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"One of the reasons that reconstruction of earlier playing styles is so difficult is precisely the fact that we start from the viewpoint of late 20th- century taste and habits, and use them as the basis for comparison. But what does modern taste consist of? If the style of Elgar's day is 'old-fashioned', in what ways is modern style 'new-fangled'? The answer...is that we use more vibrato and less portamento than was used earlier in the century, we are more concerned with clarity of detail and exact note values, we take most music more slowly and we change tempo less frequently and to a lesser degree. If these characteristics of modern style have arisen so recently, do we not have to be very cautious in using them as a basis for investigating much earlier playing styles? What would happen if, in order to reconstruct, say, the performance practice of Beethoven's day, we were to start not from modern style but from the style preserved on early gramophone records?

. . . . our conjectures would be quite different if we were living in the 1920s instead of the 1980s. Similarly 18th- and 19th-century descriptions of tempo rubato make a very different sort of sense if we take early, rather than late, 20th-century style as the starting point for comparison. My own very strong suspicion is that many of the habits preserved in early gramophone records had their origins at least as far back as Beethoven, and in some cases earlier. This is something to argue about, but one central point is indisputable: the styles of the early 20th century did not arise overnight. For this reason, if for no other, it is time for historically minded performers to start considering the implications of early gramophone records."

Robert Philip
The Recordings of Sir Edward Elgar -- Authenticity and Performance Practice
Early Music, Vol. 12, No. 4, November, 1984, pp. 481-489, pp.
488-489

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96 tears


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blood puddle pillows

thx vz
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Flubber

In a 1963 tie-in with the Walt Disney movie Son of Flubber, Hasbro developed a product called Flubber, a substance made of rubber and mineral oil that could bounce like a ball and take imprints (similar to Silly Putty). After it had been on the market for several months, the company began receiving reports that Flubber was causing a rash. The Flubber formula had passed all the regular tests, but the company began testing again, this time on volunteer prisoners. One prisoner developed a rash on his head, and the company learned that the product irritated hair follicles of a small percentage of the population.

Hasbro recalled Flubber--thousands and thousands of balls--and consigned it to the city dump. The next day Hasbro execs received a call from the mayor of Providence, who informed them that a black cloud hovered over the dump; the rubber would not burn properly. Merrill Hassenfeld of Hasbro called the Coast Guard for permission to weight the Flubber and dump it at sea. Permission was granted. However, the next day the Coast Guard called to complain that Flubber was floating all over Narrangansett Bay. After paying the Coast Guard to sweep the ocean, Hassenfeld took the mess and buried it in his backyard. (adapted from Toyland)

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the new #1 WTC progress (can we quit calling it the freedom tower yet?)

Taking that into account, The Times plans to follow construction (or delays) over the next few years in a series of video reports, beginning with this one. These reports will focus on the big milestones, on the fascinating details that must be resolved, and on the many men and women who are building the new trade center. If you have a few years to spare, stay tuned.

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metal p clips


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How Iannis Xenakis turned his back on architecture for classical music

poeme electronique

via strange harvest
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push back for knee jerk corbu haters


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ive been ignoring this news item (because i cant stand venturi). but its hard to resist a good house moving story with a tugboat, barge and the varrazano bridge in the background.


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The museum’s most famous asset is its 9,335-square-foot scale model of New York City, originally built for the 1964 World’s Fair. The Panorama of the City of New York has 895,000 structures, replicating every street, bridge and skyscraper in the five boroughs.

It is the physical and sentimental centerpiece of the museum, located on the old fairgrounds in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, next to the Unisphere, the enormous stainless-steel globe that was also built for the fair and has become an unofficial symbol of Queens.

Now, the museum is beginning an Adopt-a-Building program.

Starting Monday, you can “own” an apartment in the tiny world of the model — say, the one you live in — for $50. A single-family house will cost $250.

And for $10,000, developers can have their brand-new glass-tower condo buildings added to the panorama — no matter how many units are languishing on the market. “Buyers” will even be awarded their own deeds.

Until now, the panorama has represented a snapshot of New York, frozen in time. In 1992, workers updated 60,000 structures to reflect the city’s constant churn of construction and demolition, but it has been untouched since then.

In this miniature world, the World Trade Center still stands, for instance, and the luxury towers now lining the Long Island City and Williamsburg waterfronts are nowhere to be seen.

Now, the panorama will evolve gradually along with the city — at least, for those who pay.
who gets the old buildings they replace?


