| T O P I C R E V I E W |
| apl4eris |
Posted - 03/17/2004 : 16:07:24
Anybody able to go to this, here's a heads up. I envy you!!!
Resonating Frequencies
dialogues on architecture & music
March 31-21{sic} (Wed) 8pm $12
Location: The Great Hall of The Cooper Union, 7 East 7th Street, NYC
Ticket Central: 212-279-4200 or www.ticketcentral.com
Curated by Christopher Janney
Hosted by The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture of The Cooper
Union
Prominent architects and composers are paired to reflect on
architecture and music.
March 31 (Wed): DJ Spooky and Greg Lynn
April 7 (Wed): Philip Glass and Thom Mayne
April 14 (Wed): Laurie Anderson and Martha Schwartz
April 21 (Wed): MOBY and Bernard Tschumi
Benefit Concert for The Kitchen
April 27 (Tue) 8pm $100-$1,200
Location: Town Hall, 123 West 43rd Street, NYC
For information on Gala tickets and activities: 212-255-5793 x11
For performance tickets: 212-307-7171 or in person at Townhall after
April 6
Featuring Laurie Anderson, Robert Ashley, Philip Glass, Meredith
Monk, Pauline Oliveros, and Steve Reich.
Curated by Stephen Vitiello
666 Dunkin' Donuts, a 20-inch veggie pizza from Gumby's, extra jalapenos on the side. And a case of Asahi Dry - |
| 22 L A T E S T R E P L I E S (Newest First) |
| Adnan_le_Terrible |
Posted - 03/21/2004 : 12:23:24
Incredible. It fits in the environment and is completely different at the same time.
It's the first time I see "Ginger and Fred". I'm amazed!
Everything is new. |
| apl4eris |
Posted - 03/21/2004 : 11:40:30
Very nice! Again, architecture about dancing.
666 Dunkin' Donuts, a 20-inch veggie pizza from Gumby's, extra jalapenos on the side. And a case of Asahi Dry - |
| offerw |
Posted - 03/21/2004 : 09:50:13
Thanks. I like Gehry ever since I've seen his "Fred&Ginger" building in Prague. I'd love to visit the Guggenheim in Bilbao. I'll make sure to go check the American Center out in Paris when I'm there for the Pixies.
Have a look at "Ginger and Fred"
http://lava.ds.arch.tue.nl/gallery/praha/tgehry.html
wilhelm |
| apl4eris |
Posted - 03/21/2004 : 08:08:34
Hmmm, Frank Gehry. Interesting.
Here is the American Center, in Paris: http://www.galinsky.com/buildings/americancenter/
In this case, I think architecture is dancing about music. Looks like Einsturzende Neubauten.
666 Dunkin' Donuts, a 20-inch veggie pizza from Gumby's, extra jalapenos on the side. And a case of Asahi Dry - |
| offerw |
Posted - 03/21/2004 : 01:48:21
As for every French speaking guy from Canada, Belgium, Switzerland, Africa etc., since he's successful we tend to say he's French. Personnally, I didn't say Le Corbusier was French (but I thought it).
I've noticed this last year, after Justine Henin won the French open she was a local suddenly even though she is from Belgium. I wonder though if half of Belgium doesn't sometimes think themselves to be French.
Air makes great music (the new cd is very, very good) but that dinky structure on the 10 000 Hz Legend cover makes me relieved they did not get involved in architecture.
Does anyone know if there are any Frank Gehry buildings in Paris or London. I'm looking forward to see the new Swiss Re headquarters (in London) which Norman Foster designed, I hope they allow visitors into the building.
wilhelm |
| Adnan_le_Terrible |
Posted - 03/20/2004 : 10:09:51
quote:
Originally posted by floop
just in the little i've seen, it all seems to fit in with AIR's aesthetic somehow.. i'm curious to check out more of Le Corbusier's work.
jerks in France??? you must be kidding.
I met Nicolas Godin from Air three years ago, near the Opéra Garnier, in Paris.
He was just walking around, shopping. We talked for a couple of minutes, I told him how I liked his music very much and stupid stuff like that, and he was very kind and extremely polite. He is also a very shy person, I think. He didn't act like a rock star or something, he even gave the impression of being surprised that someone liked his music.
We talked about the high school where he met Jean-Benoît Dunckel, the other guy from Air, and there were a couple of persons we both knew (my girlfriend at that time was from Versailles, like them).
It is definitely my best experience with meeting a famous person.
I’m not sure what this could mean / I don’t think you’re what you seem / I do admit to myself / That if I hurt someone else / Then we’d never see just what we’re meant to be |
| darwin |
Posted - 03/19/2004 : 10:58:14
quote:
Originally posted by VoVat
Will there be any dancing about architecture?
Join the Culf of Buttoms / Correctly spelled cults are so passé.
I was struggling to remember who this quote was from so I did some googling and confirmed once again that anything can be found on the internet. Here is a whole web page devoted to determining where the quote about talking about music is like dancing about architecture came from. Elvis Costello is usually given credit for it, but Laurie Anderson claims it's a Steve Martin quote.
http://www.pacifier.com/~ascott/they/tamildaa.htm |
| floop |
Posted - 03/19/2004 : 10:52:15
just in the little i've seen, it all seems to fit in with AIR's aesthetic somehow.. i'm curious to check out more of Le Corbusier's work.
jerks in France??? you must be kidding. |
| Adnan_le_Terrible |
Posted - 03/19/2004 : 10:46:58
quote:
Originally posted by apl4eris
Wow, somebody actually responded! I almost forgot to look.
I dunno about falling bridges, or building demolitions,  but I'd love to hear what Laurie Anderson has to say.
