Well, I've spent the entire morning listening to other people's music choices and I gotta say -

Thanks.

For the record:

Shostakovich, Stravinsky, all things Russian:

My mother is a classical violist. I grew up with wall-to-wall Russian composers. I love me some Mussorgsky (much better when it isn't Emerson, Lake and Palmer), love me some Stravinsky (Firebird is a fave), love me nearly everything Russian. I oughtta pick up some Shostakovich 'cuz I don't own any; my wife isn't fond of the Russians 'cuz they're a little too "mathy" but I think they're great.

Charles Ives:

Pleasant enough, but not particularly memorable. I shall marinate in it further. iTunes is great for this.

Ligeti:

Pioneer or no, he's got that "I'm just fucking around with synthesizers" vibe which was pretty cool back when nobody had ever seen a synth before but I kinda feel those guys were assed out the minute Walter Carlos got on the scene. Hell, the Barrons kinda shut the Ligeti school down as far as I'm concerned:

The Ligeti school is also well-represented amongst Kyma users. It's just too easy to do things that aren't musical when your stuff doesn't lend itself to music.

Shoenberg:

Awesome. Have heard before, will hear again.

Boulez:

Everything I hate about Philip Glass, I hate about Boulez.

Stockhausen:

The rivetheads have been worshipping Stockhausen for 30 years. I've never gotten into it, but I probably should. Ensturzende Neubauten owes a lot to the guy; I have a hard time listening to a lot of Neubauten, though.

Wanna see something awesome?

Know why it's awesome?

'cuz it's 4 solid minutes of '70s era Laurie Spiegel in a tween summer blockbuster.