Wednesday 27 February 2008

Archery: the Art of Repetition

Vandermark is playing with The Ex in Oslo soon. Old times! (dictionary says: "that's old HAT"!!!) The Ex recorded with Tom Cora. Read that he recorded Archery with John Zorn!! Wanted to find the cd and instead of this


the search result was this

The same

"As usual, the same guests, the same twaddle, the same food (...)"

My mother about saturday party she attended

Tuesday 26 February 2008

why I love Philip Glass

In Uncyclopedia:


Philip Glass (January January January 31 January 31 31 31, 1937 1937 1937 31 January 1937 31 31 1937 – ) is a composer; Philip Glass is a composer of minimalist music, who once worked as a taxi driver; Philip Glass is a composer of minimalist music, who once worked as a taxi driver; Philip Glass is a composer of minimalist music, who once worked as a taxi.

Philip Glass Philip Glass Glass Glass Philip Philip Glasssssssss had Milton Babbitt for a fare once had Milton Babbitt for a fare once had Milton Babbitt for a fare once had Milton Babbitt for a fare once and Milton got off and didn't tip him, didn't, didn't, didn't tip tip tip tip tip tip.

His earliest composition was a short arpeggio which he subsequently repeated; his earliest composition was a short arpeggio which he subsequently repeated; subsequently repeated; repeated; short arpeggio which he subsequently repeated; repeated over and over; repBlah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah This was some agitprop for you eated over and over and over; repeated over and over and over and over and over and over.

Knock Knock. Who's there? Philip. Philip Who? Who's there? Philip. Philip Who? Who's there? Philip. Philip Who? Who's there? Philip. Philip Who? Who's there? Philip. Philip Who? Philip Glass.

Philip Glass is a composer oser oser oser Philip Glass is a composer oser oser oser Philip Glass is a composer oser oser oser. Taxi Waxi Taxi Waxi.

Philip Philip Philip Glass, Philip Gas, Philip Glass Glass had a friend a friend a friend of Philip Glass Glass Philip Glass. The friend the friend of Philip friend the Glass Glass Glass is none other none other one other than Boutros Boutros Boutros Boutros Boutros Boutros Boutros Boutros Boutros Boutros-Ghali. Boutros Philip-Ghali Glass was a friend a friend, was a friend a one two three four.

One two three four. One two three four. One two three four. One two three four. One two three four five six seven eight. One two. One two.

Koyaanisqatsi watsi Taxi Waxi. Koyaanisqatsi watsi Watutsi Taxi Waxi. Om mani padme sum.

Philip Glass is a composer of music that repeats, then Philip Glass is a composer of music that repeats, then Philip Glass is a composer of music that repeats, then Philip Glass is a composer of music that repeats, then phiLip glass is a composer of music that repeats, then does a lot of Ravi Shankar.

Koyaanisqatsi watsi watsi. Watsi.

Oooooh-ah. Ooooooh-ah. Short arpeggio.

Two lovers sat on a on a on a park bench, their parts bench bench bench touching each other, holding genitals in the moonlight in the moonlight in the moonlight.

Eins zwei drei vier. One. Two. One two three four. One two three

same chord. same chord. different chord? nope, same one.

The Dull Flame of Desire

Fyodor Tyutchev
wrote a poem.

I love your eyes, my dear
Their splendid sparkling fire

When suddenly you raise them so
To cast a swift embracing glance

Like lightning flashing in the sky
But there's a charm that is greater still

When my love's eyes are lowered
When all is fired by passion's kiss

And through the downcast lashes
I see the dull flame of desire

(You can read the poems of Tyutchev in English here
I felt in love with them)


Andrei Tarkovsky used the poem in his masterpiece Stalker,
one of best movies on earth




Bjørk and Antony Hegarty sang the beauty







Monday 25 February 2008

Neurology and the Hat

Train of thought. Associations.


The Man Who Mistook his Wife for a Hat

Alice in Wonderland Syndrom

or micropsia, is a disorienting neurological condition which affects human visual perception. It is the reverse of macropsia. For example, a family pet, such as a dog, may appear the size of a mouse, or a normal car may look shrunk to scale.

Love the frustration of Alice:
`At any rate I'll never go there again!' said Alice as she picked her way through the wood. `It's the stupidest tea-party I ever was at in all my life!'




The same week my husband was installing Linux Fedora. Fedora has also another meaning.







Sunday 24 February 2008

Invitation To A Suicide


Early in the morning while looking through newspapers and checking mail I laughed at my friend who joined a group The Sad Sad World of Bunny Suicides.

I am listening to radio nisha.pl now and for about 5 minutes ago I heard some beatiful music there. I checked. It was Filmworks XIII: Invitation to a Suicide by John Zorn. Strange I've never heard it. It's a soundtrack to the movie of the same title. You can watch the trailer here.

Need to order the cd. The one track I've heard was amazing!

Saturday 23 February 2008

The man who mistook his wife for a hat

Oliver Sacks wrote The man who mistook his wife for a hat

"Here Dr. Sacks recounts the case histories of patients lost in the bizarre, apparently inescapable world of neurological disorders: people afflicted with fantastic perceptual and intellectual aberrations; patients who have lost their memories and with them the greater part of their pasts; who are no longer able to recognize people and common objects; who are stricken with violent tics and grimaces or who shout involuntary obscenities; whose limbs have become alien; who have been dismissed as retarded yet are gifted with uncanny artistic or mathematical talents.

Michael Nyman composed an opera based on this book.


"The plot concerns the investigation by a neurologist of the condition of a singer who suffers from visual agnosia. According to the liner notes, Morris, Rawlence, and Nyman had to spend much time convincing the real Mrs. P. (whose husband is implied to have been a known name) that they were not proposing a musical (her word) that would trivialize her late husband's situation in order to gain her consent"

Still waiting for the book. The opera is just brilliant! Can't stop listening to it.

Book of longing


Leonard Cohen wrote Book of Longing

Philip Glass compose a music to Book of Longing

Have not read the book yet. Have not listened to the music yet. But I love the idea!

"For me, this work is both a departure from past work and a fulfillment of an artistic dream."

-Philip Glass