And it’s a reprint, and I already own the original: It’s that good.
Posts Tagged ‘Terry Riley’
This is the book I’m most looking forward to this year
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged "Blue" Gene Tyranny, Alvin Lucier, Dalkey Archive Press, David Behrman, David Van Tieghem, Eric Bogosian, Four American Composers, Gordon Mumma, Jill Kroesen, John Cage, John Sanborn, Laurie Anderson, Lovely Music, Meredith Monk, Music with Roots in the Aether, Pauline Oliveros, Perfect Lives, Peter Greenaway, Philip Glass, Robert Ashley, Spalding Gray, Terry Riley, UbuWeb on July 7, 2011 | 2 Comments »
In C
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged C, In C, Jac Jemc, Paul McCartney and Wings, Sesame Street, Terry Riley, The Little Mermaid, Tom McCarthy on January 31, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Illness and a very busy work schedule have prevented me from reading this month’s Big Other Book Club selection, Tom McCarthy’s C, but I still wanted to contribute something. So, for anyone who is reading/discussing it, here’s some background music:
What Is Experimental Art?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Alec Empire, Arnold Schönberg, avant-garde, Diego Velázquez, Edgar Degas, Edouard Manet, experimental art, Frank Kermode, Ghost in the Shell, Harry Potter, Henri de Saint-Simon, Impressionism, innovation, J.K. Rowling, James Peterson, John Cage, La Monte Young, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Matei Călinescu, Minimalism, Olinde Rodrigues, outsider art, Philip Glass, Roman Jakobson, Salon des Refusés, serialist music, Stan Brakhage, Steve Reich, Terry Riley, the dominant, The Matrix, Titian, Wachowski on March 12, 2010 | 12 Comments »
One typically hears unusual art called three different things, often interchangeably: Innovative Avant-Garde Experimental But what do these three words mean? Do they mean the same thing? I don’t think so, and in this post I’ll point out some basic differences between them. I’ll also define what I think experimental art essentially is, and how [...]