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News: Recording

One-Note Wonders

February 10, 2010

The best performances of Terry Riley's 1964 minimalist classic In C come off like great sex: variations are gradually introduced and then withdrawn from a rhythmic structureand when it's all over, you have a trancelike “what just happened?" kind of hum in your head. Created as a shot across the bow of midcentury atonal complexity, In ...

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News: Book / Magazine

The New Jazz Singers

February 10, 2010

Once upon a time, the emblematic jazz singer was an African-American woman, serenading a smoke-filled room. Think Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald. Today, a talented crop of cosmopolitan young singers are creating a new breed of jazz vocalist: the globalized chanteuse. They come from multicultural backgrounds, live all over the world, and are infusing the traditional ...

News: Technology

Google Doesn't Want to be an ISP It Wants to Be a Rabble-Rouser

February 10, 2010

Google rocked my world today when it unveiled its experimental fiber network, complete with speeds of 1 gigabit per second to the home. Already the Google-as-ISP meme has pervaded the technology world, but I dont think Google is in this to be a traditional ISP. Rather, it wants to build out a fiber-to-the-home network to show ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Lou Reed's "Machine" More Strings, Less Metal

February 10, 2010

A real-time, chamber-music performance of an inhumanly generated composition: that was Lou Reeds Metal Machine Music as played by the Fireworks Ensemble at Miller Theater on Friday night. Mr. Reed recorded his 1975 album Metal Machine Music (RCA) by leaning guitars against amplifiers, cranking them up until the feedback screamed, playing melodies amid the sonic melee ...

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News: Festival

Eric Clapton's Third Crossroads Guitar Festival Coming to Chicago

February 10, 2010

Eric Clapton is hosting his third Crossroads Guitar Festival on June 26 in Chicago. Inviting many of the same stellar guests who appeared at the first two events. This years lineup includes B.B. King, Jeff Beck, Buddy Guy, John Mayer, Vince Gill, Steve Winwood, Robert Cray and ZZ Top. The event, benefiting Claptons Crossroads Centre in ...

News: Technology

Google Plans to Offer Broadband Service

February 10, 2010

Google is getting into the broadband business, taking on the cable and telephone companies in an effort to make speedy Internet access available to more people. The Internet giant announced on its blog Wednesday that it planned to deploy a fiber-optic network to at least 50,000 homes and as many as 500,000. The network will deliver ...

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News: Technology

Google Looks to Get Faster

February 10, 2010

Google plans to build experimental, ultra-fast Internet networks in a handful of communities around the country. The search company said Wednesday that its fiber-optic broadband networks will deliver speeds of 1 gigabit per second to as many as 500,000 Americans. Google Inc. says those systems will be more than 100 times faster than the networks that ...

News: Technology

Hands on with Google Buzz - It's a Stream in Your Inbox

February 10, 2010

Tuesday saw the debut of Google Buzz, a new service for sharing status updates, links and media with your friends. Its currently being rolled out to the public slowly you can sign up at buzz.google.com but weve had access to Buzz since shortly after it launched, and Ive had a chance to play around with it. ...

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News: Music Industry

Universal Music Group Names Successor to CEO Doug Morris

February 10, 2010

The head of Universal Music Group's international operations has been named chief executive of the world's largest music company, succeeding Doug Morris. Lucian Grainge, Morris' hand-picked successor, will take over as CEO on Jan. 1, 2011, sharing responsibility with Morris until that time. The 71-year-old Morris, who has headed Universal Music since 1995, announced his plans ...

News: Interview

Improvising Duo Skinny Vinny Interviewed at AAJ

February 10, 2010

Andrew Eisenberg is the percussionist for the Boston, Mass. duo Skinny Vinny--and a conceptual mastermind. Equally adept with hammer, saw, trash can, pots and pans, or what have you, he can make you think, or muse, by knocking together a table, or banging a stick against a window. An early piece, a big white room with ...