Opera for all at NYC Opera
Dancers in Mark Morris’s production of "King Arthur" at New York City Opera (Richard Termine for The New York...
Posted Friday March 7, 2008 at 5:43 PM | Full Post
Ensemble Origin at Zankel Hall
James and I are headed to this on the 15th. For the art crowd, you may have heard of Ichiyanagi's...
Posted Saturday February 23, 2008 at 12:40 PM | Full Post
The Blue Flower
Meghan McGeary as Hannah I wrote about an extraordinary musical theater work called "The Blue Flower" in early 2003....
Posted Friday February 22, 2008 at 10:43 AM | Full Post
Ensemble Pi: The Rest is Silence - March 1
James and I don't only follow the purely visual arts. We attend a lot of theater, dance, and other...
Posted Thursday February 21, 2008 at 4:27 PM | Full Post
Radio Clash Podcast: The RX Interview
I just listened to this excellent (July 2007 -- I'm behind) podcast from Tim Baker's Radio Clash Podcast featuring...
Posted Tuesday October 2, 2007 at 7:55 PM | Full Post
Another reason why James and I need to live in Berlin
photo by Ruth Waltz for the International Herald Tribune The IHT has a review of the premiere of...
Posted Tuesday September 18, 2007 at 12:54 PM | Full Post
It's John Cage Day!
John Cage and Merce Cunningham Today is the anniversary of the birth of one of my saints, John...
Posted Wednesday September 5, 2007 at 5:07 PM | Full Post
Opera for all at NYC Opera
James and I are attending Don Giovanni on Saturday as part of NYC Opera's "Opera For All" promotion: $25 tickets!...
Posted Wednesday September 5, 2007 at 3:23 PM | Full Post
Battles: "Atlas"
I like the cube floating in an asteroid belt look, and the math rock meets vocal distortion music....
Posted Saturday August 25, 2007 at 11:41 AM | Full Post
Today's listening
I just listened to this excellent mashup podcast. It's quite political, and an appropriate soundtrack to my earlier post on...
Posted Friday August 17, 2007 at 7:40 PM | Full Post
Two musical videos
Two fun YouTube finds. Dan Deacon! I own a CD of his music. Local television in Savannah/Hilton Head is pretty...
Posted Tuesday June 26, 2007 at 11:43 AM | Full Post
Mix recommendation
Via Blentwell I found this mix which is made up of sounds found via shortwave plus other songs. Visit lowlightmixes...
Posted Wednesday June 6, 2007 at 2:56 PM | Full Post
Concert tomorrow
We plan to attend this tomorrow. Ensemble Pi is a wonderful group of musicians with a social conscience. Eyal Danieli...
Posted Thursday March 15, 2007 at 1:55 PM | Full Post
Who knew?
Who knew that Chelsea had a pretty good symphony? James and I attended a concert of the Chelsea Symphony last...
Posted Monday February 12, 2007 at 11:39 AM | Full Post
Seminole Tribe of Fla. buying Hard Rock
I can't quite put my finger on it, but something about this disturbs me. The Seminole Tribe of Florida is...
Posted Thursday December 7, 2006 at 1:30 PM | Full Post
Good listening - Don Rimini
Via Blentwell.com's podcast I found this great mix by Don Rimini. Here is their description: Don Rimini - Absolutely Dangerous...
Posted Friday December 1, 2006 at 10:45 AM | Full Post
If I were going to study some interesting sound design techniques
... I would sign up for the class that John Moran is teaching at 3rd Ward. Introduction to Soundtrack Instructor:...
Posted Wednesday November 1, 2006 at 11:51 PM | Full Post
Chiptune music at the Tank Saturday 8/26 at 10PM
Pulsewave is a monthly event at downtown space The Tank, showcasing "low-bit, video game influenced musicians and video artists"...
Posted Friday August 25, 2006 at 1:32 PM | Full Post
Annie Mac
While I'm recommending music, this show on BBC Radio 1 is one of my favorites, especially for the mini...
Posted Tuesday July 25, 2006 at 12:53 PM | Full Post
Grime
I barely know what Grime is except by example, but my current gym listening consists primarily of a podcast I...
Posted Friday July 21, 2006 at 3:40 PM | Full Post
Metropolitan Opera to create a contemporary art gallery
Via Crain's NY I learn: The Metropolitan Opera has received a $1 million gift from Marie Schwartz, an advisory director...
Posted Wednesday July 12, 2006 at 1:13 PM | Full Post
Photo of Mozart's widow found
Via the BBC, here is a photo of Mozart's widow Constanze in 1840 in the Bavarian town of Altoetting when...
Posted Friday July 7, 2006 at 6:25 PM | Full Post
Gyorgy Ligeti, 1923-2006
Gyorgy Ligeti, one of the greatest composers of the 20th century, died today. This is one of my favorite...
