Archive for the ‘Matmos’ Category
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008
Thursday night, the first night of Whartscape, had that still new and fresh feeling...virginal maybe? Open seats were hard to find in theater 1 of the Charles. Wharstscape posters adorned the wall with phrases like "Worm Paste," and "Owl Dad." As with much of Wham City, I have no clue ...
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Thursday, July 17th, 2008
1. Describe your feelings on Wham City and what it means to you?
When I first was making a decision about whether or not to take job
offers in Toronto and Baltimore I told my grad students in a class at
the Art Institute about the tossup and one of my ...
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Sunday, April 6th, 2008
Seeing a reunited Blectum from Blechdom perform last night at Load of Fun took me back to the good old days of the early 00s (nearly 10 years ago!) It was a time when the whole laptop scene was blowing up-- all Kid606, Cex, Tigerbeat6, and Oakland, CA.
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Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
In this, the final installment of the Matmos interview, Martin and Drew talk about what makes an action art, and about working with Bjork.Hope you all have enjoyed it!For refreshers, goto Part 1 and Part 2
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Sunday, February 24th, 2008
I had originally intended to post this interview in two halves, but I am now opting to post it in thirds. So, here is the second segment.At this point in the interview my mini disc recorder failed, and the rest was taped on a cassette over a recording of Martin ...
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Wednesday, February 20th, 2008
A couple Tuesdays ago, I got a chance to talk with Martin and Drew of Matmos. While the weather outside was icy enough to force Maryland polls to stay open for an extra hour and a half, I met the two at their row house by the Hopkins campus. ...
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Sunday, February 10th, 2008
Last night’s Matmos performance at the Floristree was mixed, but to be fair to Matmos it wasn’t their fault. The performers and the audience were not on the same page. The audience was younger, hipper, and more attractive than me, but then again I was there for the ...
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