links for 2007-02-21

• My musical snobbery has jumped the shark. - Justin Patrick Schwinghamer’s blog
  "Things are bad when you're listening to Philip Glass and actually digging it."
• Celeste's Scramblings: Another massive choral car pile-up
  "Folks- we have to do a much better job coordinating the bay area choral schedule!"
• Mixed Meters: Blow Up
  "Can you find me in this picture? It appears on The Rest Is Noise - the blog of Alex Ross, New Yorker Music Critic. You can see my hairline, pony tail and not much else dead center in this photo."
• the syntax of things » 684 - we ♥ nashville
  "i always believed that this opera should be subtitled music for acid trips, but that’s only because i heard einstein on the beach for the first time on a hit of windowpane. i thought the stereo was going to start flying, seriously."
• Disquiet: downstream: T.S. ELIOT REMIX MP3S
• Hear Rock City: Miles Davis - Deep Brew
  "Aside from being among the most powerful statements in the history of recorded music, Miles Davis' 1969 Bitches Brew LP also stands as a testament to the incredible editing work of the album's producer, Teo Macero."
• if charlie parker was a gunslinger, there'd be a whole lot of dead copycats: The Art of Communism #13
• if:book: try to take some time from your busy day
  Computer scientist Alan Kay: "Pop culture lives in the present; it doesn't really live in the future or want to know about great ideas from the past."
• PlaybillArts: News: Ojai Festival Announces 2007 Season, First Programmed by Pierre-Laurent Aimard
  "Pierre-Laurent Aimard, the French pianist noted for his championing of contemporary repertoire, will focus on the music of Ligeti, Stravinsky, Carter, Bartók and Eötvös during his first season as music director of the Ojai Festival in southern Califor
• Digital Audio Insider - The End of Patience
  "Partially because of the iPod and the ease of skipping tracks, but mostly because there's now an endless stream of new (and old) music to discover and explore."
• The Fredösphere - The Proof
  "last year, the San Francisco Choral Artists honored me by premiering my piece The Evidence for their concert entitled Wisdom of the Ages."

Comments

[whetstone]

Just wanted to express my appreciation for your blog--I am enjoying me some Conlon Nancarrow these days, who'd flown under my radar until I started reading aworks; much obliged for the John Adams interview link as well. Great, great stuff.