This part is interesting
But he notes, as many have, that rhythmic complexity standards have risen miraculously among the younger generation
I like parts of it a lot (especially when the lower thrumming starts about a third of the way in), but I find it quite distracting when it comes back to recognizable Monk tunes.
You have to fight. She already pwned you once today.
He is doing the dishes and bringing me a glass of wine. No fight needed.
We have seen Hokey Pokey and he is us.
5,6: Nah, first night at Pwned Club you gotta fight.
I wasn't doing dishes. I was filling the tub with packing peanuts.
If you put the packing peanuts in the tub, how do you keep the dishes from breaking when the spin cycle starts?
12: Win. And speaking of win and to make up for unfunny ST-directed "humor" by me on this thread, a belated shout out for "Well, it was the style at the time." from the onion up a horse's ass thread. I did not remark on it at the time as I assumed everyone would get it and it is a bit of an overused reference, but in retrospect I suspect not that many got it and your use of it was much better than most. There was some other unremarked-upon little gem of yours I noted recently but I can't recall it well enough to unfunnily rehash it.
7: That one was pretty damn surreal until the context became clear.
I assumed everyone would get it and it is a bit of an overused reference, but in retrospect I suspect not that many got it and your use of it was much better than most.
I think your retrospection needs glasses.
Why do all the Gawker sites totally suck now? Maybe they're trying to reduce the amount of traffic they get?
16: Is that a reference to the NYS Congressman thing? I tried to follow a news report on it while getting a haircut this evening. My favorite moment was something like:
Wolf Blitzer: "And have we confirmed that the photo of the Congressman is authentic? That it's not Photoshopped?"
Reporter: "No."
[continue to show photo every 30 seconds for next twenty minutes]
No, I'm referring to how they've taken their whole network of websites and made them un-navigable and useless.
I don't get the Congressman thing, either. A married politician cheating on his wife? This has never happened before? This requires a resignation?
Some liveblogging, heebie. It's like you can't even comment on unfogged with your alleged "baby". No match for my iPhone, boy.
It's over. I don't even have a hand held live blogging device.
A married politician cheating on his wife? This has never happened before? This requires a resignation?
I was uncharitably assuming it made the Boehner cry.
Oh look, my comment is nonsensical because I misread your joke.
22: that's what a baby'll getcha.
This baby'll be a goldmine in the talkies, I tell you what.
I did enjoy it. Praise you, young Ben. But I agree with Blume that the more recognizably Monkish it is, it makes it hard to concentrate on the polyrhythmy. Kronos' Monk suite comes to mind.
I predict that Ben and perhaps others will enjoy this piece (for those not inclined to listen, it's a piece for string quartet with a slowly disintegrating theme from Schumann, and it ends with the metaphorical death of the cellist).
it ends with the metaphorical death of the cellist
What, the performers read Barthes and thought "You know, he's just not specific enough"?
No match for my iPhone, boy.
Despite escaping the usual hype from MacRumors, the forthcoming Wi-Fi-enabled iPoo will solve this problem.
25: and it starts with the quartet yelling something in unison. Who does this guy think he is, George Crumb?
26: More literally, it's a hunt in which the cellist becomes the prey. Widmann may have been playing with the idea of assaulting an underlying harmonic organization as represented by the bass line, or maybe he was just fucking around.
Because the piece is the Jagdquartett.
My dear Ben, let's have no more of this; you'll make nothing of it. I'd rather have you whistle a Scottish tune.
I quite like the piece, but I do agree that it gets a little 'blurred'. I think I tend to prefer earlier stuff that does similar things with rhythm -- some of Reich's stuff, for example.
More literally, it's a hunt in which the cellist becomes the prey.
Terrible elevator pitches, number 3 in a series: "Predator: The Opera".
nosflow: I ran the idea of Totatlism by the bassoon-playing barista today, she being a recent graduate of another music program in the neighborhood of the linked-to post's author. She said she was familiar with the idea of "total" but in relation to monkeying around with pitch—tuning different sections to A-440 vs. A-443, or something similar thereto. We then had a pleasant chat about hemiola, but I forgot to give her your number. MY BAD.