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	Ode to Gravity: Rain-Drain by Karlheinz Martens Another auditory collage of poetry, music, stories and sounds from Charles Amirkhanian’s groundbreaking radio program, “Ode To Gravity”. In this edition you will hear Charles recite a poem by Nano Valaorites, some quiet jazz music, and a short story read by its author, Mort Bennett, among other assorted aural amusements. Don’t worry about the meaning of it all just sit back and absorb the sonic vibrations. Keywords: KPFA-FM; Ode to Gravity series; Music; Poetry; Soundscapes Downloads: 90 Average rating: (0 review)
	Ode To Gravity: Do Fraig Amors, etc... Another excellent example of an early Ode to Gravity program. This time it is an interesting mix of music and spoken word, ranging from Medieval Germanic choral music, avant-garde orchestral works, American popular music from the 1920s or 1930s, canary’s chirping, spell casting, bowling advice and other assorted sounds. Keywords: KPFA-FM; Ode to Gravity series; Music; Orchestral Music Downloads: 13
	Ode To Gravity: Aspects of the Visionary Charles Amirkhanian talks with David Graham, Gerry Duncan, and Christopher & Teresa Venne about their publication “Attitudes 1”, a futuristic thought collection issued in mid-1971. The publication grew out of the groups interest in the work of British economist, Robert Theobald, but evolved past his theories of a guaranteed annual income, to embrace more Utopian and Spiritual theories, including reincarnation... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Ode to Gravity series; Lecture; Panel Discussion Downloads: 51 Average rating: (0 review)
	Ode To Gravity: The Dial-A-Poem Poets Amirkhanian introduces a program of poetry from the Dial-A-Poem exhibits organized by John Giorno at the Museum of Modern Art and other spaces. These poems were originally available to the general public via a special telephone number from the The Architectural League of New York. However due to some of the adult content contained in certain pieces the project was threatened with lawsuit’s from concerned, conservative parents and the telephone number was eventually disconnected... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Ode to Gravity series; Poetry; Spoken Word Downloads: 5
	Ode to Gravity: Presented by Harry S. Baptist An eclectic collage of mostly unidentified music and sounds supposedly presented by those legendary KPFA music directors Harry S. Truman and John the Baptist. Some of the music heard can be tentatively identified as jazz pieces by the Phil Yost Trio, Chick Corea, and Benny Goodman, others seem to be by the Senufo peoples of Ivory Coast, and the pygmies of Burundi, as well as at least one and possibly two excerpts from Lou Harrison’s “Pacifika Rondo”... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Ode to Gravity series; Music; Jazz; Soundscapes Downloads: 145 Average rating: (0 review)
	Ode To Gravity: Bon Bonn Bon Originally broadcast on the evening of the 200th anniversary of Beethoven's birth this program would have had the deaf composer holding his head in amazement. An energetic mix of assorted musical genres, this program combines the madness one would associate with the Fugs with the elegance reminiscent of a Chopin nocturne, with a healthy dose of jazz and a little bit of poetry by Ezra Pound thrown in for seasoning... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Ode to Gravity series; Music; Classical Music Downloads: 11
	Ode to Gravity: Music from Sudan and Armenia In this program we hear music performed by Sudanese virtuoso Hamza El Din, as well as a selection of Armenian folk music, and an interview with Dikran Karagueuzian, editor of the San Francisco based newspaper, the Armenian Guardian. Keywords: KPFA-FM; Ode to Gravity series; Music; World Music Downloads: 305 Average rating: (0 review)
	Ode to Gravity: The Public Imagination Amirkhanian interviews participants at an unusual visual arts conference held at DeBenneville Pines in the San Bernardino National Forest. Included are Ken Friedman, director of the conference and a renowned visual artist, Barbara Haskell, curator of the Pasadena Art Museum, and Wayne Arneson. Harvard Divinity School student who discusses his school for people who might want to live on other planets... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Ode to Gravity series; Interview; Modern Art Downloads: 94 Average rating: (0 review)
