I have just loaded up onto my video page a beautiful new video clip cut by Tanya Andrea Stadelmann. The song is ‘The Message’, composed, recorded and produced by my old psychedelic country/progressive rock band Dust. You can hear more songs from our only album ‘Songs’ (2007) on my jukebox[…]
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The second episode of What I Reckon features an interview with Laurie Spiegel, a former folk musician turned computer music pioneer. Laurie was one of the first composers to use the computer as an instrument, and some of her astounding recordings were put on the first Voyager space probes in[…]
Read More »Mites Tanya and I had for several weeks been enjoying the company of the robin’s nest that had been established on the portal outside our kitchen door on the back verandah. How delightful to see Mommy robin sit in intense meditation on her eggs! How fun to see Mommy robin[…]
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The pilot episode of What I Reckon features an interview with Suzanne Ciani, a creatrix who helped popularize the synthesizer in the early ’70s. She has left her mark on American music culture through her famous sound designs for commercials and arcade games, and her production of path-breaking electronic New[…]
Read More »Glee Club Productions is a new video and multimedia production company I have founded with my colleagues Tanya Andrea Stadelmann (video and photography) and Scott Reagan (graphic design and animation). We provide a ‘go to whoa’ service for all video and multimedia needs. We like to think of Glee Club[…]
Read More »Allegheny Cemetery Here are some lyrics I wrote on the evening (in August 2006) I found out about my mother’s death: Gentle soul May you lie in the arms of your father who loves you These few ragged minutes we are apart I’ll wait for you the way you did[…]
Read More »by Nicole Skeltys Week two on the set of the Warrior movie Last week, I brought down to the set of the Warrior movie a nice fat book called “Pennsylvania Spirituals” by Don Yoder (1961). I was working on Warrior as a full-time extra, my main duties consisting of cheering[…]
Read More »by Nicole Skeltys My life as an extra on an action movie ( so far) Although I haven’t actually met Nick Nolte yet, or for that matter even clapped eyes on him, I now feel closer to Nick than any other Hollywood actor I’ve never met. And thats all of[…]
Read More »by Nicole Skeltys Hot tubs and city parks After only three days back in Pittsburgh, I found myself sitting in an frothy outdoor hot-tub on Mt Washington, framed by stunning views of the city. Bedecked with lurid plastic leis, with a handsome young gentleman by my side, I quaffed a[…]
Read More »by Nicole Skeltys The Bliss Button A friend of mine who worked in the drug addiction field told me ages ago about a very simple series of medical research experiments where rats (rattus norvegicus strain) were given two buttons to push with two distinct outcomes: one button gave them food,[…]
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