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07.13.10: Remembering Harvey Pekar
Harvey Pekar passed away yesterday. In 2003, Harvey invited me to his home in Cleveland after I asked him to record some voiceover narration for a documentary of jazz musician Albert Ayler I was producing. Harvey and illustrator Gary Dumm (also the brains behind "American Splendor") created an incredible series of panels on Ayler's life. I found Harvey to be incredibly gracious and extremely passionate about music and art (and everything else, it seemed!) His work has always been a...
07.10.10: Christian Marclay at the Whitney
Christian Marclay was one of the biggest influences on my radio show Free Association. The Whitney Museum in NYC is presenting a festival of Christian Marclay exhibits through September 26th. I'm going to try to make it when I'm in NYC again. More information here. Here Christian is performing on the short-lived television show Night Music. To the casual observer, he's just screwing around. Closer inspection and listening reveals a methodical approach to spontaneous block composition. For example, fast...
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