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nprmusic: Marcel Duchamp - Rotoreliefs Duchamp recognized...

Mon, 01 Oct 2012 14:24:16 -0400

Rotorelief #1 Corolles

Rotorelief #3 Lanterne Chinoise

Rotorelief #5 Poisson Japonais

Rotorelief #6 Escargot

Rotorelief #7 Verre De Boheme

Rotorelief #8 Cerceaux

Rotorelief #11 Eclipse Total

Rotorelief #10 Cage

Rotorelief #12 Spirale Blanche

nprmusic:

Marcel Duchamp - Rotoreliefs

Duchamp recognized that by spinning designs composed as sets of eccentric but concentric circles, a viewer would see the resulting pattern as a three dimensional form even through one eye alone, without the supposedly necessary benefit of stereoscopy! By the 1930s, Duchamp had constructed from his experiments a wonderfully whimsical set of 12 spinning images—from a goldfish in a bowl, to the eclipsed sun seen through a tube, to a cocktail glass, to a light bulb—in order to emphasize his discovery of these three-dimensional effects. Ironically, as another example of harmful separation between truly unified aspects of art and science, art museums almost invariably exhibit these discs as framed, static objects on a wall—whereas they have no meaning, either artistic or scientific, unless they spin.

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Limited edition vinyl box set, anyone? —Lars

matthewewhite: Listen to the entire Hopscotch performance from...

Fri, 28 Sep 2012 18:17:03 -0400

matthewewhite:

Listen to the entire Hopscotch performance from NYC Taper.

nprmusic: I Bet on Sky, Dinosaur Jr.’s 10th studio album, knows...

Mon, 10 Sep 2012 11:52:53 -0400

nprmusic:

I Bet on Sky, Dinosaur Jr.’s 10th studio album, knows where its strengths lie: namely, in volume, particularly when J Mascis lets his guitars speak and shout on his behalf.

Stream I Bet on Sky now.

samaralex: Argentine Man Plants Giant Guitar-shaped Forest to...

Fri, 07 Sep 2012 15:06:29 -0400

samaralex:

Argentine Man Plants Giant Guitar-shaped Forest to Commemorate His Lost Wife

More than 35 years ago, Pedro Ureta unexpectedly lost his wife to a brain aneurysm. Devastated by the loss of his love, he decided to create a shrine to her memory in their field that could only be seen above-head from an airplane. Ureta chose a guitar because it was his late wife’s most loved instrument.

marcusshrock: ipascrapbook: LIVE at Ipanema- planning a...

Wed, 05 Sep 2012 14:35:29 -0400

marcusshrock:

ipascrapbook:

LIVE at Ipanema- planning a relaunch of our one-of-a-kind music series!

If you don’t remember all the amazing shows! click here for a recap.

Great news! I always loved these shows. I also recommend digging through the archives and listening to some of Richmonds wonderful artist perform stripped down sets.

nprmusic: Watch David Byrne and St. Vincent bust some whack...

Tue, 04 Sep 2012 15:23:02 -0400

nprmusic:

Watch David Byrne and St. Vincent bust some whack dance moves and play dead in their new music video for “Who.”

(Stream Love This Giant right now.)

[via Vulture]

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nprmusic: The Carpenter dispenses hook-filled anthems amid...

Thu, 30 Aug 2012 13:41:21 -0400

nprmusic:

The Carpenter dispenses hook-filled anthems amid introspective looks at mortality and devotion. As always, the Avetts Brothers’ music aims for something bigger than itself, and damned if it doesn’t find it.

Stream The Carpenter now.

ianbrooks: Famous Musician Mosaics by Mirco Pagano & Moreno...

Mon, 20 Aug 2012 12:07:06 -0400

ianbrooks:

Famous Musician Mosaics by Mirco Pagano & Moreno De Turco

Do musicians make music or does the music make the musician? Around 6500 CD’s were used to create these astounding mosaics of such musical superstars as Bob Marley, Michael Jackson, and Elvis Presley, though every icon was made entirely out of their own albums. They were created for an anti piracy campaign, the full set of which can be seen over on here.

Artist: Behance (via: Visual News / myedol)

nprmusic: Happy Friday!

Fri, 17 Aug 2012 16:33:20 -0400

nprmusic:

Happy Friday!

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matthewewhite: Im absolutely thrilled to share that today...

Tue, 14 Aug 2012 19:14:19 -0400

matthewewhite:

Im absolutely thrilled to share that today (which somehow happens to be my birthday) you can listen to Big Inner in it’s entirety! Im so very thankful to be a part of both an amazingly talented community and an ambitious record label, each willing to work so hard to make something, together, that is bigger than any of us could make on our own.

Big Love,
Matt

intweetion: Tom Waits’ Video for “Hell Broke Luce”

Tue, 07 Aug 2012 12:15:22 -0400

intweetion:

Tom Waits’ Video for “Hell Broke Luce”

nevver: Mixtape

Tue, 07 Aug 2012 11:08:53 -0400

nevver:

Mixtape

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John Lennon, Yoko Ono and Sean Lennon

Mon, 30 Jul 2012 11:52:24 -0400

John Lennon, Yoko Ono and Sean Lennon

hometapes: It’s hard to look away: Matthew E. White’s debut 7”...

Tue, 24 Jul 2012 14:49:46 -0400

hometapes:

It’s hard to look away: Matthew E. White’s debut 7” single out now
Celebrate Spacebomb’s first release and cross the bridge to Big Inner

Every record has a road to it. I drive down it, sometimes a little faster than I should. I pull over to watch the sun set into it. I wake up in the morning just to get back on it again.

In the passenger’s seat is Matthew E. White. He’s got his guitar on one knee and his laptop on the other. The artist behind one of the finest albums of all time (with the Spacebomb family of performers standing right up beside him) is also the force behind a label that was born to redefine the meaning of that very word.

The release of this 7” today, available in stores everywhere and via mailorder, has all kinds of love wrapped up in it, all kinds of miles, and two songs that open the gates to an album that’ll probably change your life if you listen to it. Soon you’ll be able to. For now, just start the engine, look straight ahead, and turn the radio up. Wherever you’re headed, we’ll see you when you get there.

BUY: Matthew E. White “One of These Days” 7”

Limited to 1000 hand-numbered, hand-stamped copies assembled by Spacebomb in Richmond, VA. The 33RPM vinyl record is packaged in a vibrant two-color die-cut cover in a heavy PVC jacket. Includes a download coupon good for instant high-quality digital files

LISTEN: Matthew E. White “One of These Days”