Postal Service Producer Found a Way to Make Ga Ga Bearable

I'm not the biggest Lady Gaga fan. I won't go on a schpiel, but let's just leave it at I think she's pretty much the worst thing ever. SO, I was a little skeptical when someone told me about this remix of "Paparazzi." But I have to say it is actually really good (probably because you can only sort of tell it's Lady Gaga).

This super-chill gem was created by the producer of the Postal Service James Tamborello (also known as Dntel or James Figurine). The LA Weekly called it "an ebullient and masterful work of beat experimentalism and ambient textures." Check it out in this video, which I must warn you is a very weird edit of a clip of a Golden Retriever. Such is art.

Paparazzi from James Tamborello on Vimeo.

Faculty Artist Series Concert Ft. LARRY KARUSH

The Occidental College Music Department presents
A Faculty Artist Series concert featuring
Larry Karush
Noted Jazz Pianist and World Music Expert

This Saturday, October 23rd at 7:30pm in Bird Studio.

Please come out to see Larry Karush this Saturday for what is sure to be one of the highlights of the faculty artist series. It promises to be a great show!

Magical Tunes & Marvelous Tales

“Magical Tunes & Marvelous Tales,” a product of The Studio Orchestra of the Plymouth Canton Symphony Society, brings a gentle mix of spoken work and beautiful orchestration. The Orchestra adds an emotional depth to the stories narrated as well as creating a musical story of their own. Not being a very avid classical music listener I expected a lack of enjoyment. However, the mix of musical energy as well technical precision made it very accessible.

I find the highlight of the album to be the song “Paddle to the sea.” The song evoked all sorts of emotions with sections of rapid staccato and also slower, dynamic sections. The best part about the track is that it’s narrated, as well as composed, by Occidental’s own Andre Myers. Myers, an Ann Arbor native, is a Professor of Music here at Occidental College. Myers also has a long running relationship with the Plymouth Symphony Orchestra’s CLASSical Music outreach program, visiting elementary schools in southeast Michigan. My personal favorite section of Myers composition (although that’s hard to choose in ten minutes of music) is the pounding timpani and brass stabs that made up the climax of the song and narration. It had the type of energy that I like hearing in orchestrations.

This CD can be checked out from the Herklotz Music Library, call number M 1000 .M34 WB38.

Singing Out For Justice Honors Guy Carawan '49

Annette on the Radio!

Our very own Annette Young was interviewed on a KUCI radio show last week, hosted by a librarian she met front row at a Belle & Sebastian concert. The radio station is called Our Digital Future where "Librarians around the world discuss the digital future of our information spaces." Woo!

Annette spoke to the host about her experience as a librarian and how she got into the biz.

"I never thought I'd be a librarian," she said. "I started off wanting to be a photographer."

Annette randomly got a job at a library while she was at school for photography at CalState Fullerton, and what she thought would be a year-long job turned into five years. "I fell in love with libraries," she said.

For more of Annette's interview, go to http://ziba.kuci.org. Check it out!

Opera in Video Trial

Watch full-length operas online through the Alexander Street Press' Opera in Video. Opera in Video contains 250 of the most commonly studied operas as well as documentaries, biographies, and interviews.



Titles include "Carmen", "Julius Caesar", "L'Africaine", "Capriccio", "Aida", and many more. Trial acess to Opera in Video expires on November 12, 2010, so check it out now while it is still available! You can access this Opera in Video through the Music Library Libguide - just click on research databases and enjoy!

Writing the Music Scene - Speaker - Paul Zollo