December 2008
7 posts
How I found to this music
Kyle Gann, in the middle of an old post found here, explains a bit of how I ended up listening to all the music that I now play on my show. I ended up liking the 20 second intros and outtros of songs more than the songs themselves. I liked it when artists goofed off just as the volume faded out. I loved hearing the weird chord to end the song, the odd drumming pattern that started off just as you...
Dec 16, 2008 playlist
Next week, I’ll be doing a show of crazy German and US new wave music, the ultimate in synth-dressed punk DIY music (man, some of that stuff is crap, but GOOD crap). This week, I’m doing really long songs. I don’t even know how many I’ll play. I’d planned to do the whole Philip Glass opera, Einstein on the Beach, but realized that my mood wasn’t in it. Plus, who...
Grand Unified Theory of Band Suckage
I’ve been listening to Pandora, the funky Music Genome Project radio station (I have no better name for it), and have enjoyed occasionally coming across good new songs that I didn’t know. I have my Terry Riley playlist, my Steve Reich playlist, and today, for the hell of it, I put in Radiohead. Sure sure, a few songs of Radiohead, Beck, Coldplay (ack! skip that), as well as Muse,...
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2008 Dec 9 Playlist
I’m liveblogging the show, again, though not as much as last week… Track — Artist — Album — Composer if not artist (or not known) Salzburg Bells Multiple — Michael Wittmann — Herrnau Kirche Aufnahmen Red Bird (part 1) — Trevor Wishart — Red Bird/Anticredos Man, this is some weird music, but actually kind of fun to listen to. The found sounds, the weird sampling,...
Random other links
Sometimes, it’s not just music, but other fascinating things that come along while reading around the web while drinking some water… Kyle Gann on Composing Generously Then there’s some Awesome architecture. Want to find great music that’s long out of print? There are a zillion sites out there, but A Closet Full of Curiosities is one of the best. And, finally, here’s...
Playlist and comments, 2008 Dec 2
Today’s playlist comes with some commentary as well… A lot of this music is new to me as I play it, so hey, that’s what you get, commentary as I listen to it in detail for the first time. I’m live updating, as new pieces get played. Track — Artist — Album — Composer if listed Salzburg Bells Multiple — Michael Wittmann — Herrnau Kirche Aufnahmen 12:00....
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New blog entries
I’ve started this blog to be able to list my show playlists (a bit of book keeping on my part, mostly) and to toss out links to music that I find out about or enjoy. Hey, this rank amateur postclassical listener and DJ might even toss in some commentary about what I enjoy and what I don’t. When a vague musical reference happens, I’ll blog about it, during my show. That should...