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Good herb!

August 21, 2009 Polly Moller

That’s what early settlers said about the wild mint growing all over the peaceful hills and oceanside that would one day be paved over and known as San Francisco. In…

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New music and intermedia – the life of the party

August 3, 2009 Polly Moller

Making the pronouncement, “Oakland is to San Francisco as Brooklyn is to Manhattan”, is the quickest way to start an argument on either side of the Bay (or in the…

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SoCal meets SoCar meets Wandelweiser

July 24, 2009 Steve Layton

This Monday night (July 27), 7PM the 701 Center for Contemporary Art in Columbia, South Carolina hosts a concert devoted to a potent movement active on the fringes of (or…

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I write the songs

July 19, 2009 James Holt

I’ve only been living in New York City for a few years, but I already feel like there are times when I just simply take the city for granted. Or…

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Outsound New Music Summit kicks off on Sunday

July 15, 2009 Polly Moller

San Francisco’s Mission District, home of so much that is cool, is a natural neighborhood for the arts. The San Francisco Community Music Center located at 544 Capp Street is…

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Performances next week at the Lab celebrate 25 years of oddity

June 29, 2009 Polly Moller

I’ve been working so hard today I’ve forgotten to eat, and it’s in that spirit of lightheadedness and poor impulse control that I share with you the following San Francisco…

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Summer Solstice in the Bay Area means the Garden of Memory

June 17, 2009 Polly Moller

The San Francisco Bay Area has a unique way of celebrating the first day of summer. Our most popular new music event, the Garden of Memory, comes around every summer…

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June in Buffalo starts Monday

May 27, 2009 Christian Carey

Two of the happiest experiences I’ve had as a composer were back to back summers (’98 and ’99) at JUNE IN BUFFALO. Held at SUNY Buffalo in upstate New York,…

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Note to Self: Find that FM Radio

May 25, 2009 Polly Moller

I write that note to myself about four times a year, and I forget every time, and every time I miss out on a key aspect of the Illuminated Corridor…

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Rova Saxophone Quartet and friends channel Buckminster Fuller

May 18, 2009 Polly Moller

San Francisco is famous for its innovations, its open minds, and its spirit of protest. In 2005, according to Rova Saxophone Quartet member Larry Ochs, “our government was committing all…