for those that missed the Norton Lecture (I missed 4 of the 6), it appears that they're re-youtubing them on December 15, like all of them, one by one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LuKgGn5e2g
i really wish they'd just put them on youtube in a normal way, now, though
― my hands are always in my pockets or gesturing. (Karl Malone), Thursday, 9 December 2021 16:44 (two years ago) link
sorry, i think there were only 5, not 6.
but both of the ones i saw were among Anderson's best work, i thought
Cool, I know what I'm doing next Wednesday
― Jimmy Iovine Eat World (bernard snowy), Thursday, 9 December 2021 17:11 (two years ago) link
recording the upcoming streams and putting them on vimeo for laurie anderson fans, i hope!
before i updated to the latest version of the MacOS, i had software that could do that easily, but alas
― my hands are always in my pockets or gesturing. (Karl Malone), Thursday, 9 December 2021 17:25 (two years ago) link
another tragic big sur victim
― Naive Teen Idol, Thursday, 9 December 2021 17:33 (two years ago) link
i had been using the same screen recording warez since like 2014. the recording shortcuts were in my muscle memory. now i have to get out my DSLR to take a photo of the screen, i'm sick of it
― my hands are always in my pockets or gesturing. (Karl Malone), Thursday, 9 December 2021 17:52 (two years ago) link
can you not get it by looking at inspect element > network and looking for the biggest thing?
― plax (ico), Thursday, 9 December 2021 21:05 (two years ago) link
i don't know! i'm not sure how youtube's thing with timed countdown events works. if you're a big name artist and you want to schedule a video "premiere", is it actually available beforehand by inspecting element > network?
either way, now that they've aired and served their function as being artificially limited for a while, it would be cool if they just put them up for good
― my hands are always in my pockets or gesturing. (Karl Malone), Thursday, 9 December 2021 21:30 (two years ago) link
just got this in the ol inbox: We are pleased to announce that all six of Laurie Anderson's Norton Lectures will be permanently available on the Mahindra Humanities Center website and YouTube channel starting on Wednesday, December 15.
― adam, Tuesday, 14 December 2021 14:27 (two years ago) link
the YouTube stock just soared
― my hands are always in my pockets or gesturing. (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 14 December 2021 15:27 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-8pNSolp7I
― Maresn3st, Monday, 3 January 2022 23:01 (two years ago) link
https://www.rockefellercenter.com/events/philip-glass-and-the-rink-85th-birthday
― Maresn3st, Tuesday, 11 January 2022 19:58 (two years ago) link
oh shit thank you for the heads up, copped two tix
― adam, Tuesday, 11 January 2022 21:01 (two years ago) link
the norton lectures are the shit
― kurt schwitterz, Tuesday, 11 January 2022 21:14 (two years ago) link
https://www.openculture.com/2022/01/laurie-anderson-turns-zoom-into-an-art-form-watch-her-hypnotic-harvard-lecture-series-on-poetry-meditation-death-new-york-more.htmlI really think these are my favorite thing she’s done in decades, some of that being because they feel so much a summation.
― Max Hamburgers (Eric H.), Sunday, 16 January 2022 01:08 (two years ago) link
https://www.nonesuch.com/sites/g/files/g2000014771/files/2023-03/laurie-anderson-marc-maron-2023-0320-1200x628.jpg
“It was thrilling to talk to her,” Marc Maron says of Laurie Anderson, his guest on the latest episode of WTF with Marc Maron. “Laurie Anderson had a profound impact on my life. Just hearing her in my headset while I talked to her was kind of mind-blowing.” They talk, among other things, about life in 1970s New York with fellow artists like Philip Glass, Gordon Matta-Clark, and Spalding Gray; playing straight man to Andy Kaufman; and The Art of the Straight Line: My Tai Chi, a new book she helped edit of Lou Reed’s writing on tai chi. You can hear their conversation here via Spotify and Apple Podcasts.
― dow, Thursday, 6 April 2023 00:06 (one year ago) link
love her Andy K stories so much, especially the one about the centrifuge carnival ride
― Perverted By Linguiça (sleeve), Thursday, 6 April 2023 01:12 (one year ago) link
She is one of the few artists I can hear tell the same story (or pieces of the same story, reshuffled) over and over and over again and it never stops sounding fresh.
― fair but so uncool beliefs here (Eric H.), Thursday, 6 April 2023 13:14 (one year ago) link
i mean tbf that's part of her act
i say this with massive love and respect
― zing me with your best zhot (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 6 April 2023 13:18 (one year ago) link
Yep, I sat through all 5 or 6 hours of Spending the War Without You and would do it again another half dozen times.
