HEAR LOS ANGELES

Listen to http://youarelisteningtolosangeles.com/.

HARRY SMITH

Tons of old-timey music catalogued by Harry Smith on the blog Old, Weird America.

WHISPERING IN THE LEAVES

Chris Watson is a field recording sound artist. His new work Whispering in the Leaves is a sound installation now on view (on listen?) at the Kew Gardens, London.

BEETLE QUEEN CONQUERS NY

Starts next week at Film Forum in NY. Can't wait.

BEETLE QUEEN CONQUERS TOKYO

A TALKING GORILLA

ENO

Untitled from Fjb on Vimeo.

A CRIMSON GRAIL

A Crimson Grail is 3 recordings by Rhys Chatham of a 400 guitar ensemble outside and inside France's largest church, the Sacré-Cœur, in Paris. The entire live performance lasted 12 hours, so this recording is only a small piece. But the sound of these live documents is absolutely monumental. Maximum volume yields maximum results.

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AKI KAURISMAKI

Probably my favorite movie director right now, the Finnish Aki Kaurismaki. Like some crytic combo of Jim Jarmusch and Werner Herzog. His films "Man Without a Past" and "Ariel" are highly recommended.

HARINEZUMI GOATS

Goats from Nic Nichols on Vimeo.

Filmed with the Digital Harinezumi from Superheadz Japan. I just got one of these cameras, so I'll post some videos of my own soon.

THE UNIVERSE AND EVERYTHING

Galactic Center of Milky Way Rises over Texas Star Party from William Castleman on Vimeo.

TREE PORTRAITS

By Emma Livingston.

OUR LAST CAMPING TRIP

MY TRANSPARENT HEAD

NEW ANIMALS INTERNET ART PROJECTS

Today begins a new internet art project entitled "My Pet."
Please enjoy.

DINNER - I HAZ IT

FIELD RECORDINGS

Chris Watson - Vatnajökull



Forget (for a moment) the concept of the album as a collection of preconceived songs. Consider music composed by nature. Consider sound captured by patience and chance. Consider field recording auteur Chris Watson. The above 18 minute mp3 was recorded at Vatnajökull, the largest glacier in Iceland. You can hear the titanic shifts of the ice. The birds over head. The water seeping out from the melting, ancient glacier. Like watching a fantastic nature documentary in your head. Break out the big headphones for this.

PS - This track and the two others that compose the album Weather Report (all tracks about 18 minutes long) are available on amazon for 89 cents each. Very much worth purchasing.

ANIMAL TALES

Once upon a time... from Capucha on Vimeo.

NO VACANCIES

Just saw the Doug Aitken MIGRATION video installation at 303 Gallery in Chelsea. A beautifully shot and edited film on 3 large screens. All screens showing the same film - quiet shots of the nameless, uninhabited American west interspersed with various animals inhabiting cheap motel rooms. An owl remains stoic as a snowstorm of white pillow feathers fall around the room. A moose patiently investigates the corners of the motel bathroom and cautiously paces upon the carpet. A bison completely fills its small room so that when it turns, the phone is knocked off the table, chairs are overturned, a bedside lamp is shattered. By placing these animals in these sterile human confines, Aitken reminds us of their scale, their alien detachment from manmade concerns and possessions, and of our own self-inflicted removal from the natural and from the real.

VISIT 303 Gallery - show ends November 1st
547 W 21 Street NY NY

LAVA DEITY

Pele, the Hawaiian volcano goddess, can take many forms.

VIEW list of live volcanoes
WATCH Webcams on active volcanoes