1. at least oblivion offers peace, an unvoided contract of open sky and blue bliss earned by so many but reached by so few in that space between each step in that space between each breath don’t blink in that space between each heartbeat the moment glows do you see it? 2. oh, the sinister [...]
My jaw is dropped in disbelief that I never shared this, so let this 2011 track be a 2012 post-holiday gift. Get some Jelly Donut in your Politics. Originally created for artist Marcela Torres.
Fascinated with the emotional, social, and expressive dimensions of one of the most complex and ubiquitous human concepts, Philo set out to learn more from one of the earth’s self-proclaimed masters in the subject of Love. Having received numerous degrees from prestigious schools, and having written and published dozens of very well-received books and articles [...]
Only now realizing that I never linked to this performance of “Music for Strings on A Stage (and an audience in their seats)”. Enjoy!
This post is an extension of the original Music Theory Pedagogy 101. 1. Music, an artistic discipline which is already struggling socially and economically, ought not further burden itself by educating its future professionals in such a way that its adherents treat ideas as stagnant insipid a priori givens as opposed to fluid and questionable [...]
Do all trees weep, Or do they stand and Suffer us to live beneath Them unawares That there are those whose height And times stretch further than Our own, Whose reach is more eternal And whose loyalty is pure, unfeigned And firm from earth to sky?
I’ve added some electro-acoustic music to my music page, which was previously absent for no good reason. No good reason at all: Organic Gestures: Out of An Echo, Humming, and From the Porch. In fact, although I wrote and recorded these three pieces 5-6 years ago (2005-2006), I’m quite fond of them listening again some [...]
I have recently become a participating member of a research and performance group called the MiND Ensemble. Free performances are tonight and tomorrow! See below: The MiND Ensemble (Music In Neural Dimensions) is a new-media performance group that seeks to change the way we think about the creative process. Advanced neurofeedback technology is only now [...]
Immersed in these maddening winter months, I’ve completely forgotten to announce a performance of After Hours in the Parlour Room by (Alex)andra Taylor Dance Company this weekend in Brooklyn, New York. The performance is tonight (already finished?!)and the Winter Follies event continues tomorrow night @ 7:30. Tickets available through Brown Paper Tickets. Spoke the Hub’s [...]
Under the weathered awning, the vagrant’s joints began To ache, hiding from the rain, he scratched his Roughened, feeble knees and cast his sunken eyes Up and down the thoroughfare. Storm subsiding, and Then a biting wind. He had sat there long enough To know a cold snap when he felt it, twitched his Hirsute [...]