― fair but so uncool beliefs here (Eric H.), Thursday, 6 April 2023 13:50 (one year ago) link
the only artist i can think of for whom the "phone book" expression is literally true
― difficult listening hour, Thursday, 6 April 2023 15:44 (one year ago) link
She could totally do this---and occasionally mention what a person's name, number, street's name. number, reminded her of. memtion this in passing, and then come back to it later, mentioning how this street looks from that street---reminds me of a Dave Van Ronk song with him saying (not announcing, in the usual way) train stops while playing guitar---via that voice, that guitar.And speaking of Andy The K, he told about a show which was him reading The Great Gatsby: he was gonna stop when the last person left, but one guy stayed, so Andy had to read the whole thing (aloud). I think I would have stopped with the vocals, and just stood there, reading silently, maybe with lips moving, or just "reading" and turning pages---but still trapped! That's art.
― dow, Thursday, 6 April 2023 23:00 (one year ago) link
I could also hear her just doing a straight read, with no adds, like Dave and Andy: that could totally work too.
― dow, Thursday, 6 April 2023 23:02 (one year ago) link
I was fortunate enough to see her live in 1990, on the "Strange Angels" tour. She is one of the most remarkable performers I have ever seen.
I guess I'm swimming upstream in loving "Strange Angels." Her voice was at its best on that album, imho.
"Landfall," with Kronos Quartet, was interesting.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Thursday, 6 April 2023 23:18 (one year ago) link
Babydoll!
― J. Sam, Thursday, 6 April 2023 23:23 (one year ago) link
Songs From the Bardo is amazing. Hypnotic and beautiful and scary.
― Cow_Art, Friday, 7 April 2023 01:43 (one year ago) link
Thanks for mentioning! https://songsfromthebardo.bandcamp.com/album/songs-from-the-bardo
― dow, Friday, 7 April 2023 02:47 (one year ago) link
yes ty, I had no idea that existed
― Perverted By Linguiça (sleeve), Friday, 7 April 2023 02:53 (one year ago) link
as she gets older, her words and messages are getting warmer and more...comforting...but also her sense of humor is somehow getting both sharper and more subtly deployed. with everything. in interviews, in lectures.
― Zach_TBD (Karl Malone), Thursday, March 4, 2021 11:08 AM (two years ago)
yes this exactly
― Perverted By Linguiça (sleeve), Friday, 7 April 2023 04:23 (one year ago) link
Did anyone go see her at the Barbican last night? I didn't manage to get tickets in time but man, what a setlist.
01. From The Air02. Another Day In America03. This Is The Language Of Positive Change04. Let X=X / It Tango05. Scream for Yoko Ono06. O Superman07. The Biggest Story08. Get On The Good Foot09. Gravity's Angel10. We Don't Know Where We Come From11. The Future Is... Digital
12. Walk the Dog13. Advice for suicidal students:14. Born Never Asked15. Junior Dad16. Flow17. The Lake 18. It's not the bullet that kills you - it's the hole19. Only an Expert20. From The Air
Encore:21. Thai chi dance
― MaresNest, Monday, 12 June 2023 20:21 (one year ago) link
wow
― broken breakbeat (sleeve), Monday, 12 June 2023 20:23 (one year ago) link
18. It's not the bullet that kills you - it's the hole
Holy shit
― J. Sam, Monday, 12 June 2023 20:31 (one year ago) link
*holey ;)
― J. Sam, Monday, 12 June 2023 20:32 (one year ago) link
It went up on D1m3 today, the Barbican is a difficult capture for any taper, it's so roomy and the PA is a maybe little underpowered, but it's very listenable and omg at the version of Junior Dad!
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/co4egdy2grc3z6vkvk5hg/h?dl=0&rlkey=4vl4d7sk205wg3n3iru9yonyp
― MaresNest, Monday, 12 June 2023 20:38 (one year ago) link
_18. It's not the bullet that kills you - it's the hole_Holy shit
― Naive Teen Idol, Tuesday, 19 December 2023 12:02 (five months ago) link
yeah that thing is hard to find.
she's coming to SF again this spring, doing the Let X = X show, which I gather is a bit retrospective, and that song features.
