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.
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.
