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Aug 22nd, 2005, 04:56 PM
Interview with avant-garde composer Glenn Branca. We talk about his development as a musician and composer; the Bastard Theatre; Max's Kansas City; Theoretical Girls, ESG, Liquid Liquid, Bush Tetras, Sonic Youth, Swans; musicians and composers Ned Sublette, Lee Ranaldo, Thurston Moore; Kim Gordon, Lamonte Young, Harry Partch, Frank Zappa, Arnold Schoenberg, Anton Webern, Olivier Messiaen, György Ligeti, Steve Reich, John Adams, Gustav Mahler; music labels 99 Records, Neutral Records and Roir Records; writing for the orchestra; the 100 piece guitar orchestra; concrete music; the harmonic series and equal temperament; Peter Lamborn Wilson and the Temporary Autonomous Zone; composing music on the computer and using samples; how did contemporary classical music lose touch with warmth and sentiment; the use of orchestras in movies.
Featured songs are "Symphony No. 6 (Devil Choirs At The Gates of Heaven), Second Movement", "Symphony No. 3 (Gloria), Third Movement", "Symphony No. 3 (Gloria), First Movement", "Symphony No. 8 (The Mysteries), Second Movement (Spiritual Anarchy) (dedicated to Peter Lamborn Wilson)", "Symphony No. 1 (Tonal Plexus), First Movement".
Bazooka Joe
Featured songs are "Symphony No. 6 (Devil Choirs At The Gates of Heaven), Second Movement", "Symphony No. 3 (Gloria), Third Movement", "Symphony No. 3 (Gloria), First Movement", "Symphony No. 8 (The Mysteries), Second Movement (Spiritual Anarchy) (dedicated to Peter Lamborn Wilson)", "Symphony No. 1 (Tonal Plexus), First Movement".
Bazooka Joe