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Tuesday, 19 December 2023 14:54 (five months ago) link
https://x.com/clavendr/status/1736786186813771811?s=46&t=u2ZSlsY3trRV36IPP6jNDQ
O Superman is getting trending use on TikTok and IG but many young-ins don’t know that it’s Laurie Anderson
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 19 December 2023 16:31 (five months ago) link
The New York–based artist and musician Laurie Anderson said she would not take up a visiting professor position at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen, Germany, amid scrutiny over her views on Palestine.Earlier this month, the school announced that Anderson, who has produced such works as the hit 1981 song “O Superman,” had been appointed its Pina Bausch Professor, a position named after a famed dancer. But since that announcement, the school appears to have reneged on its decision, citing the fact that Anderson signed a 2021 open letter that urges support for Palestine.“To frame this as a war between two equal sides is false and misleading,” the letter reads. “Israel is the colonizing power. Palestine is colonized. This is not a conflict: this is apartheid.”Moreover, the letter continues, “We have seen how governments in Europe and beyond recently have instated policies of open censorship, and fostered a culture of self-censorship, towards Palestinian solidarity. Conflating legitimate criticism of the State of Israel and its policies towards Palestinians with antisemitism is cynical. Racism, including antisemitism, and all forms of hate, are heinous and not welcome in the Palestinian struggle. It is time to stand up to these tactics of silencing and overcome them.”She was one of thousands to sign the letter, whose signatories also included artists such as Nan Goldin, Kara Walker, Simone Leigh, and many more.On Friday, the Folkwang University of the Arts issued a press release saying that Anderson would no longer be taking up the position at the school on April 1. Specifically, the release claimed that the letter “takes up boycott demands from the anti-Israel BDS movement,” even though neither the movement itself nor a boycott of Israel are ever mentioned in the text. (In Germany, BDS has been particularly controversial, with some political figures attempting to render it illegal.)“For me the question isn’t whether my political opinions have shifted,” Anderson said in a statement. “The real question is this: Why is this question being asked in the first place? Based on this situation I withdraw from the project. My colleagues at the University and the Pina Bausch Foundation have discussed this with me at great length and we have jointly decided this is the best way forward.”In its release, the university said the decision came amid “the context of the current discourse about freedom of art and freedom of expression.”It was the latest such development in a country whose art scene has been roiled by the October 7 Hamas attack, with many artists who voice pro-Palestine views facing the prospect of canceled exhibitions and withdrawn opportunities.Earlier this month, Berlin attempted to implement a funding clause reliant upon a definition of antisemitism that many said would be used to keep pro-Palestine artists from receiving money. After mass protests, the funding clause was ultimately repealed.
Earlier this month, the school announced that Anderson, who has produced such works as the hit 1981 song “O Superman,” had been appointed its Pina Bausch Professor, a position named after a famed dancer. But since that announcement, the school appears to have reneged on its decision, citing the fact that Anderson signed a 2021 open letter that urges support for Palestine.“To frame this as a war between two equal sides is false and misleading,” the letter reads. “Israel is the colonizing power. Palestine is colonized. This is not a conflict: this is apartheid.”
Moreover, the letter continues, “We have seen how governments in Europe and beyond recently have instated policies of open censorship, and fostered a culture of self-censorship, towards Palestinian solidarity. Conflating legitimate criticism of the State of Israel and its policies towards Palestinians with antisemitism is cynical. Racism, including antisemitism, and all forms of hate, are heinous and not welcome in the Palestinian struggle. It is time to stand up to these tactics of silencing and overcome them.”
She was one of thousands to sign the letter, whose signatories also included artists such as Nan Goldin, Kara Walker, Simone Leigh, and many more.
On Friday, the Folkwang University of the Arts issued a press release saying that Anderson would no longer be taking up the position at the school on April 1. Specifically, the release claimed that the letter “takes up boycott demands from the anti-Israel BDS movement,” even though neither the movement itself nor a boycott of Israel are ever mentioned in the text. (In Germany, BDS has been particularly controversial, with some political figures attempting to render it illegal.)
“For me the question isn’t whether my political opinions have shifted,” Anderson said in a statement. “The real question is this: Why is this question being asked in the first place? Based on this situation I withdraw from the project. My colleagues at the University and the Pina Bausch Foundation have discussed this with me at great length and we have jointly decided this is the best way forward.”
In its release, the university said the decision came amid “the context of the current discourse about freedom of art and freedom of expression.”
It was the latest such development in a country whose art scene has been roiled by the October 7 Hamas attack, with many artists who voice pro-Palestine views facing the prospect of canceled exhibitions and withdrawn opportunities.
Earlier this month, Berlin attempted to implement a funding clause reliant upon a definition of antisemitism that many said would be used to keep pro-Palestine artists from receiving money. After mass protests, the funding clause was ultimately repealed.
― dow, Saturday, 3 February 2024 03:15 (four months ago) link