Saturday, March 01, 2008
parle moi...j'ai des choses a te dire
and so i wait and i wonder what might happen next. the feeling of distance overwhelms me. i make time by reading and exploring media-- its no excuse for pure experience. i am encouraged by this somewhat, considering the snow outside, the presence of words, the way she crafts a sentence or a tilt of her head. perhaps i finish books too fast-- i have to start another-- this inbetween time, when i'm not reading or focussing on something is too dangerous. i stop to wonder and think-- blurring the lines of common sense. letting my essence go for once-- out there, in the sunlight, taking a walk wondering when she might arrive again. current projects, apart from music reviews, include finishing "watching wildlife" by Cynthia Chris, starting "rogue male" by Geoffrey Household, starting a viewing of "Life on Earth" by David Attenborough, reconnecting with the world again. there are so few people i really want to see now-- and those i do live away from here.
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
the girl on the hill
Its already warming up out there. To the ones i think about every day- the ones who are filled with a bright light in their eyes. I wish things weren't so crowded here. I live in more of a a warehouse than a room at the moment-- at least that's what it feels like. I've got to run off now, walking to my next destination. The struggle for pleasure continues.
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Also of note:
I'll talk more about these soon-- as I'm a bit pressed for time at the moment;
ARBOL "You travelled my heart inside out" (lejos discos)
and this just in:
JULY SKIES - "The Weather Clock" along with "The Weather Clock (EP)" both on (Make Mine Music)
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Also of note:
I'll talk more about these soon-- as I'm a bit pressed for time at the moment;
ARBOL "You travelled my heart inside out" (lejos discos)
and this just in:
JULY SKIES - "The Weather Clock" along with "The Weather Clock (EP)" both on (Make Mine Music)
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
keeping up
i'm looking at a set of books, some i've purchased recently some that have been here for a while. i'm working my way through them one (sometimes two) by one. lately, i've been keeping myself informed on more topical things before delving into the specific. I heard the Berlin Film Festival wasn't all that hot. I've made a note about Suzie Templeton's animated version of Prokofiev's "Peter and the Wolf" appearing on PBS. I suppose I've been content to watch various world cinema at home and read. Its not that the cold has been excessively prohibitive, its more that I have been less motivated to go out and see people (with a few special exceptions). What does the future hold? More travel probably, less clutter, more open space.
(this is the best i can do without a good cup of strong coffee)
(this is the best i can do without a good cup of strong coffee)
Thursday, February 14, 2008
the music of Karheinz Stockhausen this Friday Night on WZBC from 6-10pm
This Friday night I am not doing my radio show.
That said, my friend, John Straub, is using this opportunity to provide you with
FOUR HOURS OF KARLHEINZ STOCKHAUSEN
From John's e-mail:
Howdy,
I will be programming a 4-hour radio special on the music of Karlheinz
Stockhausen.
I can't really see very many people wanting to listen to this many
different Stockhausen pieces in a row for 4 straight hours. I am
sending this program so people can "pick their battles" if interested.
I'm concentrating on his recordings from the 1960's, with just a
couple earlier pieces from the '50's and one later piece from the
1990's.
6:00: I'm going to start with a 23-minute excerpt from Kurzwellen,
recorded in 1969. This is a personal favorite. Stockhausen's own
liner notes for the recording also put the piece into context by
looking back at a few of his earlier pieces that I'll also be
featuring, so I thought I'd read some of those notes as an
introduction.
~6:30: Gesang der Junglinge (1956) An early classic mixing synthetic
sounds with the recording of a boy's voice singing a Biblical passage,
"Chant of the Adolescents in the Fiery Furnace"
~6:45: Kontakte (1958-1960) - piano & percussion playing along with
pre-recorded sounds on tape. I'll play the 1st 12 minutes.
~7:00: Momente (1962-1964) Side 1 of the mid-60's vinyl release on
Nonesuch. A cantata for soprano, choir, brass, percussion and
electric organs. A lot of commentators emphasize how this piece was
about "existence in the moment and ignoring the past," which is seen
as a hallmark of Stockhausen's most famous work.
~7:30: Mixture (1964): Electronics with Orchestra. I'll play the 2nd
half of this piece which is a mirror image of itself.
Stockhausen spent a lot of time in Japan in 1966, which had a big
influence on his late '60's work. The next few things tend to be less
complex and seem to be striving towards some kind of electronic world
music.
~8:00: Telemusik (1966)
~8:20: Hymnen (1966-1967) - Electronic stew of various national anthems.
~8:30: Holger Czukay's "Boat Woman Song". This was my introduction to
Stockhausen. Czukay was a student of Stockhausen's in the early 60's
before he co-founded Can in 1968. This early solo recording from 1968
mixes shortwave radio signals from all over the world and recordings
of traditional Vietnamese and Cambodian singing. Obviously influenced
by Stockhausen's "electronic world music" especially Kurzwellen (Short
Waves). My interest in Can led me to this beautiful solo recording,
which led me to Stockhausen's Kurzwellen.
~8:40 Kurzwellen (1968) Here I'm going to play an excerpt from the 2nd
half of a 1968 recording. I will open the show at 6:00 with the first
half of a 1969 recording of the same piece. Performance of the piece
involves musicians responding to random short wave radio broadcasts.
The same timpani motif (a BBC station ID) happened to come over the
shortwaves during these two different performances. The different
reactions by the musicians to that identical stimulus is something
that intrigued Stockhausen about these two recordings of Kurzwellen.
