December 2011
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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—