{"id":1464,"date":"2012-01-09T05:45:23","date_gmt":"2012-01-09T10:45:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/pianomorphosis\/?p=1464"},"modified":"2020-07-17T00:04:52","modified_gmt":"2020-07-17T04:04:52","slug":"klained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/pianomorphosis\/2012\/01\/klained.html","title":{"rendered":"Klained"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A recording I made of Philip Glass&#8217;s <em>Metamorphosis One<\/em> became the basis for <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/QL8lQU_1a-w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a YouTube video<\/a>. I never met the YouTuber who posted it, though he emailed me and asked permission. I could only tell him the rights belong to the record label, not me.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Metamorphosis One - Philip Glass, Bruce Brubaker\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QL8lQU_1a-w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a spare video. (There&#8217;s a single image of a lake.) This music is featured in the cult-fav TV show <em>Battlestar Galactica<\/em>. And a lot of BSG fans find the video. The music&#8217;s also used in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thisamericanlife.org\/\">NPR&#8217;s <em>This American Life<\/em><\/a> and that yields &#8220;hits&#8221; for the vid.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, &#8220;Very-Famous-Celebrity&#8221; comedian <a href=\"http:\/\/michaelianblack.tumblr.com\/post\/2313116408\/this-is-my-album-of-the-year-granted-most-people\">Michael Ian Black made the album that has this recording of <em>Metamorphosis One<\/em> on it, his album of the year<\/a> &#8212; though this &#8220;album-of-the-year&#8221; was released a decade earlier.<\/p>\n<p>All this <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Intertextuality\">intertextuality<\/a> brings waves of views to the YouTube clip.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, the video was referenced in and linked to <a href=\"http:\/\/iknowitainteasy.livejournal.com\/3725.html\">a fanfic called &#8220;Little Numbers.&#8221;<\/a> LN is about the characters Kurt and Blaine on the cult-hit TV show <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fox.com\/glee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Glee<\/em><\/a>. A hypertext, this <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fan_fiction\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">fanfic<\/a> is in the form of a series of text messages:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>(2:13)<br \/>\nAnd you could listen to the music I&#8217;m listening to.<\/p>\n<p>(2:14)<br \/>\n<em>Mhhh. And what would that be?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>(2:15)<br \/>\nSince I&#8217;m on my phone, I only have a youtube link for you, sorry.<\/p>\n<p>(2:15)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QL8lQU_1a-w\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QL8lQU_1a-w<\/a><\/p>\n<p>(2:16)<br \/>\nYou can also pretend that I&#8217;m playing it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Fans of Kurt and Blaine refer to them as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.urbandictionary.com\/define.php?term=klaine\">Klaine<\/a>. And all kinds of words can be derived therefrom: klainer, klaining&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s clear from new comments, this video&#8217;s been Klaimed. 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