Google Readertag:google.com,2005:reader/user/06980803085097568538/state/com.google/alerts/10089243628078853017CKmQl4Dp0JoC2009-11-26T16:03:39Ztag:google.com,2005:reader/item/4c053b53e1a729062009-11-26T16:03:39Z2009-11-26T16:03:39ZFriend of Mind the Gap John Pippen sends in this photo snap from a recent visit to the Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City. I can&#39;t help but wonder/wish that these were someone&#39;s record bins, and that I could reach in and see what was <b>...</b><br> <font color="green"> <a style="color:green" href="http://www.artsjournal.com/ajblogcentral/" title="http://www.artsjournal.com/ajblogcentral/"> AJBlogCentral - http://www.artsjournal.com/ajblogcentral/</a></font> (author unknown)tag:google.com,2005:reader/user/06980803085097568538/state/com.google/alerts/10089243628078853017tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/5b0adcee821f96c62009-11-23T22:27:50Z2009-11-23T22:27:50Z(Ways of Nature: 10 (2007) by Charles Seliger.) Onstage last night at the Village Vanguard last night in Paul Motian&#39;s Octet + 1: Bill McHenry, Chris Cheek, Ben Monder, Steve Cardenas, Jacob Sacks, Mat Maneri, Thomas Morgan, <b>...</b><br> <font color="green"> <a style="color:green" href="http://thebadplus.typepad.com/dothemath/" title="http://thebadplus.typepad.com/dothemath/"> DO THE MATH - http://thebadplus.typepad.com/dothemath/</a></font> thebadplustag:google.com,2005:reader/user/06980803085097568538/state/com.google/alerts/10089243628078853017tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/63159708a15a8ca22009-11-17T19:16:41Z2009-11-17T19:16:41ZLast week I was at a dinner party when a guest to my left suggested I update my thinking about the gender gap from a glass ceiling to a window. Something on par with the views afforded by the floor-to-ceiling sashes at Jazz at Lincoln <b>...</b><br> <font color="green"> <a style="color:green" href="http://www.artsjournal.com/ajblogcentral/" title="http://www.artsjournal.com/ajblogcentral/"> AJBlogCentral - http://www.artsjournal.com/ajblogcentral/</a></font> (author unknown)tag:google.com,2005:reader/user/06980803085097568538/state/com.google/alerts/10089243628078853017tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/22f0335da1ccef552009-11-04T19:14:01Z2009-11-04T19:14:01ZThe Transcontinental was intended to be primarily an arts and culture blog, but truth be told, dear readers, I have always been too lazy too keep up with the latest goings-on in the music/arts blogosphere. <b>...</b><br> <font color="green"> <a style="color:green" href="http://the-transcontinental.blogspot.com/" title="http://the-transcontinental.blogspot.com/"> The Transcontinental - http://the-transcontinental.blogspot.com/</a></font> Andrew W.tag:google.com,2005:reader/user/06980803085097568538/state/com.google/alerts/10089243628078853017tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/9ab211b48312e0822009-10-27T20:41:44Z2009-10-27T20:41:44ZTurning Borders into Music: A Magical Transformation Project - Agoravox (blog) | Main. October 27, 2009. Do you have the balls to follow? cb …I hope not! They&#39;re the last thing you need for this quest. If you&#39;re coming from a previous <b>...</b><br> <font color="green"> <a style="color:green" href="http://netnewmusic.net/reblog/" title="http://netnewmusic.net/reblog/"> New Music reBlog - http://netnewmusic.net/reblog/</a></font> newmusicrebloggerstag:google.com,2005:reader/user/06980803085097568538/state/com.google/alerts/10089243628078853017tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/8e0c0add734677822009-07-02T21:56:38Z2009-07-02T21:56:38ZDan Johnson has an excellent account of the Ojai Festival over on his blog. Recently brought to my attention by the ever-observant (and also-excellent account giver!) Jeff Edelstein, the festival sounded utterly fantastic, <b>...</b><br> <font color="green"> <a style="color:green" href="http://musicasweapon.blogspot.com/" title="http://musicasweapon.blogspot.com/"> Music As Weapon? - http://musicasweapon.blogspot.com/</a></font> DTLtag:google.com,2005:reader/user/06980803085097568538/state/com.google/alerts/10089243628078853017tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/340c0650b86847e22009-06-29T19:17:57Z2009-06-29T19:17:57ZAt last, to make a long story short, I did play on that miserable, Wretched Pianoforte. And what really galled me was that Madame and her gentlemen never.