~9:05: Helicopter String Quartet (1995) - Beginning in 1977,
Stockhausen spent most the rest of his life working on a 7-part
operatic opus called Licht. The 7 parts corresponded to the 7 days of
the week. Wednesday was one of the last pieces he completed in the
mid-1990's. His Helicopter String Quartet is part of that piece of
Licht. The Helicopter String Quartet involves each member of a string
quartet playing in a different helicopter with independent flight
paths. The musicians stay synchronized by wearing headphones in which
they all hear the same click track. The 1995 premier was performed by
the Arditti String Quartet. Here's a YouTube clip of a 2003
performance:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=th_FUqsbaxo
~9:35: Talk about Stockhausen's controversial quote on September 16,
2001. The excerpt from the quote that stirred up the controversy was
that the 9/11 attacks were, "... the greatest work of art that exists
for the whole Cosmos."
I will read the full quote and discuss the context.
~9:45: I will sign off and play an excerpt of the new recording of
Stimung (1968).
That said, my friend, John Straub, is using this opportunity to provide you with
FOUR HOURS OF KARLHEINZ STOCKHAUSEN
From John's e-mail:
Howdy,
I will be programming a 4-hour radio special on the music of Karlheinz
Stockhausen.
I can't really see very many people wanting to listen to this many
different Stockhausen pieces in a row for 4 straight hours. I am
sending this program so people can "pick their battles" if interested.
I'm concentrating on his recordings from the 1960's, with just a
couple earlier pieces from the '50's and one later piece from the
1990's.
6:00: I'm going to start with a 23-minute excerpt from Kurzwellen,
recorded in 1969. This is a personal favorite. Stockhausen's own
liner notes for the recording also put the piece into context by
looking back at a few of his earlier pieces that I'll also be
featuring, so I thought I'd read some of those notes as an
introduction.
~6:30: Gesang der Junglinge (1956) An early classic mixing synthetic
sounds with the recording of a boy's voice singing a Biblical passage,
"Chant of the Adolescents in the Fiery Furnace"
~6:45: Kontakte (1958-1960) - piano & percussion playing along with
pre-recorded sounds on tape. I'll play the 1st 12 minutes.
~7:00: Momente (1962-1964) Side 1 of the mid-60's vinyl release on
Nonesuch. A cantata for soprano, choir, brass, percussion and
electric organs. A lot of commentators emphasize how this piece was
about "existence in the moment and ignoring the past," which is seen
as a hallmark of Stockhausen's most famous work.
~7:30: Mixture (1964): Electronics with Orchestra. I'll play the 2nd
half of this piece which is a mirror image of itself.
Stockhausen spent a lot of time in Japan in 1966, which had a big
influence on his late '60's work. The next few things tend to be less
complex and seem to be striving towards some kind of electronic world
music.
~8:00: Telemusik (1966)
~8:20: Hymnen (1966-1967) - Electronic stew of various national anthems.
~8:30: Holger Czukay's "Boat Woman Song". This was my introduction to
Stockhausen. Czukay was a student of Stockhausen's in the early 60's
before he co-founded Can in 1968. This early solo recording from 1968
mixes shortwave radio signals from all over the world and recordings
of traditional Vietnamese and Cambodian singing. Obviously influenced
by Stockhausen's "electronic world music" especially Kurzwellen (Short
Waves). My interest in Can led me to this beautiful solo recording,
which led me to Stockhausen's Kurzwellen.
~8:40 Kurzwellen (1968) Here I'm going to play an excerpt from the 2nd
half of a 1968 recording. I will open the show at 6:00 with the first
half of a 1969 recording of the same piece. Performance of the piece
involves musicians responding to random short wave radio broadcasts.
The same timpani motif (a BBC station ID) happened to come over the
shortwaves during these two different performances. The different
reactions by the musicians to that identical stimulus is something
that intrigued Stockhausen about these two recordings of Kurzwellen.
~9:05: Helicopter String Quartet (1995) - Beginning in 1977,
Stockhausen spent most the rest of his life working on a 7-part
operatic opus called Licht. The 7 parts corresponded to the 7 days of
the week. Wednesday was one of the last pieces he completed in the
mid-1990's. His Helicopter String Quartet is part of that piece of
Licht. The Helicopter String Quartet involves each member of a string
quartet playing in a different helicopter with independent flight
paths. The musicians stay synchronized by wearing headphones in which
they all hear the same click track. The 1995 premier was performed by
the Arditti String Quartet. Here's a YouTube clip of a 2003
performance:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=th_FUqsbaxo
~9:35: Talk about Stockhausen's controversial quote on September 16,
2001. The excerpt from the quote that stirred up the controversy was
that the 9/11 attacks were, "... the greatest work of art that exists
for the whole Cosmos."
I will read the full quote and discuss the context.
~9:45: I will sign off and play an excerpt of the new recording of
Stimung (1968).
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Paul Hockenos on Joschka Fischer at CES Tonight - 5pm
Tonight at the Center for European Studies at Harvard University
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
5:00 PM - 6:45 PM, Guido Goldman Room
"Back to the Barricades: Germany's Raging Debate About 1968"
Paul Hockenos, Political Analyst and Author of "Joschka Fischer and the Making of the Berlin Republic: An Alternative History of Postwar Germany" (recently published by Oxford University Press) (reviewed by Anson Rabinbach in the Nation here.)
Paul Hockenos' piece: "Left Behind: Romanticizing Germany's urban guerillas" in November/December 2007 issue of Boston Review here.
