Interactive poll: All you do to me is talk talk

Mirakaze:  Drop Nineteens “Kick The Tragedy”  Shimmery, washy sound all around to start.  Setting up as a space rock type song, to my ears.  And, several minutes in, so it is.  Past halfway, a girlish voice talks about realizing she could “change the world.”  As she continues to talk, I get the feeling that she is actually dissociating.  It’s an oddly disturbing little diatribe, at least to me.  Probably how many young people feel, as though nothing is quite real.  The music goes back to the shimmery washy landscape it created, to the end.

Mila:  Arnold Schoenberg “Pierrot Lunaire, Serenade (1912)” Christine Schaefer & Ensemble Intercontemporain, conducted by Pierre Boulez: Slidy viola with keys in a discordant and quirky start.  A woman sings in a strident tone.  Lyrics are about the antics of Pierrot (clown figure) and said viola bow, although it is described as “giant,” for more comic effect.  A bald person (Cassander) interferes, so he begins to scrape the bow across Cassander’s bald head.  A sad solo on the viola and finally, a few notes on a flute end the piece.  Skipping the Laurie Anderon, as it does not qualify, per Christian.  Fauve “Blizzard” Chorded, strummed guitar starts and a woman’s voiceover is added, as a drumbeat is subtly inserted, then full kit.  A strident male voice enters and begins to ask questions of “Blizzard.”  The questioner answers himself, with great disdain and defiance.  All the while the music continues in a marchlike cadence.  The questioner is certain that he and his kind will prevail.  I am certain they took their name from the art movement of the same name, as their lighting, etc in the video version adheres to some of the principals of Fauvism.  Marina Abramovic In the MoMA and Ulay:  Interesting sort of concept, performance art piece. Very interesting to see how the people were affected by looking into her face.  Her face and the face of her ex lover are just exquisite in this, when he enters the exhibit, with her being completely unprepared.  They reach out of one another and hold hands.  This is my favourite of yours, it is very moving to me.