One of the things I decided to purchase cheap on vinyl when I saw it this weekend was the soundtrack to the ultimate druggy film, 2001: A Space Odyssey. Within it I found two pieces of information that I found interesting. One was that the familiar dramatic theme music (which my dad had played a lot when I was a kid) was a piece composed by Richard Strauss called "Also Sprach Zarathustra", which I knew to be the title of a Nietzsche book. Considering how much thought I've given to this concept of "god" lately I figured it was high time I read this book of Nietzsche's since N. was pretty much where I left off with the concept of god the last time I was having thoughts about it and also because I remembered Zarathustra as being a kind of character for Nietzsche *akin* to god - isn't that right Sloth? Kindof a father figure, his version of Christ or something? Well I found it cheap at a bookstore nearby today. Will dig in as soon as exams are finally over this week.
Also on this 2001 soundtrack is a piece called The Blue Danube composed by Johann Strauss. It's one of those pieces of classical music that everyone recognizes even if they don't know the name of it or who did it. There is a song that is very very dear to me by Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel from '75 called "Nothing Is Sacred" (from the album "Timeless Flight"). It's a very simple acoustic song, but it makes you feel like you're around a campfire with friends after a meal, just a very nice feeling to it...and in it he mentions "the music of Strauss" and "The Blue Danube" so it's nice to make this connection.