The Wire Magazine, April 2006: "London based 12-string guitarist James Blackshaw's playing style can be firmly linked to the Takoma school of John Fahey and Robbie Basho, as well as to more contemporary players such as Jack Rose and Steffan Basho-Junghans. But, like them, Blackshaw has successfully found his own voice, as becomes instantly obvious when listening to the four tracks that make up "O True Believers". [...] This often dreamlike combination ensures the music gathered here deftly avoids pale imitation and leaden devotion." Read the whole review
wired.com: "He's a punk, a provocateur, the bad boy of Web design. They call him the Jackson Pollock of the Internet age. He calls them a few choice four-letter words. But everyone from BMW to the Tate Modern wants a piece of him." Read on
wildsnake.com: "Stop the avalanches from reaching the little houses at the foot of the mountains by destroying the ice blocks. Just click two blocks of the same shape! Sounds easy? Designed by the creator of Tetris himself, the game - we assure you - will be an experience out of the ordinary." Download the free demo here
Rock's Urban Myths
From Ozzy Osbourne biting off a bat head to Charles Manson auditioning for the Monkeys to the idea that Paul McCartney is Dead – we’ll look at Rock’s Greatest Urban Legends.
The Rise and Fall of Instruments
The ukulele is up, the pipe organ is down. So what moves the market of musical instruments? We'll find out what brings certain strings and drums into fashion and what condemns others to obscurity.
Believing the Hype
In the age of the internet, how do fans discern publicity from hype?
The Kronos Quartet
The Kronos Quartet has been a familiar face in New York lately with various cross-cultural performances. Kronos violinist David Harrington and pipa player Wu Man discuss their collaborations.
Glenn Kotche
Glenn Kotche, drummer for the band Wilco, discusses his new Nonesuch solo album, "Mobile."
Flaming Lips
Rock critic and author Jim DeRogatis discusses his book "Staring at Sound: The True Story of Oklahoma's Fabulous Flaming Lips."
DOWNLOAD a track from Tom Verlaine’s forthcoming Thrill Jockey album Songs And Other Things
VIEW a photo gallery featuring additional images of kinetic sculptor and film maker Len Lye and his work
DOWNLOAD accompanying soundtracks to the motion sculptures of Len Lye.
VIEW a video clip excerpt of Linder's "The Working Class Goes To Paradise" performance.
VIEW a photo gallery featuring additional images of the work of Linder.
DOWNLOAD an exclusive track from Mouthus' recent album The Long Salt.
Listen to an exclusive recording of the sounds of Kyzyl.
tell.net ist eine Veranstaltungsreihe der Stadtbücherei Stuttgart zur Netzkultur. tell.net stellt aktuelle Positionen der Netzkunst und Netzkultur zur Diskussion. Referenten sind Künstler und Theoretiker.
Andreas Broeckmann: Für eine neue Maschinen-Kunst. Ein Versuch
Mittwoch, 05. April 06 um 19.30
Tilman Baumgärtel: Game Art - Computerspiele von Künstlern
Donnerstag, 12. Mai 05 um 19.30
Michael Iber: Musik, Freie Software und kreatives Allgemeingut
Donnerstag, 20. Oktober 05 um 19.30
Bob Ostertag: "I have decided to make all my recordings to which I have the rights freely available as digital downloads from my web site. These works are now covered by a Creative Commons "Attribution Non-commercial" license that permits you to freely download, copy, remix, sample, manipulate, fold, spindle, tamper with, defuse, detox, or deconstruct - as long as you credit my work as a source, and the work you make is not marketed commercially."
wikipedia.org: "Bob Ostertag (b. 1957, in New Mexico) is an experimental audio artist based in San Francisco. Raised in Colorado, he studied at the Conservatory. In 1976, he formed the improviser ensemble Fall Mountain with Ned Rothenberg (reeds) and Jim Katzin (violin), with himself on electronic keyboard. In 1979, he relocated to New York, where he befriended John Zorn, Fred Frith, Zeena Parkins and several other musical improvisers who were interested in collaborating in new forms of improvising. More
Shows from the BBC a presented in the Real Audio format, which usually can't be downloaded directly. But if you have the right tools, they can . This little howto is part of my bigger howto How to download Real Audio streams and convert Real Audio to MP3. This howto is divided in a beginner section, for those who aren't familiar with Firefox and Flashget and Flashgot, and a shorter section for those who are already familiar with those tools. I am using a German version of Firefox and Flashget, so hopefully I translated all the steps correctly.
