Its a Zen thing really, Living in the now. So simple. So transparently obvious because really we can do nothing else..... "......So since I'm still here livin', I guess I will live on. I could've died for love-- But for livin' I was born" .......... Now.......is essentially all that exists for us.....Whether its this now or another now.. ....... "In a night, or in a day, In a vision, or...
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While I don't really know Laurie Anderson personally, I feel I have a tenuous connection with her. We both love Lou Reed and share a birthday.June 5, 1969 is the day I started dying.Gotta say, so far it's been a good run but I have some complaints. My knees, they haven't worked right since the Navy. My eyesight, it's getting to near legendary badness and being born colorblind (thanks Pappy) doe...
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We’ve just seen a phenomenal, historic Super Bowl – one for the ages. (How ‘bout them Giants?!?) And, two days later, while the cities of New Orleans, Rio, Venice, and their ilk are reaching the heights of the fevered rites of Carnival, the rest of the U.S. is focused on Super Tuesday – featuring the most significant number of primaries prior to the presidential election in November. Altho
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Today (June 5, 1969) is my 38th birthday. My first with MOG. I must say it has been good a good birthday so far, but the day is young. My kids got me a membership the "Lehigh Valley Amateur Astronomical Society":http://www.lvaas.net/. I know, I know the first thought you had after seeing that is "GEEEEK". Well you are right, but the coolest thing about membership is access to some super cool te...
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This is a great classic track by Laurie Anderson off her Big Science album. Dig it.
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People tend to think that alternative rock's commercial breakthrough came in the early 90's, when Nirvana's ??Nevermind?? became a surprise smash, but no one seems to recall the early 80's, more especially '82-'83, when The Plasmatics and The Clash were suddenly filling stadiums, XTC actually got into heavy (if brief) MTV rotation with "Sense Working Overtime," frat boys across the country were...
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Laurie Anderson has a new, better website ...and with this comes three announcements, with decreasing specificity:- Big Science (my favorite album ever, and the subject of my very first MOG post) to be issued in a remastered and expanded edition in June, including "rarities, remixes and never before heard tracks."- A new album called Homeland to be released in early '08, accompanied by a tour (...
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i scored this at the recycling center this week for 69 cents. hu huh.this is a great record!my personal recommendation for this album is to listen to Walking the dog on the 33 1/3 speed setting. very cool. with subwoofer my turntable is shaking my hood.
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I took the day off yesterday and we went to the "Hawk Mountain Sanctuary":http://www.hawkmountain.org/ , which is about an hour north of Philadelphia. What a cool place! After a stroll up the side of the mountain we sat and enjoyed the view: In the brief time sitting on the cold rocks (note to self: bring coffee and a blanket next time!), we saw three red-tailed hawks. And then we journeyed ...
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I compose my first MOG post in tribute to my favorite album by my favorite aritst: Big Science by Laurie Anderson. In 1982, she made a record that-- in 1990, or so-- would send my childhood world of music, media and thought crashing into the future. Though artists have taken influence from it (Spiritualized particularly come to mind; they didn't just cover "Born, Never Asked," either-- try the ...
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1. Rien Dans Les Poches (Nothing In My Pockets): an audio diary by Laurie Anderson for Radio France. More >
I've always been a fan of e.e. cummings, because his poetry is so song-like; you can hear the music in this quote from his poem "somewhere i have never traveled":(i do not know what it is about you that closesand opens; only something in me understandsthe voice of your eyes is deeper than all roses)nobody, not even the rain, has such small hands Generally, I'm not a big fan of spoken-word, or p...
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WikiEDITHaha, "This Video Is No Longer Available."Uncle Bill says that IS the video, then. Where's my mugwump? Is control controlled by its need to control?
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Laurie Anderson's "Mister Heartbreak". This was one of those records that led me to other things I loved, namely the author/poet William S. Burroughs. Burroughs "performs" on the album closer, "Sharkey's Night". Also appearing on the album are Peter Gabriel and David Van Tiegham. After years listening to Yes and other progressive bands, Laurie Anderson entirely changed my perception of what "art r
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No one knew quite what to make of Laurie Anderson's ethereal thingamabob, Big Science, back in the early 1980s, but they liked what they heard, and this weirdly atmospheric track became a most unexpected hit.
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