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Posted by dave on Sun, 12/09/2007 - 4:03pm in
  • I wonder which member(s) of Radiohead are the Max/MSP programmers? I'm going to guess it's Thom Yorke, 'cause he's so hot for the electronic shizzle, and Jonny Greenwood, who's got the fancy-pants multi-instrumentalist credentials and classical training...but what do I know.
  • I managed to catch pianist Vijay Iyer perform with his trio last night at The Stone (a small venue far over in the East Village, run by avant-improv hero John Zorn). It was challenging for me, both because I have a hard time with that sort of virtuosic jazz for philosophical reasons, but also because, well, it was just sort of hard to listen to after a while: it was pretty "out" in terms of melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic structure.
  • On the other hand, I missed hearing Harry Partch's music performed at the Japan Society last week. It's a shame, because his iconoclastic micro-tonal music is rarely performed, both because of its difficulty and because of the logistical challenge of dealing with the improbable, unique instruments he designed and built for his work. Ah well, such is the glory and tragedy of living in NYC: always too much to do.

I Love Radiohead

Posted by dave on Thu, 10/18/2007 - 11:48am in

...and their music is pretty good too.

I'm really pleased with them, I'm pleased they are offering their album in this way. It is so smart. It is also such a big f%*& you to the record companies. Of course it is the case that they can do this and make a lot more money than some random indie band, but it is a major statement that they are choosing to let their music out this way.

My friend Ted said something interesting and profound the other day about the current state of the music industry. I'm paraphrasing: "the reality is that music now is free--there's no way around that--but you are also free to buy it or to figure out how to make money off of it." This is what Radiohead is investigating. I gave them about $10.00 (whatever five pounds is in U.S.$), and I felt a little guilty I wasn't giving more...is that clever of them or what?

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