December 04, 2005
Samuel Beckett's Film
Today's New York Times has an article about Barney Rosset of Grove Press Fame. The article describes a film project of Grove's involving Beckett, Harold Pinter and Eugène Ionesco. Rosset is trying to bring their films out after 40 years.
Beckett's contribution, Film, happens to be available through Ubuweb's film archive.
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September 09, 2005
The Economist Newspaper on Katrina
The Economist, published this editorial about Katrina and America. The editorial is titled:
When government fails - The pathetic official response to Katrina has shocked the world.
How will it change America?
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September 02, 2005
Katrina
Help Katrina victims by donating to the Red Cross
Tell your senators and congressman to strengthen federal relief efforts in the region. Ask them what, specifically, they intend to do to improve them. Remind them that helping people is more important than the price of gas. Need an address? Try here
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September 01, 2005
Museum of Modern Art mp3 guides
If you are visiting the Museum of Modern Art and have an mp3 player, you can save a couple of dollars by downloading some of the content in the "acoustiguides" before you go.
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August 24, 2005
The Kitchen Revisted
The Kitchen has a new series of CDs featuring live recordings from the early ’70s to the mid-’80s. The series includes Steve Reich, Sonic Youth, Christian Marclay, and Meredith Monk. This is a chance to relive the glorious, lower rent, past.
More information about the series is in this article from the NYFA.
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August 23, 2005
The British Literary Bordello
From an article in the The Guardian of August 23, in which a new prize for short stories is discussed:
Alex Linklater, deputy editor of Prospect magazine, spoke out today in support of the short story. "The novel is a capacious old whore: everyone has a go at her, but she rarely emits so much as a groan for their efforts," he said. "The short story, on the other hand, is a nimble goddess: she selects her suitors fastidiously and sings like a dove when they succeed. The British literary bordello is heaving with flabby novels; it's time to give back some love to the story."
I wonder what he thinks of Sir Walter Scott?
You can read about the context here.
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The British Literary Bordello
From an article in the The Guardian of August 23, in which a new prize for short stories is discussed:
Alex Linklater, deputy editor of Prospect magazine, spoke out today in support of the short story. "The novel is a capacious old whore: everyone has a go at her, but she rarely emits so much as a groan for their efforts," he said. "The short story, on the other hand, is a nimble goddess: she selects her suitors fastidiously and sings like a dove when they succeed. The British literary bordello is heaving with flabby novels; it's time to give back some love to the story."
I wonder what he thinks of Sir Walter Scott?
You can read about the context here.
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July 30, 2005
Art of the States - Streaming Music
WGBH Boston maintains a web site, Art of the States, that streams a lot of music by 20th century American composers. It is a great place to sample before you buy. For more information, visit their "about" page.
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June 16, 2005
Happy Bloomsday
The action of James Joyce's novel Ulysses takes place on June 16, 1904, a date which has become a sort of holiday and spawned various celebrations around the world. It is probably a little late to take part in this year's activities, but you might as well get ready for next year. You can start reading now. (In the meantime, if you need a break and an excuse for a party, September 19 is Talk Like a Pirate Day. Ulysses has nothing to do with pirates.)
You have two versions of the novel to choose from. Most people won't notice the difference. The Gabler version, below on the right, corrects the previous corrected text, the one on the left.
If you find the first three chapters hard going, take my advice and skip to Chapter 4. That is the chapter that opens with the words "Mr. Leopold Bloom ate with relish the inner organs of beasts and fowls." Leopold Bloom is a far more sympathetic character than Stephen. After you get the hang of it, you can go back and start from the beginning.
After you read the book, no doubt you will want to learn more:
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June 06, 2005
Nietzsche 101
Nietzsche is one of the most misrepresented and misunderstood philosophers, as a result both of his manner of writing and the machinizations of his sister after his death. Herewith my advice for those interested in learning more about Neitzsche and what he had to say.
First, read The Portable Nietzsche, edited by Walter Kaufmann, cover to cover. This is an intelligent selection of excerpts that enables a general appreciation of what Nietzsche actually wrote and said. The Kaufmann biography of Nietzsche will then provide a pretty good overview of Nietzsche's life and thought. Danto's Nietzsche as Philosopher is an excellent collection of essays that summarizes and critiques some of Nietzsche's major concepts and positions. It has the added advantage of being extremely well written.
