Author: Pol Rosenthal
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Gloria’s Cause Revisited
Back in December of 2010 I was part of a stage production that took an abstract look at the American Revolutionary War and American culture in general. Directed by Dayna Hanson formerly of 33 fainting Spells, Gloria’s Cause was a fun and messy assortment of scenes that sometimes appeared to come from nowhere. The show…
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M.I.A. – When Democracy Comes To Town
Young video warrior Maya isn’t the most exciting performer out there and she certainly isn’t someone whose music I turn to, but she and her crew have gone a bit beyond. This new video of hers has a bit more of a kick to it than what I’m used to from her; what makes it…
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Avería – The Average Font
Avería – The Average Font. This is the tale of Averia, her birth, her creation. Averia is a typeface of the utmost modern conventions. She is beautiful in a sense that only those who love the old within the new and the new outside of history can appreciate fully. I find her rounded, decayed edges…
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It’s In The Mix! More Good Internet Radio!
A Mister Nagoski is streaming from his collection of old 78 records: “78 Vintage Grooves From Around The World…” So far I’ve hung out with a Japanese callgirl, then some syrup-voiced guy from the arabic-speaking world, then I think the next fella was crooning to me from Turkey. Now Lil Wally and his pals have…
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Sound Balloons: The Field Recordings of Mr. L’Roy
My dear friend Eugene Fauntleroy is travelling around the world. I know him as an entrepreneur, a dj, a bon vivant; sometimes a dandy, always someone worth engaging with. I recently found that he’s established a Soundcloud page for a set of field recordings he’s creating: http://soundcloud.com/gene-lroy/tracks There’s quite a few things happening here: Qawwalli vs bhangra (a…