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JSngry Posted September 14 Report Share Posted September 14 They started with jazz? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rostasi Posted September 14 Report Share Posted September 14 Yup. He (or maybe "they") started with "jazz and pop to krautrock and beyond." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Brad Posted September 20 Report Share Posted September 20 An unusual book, to say the least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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rostasi Posted September 26 Report Share Posted September 26 "Smart TVs take snapshots of what you watch multiple times per second." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejp626 Posted September 28 Report Share Posted September 28 I gave up on The Gold Bug Variations by Richard Powers as I was nearing the halfway mark. I'm really enjoying The Quick and the Dead by Joy Williams, and incidentally am also near the halfway mark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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T.D. Posted October 7 Report Share Posted October 7 (edited) Every year in Woodstock NY there's an anniversary performance of 4'33' at a museum/art gallery. Kay Larson, a Cage scholar, usually (in my experience) opens with a lecture. Then the celebrated piece, which the musician(s) follow with a "normal" performance. Edited October 7 by T.D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rostasi Posted October 7 Report Share Posted October 7 I enjoyed that book. My upcoming show on the 16th is my 433rd show. Since I probably cannot have a silent work playing on the radio because the "dead air" may trigger something technically unwanted (I haven't ever asked if the station has these controls, but not taking a chance), I've put together a show that features 433 excerpts from field recordings along with the occasional voice of Cage and snippets of music. It's actually a part of an occasional segment that I have on the show called "electrophonomural." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted October 7 Report Share Posted October 7 Sally Rooney: Intermezzo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjazzg Posted October 8 Report Share Posted October 8 21 hours ago, T.D. said: Every year in Woodstock NY there's an anniversary performance of 4'33' at a museum/art gallery. Kay Larson, a Cage scholar, usually (in my experience) opens with a lecture. Then the celebrated piece, which the musician(s) follow with a "normal" performance. I really enjoyed that book 20 hours ago, rostasi said: I enjoyed that book. My upcoming show on the 16th is my 433rd show. Since I probably cannot have a silent work playing on the radio because the "dead air" may trigger something technically unwanted (I haven't ever asked if the station has these controls, but not taking a chance), I've put together a show that features 433 excerpts from field recordings along with the occasional voice of Cage and snippets of music. It's actually a part of an occasional segment that I have on the show called "electrophonomural." Sounds a fascinating listen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HutchFan Posted October 8 Report Share Posted October 8 I'm now reading Jan Swafford's biography of Brahms for the second time, after an interval of many years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niko Posted October 12 Report Share Posted October 12 Oh, didn't he ramble the autobiography of trumpeter Lee Collins, used but in good shape, even including the Flexi-Disc with an additional track from "A Night at the Victory Club"... Thought I'd show my daughter what a used bookstore looks like, allegedly the biggest English-language one on the continent no less, and take the briefest of looks at the row of jazz books... where this one stood, had been looking for it for a while without high expectations or high effort... it's a very enjoyable inside view on a live in early jazz from New Orleans to Chicago in the form of an endless stream of anecdotes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted October 13 Report Share Posted October 13 Louise Erdrich: The Big Red Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted October 13 Report Share Posted October 13 Still have my original copy purchased in Ames Iowa on my lunch hour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.D. Posted October 15 Report Share Posted October 15 On 10/7/2024 at 4:32 PM, T.D. said: Every year in Woodstock NY there's an anniversary performance of 4'33' at a museum/art gallery. Kay Larson, a Cage scholar, usually (in my experience) opens with a lecture. Then the celebrated piece, which the musician(s) follow with a "normal" performance. On 10/8/2024 at 1:53 PM, mjazzg said: I really enjoyed that book Sounds a fascinating listen It's really good. Larson seems to be a Zen practitioner (based on her intro/dedication) and gets far more into the Buddhist aspect than anyone else I've ever read on Cage. And the whole thing is extremely well written. About 3/4 of the way through. In the meantime I finished this (more urgent because it was from library): Funny thing. I browsed a bookstore I hadn't visited in a while and saw Larson/Cage, Threadgill/Edwards and The Notebooks of Sonny Rollins on the same shelf, which triggered a reading binge. Purchased the Cage paperback, got the Threadgill via interlibrary loan. Couldn't bring myself to buy the Rollins notebooks because it's a slim volume with a lot of white space; may need to because the (pretty good) interlibrary loan system doesn't have it. 😕 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA Russell Posted October 16 Report Share Posted October 16 Amazon has announced today its new lineup of Kindles. https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/devices/new-kindle-color-scribe-paperwhite-entry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjzee Posted October 16 Report Share Posted October 16 2 hours ago, GA Russell said: Amazon has announced today its new lineup of Kindles. https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/devices/new-kindle-color-scribe-paperwhite-entry IMHO, it's hard to see the value proposition of a Kindle vs. buying an iPad Mini. The Mini has a better screen, more advanced technology, it's a full-fledged iPad, very lightweight, and you can load the Kindle app on it and access your Kindle library. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejp626 Posted October 18 Report Share Posted October 18 Wrapping up Dawn Powell's The Golden Spur. I believe this is the last of her "New York" novels. Quite droll. Next will be Eric DuPont's Songs for the Cold of Heart. (Which is much better known as The American Fiancée.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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