CES Special Event, co-sponsored by the American Council on Germany
Reception to follow.
Contact: Jason Beerman
Email: beerman@fas.harvard.edu
Friday, February 08, 2008
Berlinale 2008 - February 7-17, 2008
The Berlin International Forum of New Cinema just kicked off yesterday. Ekkehard Knörer recently published a good review of what is on the menu this year. A couple of films of note are Erick Zonca's "Julia" (director of "the Dreamlife of Angels", his new film stars Tilda Swinton), and Mike Leigh's new film "Happy-Go-Lucky".
Also of note is Isabella Rossellini's Green Pornos, exposing her fascination with entomology.
NOTE: Der Spiegel has an excellent section on the Festival.
NOTE: Good video on some of the smaller films on the IHT site.
Plus this roundup by Dennis Lim can be found there as well.
(to be updated)
Also of note is Isabella Rossellini's Green Pornos, exposing her fascination with entomology.
NOTE: Der Spiegel has an excellent section on the Festival.
NOTE: Good video on some of the smaller films on the IHT site.
Plus this roundup by Dennis Lim can be found there as well.
(to be updated)
Thursday, February 07, 2008
NCP I from February 1, 2008 WZBC - playlist
"off the cuff" (NCP) with George 02.01.2008 07:00PM to 10:00PM
07:09PM Colleen "blue sands" from "les ondes silencieuses" (CD) on Leaf
07:14PM Tara Jane O'Neil "The Winds You Came Here On" from "In the Sun Lines" (CD) on Quarterstick
07:20PM The Durutti Column "Messidor" from "Live in Bruxelles 13 August 1981" on LTM
07:22PM Tuxedomoon "III (April in Afghanistan) prototype of Crash 78" from "LOST CORDS" on Cramboy
07:30PM Felt "Evergreen Dazed" from "Crumbling the Antiseptic Beauty" (LP) on Cherry Red
07:36PM Arbol "you travelled my heart inside out" from "you travelled my heart inside out" on Lejos Discos
07:42PM Arbol "nomi" from "you travelled my heart inside out" on Lejos Discos
07:46PM Arbol "avio" from "you travelled my heart inside out" on Lejos Discos
07:52PM Arbol "01_29" from "you travelled my heart inside out" on Lejos Discos
07:54PM July Skies "Garden Constellations" from "Dreaming of Spires" (CD) on Rocket Girl
07:59PM Gnac "The Arrival of the Fog" from "The Arrival of the Fog" on LTM
08:08PM Robert Wyatt "Stay Tuned" from "Comicopera" (CD) on Domino
08:08PM Gudrun Gut "Pleasuretrain" from "I Put A Record On" (CD) on Monika Enterprise
08:14PM Food "red algae" from "Molecular Gastronomy" (CD) on Rune Grammofon
08:19PM Band Apart "O My Beautiful Song" from "EP" (LP) on Crammed Discs
08:24PM Nine Horses "birds sing for their lives" from "Money For All" on samadhisound
08:34PM Martial Canterel "Foreign Birthplace" from "Refuge Underneath" on Wierd Records
08:37PM The Honeymoon Killers "histoire a suivre" from "Les Tueurs de la Lune de Miel" (CD) on Crammed Discs
08:41PM Martial Canterel "Ascent" from "confusing outsides" (LP) on genetic music
08:44PM Martial Canterel "Hausmann" from "Refuge Underneath" on Wierd Records
08:49PM Prothese "Tumeurs" from "B9 BIS (Belgian Cold Wave 1979-1983)" on LTM
08:54PM Martial Canterel "Vichy Girls" from "Views Beyond The City Walls" on Tarantulla
09:00PM Fennesz Sakamoto "trace" from "Cendre" (CD) on touch music
09:05PM Fripp & Eno "Ringing Beat" from "Beyond Even (1992-2006)" on Opal Ltd
09:13PM Steven Brown "This Land" from "Decade" on LTM
09:14PM Seefeel "charlotte's mouth (avant garde mix)" from "quique (redux)" (CD) on Too Pure
09:16PM Harold Budd & Robin Guthrie "Snowfall" from "Music from the Film Mysterious Skin"
09:23PM The Vertical Smile) "a return to satisfy (opium tears mix)" from "Tell Tale Signs of Earworm" on Earworm
09:29PM The Sound "Winter" from "shock of daylight" (CD) on renascent
09:34PM Richard Pinhas "Iceland" from "So Young But So Cold" (CD) on Tigersushi
09:45PM Gavin Bryars, Alter Ego, & Philip Jeck "The Sinking of the Titanic (excerpt)" from "The Sinking Of The Titanic" on Touch
07:09PM Colleen "blue sands" from "les ondes silencieuses" (CD) on Leaf
07:14PM Tara Jane O'Neil "The Winds You Came Here On" from "In the Sun Lines" (CD) on Quarterstick
07:20PM The Durutti Column "Messidor" from "Live in Bruxelles 13 August 1981" on LTM
07:22PM Tuxedomoon "III (April in Afghanistan) prototype of Crash 78" from "LOST CORDS" on Cramboy
07:30PM Felt "Evergreen Dazed" from "Crumbling the Antiseptic Beauty" (LP) on Cherry Red
07:36PM Arbol "you travelled my heart inside out" from "you travelled my heart inside out" on Lejos Discos
07:42PM Arbol "nomi" from "you travelled my heart inside out" on Lejos Discos
07:46PM Arbol "avio" from "you travelled my heart inside out" on Lejos Discos
07:52PM Arbol "01_29" from "you travelled my heart inside out" on Lejos Discos