	Brian Eno Interviewed on KPFA's Ode to Gravity, 1980 - Charles Amirkhanian & Brian Eno Charles Amirkhanian and Brian Eno discuss Phonetic Poetry, how Brian writes his lyrics, and the spirit of inquisitiveness at KPFA Radio on Saturday February 2, 1980. Listen to some of Brian Enos pieces; After the Heat, Everything Merges With the Night, Another Green World, Spirits Drifting and sections of other pieces. Brian Eno also discusses the artist Peter Schmidt and their work on the Oblique Strategies Cards, being a producer, Process vs Product and looping... Source: Other Minds Keywords: KPFA-FM; Ode to Gravity series; Interview and Music; New Music; Popular Music; Brian Eno Downloads: 8,302 Average rating: (5 reviews)
	Ode To Gravity: Interview with Daniell Revenaugh Charles Amirkhanian talks with Daniell Revenaugh, the conductor of the Electric Symphony Orchestra, about the group’s upcoming inaugural concert. The Electric Symphony Orchestra is a small traditional orchestra in which each instrument is electronically processed and amplified so as to resemble the tonality of a larger acoustic orchestra. The intent is to produce a sound that is faithful to the traditional concert environment while using far fewer performers, about 30 instrumentalist as oppose... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Ode to Gravity series; Interview; Orchestral Music; Daniell Revenaugh
	Ode to Gravity: CalArts Text-Sound Concert Charles Amirkhanian introduces an evening of text-sound pieces, recorded live in concert at the California Institute of the Arts on February 13, 1972,. Pieces heard were mostly composed by students of Ingram Marshall's, first in the world seminar on text sound compositions at Cal Arts. Also heard is a tape of a piece composed by the Swedo-Finish composer Tex Sound (E. Thogrim Baesjehode) as well as a piece (Moonbeams for Bedfellows) composed by Anne Mazonson based on a poem by Larry Eigner. Keywords: KPFA-FM; Ode to Gravity series; Spoken Word; Sound Poetry; CalArts Downloads: 42 Average rating: (0 review)
	Ode to Gravity: An Interview with Martin Koenig Charles Amirkhanian interviews Martin Koenig, a collector and publisher of Balkan folk music about his work as an ethnomusicologist specializing in Eastern European folk music and dances. Koenig also introduces a number of recordings from his collection. Keywords: KPFA-FM; Ode to Gravity series; Interview and Music; World Music; Martin Koenig Downloads: 102 Average rating: (0 review)
	Ode to Gravity: Songs and Writings of Ned Rorem In this edition of Ode To Gravity Charles Amirkhanian presents a selection of art songs by Ned Rorem interspersed with excerpts from Rorem’s book, “Music from Inside Out”, in which the composer discusses history and art of song writing. For additional works by Rorem be sure to check out the recently released CD “The Songs of Ned Rorem”, from the Other Minds record label and available at www.otherminds.org. Keywords: KPFA-FM; Ode to Gravity series; Interview and Music; Art Songs; Ned Rorem Downloads: 36 Average rating: (0 review)
	Ode To Gravity: Stressmitter Bamba On a lazy Wednesday evening in 1970 Charles Amirkhanian and Bob Bergstresser ensconced themselves into the KPFA studios and produced this eclectic mix of electro-acoustic music. The variety of sounds range from meditative strings to percussive bells with a little bit of everything else in between. Heard with out interruption this program is a sonic landscape that will quickly entrance the accepting ear. Keywords: KPFA-FM; Ode to Gravity Series; Music; Avant-Garde; Electro-Acoustic; Electronic Downloads: 29 Average rating: (0 review)
	Ode to Gravity: An Indelible Admixture Sped up host Sparky, presents an indelible admixture of organ music, jazz, and sound poetry. First heard is “Liberation Waltz” by (or from) the Berkeley, California based Felicity Facility. This is followed by a selection of musical settings by David Durrah and his jazz band poems of poems by Edward Mycue. The program then concludes with two word-tape pieces by Selrahc Nimajneb Nainahkrima, (a.k.a... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Ode to Gravity series; Music; Jazz; Sound Poetry Downloads: 89 Average rating: (0 review)
