This should be interesting...

[cybermathwitch]

At the risk of everyone running screaming from my journal, I had to share that PBS, as part of it's pledge drive, is doing a Yanni concert tonight at 8pm CST. 

Now, before anyone starts making faces, I'm going to be pro-actively on the offense here. 

If you've actually listened to his music* and you don't like it, fine.  No problem here, we have different tastes and I'm cool with that.

If you're simply reacting to the *name* because of the running cultural jokes/bashing that's been going on for years - then don't bring it here.  It's not to everyone's taste, but it, like ANY OTHER MUSIC deserves at least a chance and the respect of actually being listened to before dismissal or mockage.

Well, now I've vented.  And I'm gonna go enjoy the show.

*(instrumental, mostly, and new-age-y to a degree (though just about any modern instrumental music that's not a score for something seems to get stuck with that label now days))

Comments

[elflore.livejournal.com]

Cool random Yanni related story...

I've heard he's a really cool guy, actually. I used to play violin, and I remember him somehow coming up in a discussion once...a friend of my teacher's had played in an orchestra backing him at some point. The friend had a death in the family, and Yanni paid not just for the time off, but the travel expenses to get home to the funeral and everything.

Ok, so, like I said...random. But yay for cool people!

[cybermathwitch.livejournal.com]

Neat.