censorship
(cross posted to my own blog) I just submitted the following comment to the Nonesuch Records blog in reference to Steve Reich’s unfortunate decision to change the cover art for…
FSQ2
I’m halfway through the concert of Feldman’s String Quartet #2 performed by the FLUX Quartet here in Philly. My blog post is here.
i am sitting in a video room
This was inspired by Alvin Lucier’s classic and still awesome work I am sitting in a room.
death of a music store
According to the FB post of composer Lanie Fefferman, Patelson’s Music Store in NYC is closing as of 4/18. I’m assuming this is not a faux rumor, and if I’m…
S21 revealed
To paraphrase the last part of Watson and Crick’s seminal (no pun intended) 1953 paper on the x-ray crystallographic structure of DNA, I wonder if this might have some relevance to our…
first george perle, now lukas foss
Lukas Foss died yesterday at age 86. I didn’t know his music that well (I had heard Phorion), but still have his great performance of Bernstein’s Age of Anxiety with…
jorge liderman, 1957-2008
The composer Jorge Liderman died Sunday morning after reportedly jumping in front of an oncoming BART train in the Berkeley, CA area. I had initially heard of him after coming across…
not a great way to start the day
CNN: Internet Radio Broadcasters Dealt Setback Full story here. Oy.
if you like PostClassic Radio, Counterstream Radio, Contemporary-Classical.com, et al, sign this petition!
Just read this on CrooksandLiars.com, one of the best political blogs out there if you’re a leftist radical like me. In any case, the Copyright Royalty Board is essentially moving…
my daughter thinks this is cool…
A YouTube video of Reich’s seminal Clapping Music accomplished via juggling (Thanks to MySpace friend James Combs for pointing me to it). Imagine what they could do with 4’33” orDrumming?