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Just a note: First new recording of 2007 that I've really, really liked: Matthieu Saladin's "Intervalles" on l'Innom...

When someone stops me on the street and says, "Olewnick, if you had to pick one piece that epitomizes the best in post-Coltrane avant ...

I just posted my relatively lengthy review of Michel Henritzi's "Keith Rowe Serves Imperialism" at Bags, here . We'll see ...

Virtuoso Organ: Xenakis, Babbitt, Wuorinen, Ferneyhough When Sunday, February 11, 2007 ...

I've long been of the opinion that there are six Art Ensemble releases that stand above the rest and that, conveniently enough, they fal...

The first Art Ensemble of Chicago record I picked up was "Bap-Tizum", probably around its release date which I think was Fall, 197...

So, as far as I can remember, the Velvet Underground was an unknown quantity in Poughkeepsie in the late 60s. They were very much a NYC band...

Readers who trawl the byways at I Hate Music will be, erm, heartened to know that I received the Michel Henritzi offering, "Keith Rowe ...

The fifth volume of Unseen Cinema is titled "Picturing a Metropolis" and, sure enough, deals with early evocations of a rapidly gr...

Boy, it sucks when you're talking about a recording less than 25 years old and the only available image I could find is this one. Great ...

Just a couple of notes. Went gallery-hopping in Chelsea yesterday with my friend Carol. Two shows stood out: One by Theresa Chong, a sample ...

So on the way home this evening, I pick up some reading material: Updike's "Rabbit Is Rich" (the series has me hooked), Rick M...

Admit it, you didn't recognize her. I'm sure I first saw the name Laurie Anderson while browsing through Art Forum (or Art News or A...

Going to MOMA the other day and, especially, noticing the crowd at the Brice Marden show, revived one of my perennial complaints/issues: To ...

Went with my niece Tiana to the Bodies exhibit at the South Street Seaport yesterday. Pretty interesting, especially the portions dealing wi...

I never saw DNA during their brief existence. I'm pretty sure my first exposure to them was on the Eno-produced album, "No New York...

We all have gaping holes in our music collections I'm sure but some are just ridiculous. My pre-20th century Western classical holdings ...

The Fourth volume of the Unseen Cinema set is devoted to "Inverted Narratives", essentially innovations in cinematic storytelling ...

Favorite Recordings of 2006 That season again. I set a personal record this year, I'm pretty sure, as I acquired 207 recordings in the c...

Been listening through my remaining Air vinyl. Actually, Air pretty much disbanded, I think, right around the time I began the switch to CDs...