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JAN 18 - JAN 24

Still reeling from Golden Globe glitz, we're confronted this Thursday with the most lavish presidential inauguration ever. In honor of all this pomp and circumstance, we're taking a preemptive stab at prime time with our very own state of the union address. In the face of crisis around the world, we vow to hold steady in our support of our fellow homosapiens. We will reach across the aisle and unite parties, from Oxycottontail to Other Music. We will give voice to the needs of diverse, under-represented minorities like avant-noise innovators, outsider artists, mouse-obsessed filmmakers, and jazz harpists. May blue skies bless you. Let's spread it...
 
 
 
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art:Autism / Aspergers / Art; Tran Trong Vu
conference:And So Forth: A Post-Inaugural Assembly
dj:Oxycottontail.com Launch Party feat. Diplo
film:An Evening with Kenneth Anger
fundraiser:Artists for Tsunami Relief
multimedia:Cory Arcangel (Beige); Interstellar Lower East Side Ramble; John King: La Belle Captive; ¡Remove Ya!
music:Cylob w/ Jimmy Edgar and Drop the Lime; Del tha Funkee Homosapien; Detroit Cobras; Edmar Castaneda and Ari Hoenig; Isolée; Jean Grae w/ Diverse; Louie Vega and his Elements of Life Band; R.A. the Rugged Man w/ Vordul Mega; Sea Ray w/ the Mobius Band and Say Hi to Your Mom; The Hold Steady; Uri Caine
photography:Malick Sidibé and Emile Guebehi
theatre:Dirty Works

 



  
MUSIC: Hip-Hop
R.A. the Rugged Man w/ Vordul Mega


when: Tue 1.18 (8pm)
where: Knitting Factory (74 Leonard St, 212.219.3132)
price: $10
links: Event Info | R.A. the Rugged Man
 
R.A. the Rugged Man's story in the hip-hop game was full of potential (major label signings and ties to hip-hopistocracy like Biggie) and rife with disappointments (poor business dealings and general misbehavior). After rocking mics and shining on guest spots for almost 15 years, he finally gets his record. And it's worth the wait — the nasty confessionals, don'tgivaf*ck rants, and grimy rap history on Die Rugged Man, Die are as good as they get. Opener Vordul's solo work is just what you'd expect from the less boisterous half of Cannibal Ox: gritty street realism delivered in a tight, understated flow with dark 'n chilly beats. (JL)


 What antisocial behavior at a CMJ show didn't help the Rugged Man's label woes? The fifth and sixth correct responses each win a pair of tickets to this show.



  
MUSIC: House
Isolée


when: Tue 1.18 (9pm)
where: APT (419 W 13th St, 212.414.4245)
price: $8 / $6 advance
links: Isolée | APT
 
German DJ/producer Isolée, né Rajko Muller, combines experimental glitchy sounds with warm, funky house and comes up with heady, danceable confections. Having made waves in '99 with his soundscapey, tech-house Beau Mot Plage, he's since released a handful of 12-inches and full-length albums on Playhouse Records — home to Ricardo Villalobos as well as John Tejada's partnership with Arian Leviste. Isolée's take on and Recloose's "Cardiology" racked up accolades all last year, and with recent remix duties including Masters at Work, Spectral Recordings' Osborne, and smooth, soulful duo Blaze, you know this guy gets around. Check his live laptop set at APT for edge-of-the-envelope house music. (BB)

Note: Casio, Philip Alexander, and Kevin McHugh spin opening sets for this Other Music monthly. Open vodka bar from 9-10pm.


 Which Free the Funk compilation did Isolée appear on, along with Maurice Fulton, Beanfield, and others? The third correct answer wins a pair of tickets to this show.





