by Kenneth Woods | Jul 26, 2006 | A view from the podium
It is unbearably hot in London this week, and it has really sapped my ability to concentrate enough to come up with new stuff. Fortunately, I have a few old things I’ve been meaning to add that were written for discussion groups, editorials and so on. This was...
by Kenneth Woods | Jul 25, 2006 | A view from the podium
While in London this week I had the opportunity to see “Underground Surrealism” at the Hayward Gallery, a fascinating look into one very exciting moment in art history as witnessed through the prism of one magazine, Georges Bataille’s “Documents.” The magazine only...
by Kenneth Woods | Jul 21, 2006 | A view from the podium, Favorite posts, Performing Life
Last August, Suzanne and I spent our holiday time traipsing around Normandy and Brittany. One afternoon, we found ourselves in a beautiful and unspoiled little medieval town in western Brittany looking rather aimlessly about. Having quickly found the market and the...
by Kenneth Woods | Jul 19, 2006 | A view from the podium
Great post from Doug Ramsey on what happens to recordings when selling them ceases to be big money. A good follow-up to my post on copywrong, as it points out the danger access to our cultural heritage when that heritage ceases to be profitable. YouTube was recently...
by Kenneth Woods | Jul 18, 2006 | A view from the podium, Nuts and bolts
This represents a very unscientific sample, but I think I’ve worked or studied with seven people who, in turn, studied or worked with Copland, including one who was his assistant and another who was both a close collaborator and a boyfriend. All were very gracious in...
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