Giorgio Sollazzi is a friend and a fine composer out of San Demetrio ne’ Vestini, Italy who works primarily with contemporary classical, avant-garde music.
Month: February 2017
[Music] Wardruna – Sowelu
The death of a good friend in Wales keft me feeling stunned at the brevity of life. A bit of somber music is in order, and today’s slice is provided by the Norwegian neofolk band Wardruna.
[Music] Svend Asmussen – Dark Eyes String Swing
“The fiddling Viking,” Svend Asmussen, passed away yesterday at age 100. He’s shown here playing the Russian standard, “Dark Eyes.”
[Music/Literature] William S. Burroughs – Ah Pook the Destroyer
https://www.youtube.com/shared?ci=f_OJH5_f13A
Everyone’s favorite junkie uncle, William S. Burroughs, being his old cranky self. Splat, indeed.
[Music] Jurica Jelić – Patterns Within Chaos
Jurica Jelić has been featured before in this blog, and it’s a pleasure to announce that he has a new album filled with microtonal guitar compositions. Excellent headphone listening to drift off to.
[Music] Swans – God Loves America
Never doubt The Swans, even if we’re enduring a tough love.
[Music] 36 – Hollow
36 (pronounced three-six) are an ambient drone band based out of the United Kingdom. Heavy duty music for headphones, not quite Eno-esque, but it resides more along the post-rock side of the spectrum.
[Literature] Borges and $: The Parable of the Literary Master and the Coin
Elizabeth Hyde Stevens of Long Reads writes a rather interesting essay on Argentina’s greatest gift to literature (and my personal favorite author), Jorge Luis Borges, and his relationship with money.
[Music] Girl Band – De Bom Bom
Here’s another track from what, to these ears, is the best band in Ireland today. Girl Band sound something like a violent crashing of The Birthday Party, early Nirvana, with touches of This Heat.
[Literature] Antonin Artaud – Reaktion Books 2016
Roxanne Panchasi of New Books Network has interviewed David A. Shafer regarding his biography of French dramatist, poet and actor Antonin Artaud.
The book is available here, via Amazon.com, and can read more about the book via Reaktion Books’ website.
A Miscellany Of Tasteful Music 