Archive for the ‘Obsession’ Category
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Eye Contact
My new favourite research music: Eye Contact by Gang Gang Dance. As I’m knee deep in sociolinguistics and the personal life of DADA Baroness Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven, their sound oddly fits. I’m now off to Robarts for more reading. Below is a 4AD live session with Gang Gang Dance, and a six-part FaceCulture interview.
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A Toronto New School of Writing Event you must attend
After my performance of Hugo Ball’s “Seepferdchen und Flugfische” at the Cameron House last year, it has been my dream to perform Kurt Schwitters’ “Ursonate” about half as well as Jaap Blonk. Thus, I am extremely excited for this event: Toronto New School is pleased to host for one night only in Toronto international sound performance artist Jaap Blonk, who ...
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Caribou Fanzine
Never met a math man I didn’t like. What a show! Andorra and The Milk of Human Kindness are/were my favourites, but Swim is really putting up a good fight. Still vibrating from those drums, oh, those drums… Cover: Excerpts:
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Slapp Happy
Another crippling obsession from 1973: A Virgin Records re-issue (after Polydor scrapped it) of ”Casablanca Moon” by English/German avant-pop Slapp Happy with members of Faust. Later it became “Acnalbasac Noom” with Recommended Records. Under any name or label, it’s delightful and delicious.
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Bright Bareness
I am officially and madly obsessed with Maira Kalman. Exploring her work has truly been one of those prize experiences of vast and calamitous emotional movement. I love her bright colours, simple charming captions and beautiful bareness. She moves from existential longing to mundane musing with grace and ease, possessing an honesty that is remarkably connective. I came across her ...
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Ted Dawson and avant-garde musical notation
I met award-winning avant-garde composer/Professor Ted Dawson just over year ago in February 2009 at the opening of the Permeate Exhibit at the Music Gallery in Toronto, an art show exploring intersections between music and visual art. Before then, I knew nothing of avant-garde visual notation (I still can’t say I’ve performed any, though I heard a great sampling of ...
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PARIS
…in 69 days! I’m already trembling with excitement. I just sent off my volunteer application to Terry at Shakespeare & Co. so I might be lending a hand in the most renowned bookstore in the world! Even if they reject me because they’re up to their ears with young volunteer writers from around the globe, I’m sure I’ll still be ...
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