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April 28, 2005
Yes! You Can Read Finnegans Wake
Years and years ago, I decided that one way to become a better, more attentive reader in general was to pick one author to delve into deeply. I selected James Joyce partially out of a sense of obligation - Joyce was, and remains, after all, one of those cannonized authors everyone has heard of - and partially out of fascination.
Herewith my advise on reading Finnegans Wake
Finnegans Wake, unfortunately, comes with a lot of academic baggage. Even before it was officially published, emphasis was placed on deciphering the portmanteau words and attempting to translate what Joyce wrote into something resembling conventional English. This is unfortunate, really misses the point, and subverts Joyce's project. The best way to approach Finnegans Wake is, quite simply, to read it straight through without worrying too much if you understand every word. Face it, you will not. But if you read it with the same attention that you devote to other books, you will notice patterns and develop snippets of understanding. Meaning will bubble up. Trust me. It helps, too, to read it aloud or, barring that, to mentally vocalize the words.
Once you have read the book, then it is OK to start checking out the secondary literature. I have included a couple of links below. However, if you don't believe me and want to start with a guide, then by all means choose The Finnegans Wake Experience, a short book by Roland McHugh. While McHugh is also known for his collection of annotations, The Finnegans Wake Experience discusses his personal history with the book. Importantly, McHugh came to the book cold, so his retelling of his experience will provide you with confidence and reassurance should you get bogged down in Finnegans Wakes' enjoyable compexities.
Starter Kit:
Intermediate Kit:
Do not make the same mistake I did. Never read the hopelessly reductive, superficial "Skeleton Key". Here are some of the more useful books I have found. Clive Hart's book is out of print, but your library may have it.
Obsessives Kit:
Collectors Kit:
Search Powell's
or
Search Amazon
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April 16, 2005
Performance of Finnegans Wake
Last Thursday evening I attended The Medicine Show's performance of Finnegans Wake. It is an incredibly successful adaptation, and well worth the $15.00 ticket price. I have a couple of quibbles with Act II and, a very minor complaint regarding the ducks in the Anna Livia scene in Act I, but if you have ever read Finnegans Wake this adaptation really does succeed in bringing its overall flavor to life. It will definitely encourage you to re-read the book.
For more information give the theater a call at 212-262-4216. The show runs through April 30. Also, be sure to pick up the CD of Christopher McGlumphy's recording of the music when you leave. Even if you can't make the show, ask about purchasing the CD. It is well worth the $5.00 cost.
If you do go, be sure to read Barbara Vann's note in the program. It is a concise introduction to Finnegans Wake you can share with your friends who consider the book something too strange and unwieldy to bother with. In the late 1980s, when I was working with Finnegans Wake and the assorted critical guides, I became frustrated that critics were failing to convey something important about the book. Eventually, I, too, came up with a couple of performance adaptations that I hoped would do a better job of presenting Finnegans Wake. Both were published in The Abiko Quarterly, a journal published in Japan, but have not been performed. On line versions are available here. One involves reading, the other involves singing. Maybe one day, inspired by Barbara Vann, I will devote some energy to getting them performed.
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March 14, 2005
The Floating Finger Illusion (hand characters, too)
When my children were little, I invented all sorts of hand characters to amuse them. Two of the more obvious names I came up with were Handman and Fisticuffs. As you might expect, Handman was kind and gentle and Fisticuffs gruff and mean. He went on to found the Fisticuff Corporation which, in turn, owned just about everything imaginable. Other characters included Ostraloch and Ostralich, both of whom never placed their heads in the sand and had the now requisite opposing personalities. There was also a Bee With Hayfever and the Zither, and dozens of others I failed to remember. When pressed to bring them on stage, I took my cue from Ty Corporation and said they had retired.
As my children matured to say, five, the illusions became somewhat more sophisticated. I could do that bit where it looks like you are pulling off the end of your index finger. But today, only today, I discovered the coolest trick yet. I wish I knew this way back then. It is The Floating Finger Illusion. Try this at home. Go ahead. It works. The Floating Finger Illusion is:
A visual illusion that is seen when the forefingers of each hand are held horizontally about 30 centimetres in front of the eyes, with the fingertips touching and the gaze focused on a point in the distance, and the fingertips are then drawn apart about one centimetre. A disembodied finger, with two tips, appears floating in mid-air, and it can be lengthened or shortened by varying the distance between the fingertips (see illustration). The illusion was discovered in 1928 and described in the journal Psychological Review by the US psychologist Winford Lee Sharp (1890–1975).
