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Chicago '82: A Dip in the Lake
Overview
Chicago '82: A Dip in the Lake --- 1983
A live report by Wim Mertens on the New Musical Festival in Chicago, July 1982, featuring music and interviews (by Mertens). Dedicated to John Cage, and intended to be released on his 70th birthday, 5 September 1982. Titles in between brackets are spoken word. All others are music.
Artist Bio
Videos
Jon Gibson - Excerpt from Extensions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSvVytQ2ivc
Peter Gordon - Wim Razor's Standing in the Shadows
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dS6VMRMM7tQ
Harold Budd - Excerpt from Children On The Hill
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvhAC5_uFU4
Harold Budd - Children on the HIll (LIve '82)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ugd2A1N5V9U
Meredith Monk - Turtle Dreams (shot by Ping Chong), fixed audio
Tracklist
Peter Gordon's Mayor Jane Byrne's New Music America Opening Address
Wim Razor's Standing in the Shadows
"My experience as a human being and as a musician."
Bum Song
Jeanne d'Arc
Excerpt from Children on the Hill
"Style comes the same way that a person's handwriting develops."
Excerpt from Extensions
"As if it came from an oral tradition."
Excerpt from Turtle Dreams
Excerpt from Music for Carillon
"Sad story."
Excerpt from Message Received
Excerpt from Symphony No. 2: The Peak of the Sacred
"So that each person is in charge of himself."
Radio Piece