07:54PM July Skies "Garden Constellations" from "Dreaming of Spires" (CD) on Rocket Girl
07:59PM Gnac "The Arrival of the Fog" from "The Arrival of the Fog" on LTM
08:08PM Robert Wyatt "Stay Tuned" from "Comicopera" (CD) on Domino
08:08PM Gudrun Gut "Pleasuretrain" from "I Put A Record On" (CD) on Monika Enterprise
08:14PM Food "red algae" from "Molecular Gastronomy" (CD) on Rune Grammofon
08:19PM Band Apart "O My Beautiful Song" from "EP" (LP) on Crammed Discs
08:24PM Nine Horses "birds sing for their lives" from "Money For All" on samadhisound
08:34PM Martial Canterel "Foreign Birthplace" from "Refuge Underneath" on Wierd Records
08:37PM The Honeymoon Killers "histoire a suivre" from "Les Tueurs de la Lune de Miel" (CD) on Crammed Discs
08:41PM Martial Canterel "Ascent" from "confusing outsides" (LP) on genetic music
08:44PM Martial Canterel "Hausmann" from "Refuge Underneath" on Wierd Records
08:49PM Prothese "Tumeurs" from "B9 BIS (Belgian Cold Wave 1979-1983)" on LTM
08:54PM Martial Canterel "Vichy Girls" from "Views Beyond The City Walls" on Tarantulla
09:00PM Fennesz Sakamoto "trace" from "Cendre" (CD) on touch music
09:05PM Fripp & Eno "Ringing Beat" from "Beyond Even (1992-2006)" on Opal Ltd
09:13PM Steven Brown "This Land" from "Decade" on LTM
09:14PM Seefeel "charlotte's mouth (avant garde mix)" from "quique (redux)" (CD) on Too Pure
09:16PM Harold Budd & Robin Guthrie "Snowfall" from "Music from the Film Mysterious Skin"
09:23PM The Vertical Smile) "a return to satisfy (opium tears mix)" from "Tell Tale Signs of Earworm" on Earworm
09:29PM The Sound "Winter" from "shock of daylight" (CD) on renascent
09:34PM Richard Pinhas "Iceland" from "So Young But So Cold" (CD) on Tigersushi
09:45PM Gavin Bryars, Alter Ego, & Philip Jeck "The Sinking of the Titanic (excerpt)" from "The Sinking Of The Titanic" on Touch
Friday, February 01, 2008
Haven't we been dreaming long enough?
Tonight from 19:00-22:00 EST -- I'll be on the air at WZBC 90.3fm - wzbc.org for listening details.
I've got the new Arbol disc "You traveled my heart inside out" and some of Martial Canterel's backcatalogue among other items.
like that Band Apart song...
Stay tuned.
I've got the new Arbol disc "You traveled my heart inside out" and some of Martial Canterel's backcatalogue among other items.
like that Band Apart song...
Stay tuned.
Friday, January 18, 2008
my voice, uh! - wzbc radio NCP 1 tonight
I'll be on the air tonight from 19:00-22:00 EST
My voice is extremely hoarse as I have a cold or some related illness.
Please bear with me. Expect longer tracks and possible live sets.
That is all.
Stay tuned.
My voice is extremely hoarse as I have a cold or some related illness.
Please bear with me. Expect longer tracks and possible live sets.
That is all.
Stay tuned.
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Thursday, January 10, 2008
Chantal Akerman: Moving through Time and Space
Chantal Akerman: Moving through Time and Space
19 Jan—29 Mar 2008
In her first major US museum exhibition, Belgian-born artist Chantal Akerman presents five multimedia video installations dating from 1993 to the present. Best known for her politically charged pieces, the exhibition brings together D'Est, 1993, De l'Autre Côté, 2002, Sud, 1999, Là-Bas, 2006, and a new work created in Siberia especially for the exhibition. After its premiere in Houston, the show travels to the M.I.T. List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge (1 May-6 July), the Miami Art Museum (16 October-18 January 2009) and the Contemporary Art Museum, St Louis (8 May-2 August 2009). Categories: Contemporary Video & New Media Contemporary (1970-present)
first stop: BLAFFER GALLERY
University of Houston, 120 Fine Arts Building 77204 - 40
+1 713 743 9530
(Information provided by: The Art Newspaper.
19 Jan—29 Mar 2008
In her first major US museum exhibition, Belgian-born artist Chantal Akerman presents five multimedia video installations dating from 1993 to the present. Best known for her politically charged pieces, the exhibition brings together D'Est, 1993, De l'Autre Côté, 2002, Sud, 1999, Là-Bas, 2006, and a new work created in Siberia especially for the exhibition. After its premiere in Houston, the show travels to the M.I.T. List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge (1 May-6 July), the Miami Art Museum (16 October-18 January 2009) and the Contemporary Art Museum, St Louis (8 May-2 August 2009). Categories: Contemporary Video & New Media Contemporary (1970-present)
first stop: BLAFFER GALLERY
University of Houston, 120 Fine Arts Building 77204 - 40
+1 713 743 9530
(Information provided by: The Art Newspaper.
Wednesday, January 02, 2008
Happy New Year! (reflections on the double)
A new day begins today.
