Check out these cool videos that Philip Glass made for Sesame Street back in the “Golden Age of Sesame Street.” I have been listening to a lot of Glass recently and it is really fun. If you listen to this stuff while you walk around the city you feel like you are on an epic quest to stop the kingdom of Mordor. Love it.
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Philip Glass on Sesame Street
December 7th, 2007 — Art, Music
Bench with seat made from pencils
December 1st, 2007 — Art, Technology
This is a cool design idea for a bench made out of pencils that harks back to the whole bed of nails thing. I think it is pretty awesome. The question is , “Is ti comfortable?” Maybe the fact that I am asking these questions means that I don’t belong in design.
Bench with seat made from pencils
Northwestern School of Music to Hire New Director of Jazz Studies.
December 1st, 2007 — Art, Education, Music
This seems to have come out of left field. Victor Goines, the current head of Jazz at Juliard and member of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra is going to be the new head of Jazz at Northwestern University. I remember talking to a member of the jazz faculty this summer and he had basically been let go along with the rest of the jazz faculty. It seemed to be a dark time with jazz ending at Northwestern and the Showcase and Hothouse, two of Chicago’s best known jazz venues closed. Now Jazz is back at NU and the showcase is suppose to be reopening sometime soon in the Loop somewhere. It will be really interesting to see what happens with the new program. Goines is suppose to continue playing and touring with Lincoln Center so we will see what effect it has on the local scene and I have no guess as to what the faculty is going to look like now that he is running the show.
Press Release Nov 27 2007, General News, News, School of Music …
Cool calenders
November 23rd, 2007 — Art, Politics
Check out this really cool design for an entire years calender on one card. I have always been really intrigued by design and any art that truly follows function. There are a lot of other entries but this one is my favorite by far. And of a completely different type:
The Lovely Mistresses of George W. Bush, 2008 Pin-Up Calendar
This is a cool old-timey pinup calender that shows the largest special interest groups that have benefited from Bush’s policies in the form of good-looking woman. Oh so witty.