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when i was working out at the studios in brattleboro, i had the honor to meet kit barry. in the last days when i was preparing to leave i got a chance to peek into his archive, make some snaps, and have a very fine chat. i will look forward seeing him again in the [...]

The following is quoted from the latest edition of spaceweather.com MIDNIGHT VISITATION: In a remote area of New Mexico, amateur astronomer Thomas Ashcraft operates an all-sky camera for nightly monitoring of meteors and fireballs. “The other night I caught a big one,” he says. Click on the image to play the movie: “An owl descended [...]

Here is a link to a nicely done website that documents a list of Harry Partch’s instruments where you can play them and hear what they sounded like… Play Harry Partch’s Instruments __________________________ if you don’t already know about parch and his microtonal instruments, here is a documentary about his life and work: part 1 [...]

Last night I finally got to see the documentary 30 Century Man – about the life and work of Scott Walker (Noel Scott Engel). An amazing story of a very personal journey through pop music and into the depths of a deeply subjective poetic space. I have been a fan for years of Scott’s music [...]

a friend just sent me some images from the Douglas Self Site and i just had to ‘quote’ one page of it here – very curious! STEERABLE LOCATOR HORNS: PERSONAL Left: Professor Mayer’s topophone: 1880. This image has been reproduced many times in the past, but as it is the earliest audio-location device I have [...]

From my bedroom window I can see each day the corner of one of the old Estey Organ Factory buildings – it has been a curious enigma since I arrived in Brattleboro. Finally I contacted the people that run the museum (It stopped functioning as a organ factory in the 50′s – and now is [...]