May 9, 2013
Spent the day resting and elevating and icing. In the evening, I caught part of Four Tet’s set at Webster Hall, a block from my front door. Brilliant, but I was uncomfortable - that my feet were sticking to the floor didn’t help. Ah well; at least I saw some of it.
May 8, 2013
Daft Punk, “Revolution 909”. One of my favourites, with all the urgency and extravagant, maximalist expressivity of Philip Glass in full flow. The song always seemed really, undeniably, utterly true to me.
May 7, 2013
Daughter’s in-studio cover of Daft Punk’s “Get Lucky”. Sepulchral, deeply felt, affected. But quite pretty in a early-80’s retro way.
May 7, 2013
Armand van Helden, “Witch Doktor”. A blast from the past tonight, courtesy of the dance school next to my building. Their choreographers play a really interesting variety of stuff - house music, old skool funk, Wim Mertens, and tonight, drifting through my open window as if it were almost 20 years ago, “Witch Doktor”.
May 6, 2013
Brian Eno is Talking Near My House. The stage at the Great Hall at Cooper Union, before His arrival…
May 5, 2013
The Sky Room at the New Museum. Visconti has been playing 24 track cuts from HEROES, isolating them track by track (the bass line, then the string synthesizer, then the vocals, etc). It’s amazing to hear how the songs come together. Nile Rodgers and Ken Scott are also here.
May 5, 2013
SO excited right now! At the New Museum to hear Tony Visconti talk about the recording and production of David Bowie’s HEROES.
May 4, 2013
Max Richter, “The Haunted Ocean”. Time lapse film by Jess Dunlap.
May 2, 2013
Boards of Canada, “Dayvan Cowboy”. A good night tonight - we ate black fettucine with seafood and chorizo, and talked of fear and risk-taking, of light and beauty.
May 2, 2013
Underworld, “Cups” Salt City Orchestra remix. Slow. Slow. Fast.
May 1, 2013
Biosphere, “Microgravity”. You know the moon. You know the stars. You know the… Milky Way.
Apr 30, 2013
One of my favourite models in one of my favourite cities: Natalia Vodianova in Stockholm.
Apr 30, 2013
Aphex Twin, “Digeridoo”. In bed, elevating injured foot, sunlight pouring into my bedroom. Cat stretched out on a brilliantly windowlit square of carpet, licking the place where his nuts used to be, when suddenly my phone rang. My ring tone is a sample of “Digeridoo” - the fast phase that kicks in around 1:00 - the cat shot up into the air and shot out of the room. Made my afternoon - a hilarious interruption of syrupy early summer tranquility.
Apr 30, 2013
Neutral Milk Hotel, “Two-headed Boy/The Fool”. I can scarcely believe it, but NMH has announced that it is reforming, and going out on tour..
Apr 28, 2013
Boards of Canada, “Macquarie Ridge”. I’ve always wanted to see the aurora borealis.
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