No Wave was a brief but explosive moment of artistic experimentation. It was terminally nihilistic, and a lot of its artwork sucked. But its greatest achievements continue to deliver a jolting artistic impact.
One of the wisest things my compadre and bandmate, Townsman Andyr , said during a rehearsal, as we discussed an instrumental passage in a new song, was "I don't mind jamming, as long as it's planned out." Andyr is a man who values concise structures in his music - and he's not prone to digging long instrumental passages let alone rockin' jams , but I like to think that if something in his brain ever clicked and he found a way to appreciate long, rockin' jams, he'd dig the intensely structured, heavy jams of [...]
Writer Ryan Wasoba participated in the 100 Guitars performance at the Pageant last night, which also featured the world premiere of the first movement of Glenn Branca's Symphony Number 14. Here are Wa... Continue reading "Concert Review: Glenn Branca's Symphony Number 13 and the Premiere of Number 14" >
Tonight at the Pageant, the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra and an army of 100 volunteer guitarists will be performing composer Glenn Branca's Symphony No. 13 (Hallucination City). Writer Ryan Wasoba is ... Continue reading "Glenn Branca's Symphony No. 13 (Hallucination City) and 100 Guitars: An Insider's Look, Part Two" >
With his spiky, greying mullet, Bob Dylan shades and hotel room drink in a plastic cup, Glenn Branca cuts a mean, iconic hipster figure, a pure punk aesthete who for 30 years has been taking music -- ... Continue reading "Interview: Composer Glenn Branca" >
Tomorrow night at the Pageant, the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra and an army of 100 volunteer guitarists will be performing composer Glenn Branca's Symphony No. 13 (Hallucination City). Writer Ryan Was... Continue reading "Glenn Branca's Symphony No. 13 (Hallucination City) and 100 Guitars: An Insider's Look" >
A pitchfork apresenta aqui um documentário interessante a respeito da no wave que surgiu em Nova Iorque, no final dos anos 70, e do seu impacto sobre a música que daí surgiu. Atenção que a transmissão do documentário é limitada no tempo. Depois, só comprando o DVD. Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Sonic Youth, Theoretical Girls, DNA, LIARS, Teenage Jesus & the Jerks, Gogol Bordello, flux information sciences,
This one just snuck right under my nose a few years back. You may remember Out Hud , the NY band Tyler, Nic and Justin from !!! used to play in around the early 2000's. Well, Id only heard the one track, 'Its For You', from Cut Copy 's T5 Soul Sessions mix at around the 8 and a half minute mark. I got my hands on their second album (thankyou to CSW) and its actually really great. I may be preaching to the converted here, but this is still a new little gem for me. [...]
Wow. In experimental/avant-garde music circles, it doesn't get much bigger than this: Glenn Branca is coming to St. Louis and searching for musicians to help him for a performance of "Symphony No.13 (Hallucination City)." Moreover, this event will take place in conjunction with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra , which Branca's website says will be "performing works by Varese, Zappa, and the world premiere of Branca's 1st movement from 'Symphony No. 14 (The Harmonic Series)' conducted by David Robertson." Branca -- who was in the No Wave band Theoretical [...]
There is no magic any more, We meet as other people do, You work no miracle for me Nor I for you. You were the wind and I the sea— There is no splendor any more, I have grown listless as the pool Beside the shore. But though the pool is safe from storm And from the tide has found surcease, It grows more bitter than the sea, For all its peace. - Sara Teasdale , After Love . [...]
Two days in a row of personal accounts? I'm so, so sorry. Last night was something of an adventure. Originally I planned on sitting around with Rob and Phoebe, drowning my sorrows in an assortment of beers and bourbons. Ilya, on the other hand, was trying to convince us to attend a psychedelic band marathon at 3 Of Clubs. I wholeheartedly refused to accept his invitation. Somewhere along the line, after a beer and maybe three shots, I decided I was uncomfortable in my current attire. I slunk away to my bedroom, and decided to don an outfit [...]
• Stop the presses. It costs more money to eat healthily than it does to eat unhealthily. This news comes from that bastion of fine journalism The New York Times. I don't give a shit about the article, or how Americans are all overweight because the cheap food we buy is not good for us, I just like how the title of the article is "A High Price For Healthy Food" and there's a picture of a woman in a chain supermarket reaching for a box of Ritz Bitz. Classy! [ story ] • In the dense forests [...]
You'll recall that trip back home, where I rooted through the dark corners of Mother's Basement and uncovered a forgotten mix tape! As promised, here's Part 2 of this fortunate find. Once again, Mad Props to The Boys in the Basement, who I should add recently successfully fought off attempts at sociopolitical profiling. Rockfour, "Half & Half" Githead, "These Days" Clarence Smith, "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child" Cobra Verde, "Crashing in a [...]
Under ugly, menacing gray skies , I departed from Tulsa this morning. For only a brief amount of time, I drove along I-44W. Then I exited onto the John Kilpatrick Turnpike (I wondered at the time if Kilpatrick was in any way related to my friend Connor, and I've since found out he was!), and finally took I-40 west for a few hundred miles. I passed nearly nothing all day. There were some giant radio towers though. It rained steadily for the first portion of my drive, and then, slowly, the clouds began to give way [...]
Marnie Stern - Vibrational Match (Kill Rock Stars 2007) Marnie Stern – In Advance of the Broken Arm / Kill Rock Stars Goddamn there is no better feeling than when an album completely catches you by storm. My boy George over at the wonderful promotions group Terrorbird has been going on and on about this girl from the upper east side over the last few weeks and while I absolutely trust his taste, pushing artists on his roster is what he gets paid for and that's [...]
...except that I like it. I also like you, blog reading public. I will now bring my likes together, like so. Love is All - "Kiss Kiss Kiss" (Yoko Ono cover) Love is All's kick ass Nine Times That Same Song album is clearly one of the finest that 2006 has coughed up. Its early year release date, and the fact that Pitchfork somehow bent time and space to put it on their 2005 Best of, [...]
So, I had this training module today about emotional intelligence and teamwork. At first I scoffed, I mean -- who is more empathetic than I? But as is always the case with cheezy career development workshops, I came out of it actually having learned a few things. Shocker! Anyway, I keep seeing this article everywhere from the Observer, about how guitar sales in the UK are way up -- people are posting it's because of the Arctic Monkeys . But naturally, in my nerdy way, this makes me think of Rhys Chatham and [...]
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