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Welcome to My World

dios — Fri, 10 Mar 2006 10:02:26 -0800

First Church of the Last Laugh. You may already be a member.

The Portsmouth Sinfonia to return?

scaryduck — Tue, 11 Jan 2005 04:50:48 -0800

The Portsmouth Sinfonia to return? In 1974, Gavin Bryars rounded up a group of novices and enthusiastic amateurs, called them the Portsmouth Sinfonia and let them loose in a recording studio. The result: some of the most disturbing classical music ever committed to tape. Intrigued by the concept, the legendary Brian Eno signed up and played clarinet for the orchestra, adding a certain star cachet to the cacophony. On the back of sympathetic TV coverage, there followed a now-legendary concert at London's Royal Albert Hall. Thirty years later, there are plans to release Portsmouth Sinfonia's output on compact disc by way of celebration. A brazen attempt for quck laughs and publicity, a serious exploration of entropy in the musical medium, or simply an early entry in the torture tape experiment?

Creative Misuse and Abuse of Musical Tools

ronsens — Fri, 23 Jul 2004 11:41:48 -0800

Creative misuse and abuse of musical tools with a lot of examples

plinth — Wed, 12 Dec 2001 15:37:18 -0800

Santarchy!

mathowie — Sun, 19 Dec 1999 01:24:58 -0800

Frank may have not updated Cacophony.com in ages, but it's still very funny stuff if you haven't seen it before. Some of my favorite entries include this one, this one, this one, and this one.