  
MUSIC: Bar Rock
The Hold Steady


when: Wed 1.19 (7:30pm)
where: Mercury Lounge (217 E Houston St, 212.260.4700)
price: $10
links: Event Info | The Hold Steady
 
Named the best album you didn't hear in 2004 by both Spin and Rolling Stone, the Hold Steady's debut, Almost Killed Me, is classic rock for hip-hop fans, a collection of guitar songs tethered to stream-of-unconsciousness lyrics reminiscent of early Springsteen delivered in a gruff, back-of-the-throat bark. In other words, it's banana pudding-good. Hold Steady frontman Craig Finn, formerly of Minneapolis greats Lifter Puller, favors geographic and corporate namechecks over love-struck sighs, giving his songs an around-the-suburbs-in-80-days vibe. The band takes a break from recording its new album to rock the Mercury Lounge tonight with White Hassle, P.O.S., and the Heartless Bastards. (YS)


 Which song off Springsteen's first album was made a hit by which group four years after its initial release? The tenth correct answer wins a pair of tickets to this show.



  
MUSIC: Hip-Hop
Del tha Funkee Homosapien


when: Wed 1.19 (8pm)
where: B.B. King Blues Club & Grill (237 W 42nd St, 212.997.4144)
price: $15
links: Event Info | Del tha Funkee Homosapien
 
With beats beamed down from the Parliament mothership, Del tha Funkee Homosapien's discography is the soundtrack to an intergalactic sock hop. In a genre where even partying can be political, Del's fly-by-night, sly-by-day rhymes pack partisan punch, even if the closest we get to proselytizing involves the "Style Police" and how to make a dollar out of 20 cents. His 1991 debut, I Wish My Brother George Was Here, was produced by cousin Ice Cube, yet the Oakland native's playful jabs sound G-rated compared to Cube's acerbic assaults. That might explain his longevity; an ire-fueled fire can quickly extinguish, but a good party can go on and on and on. (YS)


 What transatlantic misadventure left Del in legal trouble (Hint: he recounts this in a song from No Need For Alarm)? The tenth and 11th correct answers each win a pair of tickets to this show.



  
MUSIC: Global House
Louie Vega and his Elements of Life Band


when: Wed 1.19 (8pm-midnight)
where: Marquee (289 10th Ave, 646.473.0202)
price: $20
links: Event Info
 
Widely known as one half of house duo Masters at Work, Louie Vega broke new ground with the 2004 release of his Elements of Life album, which showcased an intensely engaging brand of globally-charged house music with polylingual vocals and rhythms that check African jazz, salsa, soca, and samba. Tonight, Vega appears with his lively band to celebrate the release of his new EoL remix album, Extensions, which includes all-new tracks with contributions from rising soul singer Raul Mídon, the duo Blaze (Kevin Hedge and Josh Milan), and Anane — all of whom appear in person. Another collaborator, Joaquin "Joe" Clausell, drops soulful house and classics early to get the crowd live. (JKG)

Note: Clausell starts spinning at 8pm, and the band goes on at 10pm.




  
DJ
Oxycottontail.com Launch Party feat. Diplo, 33Hz, and Trick & the Heartstrings


when: Wed 1.19 (11pm)
where: Joe's Pub (425 Lafayette St, 212.539.8778)
price: $12 / $8 w/ RSVP / $5 for ladies before midnight
links: Event Info | Oxycottontail.com | Diplo | Trick & the Heartstrings | 33Hz
 
Recently featured in i-D magazine's "hot 250," bunny-about-town and Philly music ambassadress Roxy Summers hosts regular and one-off events at lounges such as Sway and Eleven, where the fashionistas and downtowners get busy to the bass lines. To hype her web site — headquarters for all things hot and fluffy — she's selected swankier digs for this showcase featuring soul-pop rockers Trick & the Heartstrings and groovers 33Hz (named for the pleasure-inducing frequency). But things'll really heat up when turntablist Diplo (half of the Hollertronix duo) lays it on us with his special moonshine mix of psychedelic Southern bounce. (CN)

Note: Free Red Stripe from 11pm-midnight.


