after working the last two weekends it’s nice to have a weekend free…
fri night jen and i went to see the cinematic orchestra at the roundhouse which was simply brilliant. the first half they played live with the movie man with a movie camera, a 1929 russian silent movie which jen described as an early koyanasqaatsi. then the second half was songs from ma fleur. and it was sublime to have lou rhodes present to sing on two tracks – her voice is heaven sent.
i saw that movie in prague with an electronic music soundtrack. the thinking behind that movie is a big theme of Lev Manovich in “The Language of New Media” which is now a downloadable PDF