Source:
"floating-finger illusion n." A Dictionary of Psychology. Andrew M. Colman. Oxford University Press, 2001. Oxford Reference Online. Oxford University Press. 15 March 2005
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March 05, 2005
Oxford Reference Prevents Starvation (metaphorically speaking)
For years I have wanted the various Oxford Companions, such as the Oxford Companion to American Literature, the Oxford Companion to Shakespeare and so on and so forth. I was like the donkey that starves to death because both buckets of grain are equidistant on its right and left. I could never decide which to buy first. Fortunately for me, Oxford has put all this on line, for a fee. It's somewhat pricey at $139 per year, but that is a lot cheaper than buying all the companions and the need to make a choice is eliminated. I broke down, signed up and haven't regretted it since. My only complaint is that it does not include the OED. That is a separate offering, and, for the moment, a bit beyond what I am ready to pay
Oxford also has one of the more interesting fact of the day offerings - which is, by the way, free.
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January 17, 2005
Memorial Service for Jackson Mac Low
On Saturday, March 5 there will be a memorial celebrating the life of Jackson Mac Low at The Poetry Project
St. Mark’s Church
131 E 10th Street, New York, NY 10003
on Saturday, 5 March 2005, at 1 pm.
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January 14, 2005
Don Quixote is 400
Don Quixote is one my favorite books, and Spain is celebrating its 400th birtday. I recommend you celebrate by picking up Ellen Grossman's translation as opposed to the cheap penguin paperback. In the meantime, this article in The Guardian is worth reading. A taste:
Don Quixote, the endearing tale of an eccentric knight errant and his longsuffering sidekick, Sancho Panza - described variously as the "universal novel" or the "bible of humanity" - celebrates its 400th birthday on Sunday, triggering a party for one of the world's most acclaimed literary works that will last throughout 2005. So what lies behind the novel's tremendous - and enduring - popular appeal.
The article also mentions that while many people are familiar with Don Quixote, few read it. Don't be one of them. Purchase it now
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December 31, 2004
Artie Shaw 1910-2004
Terry Teachout did a profile of Artie Shaw for The New York Times in 2000. He has included it in his blog for Artsjournal. Read it.
Artsjournal maintains some of the best arts oriented blogs, by the way. Two of my favorites are Terry Teachout's "About Last Night" and Kyle Gann's "PostClassic".
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December 20, 2004
The Search for Intelligent Life in the Universe
Do you want to help seach for extraterrestrial intelligence? If you do, you should check out the SETI@home project. The idea is you download a small program onto your computer. When your computer is otherwise idle, it downloads and analyzes a bit of radio telescope data, and then sends it back. And while your computer is working away, you get to watch the analysis unfold on your screen.
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November 04, 2004
Always Look On The Bright Side of Life
Today I received an email that asked the following question: Why do we go through things like the Salem Witch Hunt or the McCarthy Era only to repeat them in similar fashion in the 21st Century? Is there no recognition? No learning? No advancement and evolvement of our society from wisdom handed down to us by Jefferson or Franklin or others?
My response:
That is an argument for beer. I happen to believe that "history repeats itself" pessimism is unwarranted, because of the nature of memory and the way we consciously or not pick and choose the parallels we recall. The cognitive falacy committed with that question is really a function of how the mind works. How do I know this? I make it up. No, seriously, I have read about this stuff because it bothers me how, as you say, we seem to do the dumb stuff over and over again. But, on the other hand, why does every society repeat the same basic story lines in its folklore, or create wine, or music with similar structures? Those are good things, but we tend not to dwell on those since they don't cause nastiness. If you kept score, however, I think you will find a lot of "good" history repeating itself just as often - and hopefully more so - - than the bad stuff. Since we are human beings we do tend to repeat patterns but that doesn't mean that we are fated to be idiots. As the thief to Brian's left once sang from the cross: "Always look on the bright side of life"
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October 23, 2004
Picasso's Parade
I was in Hong Kong last week for a couple of days. It was my third time there. Everytime I go, I am astonished at the change. Back in 1981, there were still junks in the harbor and The Peninsula Hotel was actually on the Peninsula. Since then, land reclamation has provided room for an arts center and science museum. Across the harbor, a convention center reaches out toward Kowloon. It is only a matter of time, I suppose, before reclamation finally unites the island of Hong Kong with the mainland.
