Oct. 27, 2020 – On the seventh anniversary of Lou Reed’s passing, I’m kicking off an ongoing series of posts called One Song, in which I insanely try to narrow down the catalog of an artist I admire to just one essential moment.
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Time Pieces /
Oct. 23, 2020 – I’ve recently come across several beautiful projects relating to time and duration: a segment on This American Life about a composer with a speech impediment; a performance by Bill T. Jones and dancers with visual artist Lee Mingwei and vocalist Holland Andrews; the wonderful documentary My Octopus Teacher; also, a brief remembrance of composer Jon Gibson.
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Oct. 10, 2020 – It’s pretty rare that I get excited about contemporary popular music. Not for lack of trying. I do make an effort to keep my ear to the ground and my mind open. I’d hate to be some cranky old fart who thinks all the good music stopped happening after I turned thirty.
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