Wednesday, October 29, 2008

October 18 2008, VERSUS: Carl Craig. At Cité de la Musique, Paris, France



Carl Craig + « Les siècles » orchestra + the pianist Francesco Tristano ? An improbable alliance that was quite simply mind-blowing ! This unique meeting between a classical ensemble and techno music was powerful, solemn and danceable all at once! For the concoction to work, it needed a guide: Carl Craig. Originator of the project, the emblematic Detroit producer/DJ worked with pianist Francesco Tristano to arrange his compositions for an orchestra. Distinguished guest, Moritz Von Oswald made a valuable contribution to the project, offering fans a rhythmic arrangement and a new piece co-written with Carl Craig. The result is impressive: a unique sound aesthetic that breaks down barriers between seemingly incompatible music styles – as described by François Xavier Roth, musical director and conductor of the “Siècles” orchestra: “There is no hierarchy in music, only a quest for high standards”. Historic concert !

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Tuesday, October 07, 2008

Dubai # 2


Unique Digital C-Print 24"x30" 2008

CROSSROADS / ROCK MY RELIGION



Sean Dack "No Encore" Installation View, 2001

CROSSROADS / ROCK MY RELIGION
OCTOBER 10th 2008 - JANUARY 7th 2009
Interfaces between Rock Music and Contemporary Art (1956 – 2006)
DA2 Domus Artium 02 /Salamanca_Spain

ARTISTS: Saadane Afif / Doug Aitken / Cory Arcangel / Kenneth Anger / John Baldessari / Mathew Barney / Joseph Beuys / Christa Biederbick / Marc Bijl / Dara Birnbaum / Peter Blake / Slater Bradley / Olaf Breuning / Janet Cardiff / Danny Clinch / Tony Cockes / Bruce Conner / Felix Curto / Bruce Davidson / Mike Kelley/Destroy All Monsters / Sean Dack / John DiStefano / Sam Durant / Jon Mikel Euba / William English / Robert Frank / Ugnius Gelguda / J. L. Godard / Douglas Gordon / Dan Graham / Rodney Graham / Bob Gruen / Andreas Gursky / Richard Hamilton / José Iges / Derek Jarman / Nam June Paik / Judith Barry&Richard Kern / Largen&Brea / David Lamelas / Mark Leckey / / Robert Longo / Gered Mankowitz / Christian Marclay / Jose Luis Martín Frías / Enrique Marty / Malcom Mclaren / Robert Mapplethorpe / Dave Allen&Jonathan Monk&Douglas Gordon / Ronald Nameth / Albert Oehlen / Yoko Ono / Tony Oursler / Pejac&TMori /Jose Luis Pérez Quiroga / Jamie Reid / Raymond Pettibon / Robert Rauschenberg / Mick Rock / Mimmo Rotella / Jon Savage / Ira Schneider / Mark Seliger / Stephen Shore / Linder Sterling / Miguel Trillo / Gavin Turk / Alan Vega / Alejandro Vidal / Andy Warhol / Alfred Wertheimer / Vivienne Westwood / Ernst C. Whiters / David Wojnarovicz / Baron Wolman / X_PRZ.
CURATED BY:Javier Panera
ORGANIZED BY:EXPLORAFOTO.
Festival internacional de fotografía de Castilla y León
INFORMATION: DA2 _DOMUS ARTIUM 2002 / Avenida de la Aldehuela s/n / 37003 Salamanca_Spain / T [34] 923184916 / F [34] 923183235
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Thursday, October 02, 2008

BlogBubble

Band Crash

Let them eat cake (we skip dessert anyway)

Unreal City, Under the brown fog of a winter dawn,

Meghan, you need to brush up on your irony and Marxism...

Megan McCain and Stereolab's "Ping Pong"


From Pitchfork.com


"OK, let me get this straight. For a blog post about her father's debate with Democratic Presidential Candidate Barack Obama on Friday night-- a debate that centered a whole lot around our country's recent economic catastrophe-- the "Song of the Day" was Stereolab's "Ping Pong"?! Really?!

Here are the lyrics to "Ping Pong" (according to various lyrics websites, and verified by going back and listening to the song again):

it's alright right 'cos the historical pattern has shown
how the economical cycle tends to revolve
in a round of decades three stages stand out in a loop
a slump and war then peel back to square one and back for more

bigger slump and bigger wars and a smaller recovery
huger slump and greater wars and a shallower recovery

you see the recovery always comes 'round again
there's nothing to worry for things will look after themselves
it's alright recovery always comes 'round again
there's nothing to worry if things can only get better

there's only millions that lose their jobs and homes and sometimes accents
there's only millions that die in their bloody wars, it's alright

it's only their lives and the lives of their next of kin that they are losing
it's only their lives and the lives of their next of kin that they are losing

it's alright 'cos the historical pattern has shown
how the economical cycle tends to revolve
in a round of decades three stages stand out in a loop
a slump and war then peel back to square one and back for more

bigger slump and bigger wars and a smaller recovery
huger slump and greater wars and a shallower recovery

don't worry be happy things will get better naturally
don't worry shut up sit down go with it and be happy

dum, dum, dum, de dum dum, de duh de duh de dum dum dum... ah ah
dum, dum, dum, de dum dum, de duh de duh de dum dum dum... ah ah

OK. OK. I'm going to go out on a limb and suggest that Meghan McCain didn't just pick this song randomly, since she usually picks songs that have something to do with what her blog posts are about. So what the hell is going on here?

A) Meghan McCain completely doesn't understand sarcasm and truly believes that this song is about how the economy will just work itself out and everything will be all right. (See also: Ronald Reagan's re-appropriation of Springsteen's "Born in the U.S.A.")
B) Meghan McCain is using this song as a critique of people who are against the government's proposed $700 million bailout of Wall Street, which her father supports. "Uh huh, the free market is going to fix everything, ha ha," she says. "Riiiiight."
C) Meghan McCain wants to overthrow the entire capitalist system!"

New Show/ New Work


For Shot Spot, at Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA