The movements have long, heavily freighted titles: “The ‘St. He began to conceive “Three Places” in 1908, and made changes as late as 1929. Ives was an insurance executive who doubled as perhaps the most audacious composer of the early twentieth century. I recently held in my hands the manuscript of Charles Ives’s “Three Places in New England.” The staff of the Music Library at Yale University left it out for me on a wooden table, and I hesitated before touching the pages, because no American wrote music more momentous than this. The metropolis in its natural form is an inhumane place, and inhumane means are required for it to be endured. One can rage, claw and pound without hurting either oneself or others. This is a padded cell for the metropolis. Here they scream: “Keep him up there, Elow! He’s sooo good! Let him start over from the beginning!” … People grow fangs by using them to bite, then return pacified to human society. The ancient Romans turned their thumbs down when the vanquished was to be dealt the death blow. With utterly vacant smiles playing on their lips they let the terrible merriment of the others completely pass them by, speak their nonsense or hop their dance steadfastly to the end, are not even disturbed when Elow leaps onto the stage, bids them to pause, and lets the audience vote whether the “performer” should keep dancing or talking, or whether they have had enough. Pig-headed beings that they are completely impervious to the ridicule and laughter of the audience.They recite the saddest stories one could possibly conceive and take no offense at the howling laughter from the audience because they quite simply do not hear it! They achieve a state of rapture that would cause every serious performer to envy them. Here is a description by Erich Kästner, from the Weimar Republic Sourcebook: The nameless are for the most part such Butterscotch Records asked that those songs be taken down, as violations of their copyright this edited podcast includes discussion of those songs but without the songs themselves.ĭon't forget about the Smithsonian Folklife Festival June 25-July 6, National Mall, Washington DC featuring the cultures of Kenya and China.In the twenties in Berlin there was an institution called the "Cabaret of the Nameless,” which took pride in presenting the most incompetent and talentless performers it could find. * Note: this attached mp3/podcast is an edited version of the live broadcast and originally posted podcast, which included 3 Beauty Pill songs from their upcoming album. Kid Congo and the Pink Monkey Birds - Killer Diller | Getatchew Mekuria and The Ex - Aynamaye Nesh |īeauty Pill - Ain't No Jury in the World Gonna Convict You, Baby | Guest DJs: Chad Clark (Beauty Pill, Smart Went Crazy) and Basla Andolsun (Beauty Pill, Warm Sun, The Andalusians, Del Cielo) |īranford Marsalis Quartet - The Mighty Sword | Gene Clark - So You Say You Lost Your Baby |īob Dylan - Girl from the North Country | The Pretty Things - She Says Good Morning | The Pupils - Witness the Sidewalk Weeping Pool | Masshysteri - Dom Kan Inte Hora Musiken | Guest DJs: Matt Michel (Majority Rule, Haram, Cloak/Dagger, Highway Cross), Ben Tankersley (Shoutbus, Haram, Blockhead, Highway Cross), and Colin Barth (Cloak/Dagger, Highway Cross) | Guests: Ian MacKaye (Teen Idles, Minor Threat, Embrace, Egg Hunt, Skewbald, Fugazi, The Evens, Dischord Records), Alec MacKaye (Untouchables, Faith, Ignition, The Warmers), Basla Andolsun (Beauty Pill, Warm Sun, the Andalusians, Del Cielo), Jason Hamacher (Frodus, combatwoundedveteran, Battery, Regents, Lost Origins Productions), Carlos Izurieta (Worn Thin, Police & Thieves), Gene Melkithesian (Lion of Judah, Give, Joint Custody Records), Dave Byrd (Striking Distance, Set to Explode), Jeff Barsky (Insect Factory), Travis Johnson (Asshole Parade, Outliers, False Flag), Reese Higgins (Gentle Reminder Records), Tad Peyton (Worn Thin, Set to Explode, Slumlords, Neurotiks, Jinx Proof Tattoos), Brien Stewart (Avail, Lickity Split, 22 Turns for the Worse, Key Figures, Ruin by Design) |