<br> <font color="green"> <a style="color:green" href="http://www.deceptively-simple.com/" title="http://www.deceptively-simple.com/"> Deceptively Simple - http://www.deceptively-simple.com/</a></font> admintag:google.com,2005:reader/user/06980803085097568538/state/com.google/alerts/10089243628078853017tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/5f1c3946b8e5f6622009-06-25T21:20:27Z2009-06-25T21:20:27ZWe&#39;ve (the Blogger Book Club) been discussing art critic Dave Hickey&#39;s fascinating, challenging (and brief) The Invisible Dragon on Molly Sheridan&#39;s Mind the.<br> <font color="green"> <a style="color:green" href="http://www.deceptively-simple.com/" title="http://www.deceptively-simple.com/"> Deceptively Simple - http://www.deceptively-simple.com/</a></font> admintag:google.com,2005:reader/user/06980803085097568538/state/com.google/alerts/10089243628078853017tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/a01cea3b30660e482009-06-18T21:59:08Z2009-06-18T21:59:08Zfrom Thursday, June18th of the year2009. My local Vietnamese restaurant — the one who delivers in, like, ten minutes rather than fifteen — just updated their menu on Seamless Web in a fully surreal fashion. From what I can tell, <b>...</b><br> <font color="green"> <a style="color:green" href="http://nicomuhly.com/" title="http://nicomuhly.com/"> Nico Muhly » News - http://nicomuhly.com/</a></font> Nicotag:google.com,2005:reader/user/06980803085097568538/state/com.google/alerts/10089243628078853017tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/ce639f074bbe5a602009-06-16T15:55:24Z2009-06-16T15:55:24Z...has just announced my next piece: The Gospel of Mary Magdalene is scheduled for June 2013. ...while new productions of Little Women have been announced in Brugge and Syracuse. Above, Christina Bouras as Beth and Jennifer Dudley as Jo <b>...</b><br> <font color="green"> <a style="color:green" href="http://www.markadamo.com/" title="http://www.markadamo.com/"> Mark Adamo Online - http://www.markadamo.com/</a></font> Mark Adamotag:google.com,2005:reader/user/06980803085097568538/state/com.google/alerts/10089243628078853017tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/6f69f83d2fb759812009-06-16T05:33:19Z2009-06-16T05:33:19ZI still don&#39;t understand why Hungarian music is so shit. In an attempt to rectify this fact I&#39;ll spend some time during my annual holiday in Budapest trying desperately to find anything that appeals to me, with very little hope in my <b>...</b><br> <font color="green"> <a style="color:green" href="http://downwithtunes.blogspot.com/" title="http://downwithtunes.blogspot.com/"> Birdseed&#39;s Tunedown - http://downwithtunes.blogspot.com/</a></font> Birdseedtag:google.com,2005:reader/user/06980803085097568538/state/com.google/alerts/10089243628078853017tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/d7b35d4034988dd62009-06-14T16:05:38Z2009-06-14T16:05:38ZNo one, honestly no-one except the mad Russian/Ukrainian guys at collector&#39;s blog Drop Da Bass, seems to like car audio bass. A genre of slowish, instrumental Miami Bass from the mid-nineties specifically geared towards car tuners and <b>...</b><br> <font color="green"> <a style="color:green" href="http://downwithtunes.blogspot.com/" title="http://downwithtunes.blogspot.com/"> Birdseed&#39;s Tunedown - http://downwithtunes.blogspot.com/</a></font> Birdseedtag:google.com,2005:reader/user/06980803085097568538/state/com.google/alerts/10089243628078853017tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/67aa0004acdd909a2009-06-12T13:43:34Z2009-06-12T13:43:34ZI&#39;ve been using Twitter, a bit infrequently, for something like a month now, and I think I might be getting into it soon. The crowdsourcing has so far not been a great success, but there has been an unexpected side benefit, <b>...</b><br> <font color="green"> <a style="color:green" href="http://downwithtunes.blogspot.com/" title="http://downwithtunes.blogspot.com/"> Birdseed&#39;s Tunedown - http://downwithtunes.blogspot.com/</a></font> Birdseedtag:google.com,2005:reader/user/06980803085097568538/state/com.google/alerts/10089243628078853017tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/d55debeb8cff5b5d2009-06-06T11:33:55Z2009-06-06T11:33:55ZI&#39;m preparing a post about my ambivalence to the idea of party politics, but right now I&#39;m too far gone into this campaign to be able to say anything other than this. Would you please go ahead and vote for the Feminist Initiative in the <b>...