	Ode to Gravity: Rubber Stamp Art The Ellis Rubber Stamp Co. was founded in 1929 by H.R. Ellis and his son, Walter, who continues to produce rubber stamps of over 1000 different visual designs plus custom stamps for regular retail customers. Charles Amirkhanian, Ken Friedman and Carol Law have produced a series of graphic works exclusively utilizing rubber stamp images. In this program Charles talks with Walter Ellis and several of his employees at the Ellis Co... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Ode to Gravity series; Other Finds; Rubber Stamps Downloads: 125 Average rating: (0 review)
	Ode To Gravity: Kenward Elmslie Charles Amirkhanian talks with New York poet Kenward Elmslie, author of numerous books including Circus Nerves, Motor Disturbances, The Orchid and Album. Elmslie has also written librettos for several operas: Miss Julie by Ned Rorem and The Sweet Bye and Bye and Lizzie Borden by Jack Beeson. On this program Elmslie reads some beautifully wacky verse from his recent books including some he has composed tunes for, and introduces two songs from the musical comedy The Grass Harp (music by Claibe Ric... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Ode to Gravity Series; Interview; Poetry; Kenward Elmslie Downloads: 26 Average rating: (0 review)
	Ode to Gravity: The Performance Poetry of Toby Lurie Charles Amirkhanian interviews Toby Lurie, one of Americas best-known performance poetry artists. Lurie explains the various poetic techniques that he has developed such as his conversation-poems in which more than one voice interact to create a woven tapestry of poetic phrases and overlapping statements. Another type of poetry discussed and performed here are one-word or sound-poems, which attempt to get inside a single word, fully explore its parts and create new meanings by emphasizing or rea... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Ode to Gravity series; Spoken Word; Poetry; Toby Lurie Downloads: 103 Average rating: (0 review)
	Ode To Gravity: Charlie Morrow and New Wilderness Audiographics From an interview recorded in December of 1977 and broadcast on June 26, 1978, Charles Amirkhanian talks with New York composer and producer, Charlie Morrow, at his home on West End Avenue in Manhattan. Morrow was, at the time of this recording, director of the New Wilderness Foundation, which issued a remarkable series of cassette tapes featuring experimental music, text-sound compositions, and field recordings, created by a variety of avant-garde composers and poets... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Ode to Gravity series; Charlie Morrow; Music; Interview; New Music Downloads: 14
	Ode To Gravity: A Piano Recital by Emily Wong Emily Wong performs live in the KPFA Studio C. She is the pianist with the Cabrillo Music Festival, Marin civic Light Opera, and teaches at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Charles Amirkhanian hosts the broadcast which features a rare performance of early pieces by Conlon Nancarrow. This concert was held during a fund drive by KPFA and during the intermission requests for funds are made. Keywords: KPFA-FM; Ode to Gravity Series; Music; 20th Century Classical; Classical; Emily Wong Downloads: 11 Average rating: (0 review)
	Ode to Gravity: 15th Anniversary Program On March 4, 1970 Charles Amirkhanian broadcast the first in a series of ongoing programs called Ode to Gravity. The focus of the program has been avant-garde and contemporary music, with forays into the realms of experimental literature as well as visual and performance art. Initially inspired by a live theater piece by Amirkhanian, in which assorted objects ranging from a marble to a mattress to a car fender were dropped from a balcony into a circle of spectators, the radio program, Ode to Grav... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Ode to Gravity series; Interview and Music; Avant-Garde; Sound Poetry Downloads: 245 Average rating: (0 review)
	Ode to Gravity: The Environmental Songs of Phyllis Addison Charles Amirkhanian talks with composer Phyllis Addison, who introduces a selection of her “environmental songs”. Addison studied at Mills College where she received a BA in composition and environmental science and an MFA in electronic music and recording media. Her background as a classical pianist and a rock keyboardist and singer inform her own pieces. In this program she presents a selection of commercially unavailable songs, composed using the first generation of digital samplers and s... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Ode to Gravity series; Interview and Music; Popular Music Downloads: 66 Average rating: (0 review)
	American Music on 78s In the first show of what was destined to become the longest running American radio program devoted to new and avant garde music, host Charles Amirkhanian, introduces three out-of-print works by American composers. There is an early sonata by Leonard Bernstein, a Concerto for harp and wind ensemble by Carlos Salzedo, and finally a string quartet by Walter Piston. All the recordings date to the 1930s and 40s, and were originally released on 78s. Keywords: KPFA-FM; Ode to Gravity series; Music; 20th Century Classical Downloads: 311 Average rating: (0 review)
	Ode to Gravity: Afghani Music Recorded by Lowell Sheehy Charles Amirkhanian interviews Lowell Sheehy, who describes his visit to Afghanistan, and plays recordings he made in 1969 of the music he heard there. Lowell Sheehy describes his low-budget trips to Afghanistan, and how he met and recorded these impromptu performances in tea houses throughout southern Afghanistan. Keywords: KPFA-FM; Ode to Gravity series; Interview and Music; World Music; Afghanistan Downloads: 330 Average rating: (0 review)
	Ode to Gravity: Music by Edward MacDowell, Irving Fine, & André Jolivet Charles Amirkhanian plays two works for solo piano and then a piano concerto. The first piece is by the American composer, Edward MacDowell, whose estate in Petersboro, NH was later converted by his widow into a sanctuary named the MacDowell Colony, where to this day artists can go to spend several months in peaceful surroundings and work on their art. The second piece, by Irving Fine, was actually composed while he was a resident of the Colony... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Ode to Gravity series; Music; 20th Century Classical; Classical Music Downloads: 161 Average rating: (0 review)
	Ode To Gravity: Soundscapes, Symphonies, and Sonatas In this program, Charles Amirkhanian plays an an eclectic mix of field recordings from Africa and the San Francisco Bay Area, interspersed with the first movement from a piano sonata by Mendelssohn, an early work by Roy Harris entitled “Symphony for Voices on Poems of Walt Whitman”, as well as a sonatina for cello and piano by Bernard Wagenaar, and sound poetry by Diter Rot and Emmett Williams The Westminster Choir performs the Harris work which is conducted by John Finley Williamson, while ... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Ode to Gravity series; Music; 20th Century Classical; Soundscapes Downloads: 108 Average rating: (0 review)
	Ode to Gravity: The People's Opera 1970 (Aerosol, or The Computer That Couldn’t Hear) An intermedia opera, scored by Liam O’Gallagher, for four FM stations and a chorus of nine transistor radios with two soloist or maybe three...via the Bell System plus tapes of Robert Moran and Charles Amirkhanian. Reminiscent of some of John Cage’s aleatory compositions for FM radio this opera contains an amalgam of sounds ranging from Peking Opera, to sound poetry, to snippets of TV, to musicians performing on a variety of instruments... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Ode to Gravity series; Music; Avant-Garde; Soundscapes Downloads: 299 Average rating: (1 review)
	Ode to Gravity: Word-Tape Works and Music From 1970, a program of word-tape compositions by Steve Reich and Charles Amirkhanian. During the 1960s and 70s a number of composers and poets began to experiment with tape editing techniques to create text-sound compositions in which fragments of text were cut-up, repeated, or otherwise manipulated in order to create a new synthesis between speech and sound. A selection of these works of sound poetry are presented here... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Ode to Gravity Series; Spoken Word; Sound Poetry; Charles Amirkhanian; Steve Reich Downloads: 97 Average rating: (0 review)
	Ode to Gravity: Integral Instant (Four Situations) by Hammond Guthrie An evening of experimental literature, poetry, and music by the San Francisco based writer and inter-media artist, Hammond Guthrie, in collaboration with his colleagues, Peter Cosgrove, Max Crosley, and others. Heard are a number of poems, written and performed in the style of the Beat Generation, a spattering of electronic music, and an experimental auditory collage of free association. This program is dedicated to Tristan Tzara and William S... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Ode to Gravity series; Spoken Word; Sound Poetry; Experimental Literature Downloads: 79 Average rating: (0 review)
	Ode to Gravity: Segue Tech Introduced in the KPFA Folio with only the brief phrase, “to put side by side, put close together”, this program follows the same formula of other early Ode to Gravity programs by juxtaposing musical selections from a variety of styles and genres. It begins with a Tin Pan Alley song from the 1920s quickly followed by a quirky player piano, an experimental piece for flute and voice, piano rag music, and it only gets better from there. Keywords: KPFA-FM; Ode to Gravity Series; Music; New Music; Avant-Garde Downloads: 33 Average rating: (0 review)
	Ode to Gravity: Music for Oud, a Raga, and a String Quartet Charles Amirkhanian introduces music for the oud, an Indian raga, and a string quartet. First up is a work for classical oud, performed by Khamis El Fino and recorded during a concert at Asia House, Dec. 1, 1963. This is followed by a midnight raga for shenai, violin, and tabla, performed by Bismillah Khan, V. G. Jog, and Mahapurush Misra, respectively. This hour of extraordinary music from around the world is concluded with a recording of Maurice Ravel’s “String Quartet in F” performed he... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Ode to Gravity series; Music; World Music; 20th Century Classical Downloads: 347 Average rating: (0 review)
	Ode to Gravity: The Poetry of Lewis Warsh Lewis Warsh reads his own poetry in this program, recorded on March 3, 1970. Warsh is known as one of the New York poets who became prominent in the last years of the 1960s. His work has been published in the numerous books and anthologies. In addition Lewis Warsh and Anne Waldman (to whom he was then married), edited an important magazine of poetry called “Angel Hair” published from 1966 through 1970... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Ode to Gravity series; Spoken Word; Poetry; Lewis Warsh Downloads: 73 Average rating: (0 review)
	Ode to Gravity: Amuck Amuck A appreciation of selected verbal activities. From Dial-A-Prayer and Gertrude Stein to the Ketjak, Harry Partch, the Congo and world champion bowler Don Carter this program is a aural collage of sound poetry, excerpts from literature, ephemeral programs, and televised sound bites. Included is a complete performance of Steve Reich's It's Gonna Rain. Keywords: KPFA-FM; Ode to Gravity series; Spoken Word; Sound Poetry; Poetry Downloads: 158 Average rating: (0 review)
	Ode to Gravity: The Sundial: A Poem in Twelve Cantos by Chris Hottel Berkeley poet Christopher Hottel reads a lengthy work titled “The Sundial, A Poem in Twelve Cantos”, which he wrote in 1971. Hottel has published a book, “The Knives of Dawn” published by OYEZ Press in Berkeley, California. Keywords: KPFA-FM; Ode to Gravity series; Spoken Word; Poetry; Christopher Hottel Downloads: 47 Average rating: (0 review)
	Ode to Gravity: Stories and Poems by Mort Bennett and others Charles Amirkhanian talks with Mort Bennett, a Berkeley California writer, who reads several short stories and poems written by himself, as well as some translations he has made of poems by others. Keywords: KPFA-FM; Ode to Gravity series; Spoken Word; Poetry; Mort Bennett Downloads: 79 Average rating: (0 review)
	Ode To Gravity: Early Music of Roger Sessions Charles Amirkhanian presents three works from the early period of the American composer, Roger Sessions. These include two works for solo piano, “From My Diary” and “Sonata No. 1”. The program concludes with Session’s “Concerto for Violin and Orchestra” performed by Paul Zukofsky with Gunther Schuller conducting the ORTF Orchestra. Keywords: KPFA-FM; Ode to Gravity series; Music; 20th Century Classical; Roger Sessions Downloads: 130 Average rating: (0 review)
	Ode To Gravity: Music by Ballif, Bolcom, & Ligeti Charles Amirkhanian presents the music of the eccentric French composer, Claude Ballif. Also included is William Bolcom playing the piano rags from his Heliotrope Bouquet album, as well as Ligeti’s Continuum, for harpsichord. Keywords: KPFA-FM; Ode to Gravity series; Music; Interview; 20th Century Classical Downloads: 9
	Ode to Gravity: Pianos Not Rag Originally billed as “a survey of recorded keyboard literature simultaneous with a production of The Verbal Séance Players”, this program is a mix of music, mostly piano, but also some jazz and bits of orchestral works seemingly randomly overlaid with multiple tracks of poetry, recited by a variety of voices. One of the pieces of poetry is tentatively identified at the start of the program as being “Words” a 1969 text-sound composition by Charles Amirkhanian... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Ode to Gravity series; Interview and Music; Sound Poetry; Poetry Downloads: 56 Average rating: (0 review)
	Ode to Gravity: School of Holography, Antheil's Flute Sonata, and Assorted Readings over music Charles Amirkhanian speaks with Lloyd Cross and Jerry Pethick, the co-founders of the School of Holography in San Francisco about the art of holography. Also presented is the first broadcast performance of George Antheil's Sonata for Flute and Piano. The last half of the show consists of Amirkhanian reading a communication from David Graham entitled "Logic, or If it works it's obsolete", poems by Clark Coolidge, James Schuyler, other works from Gum, Issue #6, and a piece on modern art by Allan K... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Ode to Gravity series; Interview and Music; Modern Art; Poetry Downloads: 230 Average rating: (0 review)
	Ode to Gravity: Bob Cobbing One of the best known sound poets in the world is Bob Cobbing, a dynamic gentleman who is active as a concrete (visual) poet, a performer of sound poetry, and a composer of taped poems. Cobbing talks about his activities as a book store operator (he ran Better Books in London for many years, turning it into a leading distribution point for avant-garde poets) and as a publisher of visual poetry. You will hear a selection of his sound poems and an engaging interview recorded in Cobbing’s home as... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Ode to Gravity series; Interview and Music; Sound Poetry; Bob Cobbing Downloads: 77 Average rating: (0 review)
	Ode To Gravity: Interview with Jochen Gerz A visit with German publisher Jochen Gerz, whose Agentzia Editions were designed to explore the medium of the book in new ways. Gerz, who was residing in Paris when this interview took place in June of 1972, talks with Charles Amirkhanian about his idea that books are too slow for most modern minds. Therefore his Agentzia books were designed to be read in about 5-10 minutes. How is this possible? Listen and see... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Ode to Gravity series; Interview; Experimental Literature; Modern Art; Jochen Gerz Downloads: 134 Average rating: (0 review)
	Ode to Gravity: The Music of Joanna Brouk Music to induce serenity. Charles Amirkhanian talks with Joanna Brouk, a Berkeley composer whose interests lies in the sounds that can be perceived by listening to “impurities” within larger tones. These impurities, called overtones, are utilized in the making of the six pieces heard here. Ms. Brouk modulates her voice with an synthesizer in three of these pieces. In another she uses repeated tones in the low range of a grand piano... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Ode to Gravity series; Interview and Music; Electro-Acoustic; Electronic; Joanna Brouk Downloads: 65 Average rating: (0 review)
	Ode To Gravity: The Music of Joanna Brouk Music to induce serenity. Charles Amirkhanian talks with Joanna Brouk, a Berkeley composer whose interests lies in the sounds that can be perceived by listening to “impurities” within larger tones. These impurities, called overtones, are utilized in the making of the six pieces heard here. Ms. Brouk modulates her voice with an synthesizer in three of these pieces. In another she uses repeated tones in the low range of a grand piano... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Ode to Gravity series; Interview and Music; Electro-Acoustic; Electronic; Joanna Brouk Downloads: 1,404 Average rating: (0 review)
