#john-williams

#john-williams

Gone are the heady days of the beach read, summarily swapped for the kinds of books a school board can really get behind. At least, that's true for the lucky folks who still get to make learning their primary occupation. For everyone else, there's a consolation for the drudgery of the day job: those happy off-hours when, instead of The Great Gatsby, say, you can still crack open whatever you darn well please.

Kobe Bryant, the 18-time NBA All-Star, was an unexpected admirer of John's music: as a boy, Bryant would tie a towel around his neck and run around to the theme of Superman; as a player, he used the Imperial March to hype himself up before games; and as a father, he would rock his infant daughters to sleep on his chest listening to Hedwig's Theme.

Arvo Part captures simplicity and spiritual depth in music, eschewing spectacle while becoming universally appealing and surviving various artistic trends and political regimes.

According to a New York Times article from 1983, 'It was Mr. Zinn's feet and legs, in disco boots and jeans, that walked into the camera during the memorable 1977 opening credits for Saturday Night Fever,' to the music of 'Stayin' Alive.'