Happy Birthday, Erik Satie!
One of the very greatest exponents of tricksterism in music. Wikipedia sez: Éric Alfred Leslie Satie (French: [eʁik sati];[1] 17 May 1866 – 1 July 1925), who signed his name Erik Satie after 1884, was a French composer and pianist. Satie was an influential artist in the late 19th- and early 20th-century Parisian avant-garde. His work was a precursor to later artistic movements such as minimalism, repetitive music, and the Theatre of the Absurd.[2]
This is how we partied in 2018, at the book launch party for Disruptive Play: The Trickster in Politics and Culture. And lest we forget, Godfather II and The Empire Strikes Back were as good or better than the blockbusters that preceded them. Please don’t block THIS buster, and come to the Book LaunchTalkParty for Tricking Power into Performing Acts of...
Sun Ra Is Coming To The Party! (Rumors of his presence are subject to indeterminacy. You’ll just have to come in order to find out.) Take your mind out for a spin at the Book LaunchTalkParty for “Tricking Power into Performing Acts of Love” Sunday, June 5, 2022 at The Rendezvous’ beautiful Jewelbox Theater (21...
Well are you comin’? Are You Gonna Be There (at the Love-In?) And Laura Nyro sings A little magic, a little kindness, and ain’t that sweet-eyed blindness good to me… And Shep sez A little vaudeville, a few laughs, a real conversation, some insights, some music… …Take your mind out for spin at the Book LaunchTalkParty for...