	Ode to Gravity: Sound Poems by Charles Amirkhanian & Tape Music by Bernard Parmegiani Charles Amirkhanian introduces text-sound compositions he made at the Swedish Radio in April, 1972, including Sound Nutrition, Radii, Dzarin Bess Ga Khorim, and others. Also on this program is Outreme, a piece for ondes martenot and tape by the French composer Bernard Parmegiani. The martenot is played by Arlette Sibon-Simonovitch. Keywords: KPFA-FM; Ode to Gravity series; Spoken Word; Sound Poetry; Electro-Acoustic; Electronic Downloads: 196 Average rating: (0 review)
	Ode to Gravity: An Interview with Charlemagne Palestine Charles Amirkhanian talks with the noted avant-garde composer Charlemagne Palestine on the subject of the latter's experiments with hearing subtle overtone images in music tones. Palestine had recently returned from performing in Europe and describes the concerts he gave there. He has also taught at Cal Arts and was a noted carillon performer in New York City for 6 years. Keywords: KPFA-FM; Ode to Gravity series; Interview and Music; Electro-Acoustic; Electronic; Charlemagne Palestine Downloads: 116 Average rating: (0 review)
	Ode to Gravity: Interview with Jacques Bekaert The radical Belgian political reporter Jacques Bekaert, a star of that country’s free-swinging national radio program, King Kong, is surreptitiously a prolific and talented avant-garde composer. While in the States to cover the 1972 presidential race he talked with Charles Amirkhanian about his music in this informal interview. Bekaert gives his impressions of the Nixon presidential campaign and then introduces four of his pieces, including a work utilizing the election eve speech of American ... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Ode to Gravity series; Interview and Music; Avant-Garde; Jacques Bekaert Downloads: 48
	Ode to Gravity: Tom Marioni Retrospective Show 1959 - 1973 This recording documents the works of Tom Marioni, from 1959 to 1973. Marioni was the founder of the Museum of Conceptual Art of San Francisco (MOCA-SF), and the force behind a number of interesting programs found on radiOM.org. The reader heard in this recording is Marioni, who details his works in prose form. The statement was read at a show in Cambridge, MA., at Project Incorporated on February 13, 1973, and this document was prepared especially as a radio version of the same “piece”... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Ode to Gravity Series; Inter-Media; Visual Arts; Modern Art; Tom Marioni Downloads: 22 Average rating: (0 review)
	Ode to Gravity: John Dinwiddie vs. the Future of Music Berkeley composer John Dinwiddie presents a concert of live music in minimal formats with nine performers. The works include Quiver (a piece for prepared piano), Music for Eight Point Eight Piano Players, The Tomb of Alexander Scriabin, My Triple Fingerrrring, The Raven's Revenge, Mouth Music, another version of Quiver, and a group improvisation based on the elements of all the forgoing. Keywords: KPFA-FM; Ode to Gravity Series; Music; New Music; John Dinwiddie Downloads: 39 Average rating: (0 review)
	Ode to Gravity: Shandar Records As of May 1973 when this program was recorded, Shandar Records of Paris had produced a series of 14 impressive record albums by avant-garde composers and performers including Terry Riley, Steve Reich, Karlheinz Stockhausen, La Monte Young, Pandit Pran Nath, Cecil Taylor, Albert Ayler, Sunny Murray, and Sun Ra. The owner of the company, Chantal d'Arcy talks in Paris with Philip Freriks, a reporter for VPRO/Amsterdam about the record company and her views on new music... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Ode to Gravity Series; Interview and Music; Avant-Garde; Minimalism; Shandar Records Downloads: 101 Average rating: (0 review)
	Ode to Gravity: Bruce Hale, John Bischoff, and the Center for Contemporary Art The Center for Contemporary Music at Mills College is well known for it ambitious schedule of activities. John Bischoff and Bruce Hale talk with Charles Amirkhanian about their new activity, a Center for Contemporary Art, which is proposed to operate out of Mills and will emphasize video works and instruction. Hale describes the difficulties video artists have in getting their work distributed, due to the fact that most artist can only afford to work with half inch tape while TV only broadcasts ... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Ode to Gravity series; Interview and Music; Modern Art; Electro-Acoustic; Electronic Downloads: 63 Average rating: (0 review)