For an Evening Like This: “Heavy Metal Lover” (Lady Gaga)
Tonight bring all your friends because a group does it better … Yes, this evening it will be that time of the year once again. Now, apart from the intrinsic interest of much of what
Tona Scherchen
Every so often one chances upon an older composer who, without being entirely forgotten, does seem to stand far off on the sidelines of contemporary musical awareness – by
A New Discovery at the New Museum in New York
In the Rosemarie Trockel retrospective at the New Museum of Contemporary Art, a short film of thirteen minutes from 1912 is included
Lady Gaga in Amsterdam
Today and tomorrow Lada Gaga is back in Amsterdam, this time on her Born This Way Ball; on the occasion I’ve put together a short playlist mainly comprised of some performances in which her voice
Garçon Garçon
August is coming to an end and tonight a nearly tropical thunderstorm is sweeping over Amsterdam – and on the Internet I just came across a duo from Down Under called
At the Stroke of Midnight …
Well, it’s the stroke of midnight, so let’s kick off the Canal Pride weekend with some music that should appeal to everyone, shall we – Aretha Franklin! Here in one special short playlist
Klaus Nomi
With the Canal Pride weekend commencing here in Amsterdam, I’ll cast an eye back three decades to the birthplace of today’s gay movement, New York, and offer a playlist featuring the
On the Occasion … (II)
Today, in view of the upcoming Gay Pride weekend, let’s have a bit of Jean Genet. Here are two versions of “Le Condamné à mort” set to music by Hélène Martin – in the first she’s also the singer
On the Occasion …
Here in Amsterdam, the Gay Pride weekend will soon be upon us; so by way of acknowledgement it won’t be straying too far from the purpose of this site to embed a few early works of quality on this
Nick Pitera
Nick Pitera is the well-known baritone who, with an astonishing falsetto range and a voice that’s protean, is able to interpret male and female parts with equal ease, a talent he puts to
Downtown New York
It’s early Friday evening, and time for a change – so how about a playlist that presents some of the music, satire, and humor circulating in one particular corner of downtown New York – the one
