Feb 2005 Doings
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Listening

  • Josh Berman Ensemble @ Empty Bottle
  • Northwestern Univ. Symphonic Wind Ensemble [Mallory Thompson, conductor] with Ursula Oppens and Sylvia Wang, piano @ Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, Northwestern Univ.:
    • Eugčne Bozza - Children's Overture
    • Claude Debussy - The Engulfed Cathedral
    • Igor Stravinsky - Symphonies of Wind Instruments (1947 version)
    • John Adams - Grand Pianola Music
  • Pandelis Karayorgis, Dave Rempis, Frank Rosaly @ Lux Gallery
  • Dave Douglas & NOMAD [Myron Walden, Rubin Kodheli, Marcus Rojas, Tyshawn Sorey] @ Chicago Cultural Center
      
  • Art Ensemble of Chicago - Certain Blacks (America)
  • Art Ensemble of Chicago - Phase One (America)
  • Jorge Ben - O Bidu - Silencio No Brooklin (Phillips)
  • Jorge Ben - Big Ben (Phillips)
  • Anthony Braxton & Mario Pavone - Nine Duets (1993) (Music & Arts)
  • Peter Brötzmann Clarinet Project - Berlin DJungle (Atavistic/Unheard Music Series)
  • Peter Brötzmann - Medicina (Atavistic)
  • John Butcher/Gino Robair - New Oakland Burr (Rastascan)
  • John Butcher/Toshimaru Nakamura - Cavern With Nightlife (Weight of Wax)
  • Kees Hazevoet Quartet - Pleasure (Atavistic/Unheard Music Series)
  • Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan - Greatest Hits (Shanachie)
  • Louis Moholo Octet - Spirits Rejoice! (Ogun)
  • Parker/Guy/Lytton + Sandell & Stackenas - Gubbröra (psi)
  • Lee "Scratch" Perry - Kung Fu Meets the Dragon (Justice League)
  • Lee "Scratch" Perry - Return of Wax (Justice League)
  • Moacir Santos - Saudade (Blue Note)
  • Moacir Santos - Carnival of the Spirits (Blue Note)
  • Sonore - No One Ever Works Alone (Okkadisk)
  • Jo Stafford - Jo + Jazz (Corinthian)
  • Sun Ra - Horizon [aka Starwatchers] (1971, Saturn)
  • Sun Ra - Universe in Blue (1971-72, Saturn)
  • Sun Ra - Discipline 27-II (1972, Saturn) 
  • Sun Ra - The Soul Vibrations of Man (1977, Saturn)
  • Sun Ra - Unity (1977, Horo)
  • Sun Ra - New Steps (1978, Horo)
  • Sun Ra - Other Voices, Other Blues (1978, Horo)
  • Television - Adventure (Elektra)
  • Television - Marquee Moon (Elektra)
  • Henry Threadgill Sextett - When Was That (About Time)
  • Triage - American Mythology (Okkadisk)
  • Michel Waisvisz - Crackle (FMP)
  • Cootie Williams & His Orchestra - 1941/1944 (EPM/Jazz Archives)
  • Tunde Williams/Lekan Animashaun - Mr. Big Mouth/Low Profile (Honest Jons) 
  • various artists - Chains and Black Exhaust (Jones)

Reading

  • Joseph Cornell: Shadowplay Eterniday (+ DVD) - Lynda Roscoe Hartigan, Walter Hopps, Richard Vine & Robert Lehrman
  • Film as Film: Understanding and Judging Movies - V.F. Perkins
  • Ozu - Donald Ritchie

Watching

  • The Birdpeople (Michael Gitlin, 2004) @ Chicago Filmmakers
  • Films by Lewis Klahr @ UofC Film Studies Center:
    • "The Two Minutes to Zero Trilogy": Two Days to Zero (2004); Two Hours to Zero (2004); Two Minutes to Zero (2003)
    • "Daylight Moon (A Quartet)": Valise (2004); Hard Green (2004); Soft Ticket (2004); Daylight Moon (2002)
    • + Terrace 49 (Janie Geiser, 2004)
         
  • "An Animated Valentine" @ Gene Siskel Film Center:
    • Crocus (Suzan Pitt, 1971)
    • Feed the Kitty (Chuck Jones, 1952)
    • Her Fragrant Emulsion (Lewis Klahr, 1987)
    • Joie de vivre (Hector Hoppin & Anthony Gross, 1934)
    • Letters, Notes (Stephanie Barber, 2000)
    • Lily and Jim (Don Hertzfeldt, 1997)
    • Love Story (Signe Baumane, 1998)
    • Milk (Cat Solen, 2002)
    • The Moschops (Jim Trainor, 2000)
    • Windy Day (John & Faith Hubley, 1967)
  • "Site Seeing: Chicago Travelogue Films" @ Chicago Cultural Center [projected DVD]:
    • Chicago: Midland Metropolis (Bert Van Bork, 1963)
    • Midwest Metropolis
    • Studs Terkel's Chicago (John McGreevy)
  • Avant-Garde Animation @ Block Cinema
    • Mirror Animations (Harry Smith, 1956)
    • Arabics 3 (Stan Brakhage, 1980)
    • Peyote Queen (Storm De Hirsch, 1965)
    • AIUEONN (Takahiko Iimura, 1993)
    • Our Lady of the Sphere (Larry Jordan, 1969)
    • Milk of Amnesia (Jeff Scher, 1992)
    • Reasons to be Glad (Jeff Scher, 1980)
    • Fuji (Robert Breer, 1973)
    • Piece Mandala/End War (Paul Sharits, 1966)
  • "Projector Performances by Bruce McClure - Arrested Vision: Deliberate Obstructions & Calculated Aimlessness" @ Film Studies Center, UofC:
    • How Tall is a Man Whose Face is Thirteen Feet Wide? (or Hollywood Backstage) (2004)
    • Cross Fades (2002)
    • Cut (2003)
    • Crosscut Jack (2004)
  • "Projector Performances by Bruce McClure - Temporal Thresholds: Deliberate Obstructions & Calculated Aimlessness" @ Chicago Filmmakers:
    • Christmas Tree Stand - Part I (2004)
    • Circle Jerks (2002) from the "Crib & Sift" series
    • Presepe (2003) from the "Crib & Sift" series
    • Chiodo (2003) from the "Crib & Sift" series
         
  • Paths of Glory (Stanley Kubrick, 1957) @ Music Box
  • An Autumn Afternoon (Ozu Yasujiro, 1962) @ Gene Siskel Film Center