If it's any consellation Brian, I tried to get in contact with him for my dissertation and didn't even get a reply. So you got further than some!

DigitalGhost wrote:There's no mention of Angelo Badalamenti on the Tate website, in the blurb or the schedule. Presumably he cancelled and they've edited him out?

Damn, you're right. They'll be getting a phone call in the morning...

Two amazing, completely different pieces of audio on rotation right now, released this month, both available at the excellent UK online store Norman Records if you're curious: Leyland Kirby - When We Parted My Heart Wanted To Die (Badalamenti/Eno-esque modern classical and musique concrete compositi...

Wow! I'll be booking a ticket for this for sure. I'm guessing there won't be a Q&A, given there's no mention of this on the site (and I reckon that would be a major selling point for many), and the number of people giving talks. My guess: it'll be the weirdest conference not to be organised by D...

Continuing on from this thread ... I tried a few automated click-removal processes, but they all had a detrimental effect on the song itself, so that was no good. What I've done is tried to iron out ( by hand ) all the most obvious pops in the quieter bits of the song, particularly the fade-out. To ...

Hold tight piero and co., it'll be online within 24 hours. Just need to iron out some pops and clicks. I'll probably bung it in a new thread with an eye-catching title too.

Afraid so. I was supposed to see him on the 31st, but here in the UK the train companies have gone on strike, forcing my friend to stay at home. There is a possibility of getting it through on Sunday, but it's not a guarantee.

http://www.dvdcompare.net/comparisons/film.php?fid=1502

These guys reckon the Korean Region 3 release is the best... They also say that the volume of dialogue in the Pink Room scene on the R1 release is raised for clarity, which kind of misses the point.

I've got my friend to do a recording of this on his superior vinyl set-up, so it should be appearing within the next week or two now, depending when I next see him.

mixomatosis wrote:Amazon UK have dispatched mine today apparently, at the fairly reasonable price of £24.99 with free P+P.

Copy number 3523 arrived today... sans poster. Oh well.

Amazon UK have dispatched mine today apparently, at the fairly reasonable price of £24.99 with free P+P.

Yeah, alright, it was a bag gag. But then death isn't meant to be funny.

With the obvious exception of the Club Silencio, I cannot possibly fathom how this could ever work as an opera*. As such, I can't wait to hear some of it...

*unless you're going down the Jerry Springer: The Opera route, which I'm assuming you're not.

R.I.P.

Easy as 1-2-3.

(sorry)

FYI. £12.99 each at HMV.