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czech book cover design 20's - 30's


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10th st co-op galleries

park place gallery


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we get blue highway network on basic cable / whottie who who!!! / set your dvr to OCC

Growing up in the Ozark Mountain of Missouri I attended New Hope Baptist Church and New Salem Methodist Church which were both within three miles of our farm in Polk County. These great old country churches gave me a foundation to build a life upon and a lifelong love of the sound that I remember so well of the singing echoing from these historic buildings. The old country churches of my youth were all aged wood and gave a resonance of the human voice that could never be duplicated in a modern recording studio. Back in 1992 I started looking for an old country church to produce a television show to feature the authentic sound of music inside those old wooden buildings. In 1993 my lifelong friend and fellow gospel music lover, Bobby Joe Bilyeu (pronounced BLUE) found the perfect church. It is located in the Heart of the Ozarks just 8 miles outside of Springfield, Missouri. As noted earlier, I grew up on a farm just 13 miles from Springfield, but in the other direction so I had never heard of this church. It is the historic Cave Springs Church in the community of Cave Springs, Missouri. It was built in the mid 1860's and had been empty for many years when we found it. We were able to take our production crew in and clean it out, repair and paint the inside and paint the outside. It is a beautiful old church and from the first group that we brought in to sing, back in 1994, the sound of that old wood was just spectacular. People all over the country watched our "Old Country Church" shows and our "Gospel Sampler" shows that were produced in the old church and just loved it. It has been our most popular show of all the shows we have produced through the years, along with "Reno's Old Time Music Festival" and my "Stan Hitchcock's Heart to Heart" shows.

Reno and I, along with our wonderful production crew just returned to Nashville from our trip to Cave Springs, Missouri where we produced ten (10) new "Old Country Church" shows with some of the greatest [WHITE] gospel groups in America. I couldn't wait to get back and give you, our BlueHighways TV fans and supporters, the chance to hear the raw, unedited samples of the new shows.

Stan

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oafe


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langston hughes ask your mama


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illy push button house

thx drat
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master plan


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hollis frampton interview


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80 michigan breakwater / lock images


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This lantern slides measures 3.25 in by 3.25 in.

Hand titled on paper label - Corbusier. . Paris. Jeanneret. Maison la Rute?

This old lantern slide is one from a collection of photographic slides showing modern architecture. Many of the slides have paper labels reading - Courtauld Institute of Art, a few read Barteltt school of Architecture and Architectural Association. Some are only titled. Some show buildings and interiors by famous architects such as Frank Lloyd Wright, Le Corbusier, Charles Renee Macintosh, Schinkel, F.R.S Yorke and others in England, France Australia, America, Italy and more. Some are dated 1930s / 1940s, others have written - No Neg.
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ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE MESS RESIDENCE OF WINNETKA DESIGNED AND BUILT BY WALTER BURLEY GRIFFIN, IT WAS FEATURED IN THE "WESTERN ARCHITECT MAGAZINE AUGUST 1913. THIS AUCTION INCLUDES 46 PHOTOS. 4 EXTERIOR PHOTOS UNDER CONSTRUCTION, 1 PHOTO OF A SURVEYING CREW WHICH MAY INCLUDE GRIFFIN IN THE PHOTO.5 INTERIOR VIEWS INCLUDING THE FAMOUSE FIREPLACE. THE BALANCE ARE VARIOUS VIEWS OF THE HOME AND GROUNDS OVER THE FOLLOWING YEARS. SOME HAVE MATURE LANDSCAPING.ALSO INCLUDED IS THE PAGE FROM THE MAGAZINE. ALL PHOTOS ARE ORIGINALS.


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But to use an analogy that this poker player would understand, Mr. Gagosian is all in. He showed up at the Yves Saint Laurent auction in Paris last month, accompanying the Russian billionaire Roman A. Abramovich. Mr. Gagosian is still on the cocktail circuit, and he’s still hosting parties in his town house on the Upper East Side, which has a lap pool and lots of sleek furniture. The gatherings — a mix of millionaires, celebrities and art stars — are carefully engineered marketing opportunities, though they don’t seem that way to attendees.

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Four years ago at Davos, the famous world economic forum, then-Prime Minister Tony Blair appeared on a panel with Bill Gates, Bill Clinton and the rock star Bono. After the panel, a journalist wandering the stage came across some papers scattered near Blair's seat. The papers were covered in doodles: circles and triangles, boxes and arrows.

"Your standard meeting doodles," says David Greenberg, professor of journalism at Rutgers University.

So this journalist brought his prize to a graphologist who, after careful study, drew some pretty disturbing conclusions. According to experts quoted in the Independent and The Times, the prime minister was clearly "struggling to maintain control in a confusing world" and "is not rooted." Worse, Blair was apparently, "not a natural leader, but more of a spiritual person, like a vicar."

Two other major British newspapers, which had also somehow gotten access to the doodles, came to similar conclusions.

A couple days later, No. 10 Downing Street finally weighed in. It had done a full and thorough investigation and had an important announcement to make:

The doodles were not made by Blair; they were made by Bill Gates. Gates had left them in the next seat over.

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andy warhol's tv


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