By far the most stunning thing about Hong Kong, though, is the wealth. There are dozens of up-market - I mean really up-market - shopping centers. Hong Kong might have the highest concentration of Gucci stores in the world.
Whenever I go to Hong Kong, I try to visit places that did not exist before. This isn't easy, since properties are constantly being redeveloped. On this trip, I made it into the International Financial Center.
The International Financial Center is built by the ferry piers for the out islands. It consists of two office buidlings, and a shopping mall. It is easy to find since the taller of the two office buildings sits right on the harbor and looks like a very tall bullet. The shopping center itself is like most modern glitzy malls. However, this one features stores with products that 99% of the worlds population could never afford. As a walked along, I noticed a crowd ahead in an atrium. I went to investigate.
Something amazing was hanging in the atrium of this shopping mall: Picasso's Parade. There was a crowd on the ground floor where a ticket was required to get close, but by going up to the photography section on the second level I had an unobstructed view and no one to move me along.
When I travel, I try and see whatever Picasso's are on display in that particular city. Usually this involves a visit to the museum. Parade was something that I never, ever expected to see. And here it was, in this shopping mall, in Hong Kong, and there was no crowd blocking my view.
I found out later that the exhibit celebrates 40 years of diplomatic relations between France and China.
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October 06, 2004
Glenn Gould & David Tudor
Later in his career, Glenn Gould started doing radio and television projects for the the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. He produced a number of documentaries, using, among other things, collages of voices and sound. It occurred to me that this development is very similar to that of David Tudor, another piano virtuoso who devoted a substantial amount of his career to making electronic music using tape, record players, found objects and other devices. Also, some of Gould's later projects and behaviours during interviews echo the performance practices of "happenings." Happenings are, of course, closely associated with John Cage. David Tudor worked with John Cage for years and years, and Cage composed piano pieces specifically for him.
There are enough points of contact between Glenn Gould and David Tudor that it would be interesting to undertake a more thorough review of their overlapping carrers and the artistic worlds that they each inhabited. It may be that Gould would have been more comfortable in David Tudor's world. Of course, the similarities may be superficial. Still, exploring the lives and work of these two artists in greater depth would, in and of itself, be a fascinating enterprise.
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September 30, 2004
The New York Public Library
There are few finer institutions or values for your tax dollar than the New York Public Library, even for those who hate to read. Anyone who lives or works in New York City can get a library card, which means millions of commuters have it at their fingertips. Best of all, you can search the catalogues on line from the comfort of your New Jersey home and arrange to pickup your items at a convenient branch. If you are eligible for a card, and haven't bothered to get one, this is what you are missing:
1) Thousands of CDs, covering all genres and periods, music and spoken word. Yes, there are hard to find classical labels like HatArt. Yes, you can check these out for up to three weeks and renew them as well.
2) Thousands of videos and DVDs that you can check out for a week. There are also extensive holdings of other films that you can arrange to watch on site.
3) Educational videos and tapes. Take that course in Ancient Greek you have been putting off for so long.
4) Hundreds of books on tape. Handy for airplanes and long commutes.
5) Access to thousands of newspapers, magazines, journals and other databases. Several of these are available via the web. Just enter your card number and go. Search then email results to yourself to download and read on your Palm.
6) Books.
Visit the library. Donate, too. NYC has other bills to pay. The library can use your spare change. You will get your money's worth.
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September 24, 2004
Atrocities in Uganda
If you subscribe to The New York Review of Books, you may have read this article in the September 23, 2004 issue. If not, you can purchase it here or visit your local library. I, too, thought Uganda was a success story.
From The New York Review of Books web site:
Volume 51, Number 14 · September 23, 2004
Feature
Uganda: The Secret War
By Tim Judah
War, cannibalism, sex slavery, massacre, and mayhem are not usually words that one associates with Uganda. Indeed, if you mention this East African country to people outside East Africa they will likely say: "But I thought Uganda was one of the more successful African nations." In many respects it is, but one of its greatest successes has been in concealing from the outside world the brutal war that has afflicted its northern region for eighteen years.
