6/25    After years of having "Godel, Escher, Bach" on my bookshelf,
        I've finally picked it up to read.  Unfortunately, I'm not much
        Bach fan so I haven't heard the examples referred to in
        the book. Given that it has been around for awhile, I'd think
        that someone must've been geeky enough to put together a compilation
        of the music? Does anyone know of a CD set or audio file collection
        of the pieces in this book.
        \_ Just go buy Art of Fugue.  My favourite is still St. Matthew's
           Passion, but I am not sure if it was mentioned in the book.
           \_ pretty much everything from the book is from Art of Fugue or
              The Musical Offering.  You can get 2-CD sets with both.
              (and they're worth having whether or not you're reading the
              book).  -tom
           \_ [ Tom's comment deleted.  He knows why. ]
              \_ [ No, Tom, because you censor people. ]
                \_ yes, I do know why...because anonymous cowards like you
                   insist on removing any actual information that manages
                   to make it into the MOTD.  The comment was, almost all
                   of the Bach information in the book is from Art of Fugue
                   or The Musical Offering, which are available as a 2-CD
                   set, and which you should have whether or not you're
                   reading GEB.  -tom
        \_ Have you lost your Y chromosome?  Jaysis, yer such a cunt.
           \_ Perhaps one of the fabled sodan females posted this.
              \_ nah, the sodan femmes have more bollicks than this wanker.
                 \_ I just looked up this book on Amazon. It doesn't seem
                    that fruity. Is it any more fruity than say, The Tao
                    of Physics?
                    \_ I read part of it and thought it was good, but that
                       was when it just came out (back when I was in high
                       school?). I don't know if I would still find it as
                       interesting today.
                 \_ bollocks.
                    \- GEB is insufferable. ok tnx.