there've been very few material changes in my life since my last post, but it feels like it's settled into a distinct groove. distinctly different than where i was six or even three months ago. but more about that later. maybe.
let's talk tunes first. a whole lotta amazing shit happening out there in musicland - even in my itsy bitsy locale situated in the backwoods of the hinterlands in musicland!
right now i have alva noto's xerrox vol. 2 subtly warping my aural parameters though my grado's. wow. over the last several months, i've been exploring the 'modern classical' genre. this album by noto's been blowing my mind, as well as jacaszek's treny, coh's strings, ezekiel honig's surfaces of a broken marching band, fennesz's black sea and several others. very, very cool shit.
what is this 'modern classical' characterization, you ask? well, dearest friend, i'm super glad you asked. ha! well, it appears this designation is reserved for music composed for both string-based classical instruments and some type of electronic music - ambient noise, field recordings, experimental electronica, and/or analog feedback. the textures, atmosphere and the layers allow for a complexly immersive experience or mind-bogglingly engaging background music to a good read. yes, music to make me smile.
okay, so that's a recommendation. check some of those artists out.
just so you know, i'm running on about two cylinders from some pretty mediocre smoke. my normal options aren't available to me, so i'm slumming it smoking some no-name shit. not quite regs, but really fucking close. ah, well - such are the vagaries of life...
rather than boo-hoo all over my clean, white t-shirt, i'm going to ramble about this mind-fuckery of a show i saw last week.
give me a second. gonna need a hit for this...
so, i went to the ontological-hysteric theater at st. mark's church in the east village. i love this venue. really. they're one of the few spaces in manhattan for truly experimental, almost psychedelic theater and music. the production i saw that night, 'astronome: a night at the opera' is described as a 'richard foreman/john zorn music/theater collaboration.' yeah. if you've got even the faintest idea who either of these artists are, then you have the merest hint of the...god, i was about to use the word 'experience' - but it's so over-used. ha! yes, experience that severed yet another thread connecting me to mainstream america and what's passing for sanity these days.
what. a. mind. fuck.
but, you know, in a good way...
wow. that was a pretty big hit. sorry for the tease, but it seems i've lost the ability to
connect
my
thoughts.
part deux in the near future...
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