom break ;-) Wow…my envy circuit hasn’t been triggered in a long time. Good on you! (Both for seeing the performance, and for not needing a bathroom break ;-)

]]> By: Jen Onymous http://boingboing.net/2013/01/17/my-great-ghost-glass-machin.html#comment-1630534 Jen Onymous Thu, 17 Jan 2013 21:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=206346#comment-1630534 Have the album, just got the app, hope to go to Webster Hall on Monday.  Thank you for the headsup, Boingers! PS--I was lucky enough to see the recent production of Einstein on the Beach at BAM.  I did it.  All.  Without a bathroom break.  Worth it. Have the album, just got the app, hope to go to Webster Hall on Monday.  Thank you for the headsup, Boingers!

PS–I was lucky enough to see the recent production of Einstein on the Beach at BAM.  I did it.  All.  Without a bathroom break.  Worth it.

]]> By: skyhawk1 http://boingboing.net/2013/01/17/my-great-ghost-glass-machin.html#comment-1630445 skyhawk1 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 19:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=206346#comment-1630445 Beautiful work. Beautiful work.

]]> By: s2redux http://boingboing.net/2013/01/17/my-great-ghost-glass-machin.html#comment-1630340 s2redux Thu, 17 Jan 2013 18:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=206346#comment-1630340 Sadly, <i>Einstein on the Beach</i> is not part of the remix materials. Haven't played with the REWORK app yet, but can heartily recommend the CD: Orange Mountain Music's <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Rework-Philip-Glass-Remixed-Philip/dp/B0097BY3AG/" rel="nofollow">REWORK_ Philip Glass Mixes by Beck, Amon, Tobin, Cornelius, etc.</a></i>. Also available on vinyl. Sadly, Einstein on the Beach is not part of the remix materials. Haven’t played with the REWORK app yet, but can heartily recommend the CD: Orange Mountain Music’s REWORK_ Philip Glass Mixes by Beck, Amon, Tobin, Cornelius, etc.. Also available on vinyl.

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