Archive for June, 2010

Plucking Feathers From A Bald Frog (1991 Psychic Release Cerebrum and Press in Stockholm, A collection of Andrew M. McKenzie’s texts from 1978 to 1991, Limited edition of 500)
I have two copies of this extremely rare text from Andrew McKenzie/The Hafler Trio which I’m offering for sale. Please contact me if you are interested. [...]

I’ve just read the book Deep Listeners: Music, Emotion, and Trancing by Judith Becker. The book discusses the possible connection between religious experience in music and secular emotional experiences with music. Analyzing historical religious rituals involving music (Eastern and Western), and the trances involved in these rituals, comparing them to more common experiences [...]

This photo was taken by Allison Goin during my set this past week in Minneapolis. I had a really incredible time there. Dinner with Jesse, Allison, and Andrew started things off pleasantly, the audience was full and captive (even a drunk metal dude heckler!), and then up until the wee hours with Brian [...]

Location Perspectives is a video interview series featuring multi-instrumentalist and instrument builder Hal Rammel and percussionist Jon Mueller. Six similar questions were asked of each participant, and the resulting discussions took place at their respective homes.
Hal Rammel has been conceiving, building, and discovering things that make sound for most of his life. His [...]