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John Ruscher

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Jandek round two

A few weeks ago I saw Jandek perform at NYU. I didn’t get a chance to write it up, but here are couple of the photos that I snapped of the Representative from Corwood Industries and his ensemble, which included dancer Biba Belle. I saw my first Jandek show back in 2007 and wrote about [...]

Björk and the Dirty Projectors

This space has been silent lately, but its not because I haven’t been up to some cool things. In fact in the past few weeks I’ve seen some very special shows. On Friday, May 8th I had the rare (and possibly once-in-a-lifetime) chance to catch Icelandic wonderwoman Björk perform with Brooklyn’s amazing Dirty Projectors at [...]

What’s in a NIME?

Apologies if that Shakespeare pun wakes you wince. NIME stands for New Interfaces for Musical Expression, a class in NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications Program. Monday night students from the class performed at Exit Art at 10th Avenue and 36th Street in Manhattan. It was the first sold-out experimental/computer music show that I’ve ever attended and it [...]