 Of Diplo's many mixes, which focuses primarily on vintage funk, soul, and rock? The first two correct answers each win a pair of tickets to this show.





  
FUNDRAISER
Artists for Tsunami Relief


when: Thur 1.20 (7-11pm)
where: Marquee (289 10th Ave, 646.473.0202)
price: $30 donation
links: Event Info
 
Since the tsunami devastated villages and lives throughout Southeast Asia a few weeks ago, New Yorkers, true to highly cultured form, have assembled hundreds of arts, music, and DJ benefits to raise money for the victims. This particular event has the distinction of not only being one of the more talent-packed such events, but also one of the most eclectic. Rallied together by local actress, activist, and film producer Tanya Selvaratnam — who was born in one of the hardest-hit countries, Sri Lanka — the foot soldiers in tonight's relief effort need no introduction: Lou Reed, Angela McClusky, Metro Area, Moby, Vernon Reid, DJ Rekha, DJ Spooky, Colson Whitehead, and more. Put down the front page, and start plumbing your pockets. (JKG)

Note: 100% of all monies raised go to the cause.


 What was the most fun you've had while doing something charitable? The best answer wins a grab bag of goodies from artists contributing to this show.



  
FILM
An Evening with Kenneth Anger


when: Thur 1.20 (8:15pm)
where: MoMA (11 W 53rd St, 212.708.9400)
price: $10
links: Event Info | Kenneth Anger
 
Filmmaker, Hollywood scandal peddler, and Mickey Mouse aficionado, Kenneth Anger is a true cinema visionary whose career has spanned seven decades. His lurid and hallucinogenic early films like Invocation of My Demon Brother (1969) have delved into the occult, rock 'n roll, homoeroticism, and mythology. Tonight, he premieres his latest short film at MoMA. Plagued by funding problems and years in the making, Mouse Heaven employs the vintage Disneyana collection of master toymaker Mel Birnkrant to explore and subvert the iconic status of the Disney rodent. In this rare appearance, Anger also presents some of his other recent works: The Man We Want to Hang (2002), Anger Sees Red (2004), and Elliott's Suicide (2004), which deals with Elliott Smith's death. (AP)




  
MULTIMEDIA
John King: La Belle Captive


when: Thur 1.20 - Sat 1.22 (8pm)
where: The Kitchen (512 W 19th St, 212.255.5793)
price: $15
links: Event Info | John King
 
John King's experimental opera La Belle Captive is an erudite Tommy. King, a multimedia composer equally at ease working with ballet companies as he is with avant-noise innovators, weaves together disparate influences united only in their urbanity. The title comes from an Alain Robbe-Grillet novel, which was in turn a collaboration with the then-deceased surrealist René Magritte. The themes of captivity, power, and struggle are drawn from the works of Persian mathematician and poet Omar Khayyam, Argentinean poet Maria Innes Aldaburu, and, of course, Robbe-Grillet. The show itself combines live actors and video footage. If this all sounds confusing, it is, but King's ability to synthesize these voices harmoniously, like many fine ingredients, should make this one recipe not to be missed. (JS)




  
MUSIC: Electro-Glitch
Cylob w/ Jimmy Edgar and Drop the Lime


when: Thur 1.20 (9:30pm)
where: Rothko (116 Suffolk St, 212.475.7088)
price: $10 / $8 advance
links: Event Info | Cylob | Jimmy Edgar | Drop the Lime
 
Jimmy Edgar glitched up the Detroit techno template, added a sexy digital sheen, and spawned Warp's best record of '04, Bounce Make Model. Local-boy Drop the Lime may take on the spastic geek-step of his label's boss, Kid 606, but adds a dash of whimsy. And Cylob's been cranking out unpredictable work for Rephlex Records for over a decade now; acidic electro, avant-minimalism, '80s synth-pop, and all manner of IDM freakery has spewed forth from his knob twiddling. Of course, if you've heard his classic vocordered lo-fi anthem "Cut the Midrange, Drop the Bass," you probably already have tickets for tonight. (JL)

Note: The music starts at 8pm, and downstairs features Warp Records DJs including James F*cking Friedman.


