February 2012
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BEST OF 2011
So, originally I had hopes to repeat what I did last year, which was create a nice big year-end review, full of pictures, tracks, and extended writing on the records I liked most. But 2012 has already been heavy with professional and personal difficulties that have simply left me with no time to reflect or write, really. That said, a simple list will have to suffice. Here’s what moved me...
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January 2012
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SUNDAY MORNING ROUND-UP
I stumbled onto some nice pieces on Soundcloud recently, some of which will be released soon—others seem to have found a final resting place as a streaming file online. JEFRE CANTU-LEDESMA- THE SEA WITHIN THE SEA VISITING THIS WORLD (EN/OF, 2012) It’s been a while since I really paid attention to the EN/OF series, where limited print editions by visual artists are paired with...
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December 2011
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WatchWatch
Though I admire Rafael Toral for exploring new modes of composition, the seemingly clinical pointillism of his work since abandoning the guitar seven years ago leaves me cold. That said, this is a pretty great video of him going to town on an oscillator while standing in a field. The visuals make clear just how physical this music is for him, which is not a quality that comes across (for me at...
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The “Arsenio Beckman” sketch from March 17, 1990. “Yeah, yeah…nerds…yeah.”
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Never get sick of watching this Eartha Kitt-voiced commercial heralding the release of Aja—“a continent of the mind.” Indeed. This reminds me of something else Aja-related I’ve been meaning to post, hold on a sec—
Dec 2nd
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November 2011
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Nov 23rd
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CANYON- JOHN JASPERSE AT BAM
Modern dance has never been an art form I have found footing in—I’ve never figured out how to engage with it in an emotionally or even intellectually satisfying way. But the image above advertising John Jasperse’s new work Canyon was really compelling to me, as was the piece’s description, which promised, “Jasperse tackles wonder and the ineffable—the...
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The Heiligenstadt Testament of Ludwig Van...
For my Brothers Carl and [Johann] Beethoven. Oh! ye who think or declare me to be hostile, morose, and misanthropical, how unjust you are, and how little you know the secret cause of what appears thus to you! My heart and mind were ever from childhood prone to the most tender feelings of affection, and I was always disposed to accomplish something great. But you must remember that six years ago...
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October 2011
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TWO FOR ELIANE RADIGUE →
I’ve been sitting on a couple of links related to Eliane Radigue and figured I should get around to sharing them. The first is a long-form, extremely worthwhile interview done by composer Paul Schütze from Frieze Magazine on the occasion of the Sound & Music exhibit that I had mentioned a while back. The second is A Portrait of Eliane Radigue, a short doc from 2009 produced by the...
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September 2011
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