Back in 1977, some of the members of the Oberlin Dance Collective, plus a few others, put on a show of work that didn’t quite fit into ODC. I contributed a program, an 8mm film collage, and artwork and deviled eggs for the lobby.
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Mostly Dance
August 7th, 2011 · 1 Comment
Murdock and the Regard of Flight
August 5th, 2011 · 2 Comments
Those of you who enjoyed Bill Irwin’s show The Regard of Flight may be interested in this antique document. This was the first stirring of it, back in 1977 in San Francisco. At this point, it was only Bill and me, but Michael had a piece on the other half of the program. As usual, […]
Music For Piano-Zither
July 30th, 2011 · 1 Comment
These are four brief pieces written for the piano-zither, a 3/15 diatonic chord zither with a simple keyboard mechanism — a sort of miniature table-top piano. They can also be played on other keyboard instruments, of course. Here’s a sample of the first piece.
Murdoch
July 15th, 2011 · Comments Off on Murdoch
In the early ’80s, Bill Irwin, Michael O’Connor and I sometimes worked together under the name “Murdoch.” I don’t remember where the name came from; I think Bill may have dreamed it. In 1981, Bill and I played a run at the Mickery theater in Amsterdam under that name. The photos were by Bob van […]
The Mothman Special
July 11th, 2011 · Comments Off on The Mothman Special
The movie based on John A. Keel’s book The Mothman Prophecies was released in 2002; the Fortean Times marked the occasion with a special issue. I contributed a biography and bibliography of Keel, and an interview conducted with the assistance of George Kuchar and Dr. Mamie Caton.
The Musical Underbelly
July 8th, 2011 · Comments Off on The Musical Underbelly
In 2007, I was an artist in residence at NYC’s venerable downtown theater Dixon Place. I put together a program of musical curiosities, based on similar shows I’d done for the INFO FortFest and the Fortean Times UnConvention. The program included music by Rameau’s Nephew, Lewis Carroll, and the Count of Saint-Germain; an odd tune […]
The Muscatel Suite
July 6th, 2011 · Comments Off on The Muscatel Suite
“The Muscatel Suite,” three movements of it, often showed up in my shows in the ’80s. Here’s the beginning.
Mozart at the Cannery Works
June 23rd, 2011 · Comments Off on Mozart at the Cannery Works
This realization of Mozart’s “Musical Game in C” (K.516f) was written for an evening organized by the Cannery Works on Mozart’s birthday, January 27, 2005. Mozart’s piece gave the materials to construct minuets on the names of his friends; I applied it to “Cannery Works,” and harmonized the result.