 Which traditional sea shanty has Cylob covered? The eighth and ninth correct answers each win a pair of tickets to this show.

 Which aliases has Jimmy Edgar recorded under? The fifth and sixth people to correctly name two each receive an Edgar release on vinyl.





  
ART: Opening
Tran Trong Vu: I Came with a Blue Day


when: Fri 1.21 (6-8pm)
where: Plum Blossoms Gallery (555 W 25th St, 212.719.7008)
price:  FREE
links: Tran Trong Vu | Plum Blossoms Gallery
 
Painting on transparent plastic sheets that hang in the air, Tran Trong Vu creates a sea of humanity cast adrift in a foreign space. Symbolic of his own state as a Parisian immigrant who left his Vietnamese homeland some 15 years ago, Vu fashions an endless throng of grinning bureaucrats dressed in shirts and ties and submerged in water from the waist down — resilient to the changing tide, yet fading like a memory. Rendered in black-and-white to recall passport and ID photography, his two-sided characters simultaneously come and go as the visitor assumes the role of outsider drifting among the common herd. (PL)

Note: The exhibit continues through Sat 2.19 (Tue-Sat: 10:30am-6:30pm).




  
MUSIC: Indie Rock
Sea Ray w/ the Mobius Band and Say Hi to Your Mom


when: Fri 1.21 (9pm)
where: Mercury Lounge (217 E Houston St, 212.260.4700)
price: $10
links: Event Info | Sea Ray | The Mobius Band | Say Hi to Your Mom
 
With a heavy heart we announce that the six members of Sea Ray play their final show tonight before calling it quits and facing the proverbial music. For nearly a decade, Sea Ray have delighted listeners with their delicately orchestrated atmospheric rock. Expect the loveable hometown band to play an extended set of career-spanning material to a room full of bittersweet onlookers. This is the last chance to see why these shoegazing indie darlings are standouts in a scene of mediocre post-punk acts. Eclectic Massachusetts post-rockers the Mobius Band and the captivatingly earnest Say Hi to Your Mom are great reasons to arrive early. (JB)


 What was the best show you've been to that was a final performance — or at least meant to be? The best answer wins a pair of tickets to this show.



  
MUSIC: Jazz-Funk
Uri Caine


when: Fri 1.21 (10pm)
where: 55 Bar (55 Christopher St, 212.929.9883)
price: $10
links: Uri Caine | 55 Bar
 
Three years ago, jazz piano chameleon Uri Caine made a landmark record called Bedrock 3 with two of the funkiest musicians on the jazz circuit: Tim Lefebvre on bass and Zach Danziger on drums. While Caine's talents run the gamut from Bach to The Philadelphia Experiment (which also included
?uestlove and Christian McBride), this show promises an immersion into wicked live drum 'n bass, jazz, funk, and a line around the block at the intimate 55 Bar. Get there well ahead of the gig, guard a table with your life, and prepare to see Herbie Hancock's supremacy put to the test. (JM)


 Which Uri Caine release finds him interpreting the work of 19th-century composer Robert Schumann? The first correct answer wins a pair of tickets to this show.





  
MULTIMEDIA
Interstellar Lower East Side Ramble


when: Sat 1.22 (8pm)
where: MoMA (11 W 53rd St, 212.708.9400)
price: $10
links: Event Info
 
Native New Yorker and avant-garde filmmaker Ken Jacobs has been developing the technique used for his Nervous System performances since the '70s. Utilizing two separate analytical projectors and an exterior shutter mechanism, Jacobs manipulates the parameters of film to create optical illusions ranging from three-dimensionality to hallucinatory, hypnotic sequences. Operating the apparatus the way a musician might improvise on a riff, he produces an extemporaneous visual experience that disorients and defies the viewer's expectations of time, distance, and space. Accompanying him are sonic saxophonist John Zorn and the innovative percussionist Ikue Mori in an all-out derangement of the visual and auditory senses. (JR)