</b><br> <font color="green"> <a style="color:green" href="http://downwithtunes.blogspot.com/" title="http://downwithtunes.blogspot.com/"> Birdseed&#39;s Tunedown - http://downwithtunes.blogspot.com/</a></font> Birdseedtag:google.com,2005:reader/user/06980803085097568538/state/com.google/alerts/10089243628078853017tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/4965433cd23a4f8b2009-06-02T19:52:48Z2009-06-02T19:52:48ZMy own tastes run to the complex, I will admit. I gravitate to music that I need to hear a couple times before I can feel like I understand what&#39;s going on, and.<br> <font color="green"> <a style="color:green" href="http://www.deceptively-simple.com/" title="http://www.deceptively-simple.com/"> Deceptively Simple - http://www.deceptively-simple.com/</a></font> admintag:google.com,2005:reader/user/06980803085097568538/state/com.google/alerts/10089243628078853017tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/228dcc2c2d6307482009-06-02T19:52:48Z2009-06-02T19:52:48ZUnder this heading I thought I&#39;d occasionally take up deeply political tracks that are at the same time decidedly commercial and mainstream within their contexts. I&#39;ve been inspired, in part, by Vybz Kartel whose letter to The Star <b>...</b><br> <font color="green"> <a style="color:green" href="http://downwithtunes.blogspot.com/" title="http://downwithtunes.blogspot.com/"> Birdseed&#39;s Tunedown - http://downwithtunes.blogspot.com/</a></font> Birdseedtag:google.com,2005:reader/user/06980803085097568538/state/com.google/alerts/10089243628078853017tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/3b9aca26ec0f94522009-06-01T20:08:23Z2009-06-01T20:08:23ZLocation: Willow Springs, in the Forest Preserve District of Cook County (map) Date: May 30, 2009. 7:45AM Time: 2:16:19 Distance: 16 miles, give or.<br> <font color="green"> <a style="color:green" href="http://www.deceptively-simple.com/" title="http://www.deceptively-simple.com/"> Deceptively Simple - http://www.deceptively-simple.com/</a></font> admintag:google.com,2005:reader/user/06980803085097568538/state/com.google/alerts/10089243628078853017tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/0339869a09f88b742009-05-30T20:22:56Z2009-05-30T20:22:56ZA couple of weeks ago I started making a little Spotify playlist where I put on somewhat summery songs, mainstays like this or this, stuff to have in the background when sitting on the porch. After adding about ten songs, most with the <b>...</b><br> <font color="green"> <a style="color:green" href="http://downwithtunes.blogspot.com/" title="http://downwithtunes.blogspot.com/"> Birdseed&#39;s Tunedown - http://downwithtunes.blogspot.com/</a></font> Birdseedtag:google.com,2005:reader/user/06980803085097568538/state/com.google/alerts/10089243628078853017tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/554bcd876788f1c12009-05-30T04:49:42Z2009-05-30T04:49:42ZI&#39;ve just been called up to do some more DJing at a last minute notice, so I&#39;ll be playing a medium-size set at another Feminist Initiative event, so if you want to see me semi-competently stringing together eighties dance music about <b>...</b><br> <font color="green"> <a style="color:green" href="http://downwithtunes.blogspot.com/" title="http://downwithtunes.blogspot.com/"> Birdseed&#39;s Tunedown - http://downwithtunes.blogspot.com/</a></font> Birdseedtag:google.com,2005:reader/user/06980803085097568538/state/com.google/alerts/10089243628078853017tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/f7c5003e339ad5312009-05-27T20:12:01Z2009-05-27T20:12:01ZSomewhere far down the demented scale of musical parodies, following Glenn Gould&#39;s radio broadcasts into the unfiltered recesses of the musician.<br> <font color="green"> <a style="color:green" href="http://www.deceptively-simple.com/" title="http://www.deceptively-simple.com/"> Deceptively Simple - http://www.deceptively-simple.com/</a></font> admintag:google.com,2005:reader/user/06980803085097568538/state/com.google/alerts/10089243628078853017