Be wary of tools that solve a problem that didn’t exist before the tool. GPS helped solve a problem that existed for a long time before it came along (how do I get where I want to go?), so did Google (how do I find this piece of information I need?). Snapchat, by contrast, did not. Be wary of tools in this latter category as they tend to exist mainly to create addictive new behaviors that support ad sales.
Tag: minimalism
Why cabin fantasies shut out reality
The trend for digital detox holidays and other fashionable manifestations of spare, minimalist, decluttered living: what if they’re at least partly motivated by avoidance?
Kanye West Loft, NYC 2007 – Claudio Silvestrin. Cf. Rick Rubin:
We talked a lot about minimalism. My house is basically an empty white box. When [Kanye] walked in, he was like, “My house is an empty white box, too!”
Catherine Christer Hennix – The Electric Harpsichord [1976]. Dang. Great piece of music. (Some say it’s “possibly THE obscure masterpiece of the days of the early American minimalism.”) In a stroke of unintentional genius, I apparently had my playlist such that it segued right into Bach’s Fantasy in A minor, BWV922 on harpsichord. Boom. And apparently I already had a harpsichords tag?
Terry Riley and Big Boi. American heroes. (via)
seedy: Terry Riley – You’re No Good (1968)
c-d:
Here’s You’re No Good, a live performance using moog and tapes from 1968. He takes Harvey Averne’s r&b song of the same name and cuts it up, layering and multitracking parts above and below.
1968. Terry Riley, OG.
Tehillim by Steve Reich, performed last night by Asko|Schönberg and Synergy Vocals. Light design by Carel Kuitenbrouwer
via wmmf / vpro
Reich-reblog rule still in effect. I’m amazed at the quality of this recording.
(Source: https://player.vimeo.com/)
Score for Clapping Music by Steve Reich. Video of Reich playing it with Russell Hartenberger, I think. See also the Rise and Fall of Steve Reich.
Mark Larson 