Episode · Conversations with Tyler · 2020-09-22
Books mentioned on Alex Ross on Music, Culture, and Criticism
To Alex Ross, good music critics must be well-rounded and have command of neighboring cultural areas. "When you're writing about opera, you're writing about literature as well as music, you're writing about staging, theater ideas, as well as music," says the veteran music journalist and staff writer for The New Yorker.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Lord of the Rings
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R.
Discussed“and i think going back to uh led zeppelin uh and their fascination with the lord of the rings and tolkien kind of brings them into the you know zone of the of the wagnerian uh the hammer of the gods”
Where to get it
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Ulysses
Ulysses by James Joyce is a monumental modernist novel that chronicles a single day in the life of Leopold Bloom in Dublin, mirroring the structure of Homer's Odyssey.
Discussed“i fell in love with joyce and ulysses in particular before i really got to know the classic works of the 20th century so ulysses read ulysses at age 18”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing The Rest Is Noise
“today i am here with alex ross who is music critic for the new yorker author of the best-selling the rest is noise”