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Mary Ellen Bute’s Finnegans Wake

apc — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 02:05:02 +0000

Mary Ellen Bute made Passages from Finnegans Wake in the early 1960′s. We link to it below. Additional information and a larger format version is available from ubu web.

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Kayhan Kalhor and Brooklyn Rider

apc — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 02:03:02 +0000

Charlie Parker & Dizzie Gillespie

apc — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:57:37 +0000

Screwed Up People Make Great Art

apc — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 01:13:22 +0000

From Striking 12, GrooveLily’s musical take on New Year’s Eve and The Little Match Girl.

Laurie Anderson – Sharkey’s Day (1984)

apc — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 01:04:17 +0000

Merce Cunningham – Pound Way

apc — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 19:38:58 +0000

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John Cale – Paris 1919

apc — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 01:10:53 +0000

John Zorn – Speedfreaks

apc — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 13:10:18 +0000

Glass / Wilson – Einstein on the Beach

apc — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 01:36:59 +0000

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

Candy Says

apc — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 01:30:01 +0000

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.

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In Honor Of Bloomsday

apc — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 01:08:11 +0000

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.

John Ashbery

apc — Sat, 30 May 2009 13:36:16 +0000

Margaret Leng Tan

apc — Mon, 18 May 2009 01:03:22 +0000

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

John Cale – I’ve Got A Secret (Vexations)

apc — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 04:09:59 +0000

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

Calder Le Cirque

apc — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 00:22:44 +0000

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.