A couple of days ago, J. sent me a dissertation that I take to be about the sensory domination of sight over the other senses. I’ve started reading it, and it locks into some ideas I have been forming about language. I think our main experience of language has gone from being aural and time [...]
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July 17, 2008 – 8:36 pm
“we can no longer afford to have petty, controlling, abusive, relationships in which denial is supported. We do this to ourselves, we do it to our families, our neighbors and we do it to nature.”
F. gave me a valuable lesson in “doing what it takes” in order to liberate sentient beings. I’ve always said, [...]
salut
July 8, 2008 – 10:04 pm
See you on Quatorze Juillet.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlk9Sj4Ns2k
guest
July 1, 2008 – 7:25 pm
One of the most memorable musical performances I have ever witnessed was the scenic recital of Don Giovanni, conducted by John Elliot Gardiner. This was in Amsterdam, in the Concertgebouw, which was wonderful, because the acoustics are excellent there. The entire thing was perfectly put together, with just enough staging to make it fully engaging [...]
formark
June 21, 2008 – 10:52 pm
The Dutch are losing the game against Russia. It is mid-summer. Tonight this is on the radio. Hope you like it.
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June 20, 2008 – 8:56 pm
Now that dealing with garageband is turning out to be a sight more difficult than it seemed when I started putting the rain sounds together, I’ve turned my attention to others’ sounds again. Was discussing Mahler with a friend and then, of all people: Wagner! Of course, of course, Wagner was an anti-semite, but if [...]
blue
June 18, 2008 – 7:55 pm
From “Blue”, by Derek Jarman. With greatest gratitude to Jarko who pointed me here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3aDUnIgvfo
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June 18, 2008 – 7:47 am
If you like classical music, Youtube is great. I heard D. grumbling, because the internet connection in her teaching room is so lousy. She likes to let her students listen to many versions of the same piece. That’s how she taught me to listen to music. The wonderful thing about Youtube is its immense backlist [...]
pearls
June 16, 2008 – 9:38 pm
“Shnirele Perele” by the Klezmatics. I don’t like the “museum” approach to Klezmer music, and I think the Klezmatics are about the only band that can truly be called vessels of song for the present time. This clip is part of their European tour of a few years back and was recorded in Berlin. I’ve [...]