  
MUSIC: Motown Rock
Detroit Cobras


when: Sat 1.22 (8pm)
where: Southpaw (125 5th Ave, Park Slope, 718.230.0236)
price: $12
links: Event Info | The Detroit Cobras
 
We music snobs are suckers for envelope-pushing. A new outré-noise act causing a stir in Sweden? Sign us up. An ultramodern electro-pop outfit blowing up in Germany? Sweet! But a retro cover band? Eh, not so much. But hang on, kids — the Detroit Cobras aren't your average bar group. A female-led crew of skilled Motor City garage rockers taking on classic soul and R&B standards while adding just a dash of punk, the band does a damn fine job with the tunes; they show respect to their forebears (everyone from Otis Redding to Clyde McPhatter is covered), and have enough savvy to know when not to mess with perfection. (JPC)

Note: Special guest DJ Todd-O-Phonic Todd, Wide Right, and the Everyothers open.


 Which album-released Cobras song is an original? The fourth correct answer wins a pair of tickets to this show.



  
MULTIMEDIA
¡Remove Ya!


when: Sat 1.22 (10pm)
where: 338 Flushing Ave, Bklyn (718.782.8523)
price: $10
 
Normally, we frown upon Zagat style, but sometimes it's just too difficult to one-up the party-throwers' PR. So here goes: tonight promises four rooms and 6,000 square feet of dance music, visual oddities, libations, and "Turkish Delights for folks heading to Narnia." Classics boom from the "Hung Up Club" room with $mall ¢hange and Finewine. Insane and Scratch Famous start a dancehall disaster in the "Gundelero Lounge," while Duckcomb, Mike Simonetti, and others spin in the "There Before the Grace of God Go I Discotheque." Finally, embrace the darkness in the "Not So Chill Chill Room" with Jason Blakkat, Spinoza, and more. Rock your weirdest duds (e.g. "PJ's, Hawaiian shirt, mod three-button jacket"), and "meet me at the lampost." (JKG)


 What historical circumstances gave rise to the popularity of the discotheque? The first two correct answers each win a pair of tickets to this show.



  
MUSIC: Hip-Hop
Jean Grae w/ Diverse


when: Sat 1.22 (11pm)
where: Rothko (116 Suffolk St, 212.475.7088)
price: $14 / $12 advance
links: Event Info | Jean Grae
 
If it weren't on record that Jean Grae is a true New Yorker and Diverse was born and raised in Chicago, you might think they were separated at birth. Both young prodigies of non-hip-hop skills — Jean, the youngest member ever in the Alvin Ailey Dance Co. at 13; Diverse, a college baseball star — the two were also timid about their innate rhyme-shaping abilities before their MC careers began. Both now with indie hip-hop label cred (Grae on Babygrande and Diverse on Chocolate Industries), they've shaken off their fears to reveal themselves as two of hip-hop's most delicate and articulate flow-makers. (JAC)


 Which early project with Jean Grae was once featured in the Source's Unsigned Hype? The third and seventh correct answers each win a pair of tickets to this show.





  
CONFERENCE
And So Forth: A Post-Inaugural Assembly feat. the Onion, Billionaires for Bush, and Music for America


when: Sun 1.23 (11am-9pm)
where: OfficeOps (57 Thames St, Wburg, 2nd Fl, 718.418.2509)
price: $12 / $10 w/ advance registration
links: Event Info | OfficeOps
 
Last week, Brian Lehrer of WNYC did an "open source" segment, wherein listeners could call in and address any issues they considered pertinent to the "state of the union." Lehrer thought people might talk about Social Security or the Iraq war, but they just kept carping about the forthcoming inauguration. Incensed callers take note: this weekend's for you. This two-day conference takes a more proactive approach, however, creating a platform for exploring creative ways to affect political change. An impressive group of ragtag visionaries — including graphic artists Peter Kuper and David Rees, members of the Blakkat and Circus Amok crews, agit-publishers Soft Skull Press, bonkers theatre troupe the Civilians, and those cut-ups at the Onion — assemble to share guerrilla tactics. (JKG)

Note: This weekend-long event begins on Sat 1.22 (11am-10pm). Check the schedule for details.


