7/4

Shock has given way to sadness, Low & Heroes came out when I was in high school. I love the Berlin albums. The new one is his best in many years. .

Thank you folks. A day hanging at home by myself, but in touch with the world! .

Getting up and staying up means I'm really wiped out by the next evening. No problems then.

No coffee after 4-5, earlier if I forget about it. If I find myself up, a pair of aspirin sometimes helps or an apple.

sweet

I like to think it'll be back again too. It seems like someone dropped the ball and no one picked it up. (See what I did there? I'm so clever.)

send that email!

Just like my original post. .

I was told to use the board address, it would be more effective. .

send email to board@wkcr.org I just sent something, told them how valuable the streaming service is, mentioned that my late Father was Columbia alumni. You can do it too. It's just email.

WKCR Pierre Boulez Memorial Broadcast (but not streaming)

Pierre Boulez, French Composer, Dies at 90 Pierre Boulez, the French composer and conductor who was a dominant figure in classical music for over half a century, died on Tuesday at his home in Baden-Baden, Germany. He was 90. His death was confirmed by his family in a statement to the Philharmonie de Paris. Mr. Boulez belonged to an extraordinary generation of European composers who, while still in their 20s, came to the forefront during the decade or so after World War II. They wanted to change music radically, and Mr. Boulez took a leading role. His “Marteau Sans Maître” (“Hammer Without a Master”) was one of this group’s first major achievements, and it remains a central work of modern music.

yeah, I'd heard they're working on it. .

Sad news. It's convenient to listen on my computer, even though I'm inside the broadcast range. I'll have to dust off my rabbit ears and my receiver too! Important update about online streaming. "As of January 1, 2016, WKCR is no longer able to provide online programming. We are in the process of reassessing our ability to stream online and will update you as soon as possible. We regret that we are unable to provide this service. WKCR will continue to broadcast on 89.9 FM and 89.9 HD 1 radio as we work towards a long-term solution. Please address all further questions and concerns you may have to wkcrstreaming@gmail.com -- The WKCR Board" I guess suspend might be a better word, but I don't know the details. I always dug their jazz and classical/new music programming.

Another modern work transcribed for classical guitar. In this case, a György Ligeti cello sonata by Kostas Tosidis. .

I don't think I've ever used it.

In C without the pulse...

I don't think Sharrock was using an ebow, just an old fashioned high gain signal chain with a Les Paul.

Looks good. ECM box of John Abercrombie Qt with Beirach finally comes out this month too. I want it all. .

Robert Craft, Stravinsky Adviser and Steward, Dies at 92 "Robert Craft, an orchestral conductor, scholar and writer who was called an elegant Boswell by his supporters and a calculating Svengali by his detractors for his long professional association with Igor Stravinsky, died on Tuesday at his home in Gulf Stream, Fla. He was 92." Wiki: "Robert Lawson Craft (October 20, 1923 – November 10, 2015) was an American conductor and writer. He is best known for his intimate working friendship with Igor Stravinsky, on which Craft drew in producing numerous recordings and books."

Sounds good!

great album.

What studios? There is/was some recording activity for orchestral players in London, but not like (I believe) LA or NYC in their heyday. For that you need film or TV or pop music industries. Or advertising jingles. When the jingle industry flourished in Chicago in the '60s and '70s for some reason, lots of jazz players made good/great livings in that line of work because their talents and training gave them the ability to make the seat of the pants adjustments that such gigs often required. BTW, one of the reasons such situations arose so often in the jingle trade is that the guys from the ad agency who were in charge typically knew little or nothing about music and could only say something along the lines of "That's not what I'm thinking of/not what I had in mind" without being able to specify musically what they did want -- this while the guy who wrote the music (e.g., Marty Rubenstein or Dick Marx) tore his hair out. Then someone on the date like Art Hoyle or George Bean or Johnny Frigo or Kenny Soderblom would say, "How about this?" and play something that fit the ad guy's inchoate notion of what he wanted, and the problem would be solved. In a "time is money" setting, Hoyle, Bean, Frigo, Soderblom et al. earned every buck they made. I didn't think they ever played in public, only on recordings.

That's a really great tribute by his son. I shed a tear. .

I thought they were just studio cats. .