[This has been edited on 11/6/2024 to reflect the election results. This post is now a list of links to articles relating to media leading up to the election, continually updated.] The Republican sweep was decades in the making, and a win for unbridled capitalism. The markets are elated, for now. What role did the…
(This is Part I of the three-part series on music discovery. Part II is How Do We Find Music? (2025 version) and Part III is How Do We Find Music? (Outside of the U.S. version).) How do we find music? Recommendations from friends? Movies? Video games? Algorithm? Music is everywhere. But when 120,000 tracks are…
３５年来の友人、辻田希世子さんが本を出しました！希世子はヴェネツィアで、私はパリと東京で、人生の最も多感な時期を過ごしました。友達歴３５年以上。彼女の文章を読むと、あの頃の自分達を思い出します。現在は二人とも母親兼社会人としてセカンドキャリアを歩んでいますが、あの時間があって今がある。たくさん笑いましたが、限りなく切なかったことも。懐かしく思い出します。北村京子 「ヴェネツィアの家族」（社会評論社）カーニバル、お針子、映画祭、そして家族…。記憶の引き出しにしまってあった面影たちが、ある日心の扉を静かにたたく。海の都ヴェネツィアで、かつて時を共にした人たちへの追想と愛惜。喜びと哀しみが今新しくよみがえってくる。アマゾンからのご購入はこちらから。https://www.amazon.co.jp/ヴェネツィアの家族-辻田希世子/dp/4784513892 著者 辻田希世子（つじたきよこ）1965年、大阪生まれ。上智大学外国語学部比較文化学科卒業。広告代理店にてコピーライターとして働いた後、1995年、イタリアへ留学。ヴェネツィアに移住し、ライターをしながら、ヴェネツィア大学、ボローニャ大学で日本語を教える。元イタリア記者協会会員。2007 年、日本に帰国。2019 年にHP トリリンガル・マム https://trilingual-mom.com を開設、イタリアおよび英語に関するエッセーと情報を発信している。翻訳書に「くろいちょうちょ」（講談社）。
Updates:January 7, 2026: The case is ongoing.January 29, 2024: Mr. Rusch passed away on January 14, 2024 according to publicly-viewable Wikipedia entry.September 10, 2024: The case is ongoing as of September 10, 2024. One of the many cases we looked at in my music business course was that of Robert “Bob” Rusch who used to…
Recently, I learned of an album review written by a seasoned writer, whom I did not know personally, published on an online platform frequented by music fans. The review itself was wonderful, but there was one error which I noticed. The author, referring to my nonverbal vocal improvisation, wrote that I sometimes sang in Japanese…
The following is based on a presentation I recently did during a class visit at Dartmouth College. When the pandemic hit, live in-person performances were suddenly cancelled, the phrase “force majeure” was thrown around to nullify contracts, and the organization had to quickly reevaluate its raison d’être as well as shift its PR strategy. In…
Listeners often ask me about the Braxton trio I am part of (with AB, Taylor Ho Bynum, me), usually along the lines of “what’s going on musically?” Braxton’s musical systems are multi-layered and interconnecting. The main composition used in our trio, or what we refer to as the primary composition or territory, belong to his…
Some of the scores used for 12 Duets (DCWM) 2012 Tracks 1 – 4 12 Duets (DCWM) 2012 by Anthony Braxton These tracks were recorded over two days, Aug. 14 and 15 in 2012, at Wesleyan’s Crowell Concert Hall. Each track consists of two different Falling River Music scores (graphic scores), one each for Anthony…