Also when he talks about books is pretty int This book is so strange, there were part I felt bored to death because it was too personal but there were parts that touched me deeply and inspired me as a visual artist and left me with "oh Eno, you son of genius bitch" I loved when he talked about his frustrating long nights,that part very beautiful and melancholic. This book has a lil bit of politics and religions in his point of view.
This book is so strange, there were part I felt bored to death because it was too personal but there were parts that touched me deeply and inspired me as a visual artist and left me with "oh Eno, you son of genius bitch" It wasn't about his process in music or art as I thought to be. He's producing Coldplay for god sake!Īnd one more thing: Eno wanted to make wall paper music, well, Bryan Ferry actually makes wall paper music - and he does a good job of it.more The second part is a little bit more interesting, but barely. If it was charming that would be one thing, but he's a bore. Basically Eno just name drops like crazy and lives the life of someone who isn't that interesting. He's producing Coldplay for god sake! And one more thing: E I am a mega fan of Roxy Music and Eno's first four solo albums - including "Discreet Music." And I hate this book. I am a mega fan of Roxy Music and Eno's first four solo albums - including "Discreet Music." And I hate this book. And he does, with equal measures of glamour, rigor and humility.more And yet, he is not plagued by the kind of sickness, sadness and depression one associates with many deep artists. He spends much of January recording with Bowie in New York, much of the summer recording with U2 in Ireland, and manages to squeeze in trips to Egypt and several to war-torn Bosnia. He is an academic, and gives his time generously to his students.Įno has more adventures in a week than any of us will have in a lifetime. He is a celebrity, and is as comfortable hanging out with Elvis Costello and Princess Di as he is drinking a beer by himself at home. He cares deeply about poverty, and war, and is troubled by the place of artists within society, and questions the value of his work given the real problems of the world. I can't imagine what occupies him now in this regard, 13 years later. He is obsessed with computer technology and music software. He has an encyclopedic knowledge of recording.
He works in an extremely organized fashion he sets up the architecture in which bands work. He works on 5 or 6 projects at once - and more impressively, he never blows a deadline (never even comes close).
He is a truly brilliant thinker and scholar, a devoted father and husband, and completely dedicated worker. This book consists of Brian Eno's diary from the year 1995, and a set of swollen appendices of essays, letters, and other ramblings about everything from the lottery to generative music to screensavers to war and peace.ġ995 was a year in which Brian Eno worked on some of my favorite records of all time! Including David Bowie's completely slept-on masterpiece "Outside" (which, along with Sugar's "File Under Easy Listening" and the Cure's "Faith" kinda totally got me through as much high school as I could take before dropping out), and U2's underrated "Passengers" record. 1995 was a year in which Brian Eno worked on some of my favorite records of all time! Including David Bowie's completely slept-on masterpiece "Outside" (which, along with Sugar's "File Under Easy Listening" and the Cure's "Faith This book pretty much blew my mind into tiny shreds. This book consists of Brian Eno's diary from the year 1995, and a set of swollen appendices of essays, letters, and other ramblings about everything from the lottery to generative music to screensavers to war and peace. This book pretty much blew my mind into tiny shreds.