May 2011
April 2011
“I rely upon wild speculation. I’m not just filling in the blanks....”
– Lynne Tillman, “Pleasure Isn’t A Pretty Picture” from This is Not It
i hate the words “resonant” and reverberate,” but i like wild speculation. a real physical sounding thing, out of control. i keep a mental catalog of all the people i pass regularly on my way to...
Watchthis could be confusing, but ‘cassie m’ (me) and cassie mcdaniel (above) = different people.
cassiem:
Beto’s Burrito — by Cassie McDaniel A simple story, beautifully illustrated, about a young boy who does not wish to wake up from his extraordinary dreams. There are flying popsicles, skateboarding dogs, and all the other things that tend to occupy the minds of little ones. It’s...
a record of sounds since i woke up this morning...
1. traffic on the highway
2. a car accident
3. a high-powered drill performing construction in the neighboring lot
4. screaming tea kettle (the neighbor’s)
5. car accident (again?!)
6. a lost cat, mewling. on second-thought: maybe just hungry.
7. the opening and closing of three, heavy front doors in the hall, but two are simultaneous. probably catching the same bus.
8. it’s too...
Callahan: Songwriting is something that happens if you let it. There is little correlation between writing prose and writing songs for me. A song is a bed sheet used as a sail, prose is a barquentine fully-rigged.
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Rumpus: What brought you to music? What is the first engagement with music that you can recall?
Callahan: I remember as a small child thinking that the fiddle in bluegrass...
“Form is the ultimate gift that love can offer —
The vital union of...”
– Adrienne Rich, “At a Bach Concert”
WatchPRISM index: Handmade Mixed Media Art Book — by Jeffrey Bowers
“We’ve been on this show thirty seven times, and I’ve never asked you: do you like R&B music?” Thus begins the totally bizarre, frequently animated, surrealistic pitch video for PRISM index, a handmade, mixed-media book which combines a CD (rare, unreleased recordings, contemporary tunes, etc) with a...