 Who is the only editor David Rees has to answer to for his Get Your War On comic strip? The first correct answer wins a pair of tickets to this event.





  
MUSIC: Jazz
Edmar Castaneda and Ari Hoenig


when: Mon 1.24 (7pm)
where: 55 Bar (55 Christopher St, 212.929.9883)
price:  FREE
links: Ari Hoenig | 55 Bar
 
This seems straight out of left field, but the new rage among the jazz cognoscenti is a 24-year-old harpist from Colombia named Edmar Castaneda. Beyond virtuosic, this new sensation lays down smooth bass lines with his left hand and exquisite chords and melodies with his right. Totally immersed in his magical music, Castaneda creates a profusion of elaborate Latin-tinged grooves and exotic takes on jazz standards. He appears here in a rare duet performance with Ari Hoenig, widely viewed to be one of the most important young drummers in modern jazz. (JM)






  
THEATRE
Dirty Works


when: Now through Sun 1.30 (Wed-Sat: 8pm / Sun: 3pm)
where: Greenwich Street Theatre (547 Greenwich St, 212.647.7530)
price: $15
links: Event Info
 
Stiff Upper Lip is on a mission to present new and groundbreaking British plays that don't easily make their way to local stages. With Jamie Linley's world premiere Dirty Works, the all-British expat company manages to successfully transplant little bits of London to New York. They just so happen to be the bits of London not spotlighted in travel guides: the treacherous slums where drugs and sex are used as hard currency, and strung-out addicts will do anything for a fix. The impressive cast is thrilling to watch even if their working class accents are occasionally hard to decipher — a catch-22 because the play's realistic dialogue is its best asset. (SP)




  
PHOTOGRAPHY
Malick Sidibé and Emile Guebehi


when: Now through Sat 2.5 (Tue-Sat: 10am-6pm)
where: Jack Shainman Gallery (513 W 20th St, 212.645.1701)
price:  FREE
links: Malick Sidibé | Jack Shainman Gallery
 
Photographer Malick Sidibé began running his portrait studio in Bamako, Mali in 1962. Over 40 years later Sidibé's photographs, marked by patterned backdrops and a charming theatricality, have come to represent a dazzling collective portrait of West Africa. In this exhibition of new and vintage prints, there are oversized sunglasses, impeccably-creased trousers, and dizzying African fabrics — but bursting through these adornments is the unabashed physicality of his subjects, men and women who inhabit their bodies with grace and exuberance. Positioned throughout the gallery are the Ivorian sculptor Emile Guebehi's glossy, life-sized statues of confrontational African figures. Taken in tandem, the two artists provide witness to common individuals in turbulent times. (RA)




  
ART
Autism / Aspergers / Art


when: Now through Sat 2.5 (Tue-Sat: 11am-6pm)
where: Ricco/Maresca Gallery (529 W 20th St, 3rd Fl, 212.627.4819)
price:  FREE
links: Event Info
 
Curator and psychiatrist Larry Dumont posits that all artists are autistic to some degree — even speculating that Warhol himself may have exhibited tell-tale signs of Asperger's Syndrome: uncommon perseverance, repetition, and social distance. Here, emerging and established artists with varying degrees of autism draw inspiration from the intrinsic rigidity of minds constantly seeking order. Xyler Jane expresses her obsessive energy in a burst of compulsive lines and pinpoint colors; Justin Canha projects his anxiety in violent cartoons; and George Frazetti and Jonathan Lerman craft disturbing portraits. This display offers an excellent way to broaden viewers' conception of autism beyond the Rain Man stereotype. (JK)

Note: Don't miss the compelling companion, Year to Year, which examines the ritualistic nature of family photos.




