Tag: avant garde

  • Song 58 : First understanding of performance art/art rock

    Song 58 : First understanding of performance art/art rock

    [Still from music video for the song “This is the Picture (Excellent Birds)”] “This is the Picture (Excellent Birds)” – Laurie Anderson and Peter Gabriel (So [second album release and CD]) Luckily, just after Philip Glass showed me that the floor could come out from under me, a new wave radio station arose in my… Read more

  • Song 41: Flying through the air with freak folk accompaniment

    Song 41: Flying through the air with freak folk accompaniment

    “Book of Right On” by Joanna Newsom Christine: I will never understand why I love this song so much, I just do! Several of my friends were in a band named after the song, which is how I first heard of it. It’s such a weird song, the harp, her voice, which sounds like elderly… Read more