But first, a moment for the past:
Recently, I finished reading The Memory Wars by Frederick Crews, which essentially dismantles the whole Freudian edifice and the 'recovered memory' movement. My head was buzzing with latent disgust with the whole Freudian project. Then I saw Francis Ford Coppola's version of Mircea Eliade's "Youth Without Youth". The film is, on the whole, pretty good. It is very faithful to the novel. However, by the same token, I wonder why would anyone want to make a film of this book. The book seems to be steeped in the application of Freudian theory (to some extent) to language. This is evidenced in the main character's project of recovery of the origins of language. The film also enlists the aid of a double. There are entire scenes where the main character (well played by Tim Roth) holds entire conversations with himself. This notion of the double or doppelgänger is reminiscent of Vladimir Nabokov's Despair, (or of Edgar Allen Poe's story "William Willson" which was filmed by Louis Malle amongst others) which was elegantly brought to the screen by Rainer Werner Fassbinder. These are just a few examples of the double in film and literature that I can think of at the moment. They are not without merit, however, in the case of "Youth Without Youth" they add another layer to the general impression that the director is going-for-broke obscurity. Prior to seeing the film, I read the novel and was prepared for the story. On the other hand, If I neglected to do so, I might have been a bit lost or at the very least would have left the film feeling I might have got more out of it had I read the book.
But first, a moment for the past:
Recently, I finished reading The Memory Wars by Frederick Crews, which essentially dismantles the whole Freudian edifice and the 'recovered memory' movement. My head was buzzing with latent disgust with the whole Freudian project. Then I saw Francis Ford Coppola's version of Mircea Eliade's "Youth Without Youth". The film is, on the whole, pretty good. It is very faithful to the novel. However, by the same token, I wonder why would anyone want to make a film of this book. The book seems to be steeped in the application of Freudian theory (to some extent) to language. This is evidenced in the main character's project of recovery of the origins of language. The film also enlists the aid of a double. There are entire scenes where the main character (well played by Tim Roth) holds entire conversations with himself. This notion of the double or doppelgänger is reminiscent of Vladimir Nabokov's Despair, (or of Edgar Allen Poe's story "William Willson" which was filmed by Louis Malle amongst others) which was elegantly brought to the screen by Rainer Werner Fassbinder. These are just a few examples of the double in film and literature that I can think of at the moment. They are not without merit, however, in the case of "Youth Without Youth" they add another layer to the general impression that the director is going-for-broke obscurity. Prior to seeing the film, I read the novel and was prepared for the story. On the other hand, If I neglected to do so, I might have been a bit lost or at the very least would have left the film feeling I might have got more out of it had I read the book.
Thursday, December 27, 2007
Best of 2007 - Music
Best of 2007: Music
1. Tuxedomoon 7707 - 30th Anniversary Box Contents:
Vapour Trails
(CD | new album | 2007)
Muchos Colores • Still Small Voice • Kubrick • Big Olive
Dark Temple • Dizzy • Epso Meth Lama • Wading Into Love
Unearthed: Lost Cords
(CD | previously-unreleased recordings | 1977-1997 )
Day to Day • Remember • III (April in Afghanistan) • Somnambulist
Heaven and Hell • Atlantis • Up All Night • Loplop's People • Devastated
Brad's Loop • Allemande Bleue • No Business Like Show Business
Cell Life • Oceanus • Work Coda
Unearthed: Found Films
(DVD | archive & unreleased material| total time 160 minutes| 1977-1988)
I. Ghost Sonata (an opera without words)
II. A Thousand Lives By Picture (nine music videos)
III. Mythical Puzzle (a travelogue)
IV. Jetwave (a multimedia loft jam)
V. Colorado Suite (early studio explorations)
VI. No Tears (accelerated memory)
162o7 (39°N 7°W)
(CD | a concert recorded in February 2007) (Crammed)
2. Robert Wyatt Comicopera (Domino)
3. Gudrun Gut "I Put a Record On" (Monika Enterprise)
FYI: her best of 2007 is here.
4. Fennesz Sakamoto "Cendre" (Touch)
5. Burial "Untrue" (hyperdub)
6. The Durutti Column "Idiot Savants" (Fulfill)
7. Frank Bretscheider "Rhythm" (raster-noton)
8. Hans Appelqvist "Sifantin och mörkret" (Hapna)
9. Christina Kubisch "Five Electrical Walks" (Important)
10. Berg Sans Nipple "Along the quai"
11. Pelle Carlberg "In a Nutshell" (Labrador)
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Reissues:
Harmonia "Live 1974"
Young Marble Giants "Colossal Youth" (Domino)
"The Fruit of the Original Sin" Compilation (LTM)
"Ghosts of Christmas Past" Compilation (LTM)
Kraftwerk "Ralf & Florian"
The Durutti Column "Sporadic Three" (Kooky) [older material made available for the first time]
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Films about music:
Scott Walker: 30th Century Man dir. Stephen Kijak (film site)
Control dir. Anton Corbjin
Screaming Masterpiece dir. ARI ALEXANDER ERGIS MAGNÚSSON(film site)
1. Tuxedomoon 7707 - 30th Anniversary Box Contents:
Vapour Trails
(CD | new album | 2007)
Muchos Colores • Still Small Voice • Kubrick • Big Olive
Dark Temple • Dizzy • Epso Meth Lama • Wading Into Love
Unearthed: Lost Cords
(CD | previously-unreleased recordings | 1977-1997 )
Day to Day • Remember • III (April in Afghanistan) • Somnambulist
Heaven and Hell • Atlantis • Up All Night • Loplop's People • Devastated
Brad's Loop • Allemande Bleue • No Business Like Show Business
Cell Life • Oceanus • Work Coda
Unearthed: Found Films
(DVD | archive & unreleased material| total time 160 minutes| 1977-1988)
I. Ghost Sonata (an opera without words)
II. A Thousand Lives By Picture (nine music videos)
III. Mythical Puzzle (a travelogue)
IV. Jetwave (a multimedia loft jam)
V. Colorado Suite (early studio explorations)
VI. No Tears (accelerated memory)
162o7 (39°N 7°W)
(CD | a concert recorded in February 2007) (Crammed)
2. Robert Wyatt Comicopera (Domino)
3. Gudrun Gut "I Put a Record On" (Monika Enterprise)
FYI: her best of 2007 is here.
