Good short introduction to the opera, with highlights. From the DVD, Absolute Wilson. 

In 2007, Lou Reed performed his 1973 album Berlin at St. Ann’s in Brooklyn. One of the encores was this stunning rendition of the Velvet Underground’s Candy Says, featuring Antony.

Compare to the orignal:

Scenes from 1967 film adaption of Ulysses by James Joyce, directed by Joseph Strick. After viewing, buy the book  here and bendofbay will take anything we earn and use it in this program.

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Margaret Leng Tan plays In The Name Of The Holocaust by John Cage

John Cale was a guest on the game show, I’ve Got A Secret, in 1963. This predates the foundation of the The Velvet Underground by a couple of years. Cale’s secret was his participation in the first full length performance of Eric Satie’s Vexations on September 9, 1963. Appearing with Cale on the program was the only person who remained for the entire 18 hour, 40 minute show.

John Cage organized this concert and mentioned it in a number of interviews. Also appearing were David Tudor and others.

The clip includes Cale playing the three lines comprising the basis of Vexations

Carlos Vilardebo’s  1961 film of Calder’s circus, featuring the master of wire sculpture and inventor of the mobile’s fully functional circus, is streamed in full below. More information on Calder.

James Joyce reads the Anna Livia Plurabelle episode of Finnegans Wake. A sound file is also available from UbuWeb. More Finnegans Wake on bend of bay, including recommendations for readers new to Joyce and the Wake, can be found here.

Alarm Will Sound plays Michael Gordon’s Yo! Shakespeare

Featuring:

Joey Baron – drums,
Dave Douglas – trumpet,
Greg Cohen – bass, and
John Zorn – alto saxophone,
performing live at Warsaw Summer Jazz Days 1999