Susan Fast, Dangerous
Andrew Levy, Ashoka
Stephanie DeGooeyer, et. al., The Right to Have Rights
Paul Hoover, Viridian
The Ballad of John Latouche
Rodney Koeneke, Body and Glass
Oliver Assayas, A Post-May Adolescence
Jennifer Moxley, Druthers
Jenn Pelly, The Raincoats
Stuart Isacoff, Temperament
Tracey Thorn, Naked at the Royal Albert Hall
4.23 - worked on talk, packed, had dinner w/ Bree (and left Tracey Thorn book in the restaurant), called dad. Listened to dharma talks and some of Dewey Redman/Cecil Taylor/Elvin Jones (who's unbelievable), Momentum Space.
Flying to Seattle today; Pop Con starts tomorrow. I don't expect to keep this up for the duration, though maybe I'll record some quick notes (not a full "conference report") later. SEA --> ONT on Mon. 4/30, to see my parents for 3 weeks. Will resume at that point.
Up 8.
Set up a monthly order of a case of sardines for Bree.
Left by 9:30; Thorn on train.
Coffee. Caught up on this.
Therapy. Lunch.
Worked on talk from 2-7. Got somewhere, not as far as I need to be.
Dharma talk on way home.
Laundry. Daybook poem. Read Charles Johnson interview.
Lights out 11:30.
Up around 7. Read the last ch. afterword in Isacoff before I really got the day going. Staid, in its way, but I learned a lot — what he says about reactions to his “defense” (actually, explanation) of equal temperament (and so, Western common practice music) is cautionary.
E77 family early; daybook poem, started Tracey Thorn’s Naked in the Royal Albert Hall, read maybe 20 p. Eric Pankey, The Pear Is One Example.
Took notes on intellectual property/critiical race theory refs in Kraut, Choreographing Copyright, until the kids/parents in the cafe on weekends got to be too much.
Tried to do laundry at home but the machines were in use. (Helped Bree change the sheets a day or two ago.)
Left before 2, Thorn on train.
Spent around 2 hrs at the Adrian Piper retrospective at MoMa. Tried to actually take the time to read the various text pieces/“pageworks,” and listen to some soundpieces - one is 20 min. of her and her partner at the time arguing about an argument they had previously had about a passage from Strawson’s Individuals on “disembodied consciousness.” I’ll probably go back. Would like to get the catalog and reader (sep. publications, though the latter didn’t seem to be available), also paged by a bilingual ed. of her Escape to Berlin, largely her account of how she came to leave Wellesley.
Headed down to Red Hook, listened to some of the 2nd CD of the Coxsone Dodd/early Studio One set - some very early Wailers toward the end of the disc.
Met Alex Abromovich at Freebird Books; bought a biography of Mike Romanoff for Bree, J. Warwick’s girl group book (which I should know), a translation of Russian absurdists at Alex’s rec, and a copy of Brian Evenson’s Altmann’s Tongue, a deeply strange book I clearly recall borrowing from the UCLA library in grad school but have never owned. Sad to pass up (overpriced copies of) a 1914 ed. of Vernon & Irene Castle’s Modern Dancing, and a copy w/ dustjacket of J.P. McAvoy’s Show Girl (satirical 1928 novel turned into early Alice White musical).
Drove to Unnameable. Bought one of the books on copyright whose title I’d written down this morning, and an older book on the English ballad.
Had dinner w/ Alex, hung out at his place until about midnight - ended up coming home w/ a recent Paris Review w/ a Charles Johnson interview, and his copy of Rock and the Pop Narcotic.
Lyft home; lights out 1:30.
Up around 6.
Caffe Bene, 7. Finished Madiano, wrote a daybook poem, set up a call time w/ Beth Kaplan.
Spent an hr. clearing some email.
Listened to Salem 66 on the way to Brooklyn to see Chris Stamey play an instore at Rough Trade (w/ Dave Schramm on grr); Record Store Day, but I avoided that foolishness. Came in during the “Something Came Over Me” solo; he closed with “Geometry.” Met up w/ Pete Galub; introduced to Stamey afterwards as he signed his book, and bought a (separate) songbook. Broached the topic of a string arrangement for “Any Road Home” - basically, I need to write him through his website, but it seems feasible.
Watched another band, Wooing - drummer was an acquaintance’s girlfriend. Two gtrs, no bass, interesting, fairly lengthy songs.
Had a bite w/ Pete. Dropped into McNally Jackson briefly, found a bench in a quieter part of Williamburg to wait for Beth K.’s call around 4. Talked for 90 min., lots of useful material.
Headed home, called Robert Vodicka about 7:30 as planned. Last “interview” for this piece.
Think I read more Isacoff later in the evening. I’m writing this 2 days later, so it’s sketchy. Lights out around midnight.