Every now and then you learn a lesson you expect to keep with you for life, but usually, you have to learn it again. Back in 1985 when Kimberly Haas and I were conducting interviews for our documentary series Totally Wired, we talked with Patrick O’Hearn at a rehearsal studio in Los Angeles. Patrick is…
Month: May 2007
Reviews & Commentary
STFU: Forty Dollars to Babble: Air, Lisa Gerrard, Loreena McKennitt, Amiina
*****LANGUAGE ADVISORY***** I went to a club in London called The Blue Note a few years ago to see the Gateway Trio with Jack DeJohnette, John Abercrombie and Dave Holland. In the middle of the club was a pillar with four block letters vertically emblazoned on it: S T F U I turned to a…
Reviews & Commentary
Circuit Bending Worms: Roll Over Stockhausen, Tell Ussachevsky the News
WARNING: Possibly Creepy Last year you might recall electronica artist BT talking about Circuit Bending on Echoes. This is the art of taking commercial electronic products like Furby dolls and altering their sound circuits to make music, or at least funny noises. Recently, Lars Hoel did a cool piece on Circuit Bending for NPR. Well…