Hold On to Your Dreams , livre ebook

445

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English

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2009

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Lawrence Tim Lawrence

Publié par
Duke University Press

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2009

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Publié par

Duke University Press

Date de parution

23 octobre 2009

Nombre de lectures

EAN13

9780822390855

Langue

English

Poids de l'ouvrage

24 Mo

Hold On to Your Dreams is the first biography of the musician and composer Arthur Russell, one of the most important but least known contributors to New York's downtown music scene during the 1970s and 1980s. With the exception of a few dance recordings, including "Is It All Over My Face?" and "Go Bang! #5", Russell's pioneering music was largely forgotten until 2004, when the posthumous release of two albums brought new attention to the artist. This revival of interest gained momentum with the issue of additional albums and the documentary film Wild Combination. Based on interviews with more than seventy of his collaborators, family members, and friends, Hold On to Your Dreams provides vital new information about this singular, eccentric musician and his role in the boundary-breaking downtown music scene.Tim Lawrence traces Russell's odyssey from his hometown of Oskaloosa, Iowa, to countercultural San Francisco, and eventually to New York, where he lived from 1973 until his death from AIDS-related complications in 1992. Resisting definition while dreaming of commercial success, Russell wrote and performed new wave and disco as well as quirky rock, twisted folk, voice-cello dub, and hip-hop-inflected pop. "He was way ahead of other people in understanding that the walls between concert music and popular music and avant-garde music were illusory," comments the composer Philip Glass. "He lived in a world in which those walls weren't there." Lawrence follows Russell across musical genres and through such vital downtown music spaces as the Kitchen, the Loft, the Gallery, the Paradise Garage, and the Experimental Intermedia Foundation. Along the way, he captures Russell's openness to sound, his commitment to collaboration, and his uncompromising idealism.

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Publié par

Duke University Press

Date de parution

23 octobre 2009

EAN13

9780822390855

Langue

English

Poids de l'ouvrage

24 Mo

Praise for Tim Lawrence’sLove Saves t

he Day: A History of

American Dance Music Culture, 1970–1979

“Oneofthesharpestbooksondancemusictodate,strikingabalancebetween youarethere club descriptions, socioeconomic analysis, and musical critique.”—Tricia Romano,The Village Voice

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“Lawrencehasdocumentedthescenewithafan’saffectionandascholar’sthoroughness. . . . His interview subjects, veteran DJs and clubgoers all, best convey in their own words what it was like to be on the dance floor at the Loft, the Gallery or the Paradise Garage when the crowd—drenched in sweat, screaming and whistling, arms in the air—gave itself up to rapture.” —Tom Beer,Newsday

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Hold On to Your Dreams

Arthur Russell and theDowntown Music Scene,1973 –1992

Tim Lawrence

Duke University PressDurham and London 2009

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Alan Abrams Kathy Acker Mustafa Ahmed JoAnne Akalaitis Rik Albani Ali Akbar College of Music Laurie Anderson Another Side Bob Ashley Bob Babbitt Afrika Bambaataa Barefoot Boy Wilbur Bascomb Battery Sound David Behrman John Bernd Bessie Schönberg Theater Billboard Bill’s Friends Bob Blank Lola Blank Blank Tapes Studios Blue Green Bohannon Bond’s Bonzo Goes to Washington Joyce Bowden Bright and Early Ernie Brooks Jim Burton David Byrne John Cage Cornelius Cardew Casual Gods CBGB’s CETA Orchestra Jesse Chamberlain Rhys Chatham Mel Cheren Don Christensen Columbia Records CooperHewitt Museum Frankie Crocker Merce Cunningham Steve D’Acquisto Dance Music Report Danceteria Doug DeFranco Vince Delgado Dinosaur Dinosaur L Les Disques du Crépuscule Arnold Dreyblatt Bob Dylan Julius Eastman Experimental Intermedia Foundation Face Fast Food Band Barry Feldman Felix Sammy Figueroa Flying Hearts Henry Flynt Riccardo Fogli Jim Fouratt Franklin Street Arts Center Chris Frantz Mark Freedman Johnny Fu Gallery Kyle Gann Walter Gibbons Jon Gibson Allen Ginsberg Philip Glass Peter Gordon Kent Goshorn Robert Green Steven Hall John Hammond Jerry Har rison Steven Harvey Yogi Horton Butch Ingram Jimmy Ingram John Ingram Timmy Ingram William Ingram Institute of Contemporary Art Scott Johnson Tom Johnson Kailas Shugendo Kennedy Center François Kevorkian Kevin Killian Kitchen Knitting Factory Jill Kroesen Joan La Barbara La MaMa Richard Landry Elodie Lauten Mary Jane Leach Tom Lee Larry Levan Mark Levinson George Lewis Eric Liljestrand Lin coln Center Annea Lockwood Loft Logorhythm Lola Glen Lomaro Loose Joints Love of Life Orchestra Lower Manhattan Ocean Club Gary Lucas Mabou Mines Jackson Mac Low David Mancuso Manhattan School of Music Kurtis Mantronik William Allaudin Mathieu Max’s Kansas City Leon McElroy Melody Maker Denise Mercedes Mercer Arts Center Modern Lovers Charlotte Moorman John Moran Bill Morgan Mudd Club Donald Murk Sydney Murray Rome Neal Necessaries Paul Nelson New Musical Express New York Rocker New York Times Phill Niblock Ninth Circle Yuko Nonomura Normal Music Band Peter Orlovsky Le Orme Other End Frank Owen Toni Pagliuca Andy Paley Robert Palmer Palo Paradise Garage Jon Pareles Wendy Per ron Poetry Project at St. Mark’s Poet’s Building Record World Steve Reich R.E.M. Simon Reynolds Jonathan Richman Terry Riley Rock Lounge John Rockwell Michael Rosenblatt Bob Rosenthal Rough TradeArthur RussellBill Ruyle Frederic Rzewski Sailboats Larry Saltzman Alison Salzinger Roger Sanchez San Francisco Conserva tory of Music John Scherman Carlota Schoolman Allan Schwartzberg 1750 Arch Street Jon Sholle Nicky Siano Jimmy Simpson Mark Sinclair Singing Tractors Sire Sleeping Bag Sobossek’s Will Socolov SoHo Weekly News Robert Stearns Seymour Stein David Stubbs Studio 54 Ned Sublette Sundragon Studios Talking Heads Elias Tanenbaum Steven Taylor Television Todd Terry Tier 3 Ed Tomney Stan Tonkel David Toop Geoff Travis “Blue” Gene Tyranny Upside Records Myriam Valle David Van Tieghem Walker Arts Center Warner Bros. Jennifer Warnes Ajari Warwick Wash ington Square Church WBLS West End Jerry Wexler Tina Weymouth Jeff Whittier Robert Wilson Kirk Winslow Christian Wolff Stephanie Woodard Melvina Woods World Music Hall WUSB Stony Brook Ellen Ziegler Robert Ziegler Peter Zummo

Discography

Contents

Epilogue

Illustrations

Formations(1951–1973)11

Reverberations(1984–1987)247

Preface

Acknowledgments

xxiii

Tangents(1987–1992)293

Introduction

Alternatives(1975–1977)83

Intensities(1977–1980)125

Explorations(1973–1975)47

Variations(1980–1984)179

359

Notes

341

387

Index

393

Bibliography

377

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