| Freedom, Rhythm & Sound: Revolutionary Jazz Original Cover Art 1965-83 |
[Oct. 29th, 2009|05:03 pm] |
A review of a book on jazz:
"While jazz is often celebrated as the only sui generis American art form, especially in the hidebound version that ends up in a Ken Burns documentary, we tend to forget that it had quite an internationalist bent. And unlike rock n’ roll, which mostly flowed in one direction from First World countries to the Second and Third, jazz depended much more on ideas and identities from extra-American sources. Why? ... Understandably, many Americans have been led to believe that what I have just written has little to do with jazz. If they spend a few minutes glancing through Freedom Rhythm and Sound, a compilation of jazz album artwork from the late 1960s and 1970s, they might change their mind. Soul Jazz Records’ first foray into print, Freedom is a pictographic overview of an artistic world that is long overdue."
http://dustedmagazine.com/features/850 |
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| Album of the Year (Already) |
[Sep. 27th, 2009|04:50 am] |
Ahead of even Animal Collective's unimpeachable Merriweather Post Pavilion and YACHT's rollicking See Mystery Lights, I declare the Dirty Projectors' Bitte Orca to be my album of 2009.
It's something like Mariah Carey meets Beethoven meets Nico meets Ali Farka Toure. When I stop being amazed at the album and listening to it incessantly, I will write a review of the album, although this seems terribly unlikely. |
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| Goldberg Repetitions |
[Aug. 15th, 2009|12:52 am] |
I was listening to Glenn Gould's 1981 recording of Bach's Goldberg Variations and Googling for the album cover when I found:
The original
The copy copy copy copy copy copy copy copy copy copy
Turns out that the maker of this cover art made his own mix of Goldberg Variations - one where he stacks up all the individual variations into one marauding monstrosity: www.bengerstein.com/sounds/goldbergvariationstogether.gould'81.mp3
His name is Ben Gerstein and he's a trombonist/artist. Certainly one of the most exciting guys out there. Check out his website: http://www.bengerstein.com |
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| Forum |
[Aug. 12th, 2009|03:53 pm] |
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After several attempts over the past six months, I have successfully registered myself as a member of the official Lily Allen forum. |
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| Now On / Upcoming |
[Aug. 2nd, 2009|01:43 pm] |
3 new works in 3 exhibitions:
The End of Something.. A collection of reflections on the Global Crisis
31 July – 30 August 2009, Fri-Sun 12pm-5pm
Volume: 114-116 Amersham Vale, Deptford Police Station, London SE14 6LG, UK
Singapore Art Exhibition 2009
21 August - 18 October 2009
Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
SoundWalk 2009
3 October 2009, 5pm-10pm
East Village Arts District
Downtown Long Beach, CA, USA
http://www.soundwalk.org/
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Guilty Pleasures selected as one of the 100 works as part of this curatorial education programme:
Curating Lab: 100 Objects (Remixed)
05 Aug 2009 - 27 Sep 2009
Artspace@Helutrans and NUS Museum, Singapore
http://www.farm.sg/events/details/curating_lab_100_objects_remixed/
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New track "Radio Book Mixer" out on Sub Rosa compilation:
An Anthology of Chinese Experimental Music (1992-2008)
4CD, Sub Rosa
http://www.subrosa.net/online/main_dr_news_detail.php?AlbumID=78
Available from Amazon, Boom Kat, Rough Trade, etc.
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And a presentation of my Masters dissertation on systems art:
MediaModes Graduate Student Conference
Saturday, 14 November, 2009, 10am-8pm
School of Visual Arts, NYC, USA
Keynote speaker: Jonathan Crary |
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| Rock Crit |
[Jul. 30th, 2009|02:02 pm] |
In 1997 when I was in junior college I started to listen to rock music. These are my mom's quips on two of my earliest CD acquisitions:
On Nirvana "Smells Like Teen Spirit": "He sounds like he's been pinched by a ghost."
On Pavement's "Conduit for Sale!": "He sounds like he's alternating between having a very good and very bad shit."
I think an honorary professorship in rock criticism is long overdue for her. |
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