Lets say you want to download an archived show from the BBC homepage. Usually there is a link, named "Listen to the show" to the archived show. If you follow this link, the BBC Radio Player will open.
Not familiar with Flashget
Right-click in the left frame (highlighted in the picture below with a red rectangle), select FRAME ->Show Frame information -> MEDIA. There should be a list of all the media files (like pictures and sound files) contained in this frame. In order to download the show, look for the "embedded" files. The link to the show, provided as a real audio file (.rpm), should be something like this:
/radio/aod/shows/rpms/radio1/gilles.rpm
Open Flashget, click on the button for a new file (looks like a sheet of paper) than copy the link to the show into the pop-up (in the URL field), but ad www.bbc.co.uk to the link, the final link should than be:
www.bbc.co.uk . Download the file. Rename the file (right click -> rename) from from XXX.rpm to XXX.txt. In this example from gilles.rpm to gilles.txt.
This is the actual file you want to downlad. As you can see, it doesn't start with http, that's why it can't be downloaded using a mere browser. To download the show, again click on the "new file" button in Flashget, copy the rtsp://... link in the URL field and press start. THATS IT!
Familiar with Flashget
To use Flashget and Firefox the easiest way, also use the plug-in Flashgot. In order to download the show Right-click in the left frame (highlighted in the picture above with a red rectangle), select "download everything using Flashgot" -> Select Filter -> File type: rpm
Download the file. Rename the file (right click -> rename) from from XXX.rpm to XXX.txt. In this example from gilles.rpm to gilles.txt.
Most of the shows of the BBC aren't archived. Meaning, for example, the direct link to the Freak show of June 22 is the same as of June 29. In order to download any of the shows above, just copy the links and use Flashget to download them.
Aphex Twin - Leeds 1992
Aphex Twin - San Francisco 11-06-1993
Aphex Twin - Mount Fuji Rock Japan 26-07-1997
Aphex Twin - Norway 1999
Aphex Twin - Barcelona 18-05-2002
Aphex Twin - BBC 18-04-2003
Aphex Twin - Austria 08-04-2005
1993-04-09 - UK-England-Sheffield - Hallam University
1997-01-25 - Australia-Melbourne - Big Day Out Festival
1997-06-29 - Denmark-Roskilde - Roskilde Festival
1997-07-13 - Norway-Kristiansand - Quartfestivalen - prev. listed with date 1996-07-13
1997-09-17 - USA-Colorado-Denver - Ogden Theatre
2001-06-15 - Spain-Barcelona - Sonar Festival
2003-01-12 - Aphex Twin Vs Luke Vibert - 626 Mix
2003-XX-XX - Japan
XXXX-XX-XX - Nasa Circa
(K-RAA-K)³ is allways a resource of interesting and enjoyable music:
kraak.net "(K-RAA-K)3 is a platform for today's music. Rather than focusing on one specific genre, it offers you a wide range of diverse styles and genres, such as electronica, improvisation, postrock and pop. No matter what genre though, (K-RAA-K)3 always aims to bring you innovative, experimental and open-minded music. K-RAA-K)3 supports Flemish experimental musicians throughout repetitions, concerts, and the recording (and release) of their work, takes care of administrative jobs, and acts as the contact person for booking concerts."
freewaves.org: "William Basinski is a musician, composer, auteur who has worked in experimental media for over twenty years in NYC, expanding the boundaries of the aural landscape. A classically trained clarinetist, he studied jazz saxophone and composition at North Texas State University in the late 70’s. In 1978, inspired by minimalists such as Steve Reich and Brian Eno, he began developing his own vocabulary using tape loops and old reel to reel tape decks. He developed his meditative, melancholy style experimenting with short looped melodies played against themselves creating feedback loops." More
wikipedia.org: "Ned Sublette (born 1951 in Lubbock, Texas) is an American composer, musician, and musicologist. He is a classically trained guitarist, and studied composition with Kenneth Gaburo at the University of California, San Diego. He grew up in Portales, N.M, moved to New York in 1976, and has worked with John Cage, LaMonte Young, Glenn Branca, and Peter Gordon. He is well known as a country music singer and is leading scholar of Cuban music. His label Qbadisc releases Cuban music in the United States and he has produced Latin musicians including Ritmo Oriental and Isaac Delgado and has co-produced Public Radio International's "Afropop Worldwide" show." More
Listen:
Eugene Robinson, author of Last Dance in Havana, and Ned Sublette, author of Cuba and Its Music, discuss the important role music plays in Cuba’s identity. Listen here
japanimprov.com: "Tetuzi Akiyama is a highly unique and experimental guitarist heavily applying free improvisation and noise. Besides guitar, he also plays electronics, viola, and self-made instruments.