4. Fennesz Sakamoto "Cendre" (Touch)
5. Burial "Untrue" (hyperdub)
6. The Durutti Column "Idiot Savants" (Fulfill)
7. Frank Bretscheider "Rhythm" (raster-noton)
8. Hans Appelqvist "Sifantin och mörkret" (Hapna)
9. Christina Kubisch "Five Electrical Walks" (Important)
10. Berg Sans Nipple "Along the quai"
11. Pelle Carlberg "In a Nutshell" (Labrador)
***********************************************************
Reissues:
Harmonia "Live 1974"
Young Marble Giants "Colossal Youth" (Domino)
"The Fruit of the Original Sin" Compilation (LTM)
"Ghosts of Christmas Past" Compilation (LTM)
Kraftwerk "Ralf & Florian"
The Durutti Column "Sporadic Three" (Kooky) [older material made available for the first time]
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Films about music:
Scott Walker: 30th Century Man dir. Stephen Kijak (film site)
Control dir. Anton Corbjin
Screaming Masterpiece dir. ARI ALEXANDER ERGIS MAGNÚSSON(film site)
Monday, December 24, 2007
Saturday, December 22, 2007
Last Show of 2007 - Playlist "Off the Cuff" WZBC NCP
Fri Dec 21st 2007 7.00pm–10.00pm
Like everything else, times are approximate. Spinitron and this station are not liable for errors or omissions.
Lawrence “Lowlights from the Past” from Lowlights from the Past and Future CD
July Skies “Garden Constellations” from Dreaming of Spires CD ALBUM
Polyphonic Size “Kyoto” from B9 BIS (Belgian Cold Wave 1979-1983) (LTM)
Anne Laplantine “Keep Me Updated” from Nordheim CD ALBUM (Gooom)
The Pale Fountains “Benoit's Christmas” from ghosts of christmas past
George “The New and Better Heart” from A Week of Kindness (Pickled Egg 2005)
Vitesse “The Saddest Day” from A Certain Hostility (Parasol 1999)
The Names “Tokyo Twilight” from Ghosts of Christmas Past
Burial “Etched Headplate” from Untrue CD ALBUM (Hyperdub 2007)
Ken Ishii “Loop” from Garden on the Palm CD ALBUM (Sony)
Supermayer “Two of Us / Geigermix” from Total 8 (Kompakt)
Prothese “Tumeurs” from B9 BIS (Belgian Cold Wave 1979-1983) (LTM)
Acetate Zero “A picture you can't flash” from VA: bucolique vol 01 (Arbouse)
Wally Van Middendorp “raving lunatic #2” & Paul Haig “Chance” from some of the interesting things you'll see on a long distance flight (LTM)
Screen Prints “Blew Through - Valentine From Vilnius” from Perfect City (20 Songs 1998-2000) (Earworm)
Antena “Noelle a Hawai” from Antena EP (Les Disques Du Crepuscule 1982)
Robert Wyatt “Stay Tuned” from Comicopera (Domino)
The Durutti Column “One Christmas for your thoughts” from Ghosts of Christmas Past
Anna Domino “Zanna” from anna domino CD ALBUM (LTM)
Mark Van Hoen “Dark Roads” from the warmth inside you (Very Friendly 2004)
Yann Tiersen “La terrasse” from tout est calme
Michael Nyman “cream or christians” from ghosts of christmas past CD COMP
John Cale “Paris 1919 (live)” from Fragments of A Rainy Season (Hannibal 1992)
George “This will not stop” from A Week of Kindness (Pickled Egg 2005)
Desormais “broken images and packets of light” from Iambrokenandremadeiambroken... CD ALBUM (intr_version)
Cabaret Voltaire “Invocation” from Ghosts of Christmas Past
Isolation Ward “Lamina Christus” from B9 BIS (Belgian Cold Wave 1979-1983)
Tuxedomoon “Weinachts Rap” from ghosts of christmas past CD COMP
Gnac “Vertical Features” from The Arrival of the Fog (LTM)
Robert Wyatt “Just As You Are” from Comicopera (Domino)
Wim Mertens “Let Him Go” from Shot and Echo CD ALBUM
Jay-jay Johanson “Fire” from Poison CD ALBUM (Labels)
Nine Horses “birds sing for their lives” from Money For All (samadhisound)
The Sound “Winter” from shock of daylight (Statik 1984)
Young Marble Giants “Brand - New - Life” from John Peel Session 1980 (Domino)
Young Marble Giants “Final Day” from John Peel Session 1980 (Domino)
Christina Kubisch “Atocha” from Five Electrical Walks CD ALBUM (Important)
Like everything else, times are approximate. Spinitron and this station are not liable for errors or omissions.
