April 2004

April 30, 2004

There’s a bunch of stuff by me in The Wire this month, if you’re interested–a big review of the No Fun Fest in the On Location section, a Burma review, and several contributions to the controversial ‘State of Song’ cover story. Honored to see that I’m rubbing shoulders in this issue with the eloquent and [...]

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basketball.

April 29, 2004

Basketball commentary takes on a whole new dimension of breathless urgency when spoken in fluid, rapid Hebrew. Today I watched Team Tel Aviv get trounced by Team Moscow on Israeli television at that new falafel joint near the Voice offices. (The baklava there is brilliant–I recommend it.) Generally I go for the underdog, but I [...]

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new music new york.

April 28, 2004

Here are the people I saw play last night at the 25th anniversary of the New Music, New York Festival, and what they performed: Steve Reich: Drumming, Part 1 (1971); Pauline Oliveros: Tuning Meditation (1972); Meredith Monk: Dolmen Music (1979); Robert Ashley: Love is a Good Example (1987); Laurie Anderson: Excerpts from a Work in [...]

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pocket calculator.

April 28, 2004

Brian MacDonald reports from the recent Kraftwerk show in Seattle that instead of lighters, the crowd held up their lit-up cell phones before the second encore. I just wanted to share how awesome I find this in combination with Kraftwerk. And damn you, Ralf und Florian, for not playing here. What’s the matter–you not man-machine [...]

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April 27, 2004

As pointed out by my buddy Dave Stelfox–if you’re looking for something nice to listen to like RIGHT NOW, check out Nick Craddock’s DJ mixes: here.

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alles.

April 26, 2004

Went to see Einst

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RIP.

April 25, 2004

Farewell to Lizzy Mercier Descloux, who recently lost her long fight with cancer.

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cerebrum vs. cerebellum.

April 23, 2004

The performance I went to last night reminded me why I’ve been finding it far more interesting (and intellectually rewarding) to get my head around dance music than experimental-music-with-a-capital-E these days. The idea of last night was this: you tuned into the improvised performances happening around you with the provided headsets. So it was silent; [...]

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wie geht’s?

April 22, 2004

Also give it up for totally cool random kids from Munich who show up at your Manhattan doorstep and, within five minutes of meeting you, ask you if you’ve ever heard of “the schaffel beat.” “Yeah! Like T. Rex!” “Ja!”

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nervenzellen sind die bausteine des gehirns.

April 22, 2004

And give it up for the Davis Square Goodwill, where a dollar buys you an awesome book about neuroanatomy (written entirely auf Deutsch!), plus cassingles of Stockhausen’s ‘Gesang der J

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