Today we toast the unacknowledged genius of Gyorgi Ligeti.

a man born and raised in troubled times, mr.ligeti is a student of "question." he apparently abandoned time signatures, abandoned melody, harmony and rhythm and embraced absurdist theatre, to name a few. his coming of age was spent working along side stockhausen and g.m. koenig. i find it pertenant to mention that the departed stanley kubrick found his music the MOST suitable to sonically reinforce his most moving moments: the ape touching the stone in 2001? ligeti. the mask-removal scene in eyes wide shut ("duh, dah dah, duh duh, dah dah duh...")? ligeti. and the man is currently 83.

during hungary's communist occupation (and i think this is about as pimp as pimp gets) he "had to secretly listen to radio broadcasts to keep abreast of musical developments." if thats not musical devotion, i dont know what is...

hats off, beers up!