Lawrence “Lowlights from the Past” from Lowlights from the Past and Future CD
July Skies “Garden Constellations” from Dreaming of Spires CD ALBUM
Polyphonic Size “Kyoto” from B9 BIS (Belgian Cold Wave 1979-1983) (LTM)
Anne Laplantine “Keep Me Updated” from Nordheim CD ALBUM (Gooom)
The Pale Fountains “Benoit's Christmas” from ghosts of christmas past
George “The New and Better Heart” from A Week of Kindness (Pickled Egg 2005)
Vitesse “The Saddest Day” from A Certain Hostility (Parasol 1999)
The Names “Tokyo Twilight” from Ghosts of Christmas Past
Burial “Etched Headplate” from Untrue CD ALBUM (Hyperdub 2007)
Ken Ishii “Loop” from Garden on the Palm CD ALBUM (Sony)
Supermayer “Two of Us / Geigermix” from Total 8 (Kompakt)
Prothese “Tumeurs” from B9 BIS (Belgian Cold Wave 1979-1983) (LTM)
Acetate Zero “A picture you can't flash” from VA: bucolique vol 01 (Arbouse)
Wally Van Middendorp “raving lunatic #2” & Paul Haig “Chance” from some of the interesting things you'll see on a long distance flight (LTM)
Screen Prints “Blew Through - Valentine From Vilnius” from Perfect City (20 Songs 1998-2000) (Earworm)
Antena “Noelle a Hawai” from Antena EP (Les Disques Du Crepuscule 1982)
Robert Wyatt “Stay Tuned” from Comicopera (Domino)
The Durutti Column “One Christmas for your thoughts” from Ghosts of Christmas Past
Anna Domino “Zanna” from anna domino CD ALBUM (LTM)
Mark Van Hoen “Dark Roads” from the warmth inside you (Very Friendly 2004)
Yann Tiersen “La terrasse” from tout est calme
Michael Nyman “cream or christians” from ghosts of christmas past CD COMP
John Cale “Paris 1919 (live)” from Fragments of A Rainy Season (Hannibal 1992)
George “This will not stop” from A Week of Kindness (Pickled Egg 2005)
Desormais “broken images and packets of light” from Iambrokenandremadeiambroken... CD ALBUM (intr_version)
Cabaret Voltaire “Invocation” from Ghosts of Christmas Past
Isolation Ward “Lamina Christus” from B9 BIS (Belgian Cold Wave 1979-1983)
Tuxedomoon “Weinachts Rap” from ghosts of christmas past CD COMP
Gnac “Vertical Features” from The Arrival of the Fog (LTM)
Robert Wyatt “Just As You Are” from Comicopera (Domino)
Wim Mertens “Let Him Go” from Shot and Echo CD ALBUM
Jay-jay Johanson “Fire” from Poison CD ALBUM (Labels)
Nine Horses “birds sing for their lives” from Money For All (samadhisound)
The Sound “Winter” from shock of daylight (Statik 1984)
Young Marble Giants “Brand - New - Life” from John Peel Session 1980 (Domino)
Young Marble Giants “Final Day” from John Peel Session 1980 (Domino)
Christina Kubisch “Atocha” from Five Electrical Walks CD ALBUM (Important)
Friday, December 21, 2007
my last show of 2007
I'll be on the air tonight from 19:00 to 22:00 EST (7 - 10pm).
My next radio show after that is on Friday, January 4, 2008.
Stay Tuned.
My next radio show after that is on Friday, January 4, 2008.
Stay Tuned.
Friday, December 14, 2007
The Fly tonight in London - charity DJ benefit night with sets from Electrelane, Alex Paterson (The Orb) and others
Friday 14th December in aid of The Anti-Trafficking Alliance which is a London-based charity that campaigns against sex trafficking and funds projects to support survivors. We'll be DJing at the night. It's at The Fly on New Oxford Street, London. Here's the line-up - Live:Charlotte Hatherley, Adrian Sherwood, Dot Allison, It Hugs Back, Freddie Stevenson. DJs: Alex Paterson (The Orb), Electrelane, Anjali, Sinqueso Sisters, The Broken Hearts. It's from 8pm - 2am and costs £7 on the door. All money raised goes to The Anti-Trafficking Alliance. Have a look at this website for more info on the charity. http://www.atalliance.org.uk
Last Week's Playlist - wzbc
"off the cuff" (NCP) with George
Fri Dec 7th 2007 7.00pm–10.00pm
Like everything else, times are approximate.
