Archive for May, 2006

Moondog, A Tribute to an Obscure Musical Genius

Wednesday, May 24th, 2006

Moondog © Norbert Nowotsch
In honor of his would be 90th birthday WFMU’s Irwin Chusid and guest Robert Scotto are hosting a show dedicated to the late Moondog (1916-1999) today from 1-2pm. For those who were old enough to remember he was a blind composer of modern minimalist music. Besides his music, he was also know [...]

Ping-Pong, A Virtual Spin

Monday, May 22nd, 2006

Just yesterday a friend of mine unhide his ping-pong table so we could play a couple of games. How he hid it in the first place is a mystery. With the weather being so unpredictable it was a good call to play indoors. He won most games, but I’ve got to admit I hardly broke [...]

Inside the Art Edu-Clutter

Tuesday, May 16th, 2006

Film still from Terry Zwigoff’s Art School Confidential, 2006 35mm.
The timing for Manifesta 6’s Biennial as School in Cypress couldn’t be better with Terry Zwigoff’s (Crumb, Ghost World) new film Art School Confidential in theaters now. Art Schools take note, skip the self-portrait task on the admission test, all applicants should be shown this [...]

Edu-Clutter by Manifesta 6

Tuesday, May 16th, 2006

Symposium at The Cooper Union on Manifesta 6 School in Nicosia, Cyprus.