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Ganucheau - Variations on a Playground
Our Bay Area friends over at memekast have brought us a great podcast installment with
Ganucheau’s Variations on a Playground: A composition in four parts, featuring Nathan Blaz on cello
Direct Mp3 Link ->memekast mk025 » 1 November 2007 » Ganucheau
I had a moment with this a few days ago on a Sunny Saturday Morning bike ride through the Sunset.
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merchant’s have more fun
Andy Kaufman embodies all that is great. Here he is giving James Brown a run for his money:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSYV-nEE300
The interesting thing about Andy Kaufman is that he’s an original. He’s the first Borat, one of the first ever non-funny joke men (though I’m sure some Dadaist beat him to it), and always had that amazing glimmer ( Read more... ) -
Deutsche Grammophon launches giant, DRM-free classical music store
Stolen Directly from Boingboing
“Tony sez, “This week, Deutsche Grammophon, the classical music recording giant that’s owned by Universal Music Group, launched its own DRM-free online music store. Peter, of the most excellent createdigitalmusic.com, interviewed Jonathan Gruber, VP New Media, Classics & Jazz, Universal Music Group International ( Read more... ) -
laugh man
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GGfRVpIUtg
Helmut Lachenmann is one of my favorite living composers. Though his other compositions, especially his String Quartets, are tantalizing, this one may have wormed its way into my heart for now and evermore. And the fact that Wolfgang Behrens calls him the last dinosaur of the modern just makes me feel ( Read more... ) -
I’m partched
No doubt about it, Harry Partch is grand. What with building his own bitchin’ instruments, rockin’ it on the outskirts of the ‘avant garde’ -only to be swallowed up by it, much like other great American composers, Charles Ives and Morton Feldman-, and generally just doing his thang, I’ve been a backseat fan for quite some time. But whenever I ( Read more... ) -
Modeselektor vs. St. Vincent
Take away shows and XLR8R TV are in one of the greatest head to head battles for pop cultural greatness I have ever witnessed.
Visit the Xlr8r Site to screen ->
Modselektor Video at xlr8r
VERSUS!
#67.2 - St Vincent - Marry Me
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