26 January-2 February 2015

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Radio Features This Week: Live sets from Peals and @@ recorded by our radio team, writer and sometime contrarian Craig Nova from 1975, a new eclectic music show from Chris Annibell of Afrokinetic, actor Julianne Moore, artist Elisabeth Kley, and kisses from Antony, Atlas and the women of the Midnight Moment.

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Peals, Time is a Milk Bowl

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Clocktower Exhibits & Events

A delicious live concert recording from the Time is a Milk Bowl event featuring the band Peals (William Cashion of Future Islands & Bruce Willen of Double Dagger) that was a collaboration with video artist Zoe Friedman. At Pioneer Works in Jan. 2015.

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Craig Nova, The Geek

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Historic Audio from the Archives of Charles Ruas

Craig Nova discusses the art of crafting a book that is the epitome of a "paranoid personality;" such is the case with his second novel, The Geek. He and Ruas talk about psychology, character development, landscape, and defining a new mythical hero.

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The Sunday Sauce, with Chris Annibell

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DJ Sessions

A sneak peek at a show we are developing with Chris Annibell of Afrokinetic and Logic instructor for Dubspot. Built from eclectic, soul, jazz, future, house, broken, dub, afro, tech, funk, hip-hop and beyond...

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Midnight Moment: Antony, Charles Atlas, & Women of Turning

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Times Square Arts

Filmmaker Charles Atlas, artist/musician Antony, and three of the women participants discuss You Are My Sister (TURNING), the December 2014 Midnight Moment, the nightly transformation of Times Square billboards into a digital gallery.

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Kristin Norderval & Kevin Norton, KN2

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Experimental Intermedia Concerts

KN2 is the title of an evening of improvisations with Kevin Norton on percussion and vibes and Kristin Nordeval on acoustic vocals, pre-recorded sounds of prepared pianos, and live audio processing of all of the above.

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Julianne Moore, Still Alice

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Beyond the Subtitles

In this upbeat interview, the five-time Academy award nominated actor discusses her role as an Alzheimer's victim, research, working in every medium--TV-stage-screen--and why winning an Oscar in 2015 would be good for her long-term health.

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Midnight Moment: Sebastian Errazuriz

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Times Square Arts

Artist Sebastian Errazuriz talks about A Pause in the City That Never Sleeps, his January 2015 Midnight Moment project in Times Square, a nightly event that transforms the billboards of Times Square into the world’s largest digital gallery.

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@@

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Clocktower Exhibits & Events

A performance of electronic sounds and video by @@, that is the Ableton-wielding Paul Wheeler with video montage by Arrien Zinghini. This is the live concert audio recording from that day, part of the Time is a Milk Bowl program in Jan. 2015

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Elisabeth Kley

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The Interview Show

The artist discusses the practical considerations of creating large scale ceramic pieces and also talks about her inspirations, Jack Pierson, and waxes poetic about her love for transvestite performance artists.

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Boogie Baladi

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Electric Kahraba

The songs featured on this episode are a compilation of late 70s and early 80s Arabic disco-funk. The music ranges from popular tracks as well as "lesser known underground kitchy bootlegs". Musicians featured include Samara Said, Maya Yazbek, & Etab.

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Kato Hideki, Bayt

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Experimental Composers

Bayt (the Arabic and Hebrew word for house) is performed by Hideki's trio Green Zone with the composer on electric bass, baritone guitar, violin, viola, analog synth and water, Otomo Yoshihide on electric guitar, and Uemura Masahiro on drums.

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Kurtis Blow

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Yes Yes Y'all

The pioneer, statesman and historian gives an amazing gospel freestyle over Kanye West's smash single Jesus Walks, plus discussions and revelations about hip hop history, music and culture by a man who was present at the creation.

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Staff Favorites

Experimental Composers  Peter Coffin: Music for Plants
Our Correspondents: Tokyo  Keiji Haino
Sound the Alarm  De Stijl Records

Popular this week

Historic Audio from the Archives of Charles Ruas  The Life, Death, and Works of Pablo Neruda
Historic Audio from the Archives of Charles Ruas  Jorge Luis Borges in New York
DJ Sessions  The Sunday Sauce, with Chris Annibell

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photos Photos: Time is a Milk Bowl & @@
Alanna Heiss Interview in Brooklyn Rail
photos Photos: Holiday Giveaway Party
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