Mmm, props to Pavement. They shall be missed... I liked the Flaming Lips' 4CD EP Zaireeka. Now there's a project... get 4 CD players and 4 friends (well, 3 friends) and play all four discs at once.
np: Kid 606 - Down With The Scene At 09:12 AM 4/10/2002 -0700, you wrote: >I think that sounds brilliant. Didn't Beuys do some kind of documented >trip to Iceland? I have that "We Go This Way" book packed away somewhere, >and I seem to remember something about Iceland in it. You could do it as a >reaction to that, replacing teaching with boxing as the means to make a >social sculpture. > >Female boxers are the coolest bad-asses going, BTW. Good luck on your >training. > >np: Pixies - Come on Pilgrim - 06 - Holiday Song > >y'know EP's are the way to go. Bands seem to find a lot freedom in them, a >couple of catchy trcks, a couple of out-there experiments that they >wouldn't release on a proper album, cover tunes etc. Pavement in >particular has prefected the fine art of making an EP. > >>From: ann klefstad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Subject: Re: FLUXLIST: Scanners >>Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 10:40:30 -0700 >> >> >> >>Sol Nte wrote: >> >> > well, that's it for me, I'm off to do some kung fu fighting >> > http://www.uncarved.demon.co.uk/mp3/kungfu.mp3 >> > >> >>Dear Fluxabbies, >> >>So I've been going to the fights lately, a new boxing gym in town right near >>where my dad used to box, and finding that I love it. Folding chairs around a >>ring on the 3rd floor of an old warehouse. Really adorable ring-card >>girls. Both >>men and women serious boxers. I like it because, being an artist and a >>critic, I >>get sick of judgment, mine, other peoples', carping, etc. In boxing >>there's no >>arguments. You win or you lose depending upon a couple of real clear >>parameters >>that you can't fake or charm or imply. You just have to do it. So that's >>nice. >> So I hear that Horton, the promoter here, wants to put together a >> team of >>boxers to go to Iceland, where boxing is illegal, and put on exhibition >>matches >>there sort of in aid of the beleagered Icelandic boxing world (because >>yes there >>are boxers in Iceland) which feels like it needs liberation. So I'm >>wondering if >>a document of my training, boxing, and trip to iceland would be a good >>Fluxproject? I'm actually not in bad shape--I can still do my 200 situps >>and my >>30 pushups, and run a few miles--and so it isn't too much of a stretch. I'd >>probably get creamed though because I'm small and so my reach isn't >>great. What >>do you think? Is the absurdity of the project ample reward for a few shots to >>the head? >> >>AK >> >>By the way, re an earlier project proposal, I've recently been asked to join >>VACUM, the Visual Art Critics Union of Minnesota (a new group) and will >>try to >>persuade them to start a softball team, the Pariahs. So maybe that's how >>I can >>get the TShirts up and paid for. We'll see. >> >> > > >_________________________________________________________________ >MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: >http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx
