Radio ABC: "Homeland looks at 21st-century American obsessions with security, distance, information, the relationship of fear and freedom, the increasing acceptance of violence and the persistent new language of war."
Dwyer spoke to Laurie as she surveyed the Hudson River from her New York loft.
They discussed the music, method and meaning of Homeland, as well as NASA's plans for an elevator to Mars, and her passionate desire to have extendable arms. Listen/Download here
"In Radiohead's new video for "House of Cards", no cameras or lights were used. Instead, 3D plotting technologies collected information about the shapes and relative distances of objects. The video was created entirely with visualizations of that data."
dradio.de: "Als Nico vor 20 Jahren starb, wurden ihr im Ausland viele Nachrufe gewidmet. In Deutschland allerdings nahm das Feuilleton ihren Tod kaum zur Kenntnis. Vor zwei Jahren machte Christa Päffgen, die unter ihrem Künstlernamen Nico als Sängerin, Model und Sixties-Ikone berühmt wurde, in ihrer Geburtsstadt Köln nur deshalb Schlagzeilen, weil ein Platz nach ihr benannt werden sollte. Der Antrag wurde abgelehnt - wegen ihres wenig vorbildlichen Lebenswandels." Weiter
Zweistündiges Feature im Ueberklang Podcast:
"Christa Päffgen, bekannt unter dem Namen Nico, war bereits in den späten 1950er-Jahren ein erfolgreiches Model, in den Sixties dann Schauspielerin, Muse von Andy Warhol und Sängerin bei The Velvet Underground; legendär ihre kurzen, meist unglücklichen Liebesaffären mit zahlreichen Rockstars, Regisseuren und Schauspielern- danach folgte der durch Heroinsucht bedingte Absturz in ein unvorstellbar stumpfes, armseliges Leben bis zu ihrem Tod im Jahr 1988. Ihre Musik allerdings blieb davon unbeeindruckt-, neben zahreichen Plattenaufnahmen absolvierte Nico stoisch unzählige Auftritte und sang ihre seltsam kalten, wehmütigen Lieder; manchmal mit Band, oftmals auch nur von sich selbst am Harmonium begleitet." Zum Download
Wisp is the name of an artist which came up while listening to artists "similiar" to Aphex Twin on Last.fm. So far I have only listened to that one song, but lots of his releases on netlabel are available as free downloads here. Wisp has been signed to Rephlex, the label owned by Aphex Twin. Give it a try !
believermag.com: "american black metal bands specialize in a uniquely brutal, homegrown sound, but they don’t actually kill people. so why should they be taken seriously?" Read on
"Australia's premier sound-arts festival Liquid Architecture celebrates its ninth consecutive year with concerts, surround sound presentations, audio-visual and recorded work, exhibitions and installations. Featuring our most imaginative musicians, composers, sound designers and media artists in a sense-specific feast for the ears." More
Australien radio show "Quiet Space" is featuring artists performing at the ninth annual Liquid Architecture festival. Listen here
BBC: "This is a exciting and immersive composition based on recordings by Chris Watson, who is arguably Britain's leading wildlife sound recordist.
Water Song captures the rhythmic beat of individual drops seeping through cracks and dripping off stalactites in the glow worms caves of Waitomo in New Zealand, the chattering gurgle of a mountain stream, to the underwater snap, crackle and pop of Pistol Shrimps, the percussive patter of raindrops tumbling down a drainpipe, the immersive surge of waves across a beach on the Galapagos islands, the powerful creaks and groans inside Vatnajokull, a vast glacier in Icelandic and the almost deafening roar of a waterfall." Listen here
abc.net.au: "StarStuff is ABC NewsRadio's flagship Astronomy, Cosmology, Space and Science program. Hosted by Stuart Gary, StarStuff takes us on a weekly journey across the universe to see the death of stars and the birth of new worlds. StarStuff's tour of the cosmos examines those ultimate questions, where do we come from? and are we alone? From Einstein's Relativity Theory to Quantum Mechanics, StarStuff reports on the latest news and discoveries in science, with a special focus on astronomy, space sciences and cosmology." Podcast Feed
