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Off The Wall 3: The Nurse With Wound List
For this edition of Off The Wall, where I typically discuss a few items from our specialty items wall, I’m taking a slightly different approach. Currently, Torn Light is developing […]
September 30, 2022 | News
Valuing Serendipity: Joel Chadabe’s Interactive Music Systems
As I was browsing the website of electronic composer Joel Chadabe, I was drawn to a link on the homepage titled, “Advice: You Can Do Anything.” The last sentiment shared […]
September 23, 2022 | News
Designed to Live On: Townes Van Zandt
Often with singer-songwriters, we assume a level of authenticity between the person and the music, that what they sing represents who they are and what they’ve experienced. Sometimes this is […]
September 18, 2022 | News
Torn Light Archives 9: Take It!, 1981
This Sunday, it’s the second half of the two-part, late-1970s and 1980s punk magazine dive into the Torn Light Archives, which began last week with San Francisco’s Damage. The focus […]
September 11, 2022 | News
Torn Light Archives 8: Damage, 1980
Torn Light Archives is back for a two-part series, taking a peek at two punk magazines that had a brief run in the late-1970s and 1980s, starting off this week […]
September 2, 2022 | News
The Many Permutations of Moebius & Roedelius
A couple weeks ago on the blog, I talked about the multimedia collective Intersystems, based in Canada in the late 1960s. As discussed then, electronic and avant-garde-based rock in North […]
August 28, 2022 | News
Decades of Dreamy Electronic Organ from Mamman Sani
Sahel Sounds record label and blog founder Christopher Kirkley blew the dust off a cassette he found in an archive at Niger’s national museum. By the end of his initial […]
August 19, 2022 | News
Like Psychotropic Events: The Immersive Multimedia Presentations of Intersystems
The drive to make immersive multimedia experiences seems to be more mainstream than ever in contemporary culture. From 3-D movies to VR headsets, the sensation of completely transforming the setting […]
August 12, 2022 | News
“My Ears Feel Like Caves”: Deeply Listening with Pauline Oliveros
“MY EARS FEEL LIKE CAVES.” “I felt like a witch capturing sounds from a nether realm.” “Everything is watery and the sound of someone’s voice rides into my ears on […]
August 7, 2022 | News
Off The Wall 2: Mickey Murray, Shuggie Otis, Betty Davis, The Apostles
‘Off The Wall’ is a series for the Torn Light blog where I talk about a handful of our specialty, rare, and hard-to-find records, ranging from personal favorites to records […]
July 30, 2022 | News