  
MULTIMEDIA
Cory Arcangel (Beige): Welcome 2 my Homepage Artshow!!!!!!!!!


when: Now through Sat 2.12 (Tue-Sat: 10am-6pm)
where: Team Gallery (527 W 26th St, 212.279.9219)
price:  FREE
links: Event Info | Cory Arcangel
 
After wowing at the Whitney and MoMA's Premieres last year, Cory Arcangel opens 2005 with his first-ever New York solo show. Converting the gallery space into something resembling a suburban rec room circa 1985, Arcangel wrests minimalist projections from the bowels of obsolete but memorable gaming cartridges, incorporating several generations of output technology — from old-school Atari to an ingeniously interactive twist on the now ubiquitous iPod. Arcangel's wicked lo-fi sense of humor is evident also in works such as Sans Simon — where he uses his hands to obscure Paul Simon's face throughout the duration of a Simon and Garfunkel music video — and Cat Rave, the deadpan product of a collaboration with Milwaukee's Frankie Martin. (AM)

Note: Concurrently at Deitch Projects (through Sat 2.26), Arcangel and the amazing Paper Rad collective present Super Mario Movie — a 15-minute movie hacked from the video game cartridge's 8-bit code. Arcangel performs at the Swiss Institute on Tue 2.1 (7pm).







CD REVIEW: Jóhann Jóhannsson, Virthulegu Forsetar
Touch UK
Released November 2004
$16.50 (Forced Exposure)

Icelandic composer Jóhann Jóhannsson's Virthulegu Forsetar is a creeper. It comes on slowly and softly, caressing with spidery French horn fingers, lapping sonic shores with deep, textured electronic drones, and shifting tone with such subtlety that the changes are barely evident at first. Over the course of the hour-long, four-part composition, however, Jóhannsson stacks one languorously triumphant theme on top of another, alternately building to trumpet-rich climaxes and pulling the sonic curtains back to reveal the delicious, ubiquitous buzzing undercurrent. In fact, he accumulates momentum with such glacial patience that when Virthulegu finally sounds its last fanfare, the listener is left exhausted, calmed, and exhilarated all at once; it makes you wonder how you ever could have dismissed minimalism as "cold" when there are such joyful slow-burns as this. (TG)

 
BEHIND THE FESTIVAL: Sundance Institute
In 1981, Robert Redford headed into the Utah hills, looking for a way to inject new life into American cinema. Fortunately for aspiring filmmakers, the result of his efforts, the Sundance Institute, remains alive and well. A nonprofit organization, the Institute seeks to help artists whose work demonstrates an original and unique voice. Acting like a creative percolator, it sponsors screenwriting and filmmaking labs, an intensive workshop for independent producers, a program for developing theatrical works, and a course for composers who want to break into film; it also supports documentaries, administering the Sundance Documentary Fund. Most high-profile of all, each year the Institute sponsors the Sundance Film Festival, showcasing independent film. This year's fest kicks off this week. (MB)

 
STREAMS: KCRW
KCRW mixes news, culture, and musical programming ranging from jazz and classical to the newest dance floor bangers. Though a full-blown radio station, its approach is refreshingly non-commercial and free of TRL-style clutter. This week, we check in with Jason Bentley's Metropolis show, featuring Metro Area's Morgan Geist mixing the same strains of rare disco he lovingly assembled on his recent Unclassics mix. In other offerings, Morning Becomes Eclectic's Nic Harcourt mans the helm for a recap of 2004's best music, while David Leaf delves into the music and mythology of Brian Wilson's Smile. (CJN)



Metropolis: Morgan Geist  (Vintage Disco)
Morning Becomes Eclectic: 2004 Recap  (Best-of)
The Open Road: David Leaf investigates Smile  (Documentary)
 




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