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September 23, 2004
News from UBUWEB - The finest art archive
Ubuweb is an archive of conceptual, sound and other art. It includes a huge array of artists, most of whom have been or are associated with various avante garde movements. Yes, I don't approve of the moniker avante garde, but you get the idea.
I am on the mailing list, and, as the email encourages forwarding, I post its content here. The link below also takes you to the details on recent additions.
__ U B U W E B __
http://ubu.com
Fall 2004
Featured Resources
Gertrude Stein's "Geogrpahy and Plays"
In an ongoing celebration of the roughly 100th anniversary of Gertrude
Stein's Geography
and Plays, softpalate (www.softpalate.org) has matched various sound
artists (audio
artists, performance artists, soundtext artists, composers, radio
producers, soundpoets,
DJ's, re-mix artists, turntablists, etc.) with texts from Geography and
Plays. Included
here are the first five plays as realized by Warren Burt, John Wanzel,
Students from
Bella Vista Elementary School and David Braden, and Fadladder. (MP3)
"Artsounds"
Rare out-of-print double LP from 1985 of artists' recordings. Includes
tracks by Larry
Rivers, Marcel Duchamp, Connie Beckley, Cotten/Prince, Minneko Grimmer,
Philemona
Williamson, Jeff Gordon, Tony McAulay, Jonathan Borofsky, Les Levine,
Burton Van Deusen,
Tom Wesslemann, Marcy Brafman, Philip Johnson, John Burgee, Italo
Scanga, Thomas
Lanigan-Schmidt, Bob Gruen, Yura Adams, and Jennifer Bartlett. Includes
extensive liner
notes. (MP3)
Stephen Vitiello "Collaborations and Unreleased MP3s"
Stephen Vitiello is a composer of electronic music and media artist. He
works in mediums
ranging between installation, internet, video, film, dance and music
for audio CD.
Presented here are rare pieces and collaborations with Pauline
Oliveros, Joe McPhee, Tony
Conrad, Yasunao Tone and Scanner.
People Like Us "Abridged Too Far" (2004)
For the first time, UK-based People Like Us (Vicki Bennett) is
releasing a new album
exclusively online here on UbuWeb. "Abridged Too Far" is a collection
of audio work first
conceived through experimentation through or on radio. On this new
collection, People
Like Us continues its pastiche of impressions of popular music from
Europe and America
from the 1920s thru to 1990s. Vicki Bennett's work is an examination of
the affect of
hearing well known tunes and lyrics in fragments, then putting those
elements to play--
resonating, intermingling and recombining with the listeners own
associations and shards
of memories. Full-color downloadable artwork and liner notes are
available.
"The 365 Days Project"
UbuWeb is pleased to announce the re-launch and permanent home of
curator Otis F. Odder's
365 Days Project. This legendary project, in which an MP3 a day -- of
mostly outsider,
novelty, and oddball recordings -- was made available for the public to
download over the
course of 2003. Briefly taken offline at the end of the project, it is
now presented here
in its entirety, complete with images and vast commentary on each
selection. The 365 Days
Project is part of UbuWeb's redesigned, newly-named and much expanded
Outsiders section.
Stan Brakhage "The Brakhage Lectures" (1972)
Unavailable writings by filmmaker Stan Brakhage (1933-2003) who gave
these lectures as a
credit course at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago during the
fall and early
winter of 1970-71. Extended essays on George Méliès, David Wark
Griffith, Carl Theodore
Dreyer, and Sergei Eisenstein. The original program included screenings
of forty-three
films by Méliès, Griffith, Dreyer, Eisenstein, Cocteau and Edwin
Porter. Includes an
introduction by Robert Creeley.
La Monte Young Marian Zazeela "Selected Writings"
(1959-1969) Long out-of-print seminal writings and interviews by Young
and Zazeela. First
published by Heiner Friedrich in 1969 in an tiny edition. Includes
"Notes On The
Continuous Periodic Composite Sound Waveform Environment Realizations
Of "Map Of 49's
Dream The Two Systems Of Eleven Sets Of Galactic Intervals Ornamental
Lightyears
Tracery," "Dream House,"Conversation With La Monte Young By Richard
Kostelanetz," The
Soul Of The Word," "Lecture 1960," and "Poem To Diane."
