rostasi Posted September 26 Report Posted September 26 "Smart TVs take snapshots of what you watch multiple times per second." Quote
ejp626 Posted September 28 Report 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
T.D. Posted October 7 Report 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
rostasi Posted October 7 Report 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
mjazzg Posted October 8 Report 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
HutchFan Posted October 8 Report Posted October 8 I'm now reading Jan Swafford's biography of Brahms for the second time, after an interval of many years. Â Quote
Niko Posted October 12 Report 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
Chuck Nessa Posted October 13 Report Posted October 13 Still have my original copy purchased in Ames Iowa on my lunch hour. Quote
T.D. Posted October 15 Report 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
GA Russell Posted October 16 Report 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
mjzee Posted October 16 Report 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. Â 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
ejp626 Posted October 18 Report 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
rostasi Posted October 20 Report Posted October 20 Athos : Echoes from the Holy Mountain Quote The songs of the monks from Mount Athos have been echoing for centuries across the deep waters of the Aegean Sea on the fringes of Greece, heard only by the pilgrims who were able to visit this community, secluded from a traditional conception of time and major world events. "Athos : Echoes from the Holy Mountain" aims to present this living heritage by the means of an artbook in English, Greek and French, inviting contemporary artists and researchers to approach, revisit and discuss its contemporary implications. Quote
GA Russell Posted October 22 Report Posted October 22 I have been reading the Fletch books in order. This is #8. It's much better than the previous three or four. I've read rave reviews about this, and I think it's good, but not that good. Chock full of items I didn't know about, although few were important. One interesting thing is that the author feels that some famous old-timers were underappreciated because they played before the days of WAR statistics. I was struck by the author's belief that it is harder to play against so many other teams than it was in the days of playing against only seven. Quote
soulpope Posted October 22 Report Posted October 22 1 hour ago, GA Russell said: I was struck by the author's belief that it is harder to play against so many other teams than it was in the days of playing against only seven. Why do you think it was harder to play only against seven teams .... ? Quote
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