Elsewhere…
Seven Seas, still from television advertisement. 1970s.
- Why you’ve never really heard the “Moonlight” sonata, Slate: “Beethoven directs the performer to hold down the sustain pedal through the whole first movement, so the strings are never damped. With the pianos of Beethoven’s time, on which the sustain of the strings was shorter than today, the effect was subtle, one harmony melting into another. On a modern piano, with its longer sustain, the effect of holding the pedal down would be a tonal traffic jam.” With audio examples.
- Every issue of Spin is now on Google Books.
- The New York Times reports that The T.A.M.I. Show, a 1964 concert film, will be released for the first time Tuesday. It features a famous James Brown performance that can count among its bootleggers Michael Jackson and Rick Rubin, as well as performances by Chuck Berry, The Barbarians, Smokey Robinson, and hosts Jan and Dean. The Times includes video excerpts featuring The Beach Boys, Marvin Gaye, and Lesley Gore.
New York—March 2010