RECENT ADDITIONS :: FALL 2004
--- SOUND ---
Airwaves, 1975 (MP3)
Andreas Ammer / Ammer/Einheit / Ammer & Console - Various Radio Plays,
1993-2001 (MP3)
Art By Telephone, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, 1969 (MP3)
Artsounds, 1985 (MP3)
Caroline Bergvall - Recent Soundworks (MP3)
Christian Bök - E U N O I A, 2001 (MP3)
Jonathan Borofsky - The Radical Songbirds of Islam, 1984-87 (MP3)
Cornelius Cardew - Memorial Concert, 1985 (MP3)
Cornelius Cardew - BBC Radio Documentary (MP3)
Louis-Ferdinand Céline - Songs and Readings, 1950s (MP3)
Henning Christiansen - Requiem of Art (aus Celtic) (Fluxorum Organum
II) (MP3)
Dada for Now, 1985 (MP3)
Hanne Darboven - Opus 17a, 1996 (MP3)
Ed Dorn - Reads from "The North Atlantic Turbine", 1967 (MP3)
Abbie Hoffman - Wake Up America!, 1969 (MP3)
Jack Kerouac - Old Angel Midnight, read by Clark Coolidge and Michael
Gizzi (1994) (MP3)
Kuemmerling Trio - Mayer, Roth, Williams (1979) (MP3)
Maurice Lemaître - Ouevres Poetiques et Musicales Lettristes, 1950-1971
(MP3)
Sébastien Lespinasse - Ursonate and Other Works (2003) (MP3)
Max Neuhaus - Electronics and Percussion (1968) (MP3)
Max Neuhaus - Radio Net (1977) (MP3)
People Like Us - Abridged Too Far, 2004 (MP3)
Jane Philbrick - Audio 1998 - 2004 (MP3)
Perfo2 - Catalogus Performance Festival (Holland, 1984) (MP3)
Nicolas Slonimsky - History Making Premieres (MP3)
Jean-Luc Godard - Interview with Serge Daney, French (early 1980s)
(MP3)
Stephen Vitiello - Various Sound Works (MP3)
Robert Whitman - 4 Cinema Pieces (1968) (MP3)
Jack Goldstein - Soundworks (1976-1984) (MP3)
--- HISTORICAL---
David Antin - "Autobiography" (1967) [PDF]
George Brecht - "Chance Imagery" (1966) [PDF]
Stan Brakhage - "The Brakhage Lectures" (1972)
Dick Higgins - "A Book About Love & Warh & Death, Canto One" (1965)
[PDF]
Allan Kaprow - "Untitled Essay and other works" (1967) [PDF]
Bengt af Klintberg - "The Cursive Scandinavian Slave" (1967) [PDF]
Jackson Mac Low - "The Twin Plays: Port-au-Prince & Adams County
Illinois" (1966) [PDF]
Manifetos from Giorno, Corner, Vostell, Paik, etc. (1966) [PDF]
Claes Oldenburg -- "Injun and Other Histories" (1966) [PDF]
Luigi Russolo - "The Art of Noise (1913/1967) [PDF]
Wolf Vostell - "Berlin and Phenomena" (1966) [PDF]
Emmett Williams -- "The Last French-Fried Potato and Other Poems"
(1967) [PDF]
La Monte Young & Marianne Zazeela - "Selected Writings" (1969) [PDF]
"A Zaj Sampler" (1966) [PDF]
Cornelius Cardew - "Stockhausen Serves Imperialism" (1974)
Salvador Dali - "Conversations with Dali" (1965)
Pablo Picasso - "A Picasso Sampler"
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September 18, 2004
Kyle Gann's Live365 station
I can't get enough of steaming music, and even pay for rhapsody's on demand content. However the pay services have severe gaps when it comes to new music, or what Kyle Gann refers to as postclassical music. Fortunately he has stepped in to fill the void through his station at Live365.
Kyle Gann is a composer and music critic of the Village Voice. In my opinion he is one of the finest critics writing, especially given his focus on music you won't read about in many other places.
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