Oct 2002 Doings
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2002: The Odyssey continues...
      an aural/autodidactic journey into Ellingtonia
, supplemented by readings in 
        The Duke Ellington Reader -
Mark Tucker, ed.;
         Duke Ellington: A Listener's Guide - Eddie Lambert; and
         The Centennial Edition: Complete RCA Victor Recordings ["RCA Box"] liner notes

  • The Private Collection, vol. 6-8 (Kaz)

Listening

  • Bauer/Gumpert/Petrowsky/Sommer - Zentralquartett (Intakt)
  • Anthony Braxton - Solo (Koln) 1978 (Leo/Golden Years of New Jazz)
  • Tina Brooks - The Waiting Game (Blue Note)
  • The Cinematic Orchestra - Every Day (Ninja Tune)
  • Booker Ervin - The Song Book (Prestige/OJC)
  • Malcolm Goldstein - Goldstein Plays Goldstein: Live at Dacapo in Bremen '94 (d'c)
  • The Gigi Gryce/Donald Byrd Jazz Laboratory & the Cecil Taylor Quartet - At Newport (Verve)
  • Jandek - Staring at the Cellophane (Corwood)
  • Pandelis Karyorgis/Mat Maneri Quintet - Disambiguation (Leo)
  • Kenny Process Team - 94-97 (Bingo)
  • Fred McDowell - The First Recordings (Rounder)
  • Mr. Lif - I Phantom (Definitive Jux)
  • Meshell Ndegeocello - Cookie: The Anthropological Mixtape (Maverick)
  • Evan Parker - Lines Burnt in Light (psi)
  • Dewey Redman - Tarik (BYG/Fuel 2000)
  • Max Roach - Award-Winning Drummer (Bainbridge)
  • John Russell - From Next To Last (Emanem)
  • King Tubby & Prince Jammy - Dub Gone 2 Crazy: In Fine Style 1975-1979 (Blood and Fire)
  • Dionne Warwick - Hidden Gems (Rhino)
  • Wrist Error - Tempo Tempo (Ulterior)

Reading

  • Hans Richter: Activism, Modernism, and the Avant-Garde - Stephen C. Foster, ed.
  • Midnight Movies - J. Hoberman & Jonathan Rosenbaum
  • The Sleepwalkers: A History of Man's Changing Vision of the Universe - Arthur Koestler

Watching

  • Punch-Drunk Love - Paul Thomas Anderson (CineArts 6)
  • Marooned in Iraq - Bahman Ghobadi (CIFF @ Landmark Century Centre)
  • In Praise of Love - Jean-Luc Godard (Music Box)
  • Monday Morning [Lundi matin] - Otar Ioseliani (CIFF @ Landmark Century Centre)
  • Unknown Pleasures - Jia ZhangKe (CIFF @ Landmark Century Centre)
  • Sap (short) - Kim Hyun-Joo (CIFF @ Landmark Century Centre)
  • Bowling for Columbine - Michael Moore (Century 12)
  • Rabbit-Proof Fence - Phillip Noyce (CIFF @ Landmark Century Centre)
  • The Uncertainty Principle - Manoel de Oliviera (CIFF @ Music Box)
  • Hukkle - György Pálfi (CIFF @ Landmark Century Centre)
  • The Green Cold; The Mirror of the Soul - Nasser Saffarian (Gene Siskel Film Center)
  • *Corpus Callosum - Michael Snow (Facets Cinémathèque)
  • Russian Ark - Alexander Sokurov (CIFF @ Music Box)
  • Springtime in a Small Town - Tian Zhuanghuang (CIFF @ Landmark Century Centre)
  • "International Shorts" (CIFF @ Landmark Century Centre)
    • Neighbors - Stepan Birjukov
    • Rocks and Chocolate - Teddy Sharkova
    • The Routine - Bob Giraldi
    • Make Me Proud - Moby Longinotto
    • The Secret Heaven - Sun Koh Boon Luang
    • Tea Tattoo - Robert Schmitz-Gill
    • Into the Night - Tony Krawitz
    • Beachcombers - Tamara Tracz
  • "Offbeat Shorts" (CIFF @ Landmark Century Centre)
    • We Cannot Exhibit It - Pierre Yves Clouin
    • I Pie (A Love Story) - Nobu Adilman
    • Reeperbahn - Samuael Topiary
    • Correcto! Incorrecto! - Matt Rodriguez
    • Inferno - Paul Kosoulides
    • Crossing - Jeremy Passmore
    • Salad Days - Gustavo Salmeron
    • At Dawning - Martin Jones
  • "Shorts in Flux" (CIFF @ Music Box)
    • Moving Images: The Film-Makers' Cooperative Relocates - Joel Schlemowitz
    • Blow - Marie Craven
    • Hunger - Jennifer Perchalla
    • Reaper, Sheeper, Treasure Seeker - Dave Lieber
    • Ablution - Eric Patrick
    • Mallory - Stanley Cho
    • Morning Breath - Brin Hill
    • Highrise - Gabrielle Russell
    • Meeting Evil - Reza Parsa
    • Into the Dark - Dennis Tupicoff
         
  • Cold Water - Olivier Assayas (Block Cinema)
  • India Song - Marguerite Duras (Block Cinema)
  • Young Mr. Lincoln - John Ford (Block Cinema)
  • Numéro deux - Jean-Luc Godard (Block Cinema)
  • Lumière d'été [The Light of Summer] - Jean Grémillon (Facets Cinémathèque)
  • Le ciel est à vous [The Sky is Yours] - Jean Grémillon (Facets Cinémathèque)
  • The Match-Factory Girl - Aki Kaurismäki (Gene Siskel Film Center)
  • Milestones - Robert Kramer & John Douglas (Block Cinema)
  • Stray Dog - Akira Kurosawa (Music Box)
  • A Grin Without a Cat [Le fond de l'air est rouge] - Chris Marker (Gene Siskel Film Center)
  • La belle noiseuse - Jacques Rivette (Doc Films)
  • Ceddo - Ousmane Sembene (Block Cinema)
  • Speedy - Ted Wilde (CIFF @ Gateway Theatre)
  • "Magick, Darkness, and Devils" (Gene Siskel Film Center)
    • The Kingdom of the Fairies - Georges Méliès
    • El Espectro Rojo - Ferdinand Zecca
    • Rhythmus 21 - Hans Richter
    • Ghosts Before Breakfast [Vormittagsspuk] - Hans Richter
    • The Fall of the House of Usher - James S. Watson Jr.
    • Scorpio Rising - Kenneth Anger
    • Lucifer Rising - Kenneth Anger
    • The Man We Want to Hang - Kenneth Anger
         
  • Run of the Arrow - Samuel Fuller (CATV)
  • Hangmen Also Die! - Fritz Lang (CATV)
  • The Band Wagon - Vincente Minnelli (CATV)
  • The Haunted Castle - F.W. Murnau (CATV)
  • Girl Shy - Fred Newmeyer & Sam Taylor (CATV)
  • Der Golem - Paul Wegener & Karl Boese (CATV)