Steve Smith
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A weekly tally of memorable things Steve Smith has stuck in his ears. MFCS K | Tim Feeney – Burrow by Marginal Frequency Tim Feeney – Burrow (Marginal Frequency; 2018) Autobiography (Music from Wayne McGregor's Autobiography) by Jlin Jlin – Autobiography (Planet Mu; due Sept. 28, 2018) R.E.M. – Monster (Warner Bros.; 1994) Gabriel Kahane…
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A weekly tally of memorable things Steve Smith has stuck in his ears. July 2-8, 2018 Electrocardiographs of a Cathode Ray Tube by Stephen Cornford Stephen Cornford – Electrocardiographs of a Cathode Ray Tube (A Wave Press; 2018) Glorias Navales Presenta El Blues de Istvan by Glorias Navales Glorias Navales – Glorias Navales Presenta El…
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My contributions to the Goings On About Town section in the July 23 issue of The New Yorker, covering the dates July 18-24. [link] [link] [link] [link]
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A thread from Twitter, begun as a simple response to someone else's tweet on Thursday… Jobs I did before full-time professional* journalism: BabysitterFloor cleaning/maintenanceBusboyDishwasherKitchen prepRecord store clerkRadio program hostPublicist (* but also wrote for my college paper and freelanced for alt-weeklies mag long before that…) https://t.co/WrBpsT9mXm — Steve Smith (@nightafternight) July 12, 2018 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js After…
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My contributions to the Goings On About Town section in the July 9/July 16 double issue of The New Yorker, covering the dates July 4-17. [link] [link] [link] [link]
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A weekly tally of memorable things Steve Smith has stuck in his ears. King Crimson – The Elements 2018 Tour Box (DGM; 2018) sleep like it's winter by Jim O'Rourke Jim O'Rourke – sleep like it's winter (Newhere; 2018) Opalescence by Norbert Rodenkirchen / Robbie Lee / James Ilgenfritz Norbert Rodenkirchen/Robbie Lee/James Ilgenfritz – Opalescence…
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My contributions to the Goings On About Town section in the July 2 issue of The New Yorker, covering the dates June 27 through July 3. [link] [link] [link] [link]
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A weekly tally of memorable things Steve Smith has stuck in his ears. Gavin Bryars – The Fifth Century; Two Love Songs – The Crossing/Donald Nally, Prism Quartet (ECM; 2017) Blurred Music by Biliana Voutchkova / Michael Thieke Biliana Voutchkova/Michael Thieke – Blurred Music (elsewhere; due July 5, 2018) Musique pour le lever du jour…
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A weekly tally of memorable things Steve Smith has stuck in his ears. AMM – The Crypt – 12th June 1968 (Matchless; 2008; digital via Otoroku) AMM – An Unintended Legacy (Matchless; 2018) Sleep Concert at Gray Area, 24 Feb 2018 by Robert Rich Robert Rich – Sleep Concert at Gray Area, 24 Feb 2018…
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The Girl's continuing journey through music, with The Dad taking notes. Let’s Eat GrandmaI, Gemini(Transgressive; 2016) [before I’ve said a word] “I really like this part of the music, Daddy. I really like the voices. What is this called?” [“You aren’t going to believe it, but this is a group of two young women who…
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My contributions to the Goings On About Town section in the June 25 issue of The New Yorker, covering the dates June 20 through 26. Click on the image to go to the related page on the New Yorker website.
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I believe that our culture (and by “our culture” I’m talking about North America, and perhaps also Europe, to some extent) has undergone a fundamental shift. Expertise is no longer much valued in the cultural sphere; rather, it seems that the currently prevailing belief is that any one person’s opinion is as good as any…
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A weekly tally of memorable things Steve Smith has stuck in his ears. The Tape Music of Noah Creshevsky, 1971-92 by Noah Creshevsky ノア・クレシェフスキー Noah Creshevsky – The Tape Music of Noah Creshevsky 1971-92 (EM Records; 2004) Hyperrealist Music, ハイパーリアリスト・ミュージック, 2011-2015 by Noah Creshevsky ノア・クレシェフスキー Noah Creshevsky – Hyperrealist Music 2011-2015 (EM Records; 2015) Reanimator…
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Why am I sharing screenshots of concert listings from The New Yorker? Because they are mine. I wrote them. And now, I can say so, because as of the June 18 issue, The New Yorker is publishing bylines with its listings in the Goings On About Town section – to which I have been an…
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A weekly tally of memorable things Steve Smith has stuck in his ears. William Schuman – Symphony No. 9 ("The Ardeatine Caves") – Philadelphia Orchestra/Eugene Ormandy (RCA Red Seal; 1971) Lili Boulanger – D'un soir triste – BBC Philharmonic/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos; 1999) erased de kooning by vanessa rossetto Vanessa Rossetto – erased de kooning…
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A weekly tally of memorable things Steve Smith has stuck in his ears. Jakob Ullmann – Müntzers stern/solo II – Dafne Vicente-Sandoval (Edition RZ; 2018; listen to excerpts here) Imbrication by Jeph Jerman Jeph Jerman – Imbrication (Unfathomless; 2018) Sound Diary of Quiet Pedestrians by Mathieu Ruhlmann & Joda Clément Mathieu Ruhlberg & Joda Clément…
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THREE MINUTES until @DetroitSymphony live webcast of two new pieces, Roshanne Etezady's 'Diamond Rain' and @chriscerrone Violin Concerto (with the fabulous @JenniferKoh1), plus Tchaikovsky's 'Pathétique,' all conducted by @PeterOundjian here: https://t.co/78LDdjtX9F #DSOLive pic.twitter.com/GH8g0Yb7yf — Steve Smith (@nightafternight) May 26, 2018 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js That was a very fine spoken introduction @PeterOundjian just offered… informative, optimistic, funny when…
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