Out late recently, we were talking about the long-defunct (31 Oct 1998–8 Jan 2005, r.i.p.) Echo Lounge in East Atlanta and the concerts we had seen there. Well, we were talking about that cinderblock place where we used to see concerts? and couldn’t remember it’s name at first. “E” something? Finally got there.
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Photos of tags by what I call “the Rooster gang” around Midtown
Suite for Turntables and Piano
Suite for Turntable and Piano — Expression
I’ve been.. a week? into the final movement.
The title is stolen from the giallo film by Sergio Martino, starring the classic giallo actress Edwiga Fenech, called Your Vice is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key. Like all giallo it’s expressionist thriller, and this title comes from a previous film of his (same year, also Ms. Fenech) where a hapless victim receives a written message saying, without context and never explained: “your vice is a locked room.” We all have our creative byways.
String Quartet No. 2 — First thoughts
I’m still a couple of months away from finishing the Suite for Turntables and Piano, and I never work on two pieces at the same time, but a specific subject and musical structure came to me a few weeks ago so it’s queued up.
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