Akiyama became an enthusiastic hard rock fan when he was eleven years old, and started playing electric guitar at the age of thirteen. Later, he also came to be very interested in free improvisation and classical music. He formed the improvised music band Madhar in 1987." More
wnyc.org "British songwriter Vashti Bunyan visits Spinning On Air for her first American performance and radio interview. Her new, second album, “Lookaftering,” was released 35 years after her first album, and the story of her earlier artistic discouragement and current renewal of creativity is moving and fascinating." Download
fritz.de: "Erdöl ist einer der wichtigsten Rohstoffe der Erde und wird in Zukunft einer der knappsten sein. Der Kampf um die natürliche Ressource hat schon begonnen. Das zehnteilige Hörspiel bietet Fritz als Podcast." Mehr Infos + Download
theknife.net: "This is the world of The Knife: precise, particular, dark, occult, funny-peculiar, funny-ha-ha. This Swedish brother-and-sister duo work mostly on their own in splendid isolation; they release music on their own label, licensing it to selected partners around the world, so they have to answer to no one. They have only ever played live once because they’re still wrestling with the old conundrum of how to present ‘computer music’ in an interesting way on the stage. Within the steely electronic pop of their last album Deep Cuts lurked songs about women’s rights and the duty of good citizens to pay their taxes."
I received an email from Bryan Wendorf, Festival Director of the Chicago Underground Film Festival: "the Chicago Underground Film Festival is looking for music videos for this year's festival. We're particularly interested in videos for "Wired" artists."
from his email:
"Founded in 1993, Chicago Underground is dedicated to the work of film and video makers with defiantly independent visions. As Roger Ebert said of this fest, "What you get for your money is not just admission to the films but admission to a subculture."
Radical beyond independent, the "underground" culture supports films that go beyond expectations and genre, to include a menu of films made with passion, obsession, and drive. In addition, CUFF has consistently honored the history of underground and independent cinema by presenting tributes and retrospectives of filmmakers such as Tom Palozzolo, Richard Kern, Kenneth Anger, George Kuchar, John Waters, and Paul Morrissey.
Every evening of screenings is followed by a great night of parties, events and concerts. Jury awards are presented in the following categories: Narrative Feature, Narrative Short, Documentary Feature, Documentary Short, Experimental, Animation, and "Made in Chicago" - along with an Audience Choice award.
Past success stories include filmmaker Sarah Jacobson, who debuted her film "Mary Jane's Not A Virgin Anymore" (six months before it screened at Sundance). Some other films that have received national theatrical distribution include: "The Manson Family," "Men Cry Bullets," "The Acid House" as well as Oscar-nominated "Weather Underground" and "The Decline of Western Civilization Part 3."
This is one highly accessible, user-friendly showcase for avant-garde, independent and cult cinema."
yahoo.de: "Warschau (AFP) - : Er starb im Alter von 84 Jahren. Das berichtete die polnische Nachrichtenagentur PAP unter Berufung auf einen Mitarbeiter des Schrifstellers. Lem wurde mit Werken wie "Solaris" weltberühmt. Seine Bücher wurden in 41 Sprachen übersetzt und erreichten eine Auflage von weltweit mehr als 27 Millionen. Mehrere von ihnen wurden auch verfilmt, "Solaris" zum Beispiel mit dem US-Schauspieler George Clooney in der Hauptrolle."
wnyc.org: "In The White Man's Burden, economics professor William Easterly explains why, after fifty years and more than $2.3 trillion in aid from the West, so much of the world is still plagued by poverty. " Listen/Download here
wnyc.org: "With over 1 million readers a day, Markos Moulitsas of DailyKos.com is one of the most popular bloggers in the USA. Jerome Armstrong founded one of the first political blogs, MyDD.com. In Crashing the Gate, they argue that if the Democratic Party wants to regain power, it needs to learn how to use grassroots activism and the internet." Listen/Download here
