Now I really regret not paying more attention to Earational 2003, as The Hafler Trio performed opening day. In the same building and at the same festival that I had the privilege of doing the same a year and a half ago. It's great to see McKenzie in action again and his performance certainly looks entertaining and intriguing.
Today I received two new H3O recordings: one, cleave: 9 great openings on CD is part of a larger trilogy. The packaging is incredible (and much more white than those pictures would lead you to believe); two La chanson dada is a 10" translucent vinyl release with voice and strings, a recording of Tristan Tzara's words and George Auric's melody.
Kurt Vonnegut: "What has happened to us? We have suffered a technological calamity. Television is now our form of government."
Read more of it - lots of great Lincoln quotes which, like many Benjamin Franklin quotes, seem to be achingly poignant today when discussing the evils of many American military ventures.
Speaking of television becoming our form of government, I certainly hope that we do not become Scarborough Country. It seems that more and more often television is proving to me that our language needs a lot more colorful adjectives for me to yell. Furthermore, Scarborough's apparent victory is apparently not. Sweet.
