Comments on: YouTube, A Playlist, Rosa sine spina http://nicomuhly.com/news/2007/youtube/ The official website of the New York-based composer Nico Muhly. Tue, 15 May 2012 21:03:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 By: Liner Notes Danny http://nicomuhly.com/news/2007/youtube/comment-page-1/#comment-104 Liner Notes Danny Fri, 27 Jul 2007 20:06:30 +0000 http://nicomuhly.com/news/2007/youtube/#comment-104 Err, the above link should be http://newsoftheweird.com/archive/nw070708.html not http://newsoftheweird.com/archive/nw070708.html]. Mikhail, don't forget Harry Partch! Gayer and more pacifistic than Cage, Partch put together a crazy little orchestra that includes a few instruments made out of US military equipment (see "The Spoils of War," http://www.corporeal.com/instbro/inst06.html ). Plus his music is GORGEOUS. Err, the above link should be
http://newsoftheweird.com/archive/nw070708.html
not
http://newsoftheweird.com/archive/nw070708.html.

Mikhail, don’t forget Harry Partch! Gayer and more pacifistic than Cage, Partch put together a crazy little orchestra that includes a few instruments made out of US military equipment (see “The Spoils of War,” http://www.corporeal.com/instbro/inst06.html ). Plus his music is GORGEOUS.

]]> By: Lee http://nicomuhly.com/news/2007/youtube/comment-page-1/#comment-101 Lee Fri, 27 Jul 2007 13:45:41 +0000 http://nicomuhly.com/news/2007/youtube/#comment-101 Nico, this is completely OT, but it's a question I've been thinking about a lot, and I can't find an email address for you. So here goes: are composers, at least those who manage to get their work performed publicly, 'edited' to the same degree as published writers, or even at all? And if not, why not? Nico, this is completely OT, but it’s a question I’ve been thinking about a lot, and I can’t find an email address for you. So here goes: are composers, at least those who manage to get their work performed publicly, ‘edited’ to the same degree as published writers, or even at all? And if not, why not?

]]> By: Mikhail http://nicomuhly.com/news/2007/youtube/comment-page-1/#comment-100 Mikhail Wed, 25 Jul 2007 23:00:51 +0000 http://nicomuhly.com/news/2007/youtube/#comment-100 Thanks for the info and comments posted your site - they are very interesting. The whole army vs homosexuality thing is really pusling to me. There seems to be something terribly insecure about the army's sense of masculinity if it feels it needs to be protected against love...for the same sex. They should go through some books of military history to find out that actually homosexuality in the army used to be encouraged to increase its unity, moral and brevity. As for the pacifist gay playlist I propose John Cage's painfully loud 'First Construction (In Metal)' played on instruments made from recycled metal from US Army's weapons and tanks. Anyone up for making this happen - I'm in. Mikhail Thanks for the info and comments posted your site – they are very interesting.

The whole army vs homosexuality thing is really pusling to me. There seems to be something terribly insecure about the army’s sense of masculinity if it feels it needs to be protected against love…for the same sex. They should go through some books of military history to find out that actually homosexuality in the army used to be encouraged to increase its unity, moral and brevity.

As for the pacifist gay playlist I propose John Cage’s painfully loud ‘First Construction (In Metal)’ played on instruments made from recycled metal from US Army’s weapons and tanks. Anyone up for making this happen – I’m in.

Mikhail

]]> By: Liner Notes Danny http://nicomuhly.com/news/2007/youtube/comment-page-1/#comment-99 Liner Notes Danny Wed, 25 Jul 2007 13:00:38 +0000 http://nicomuhly.com/news/2007/youtube/#comment-99 A delicious News of the Weird column pointed out [ahoy: http://newsoftheweird.com/archive/nw070708.html] that these are not native Arabic speakers being expelled from the military; they have been trained intensively in Arabic by the U.S. government at taxpayers' expense. Also, "the U.S.-funded Al Hurra Middle East television service admitted that it had recently, inadvertently, broadcast several pro-terrorist programs (including an hour-long tirade encouraging violence against Jews), attributing the error to the fact that no senior Al Hurra news manager speaks Arabic." AMAZING. I'm currently toying with the idea of joining the Army, getting paid to learn another language, and then when the actual work starts, calling in gay. A delicious News of the Weird column pointed out [ahoy: http://newsoftheweird.com/archive/nw070708.html that these are not native Arabic speakers being expelled from the military; they have been trained intensively in Arabic by the U.S. government at taxpayers’ expense. Also, “the U.S.-funded Al Hurra Middle East television service admitted that it had recently, inadvertently, broadcast several pro-terrorist programs (including an hour-long tirade encouraging violence against Jews), attributing the error to the fact that no senior Al Hurra news manager speaks Arabic.”

AMAZING. I’m currently toying with the idea of joining the Army, getting paid to learn another language, and then when the actual work starts, calling in gay.

]]> By: Árni Heimir http://nicomuhly.com/news/2007/youtube/comment-page-1/#comment-98 Árni Heimir Tue, 24 Jul 2007 21:57:57 +0000 http://nicomuhly.com/news/2007/youtube/#comment-98 The Sixteen! You forgot to mention The Sixteen! Their recording is absolute perfection. Plus it has a kick-ass Ceremony of Carols, and A New Year Carol, which I love. <em>[Nico responds: Takk fyrir, Árni Heimir. Hún er flott upptaka. <a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=65742572&s=143441" rel="nofollow">æTúnes</a>.</em> [Nico opines: Evidently, my grammar is all wrong. Árni helpfully writes, "I know, it doesn´t make any sense because "upptaka" is feminine. But yes, we would say "Það er mjög góð upptaka". Sorry." Iceland-people are always apologizing for the fact that their language is completely impossible. They do this thing where if you try to say something up in it, they say the word "ha" right in your face, which as it turns out is not rude; it's just them completely baffled by the sounds that have just come out of your mouth. Compare to 어 in Korean.] The Sixteen! You forgot to mention The Sixteen! Their recording is absolute perfection. Plus it has a kick-ass Ceremony of Carols, and A New Year Carol, which I love.

[Nico responds: Takk fyrir, Árni Heimir. Hún er flott upptaka. æTúnes.

[Nico opines: Evidently, my grammar is all wrong. Árni helpfully writes, "I know, it doesn´t make any sense because "upptaka" is feminine. But yes, we would say "Það er mjög góð upptaka". Sorry." Iceland-people are always apologizing for the fact that their language is completely impossible. They do this thing where if you try to say something up in it, they say the word "ha" right in your face, which as it turns out is not rude; it's just them completely baffled by the sounds that have just come out of your mouth. Compare to 어 in Korean.]

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