Posted Monday June 12, 2006 at 6:30 PM | Full Post
'Amadeus' as a riff on Pushkin
Tom Hulce as Mozart in Milos Forman's Amadeus Before today, I never knew that Peter Shaffer's play Amadeus, which...
Posted Sunday June 11, 2006 at 11:53 PM | Full Post
My favorite things on the web today
Jerry Saltz writing about art auctions on artnet David Byrne's streaming radio...
Posted Tuesday May 31, 2005 at 7:08 PM | Full Post
For your listening pleasure
Our friend DJ Citizen Kane -- no web site yet, coming soon -- has two DJ sets on line worth...
Posted Thursday May 26, 2005 at 10:05 AM | Full Post
For voice nerds
Via ionarts, a web page devoted to vocal range extremes. Hook up those speakers....
Posted Saturday January 22, 2005 at 12:47 AM | Full Post
Sending good thoughts to Marc Almond
Marc Almond of Soft Cell was critically injured in an accident in London. Here is a link to my last...
Posted Tuesday October 19, 2004 at 1:16 PM | Full Post
"Madonna of the Townships"
Brenda Fassie, the South African singer, has died at the age of 39. At some point in the 90s...
Posted Tuesday May 11, 2004 at 9:31 PM | Full Post
Les Brutes Épaisses
Last September, James and I spent much of a week hanging out with two charming young French men, Nicolas...
Posted Friday April 9, 2004 at 2:33 PM | Full Post
Complete works of Schoenberg
Amazing! For your listening pleasure, the Schoenberg Center provides a list of all compositions by Schoenberg, along with streaming recordings...
Posted Saturday December 13, 2003 at 7:05 PM | Full Post
No Hoes Bored
What I'm listening to as I work on code... "No Hoes Bored" with DJ's Sonny Ray, Decibel, and MC Long...
Posted Wednesday December 10, 2003 at 6:48 PM | Full Post
Rebecca Moore
I heard her perform during the Howl! festival in a program organized by Chris Rael of Church of Betty, also...
Posted Tuesday September 30, 2003 at 6:43 PM | Full Post
His is not a house of mirth
The title of this post, along with "We can't hear your car alarms / from our renovated barn" are some...
Posted Saturday March 29, 2003 at 12:48 AM | Full Post
Free Miss Kittin mix
Go here to get a 78 minute MP3 (about 108MB) of a mix by Miss Kittin. I just burned a...
Posted Sunday March 23, 2003 at 11:54 PM | Full Post
On a lighter note...
I'm going to the 7:30 show of Kiki and Herb at Knitting Factory tonight. I note that Knitting Factory Hollywood...
Posted Monday March 3, 2003 at 1:52 PM | Full Post
Lou Harrison MP3
I should have done this a few days ago, when I posted about the death of Lou Harrison. Here is...
Posted Sunday February 9, 2003 at 12:35 AM | Full Post
Lou Harrison
Lou Harrison, an important American composer, who was a sweet gay artist and activist, has died at 85. I had...
Posted Tuesday February 4, 2003 at 10:18 PM | Full Post
PantyChrist
As promised, I'm posting 2 MP3s from PantyChrist, a collaboration between Bob Ostertag, Justin Bond and Otomo Yoshihide: Giddy Up...
Posted Monday January 13, 2003 at 5:53 PM | Full Post
Music recommendation
The lovely and talented composer/performer Gordon Beeferman is performing in Williamsburg at Café Right Bank (upstairs) as part of the...
Posted Thursday January 9, 2003 at 11:50 PM | Full Post
Music in honor of Jhames
... and his change in employment status. Here is an MP3 (about 4MB) of theNEWDEAL's "Exciting New Direction"....
Posted Thursday January 9, 2003 at 5:32 PM | Full Post
Blue Flower, a followup
Maybe I ended that last post about The Blue Flower on more of a down note than I intended. I...
Posted Sunday January 5, 2003 at 1:48 PM | Full Post
Blue Flower
... in a river every moment passing new ... I climbed the Eiffel Tower, and saw the rooftops from the...
Posted Sunday January 5, 2003 at 1:10 AM | Full Post
Parallels and Paradoxes
I'm in the middle of a fascinating book, titled Parallels and Paradoxes. It consists of a series of conversations between...
Posted Thursday December 26, 2002 at 12:35 AM | Full Post
Mindless Self Indulgence
I don't know anything about them, but I like the album cover:...
Posted Tuesday December 17, 2002 at 3:13 PM | Full Post
John Cage: Credo in Us
Yes, it's 11MB, but it's worth it! This work from 1942 was composed for Merce Cunningham (Cage's partner until the...
Posted Wednesday November 6, 2002 at 5:14 PM | Full Post
Listening
For my musically-inclined readers, I've been listening to Trent Reznor's favs on Live365 - from Bowie to Bloody Valentine to...
Posted Monday August 26, 2002 at 2:52 PM | Full Post
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