The World This Week: No More Victims

by | May 29, 2008 | News

In the past three years, my born-again right-wing neighbor has gotten married and had two kids, a boy and a girl. He has a cozy little house on a quiet cul-de-sac, a meek, stay-at-home mom for his kids, a well-paying job and his health. Still, he is not happy. My...
Loopy Cello

Loopy Cello

by | May 29, 2008 | Music

Stephen Katz does some unusual things with his cello—he bows it, he strums it, and he has even been known to dance with it. Add to such innovations the practice of building orchestral textures with looping, and you get an experience far from the usual staid solo...
Soundcheck: Feed Your Head

Soundcheck: Feed Your Head

by | May 29, 2008 | Music

From the first track, listening to Mawwal's this is all there is, there is no other place is like absorbing some bizarre hallucinogenic compound through your armpits in a Waziristan sweat lodge. Drawing heavily on traditional Middle Eastern/South Asian music and...
Behind the Beat: Painting the Music

Behind the Beat: Painting the Music

by | May 29, 2008 | Music

A lthough he's been playing guitar and writing songs for nearly two decades, engineer and musician Frank Cable only began playing in public last year. Mostly self-taught—he took a few guitar lessons when starting out—Cable doesn't read music, and...
CD Shorts

CD Shorts

by | May 29, 2008 | Music

Kaki KingDreaming of Revenge(Velour Recordings)Kaki's fourth album is by far her most collaborative and experimental, yielding many more successes than misses. Instead of being an artist in search of a voice—her percussive guitar has been distinct from the...