666 Dunkin' Donuts, a 20-inch veggie pizza from Gumby's, extra jalapenos on the side. And a case of Asahi Dry -
Of course somebody replies, as always when the post is signed "apl4eris". Admit it, you're the queen of the forum (well, at least the queen of the off topic general discussion message board).
I’m not sure what this could mean / I don’t think you’re what you seem / I do admit to myself / That if I hurt someone else / Then we’d never see just what we’re meant to be |
| Adnan_le_Terrible |
Posted - 03/19/2004 : 10:42:57
quote:
Originally posted by floop
hey adnan, i was just doing a little research on Le Corbusier. apparantly he's not French, but often mistaken for being French..
http://www.lecorbusier.com/
As for every French speaking guy from Canada, Belgium, Switzerland, Africa etc., since he's successful we tend to say he's French. Personnally, I didn't say Le Corbusier was French (but I thought it).
You know, Floop, not everyone in France reads Les Cahiers du Cinéma, we have some jerks around here too.
I’m not sure what this could mean / I don’t think you’re what you seem / I do admit to myself / That if I hurt someone else / Then we’d never see just what we’re meant to be |
| floop |
Posted - 03/19/2004 : 09:49:31
hey adnan, i was just doing a little research on Le Corbusier. apparantly he's not French, but often mistaken for being French..
http://www.lecorbusier.com/ |
| floop |
Posted - 03/19/2004 : 09:46:53
are you studying architecture cof? that's cool.
adnan, re: French Band Air.. they're like my new favorite band. i can't get enough of them.. that's very French of them to claim that an architect is their major source of inspiration for their music. |
| Cult_Of_Frank |
Posted - 03/19/2004 : 08:19:53
Haha, never saw that commercial, but that'd be pretty hilarious. Soon as I get a new car I'm going to put some money into a good stereo too and maybe just for you, I'll replace the brake (which I never use anyway) with a brown sound pedal. :) University Bridge, beware!
 "Join the Cult of Frank / And you'll be enlightened" |
| apl4eris |
Posted - 03/19/2004 : 06:54:10
Remember that Pioneer car stereo commercial? They used the same footage of "Galloping Girty" - some guy is rawkin' out in his car, the car is shaking like when bass from bad rap rattles your teeth, he looks out the window and notices the whole bridge is about to disintegrate, and switches off his radio ..."uh, sorry".
My husband and I have contemplated that if we ever were to go "Natural Born Killers", we'd make a device that produces the "brown sound", and point it at will. Just kidding, Attorney General. Hope you're feeling better.
666 Dunkin' Donuts, a 20-inch veggie pizza from Gumby's, extra jalapenos on the side. And a case of Asahi Dry - |
| Cult_Of_Frank |
Posted - 03/19/2004 : 06:34:24
Heh, possibly <tents fingers>.
It's sort of a running joke in engineering that whenever someone talks about resonant frequencies and the importance of looking at things like that in design, they show the video of Tacoma Narrows bridge collapsing because the wind was resonating in the bridge and developed a standing wave which collapsed it. It's actually a really crazy video, but I've seen it 4 times in my 5 years at school.
"Join the Cult of Frank / And you'll be enlightened" |
| Adnan_le_Terrible |
Posted - 03/19/2004 : 03:08:32
quote:
Originally posted by Cult_Of_Frank
You're bound to see at least one video of a bridge falling down. :)
"Join the Cult of Frank / And you'll be enlightened"
London bridge?
I’m not sure what this could mean / I don’t think you’re what you seem / I do admit to myself / That if I hurt someone else / Then we’d never see just what we’re meant to be |
| apl4eris |
Posted - 03/18/2004 : 18:53:12
Maybe, if Lou shows up.
Just kiddin. I know he didn't coin the phrase.
666 Dunkin' Donuts, a 20-inch veggie pizza from Gumby's, extra jalapenos on the side. And a case of Asahi Dry - |
| VoVat |
Posted - 03/18/2004 : 16:24:07
Will there be any dancing about architecture?
Join the Culf of Buttoms / Correctly spelled cults are so passé. |
| The Calistanian |
Posted - 03/18/2004 : 13:50:01
quote:
Originally posted by Adnan_le_Terrible
If someone knows the French band Air, they always give Le Corbusier (a French architect) as their major source of inspiration...
There are not so many people from NYC on this forum. Statiscally, there should be more...
I’m not sure what this could mean / I don’t think you’re what you seem / I do admit to myself / That if I hurt someone else / Then we’d never see just what we’re meant to be
Yeah, where's the New Yorkers? There's about 4,000 people from Minnesota on this forum.
I'm a fsh with no i's. |
| Adnan_le_Terrible |
Posted - 03/18/2004 : 13:31:12
If someone knows the French band Air, they always give Le Corbusier (a French architect) as their major source of inspiration...
There are not so many people from NYC on this forum. Statiscally, there should be more...
I’m not sure what this could mean / I don’t think you’re what you seem / I do admit to myself / That if I hurt someone else / Then we’d never see just what we’re meant to be |
| apl4eris |
Posted - 03/18/2004 : 11:18:13
Wow, somebody actually responded! I almost forgot to look.
I dunno about falling bridges, or building demolitions, but I'd love to hear what Laurie Anderson has to say.
666 Dunkin' Donuts, a 20-inch veggie pizza from Gumby's, extra jalapenos on the side. And a case of Asahi Dry - |
| Cult_Of_Frank |
Posted - 03/17/2004 : 23:22:28
You're bound to see at least one video of a bridge falling down. :)
"Join the Cult of Frank / And you'll be enlightened" |