Bachi Da Pietra “non io” from Non Io CD ALBUM
Mark Van Hoen “Dark Roads” from the warmth inside you (Very Friendly 2004)
Sleeparchive “Pulkovo” from Sleeparchive | Antti Rannisto CD SPLIT
Wally Van Middendorp “raving lunatic #1” from some of the interesting things you'll see on a long distance flight (Les Disques Du Crepuscule)
Paul Haig “Scottish Christmas” from Ghosts of Christmas Past
Robert Wyatt “Stay Tuned” from Comicopera
The Durutti Column “One Christmas for your thoughts” from Ghosts of Christmas Past
Fennesz Sakamoto “amorph” from Cendre CD ALBUM (touch)
Tuxedomoon “Weinachts Rap” from ghosts of christmas past CD COMP
Janek Schaefer “Between the two” from In the Last Hour CD ALBUM
Brian Eno “The Big Ship” from Another Green World CD ALBUM
Antena “Noelle a Hawai” from Antena EP (Les Disques Du Crepuscule 1982)
Gnac “The Arrival of the Fog” (LTM)
Blaine L. Reninger “Side Wind” from Instrumentals (LTM)
Robert Wyatt “A Beautiful Peace” from Comicopera
Michael Nyman “cream or christians” from ghosts of christmas past CD COMP
Harmonia “notre dame” from Deluxe CD ALBUM (Lilith 2006)
Robert Wyatt “Be Serious” from Comicopera
The Names “Tokyo Twilight” from Ghosts of Christmas Past
Christina Kubisch “Night Shift” from Five Electrical Walks CD ALBUM (Important)
Cabaret Voltaire “Invocation” from Ghosts of Christmas Past
The Sound “Winter” from shock of daylight (Statik 1984)
Penguin Cafe Orchestra “The sound of someone you love who's going away and it doesn't matter” from music from the penguin cafe CD ALBUM (EG Records 1976)
July Skies “Countryside of 1938” from where the days go (make mine music)
The Durutti Column “Snowflakes” from Ghosts of Christmas Past
The Montgolfier Brothers “Journey's End” from All My Bad Thoughts (Vespertine & Son)
The Lost Jockey “Matters of Theory” from the fruit of the original sin (LTM)
Emak Bakia “How much time means (forever) ?” from Jane CD ALBUM
Mark Van Hoen “the warmth inside you” (Very Friendly 2004)
Brian Eno “Bone Bomb” from Another Day On Earth CD ALBUM
Young Marble Giants “Final Day” from John Peel Session 1980
Arbol “Aroma - Agios” from arbol (indus sonica 2001)
Karlheinz Stockhausen “Stimmung” CD ALBUM (Harmonia Mundi & Hyperion 2007)
Fri Dec 7th 2007 7.00pm–10.00pm
Like everything else, times are approximate.
Bachi Da Pietra “non io” from Non Io CD ALBUM
Mark Van Hoen “Dark Roads” from the warmth inside you (Very Friendly 2004)
Sleeparchive “Pulkovo” from Sleeparchive | Antti Rannisto CD SPLIT
Wally Van Middendorp “raving lunatic #1” from some of the interesting things you'll see on a long distance flight (Les Disques Du Crepuscule)
Paul Haig “Scottish Christmas” from Ghosts of Christmas Past
Robert Wyatt “Stay Tuned” from Comicopera
The Durutti Column “One Christmas for your thoughts” from Ghosts of Christmas Past
Fennesz Sakamoto “amorph” from Cendre CD ALBUM (touch)
Tuxedomoon “Weinachts Rap” from ghosts of christmas past CD COMP
Janek Schaefer “Between the two” from In the Last Hour CD ALBUM
Brian Eno “The Big Ship” from Another Green World CD ALBUM
Antena “Noelle a Hawai” from Antena EP (Les Disques Du Crepuscule 1982)
Gnac “The Arrival of the Fog” (LTM)
Blaine L. Reninger “Side Wind” from Instrumentals (LTM)
Robert Wyatt “A Beautiful Peace” from Comicopera
Michael Nyman “cream or christians” from ghosts of christmas past CD COMP
Harmonia “notre dame” from Deluxe CD ALBUM (Lilith 2006)
Robert Wyatt “Be Serious” from Comicopera
The Names “Tokyo Twilight” from Ghosts of Christmas Past
Christina Kubisch “Night Shift” from Five Electrical Walks CD ALBUM (Important)
Cabaret Voltaire “Invocation” from Ghosts of Christmas Past
The Sound “Winter” from shock of daylight (Statik 1984)
Penguin Cafe Orchestra “The sound of someone you love who's going away and it doesn't matter” from music from the penguin cafe CD ALBUM (EG Records 1976)
July Skies “Countryside of 1938” from where the days go (make mine music)
The Durutti Column “Snowflakes” from Ghosts of Christmas Past
The Montgolfier Brothers “Journey's End” from All My Bad Thoughts (Vespertine & Son)
The Lost Jockey “Matters of Theory” from the fruit of the original sin (LTM)
Emak Bakia “How much time means (forever) ?” from Jane CD ALBUM
Mark Van Hoen “the warmth inside you” (Very Friendly 2004)
Brian Eno “Bone Bomb” from Another Day On Earth CD ALBUM
Young Marble Giants “Final Day” from John Peel Session 1980
Arbol “Aroma - Agios” from arbol (indus sonica 2001)
Karlheinz Stockhausen “Stimmung” CD ALBUM (Harmonia Mundi & Hyperion 2007)
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
a more light past
Sitting in my room now, warming up the place a bit. I have to sift through a number of essays and articles soon. I took some time off from my usual consumption to read a few novels. Now I'm getting back on track. I'm apologize if that last post seemed a bit incoherent, it was something I had to write at the time. A strong bout of anxiety and general loneliness came over me I suppose. Sometimes its the best thing in the world to be alone. On other occasions, it is healthy to have some welcome company. Perhaps that's all I needed. It doesn't matter now. This week has been going by at a steady pace. The rain and the ice have worked together to make the sidewalks impenetrable. How unfortunate, I tread carefully always forgetting to factor in extra time for the longer commute. One morning I'll remember I suppose. I've been completing further studies in the history of European cinema. The junctures between film and politics. I still have quite a ways to go but am confident I'll get there soon.
Stay tuned.
Stay tuned.
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