Podcast appearances and mentions of John Cage

June 16th, 2000. The first of only 89 times The Tragically Hip ever played 'Tiger The Lion' live, and the last one is a long way off from there.Eighty-nine, per Hipbase and setlist.fm. That's the whole run, first to last, June 2000 to a night in November 2009. Fifteen of those as an opener, which makes sense to everybody at the table. Fifteen as an encore, which makes sense to nobody. It never went out as a single. The record it sits second on went two times platinum in Canada and took home the Juno, and it's the second of the two Steve Berlin made with the boys. 'Tiger The Lion' landed at number 65 on the TTHTop40 Countdown and not one person in this room is at peace with that.Then there's the poll. Just over half the Facebook group came back with love it, which the panel did not see coming, and close to eight in ten landed at like it or better. For a track this strange, sitting where it sits, that's a number worth chewing on. Somebody in the comments wanted an option between love it and like it. Jeff has a fix for that, and it's better than extra medium.Duxoop from Toledo dropped a question in the chat that stopped the table cold. What is that opening noise? Jeff had already gone looking earlier in the week, so we get the answer live: what the sound actually is, who made it, and the instrument buried underneath it that most of the congregation has never once picked out. Twenty-six years of listening and there it is, right in front of everybody the whole time.We spin the MuchMusic Intimate & Interactive version from that same summer, Chris Brown and Kate Fenner on stage with them, and then Jeff comes back with something none of us caught. Gord is reciting under Rob's outro. Not scatting. Reciting. From a poem, by a Canadian poet Gord loved enough to record in full for a tribute record years later. And the hotel that poem is named for is a ten minute walk from where Jeff grew up.WHAT ELSE IS IN HERE• John fucking Cage. Greg pulls the passage Gord was reading and puts it in a bigger frame, and it turns out to be about a whole lot more than music. Jeff, meanwhile, has listened to some John Cage and has thoughts about it that are not kind, and he says them anyway.• A song with no chorus. Not a bridge in the middle either, just a break. So how does it hook anybody? Dave takes a run at that one, and at what Rob does on the outro instead of what any other guitar player would have done with all that room.• Greg's theory that the catalogue splits into four groups, that this is where the art rock properly starts, and that this cut sits in the top five heaviest songs the band ever recorded. Bombs dropping. His words.• The sequencing. 'My Music At Work' into 'Tiger The Lion' into 'Lake Fever'. Dave would have moved it. Greg would not have moved a thing.• Where the lyrics turn. Dave on the shift that starts around this record and how much harder Gord makes you work from here on in, and Greg on the mouth shapes and the dancing and writing words that sound right before they mean anything.• First listens. A leaked MP3 that took seven hours to download. A boombox on a deck in Tacoma running the record two days straight. A Calgary apartment full of diehards filing this one under wait, what.Next week the wheel lands on 'No Threat', one of the two new tracks tucked onto "Yer Favourites". Brand new panel, brand new song.THE PANEL• Greg from Tacoma. Met the boys back around 'New Orleans Is Sinking', has seven to ten copies of every CD and gave most of them away. He makes music with AI under Hadees Market Music, spelled H-A-D-E-E-S, after his grandparents Hazel and Ira D.• Jeff from Belleville. Third time in the chair. Belleville sits on the Bay of Quinte, which is exactly why the last ten minutes of this one belong to him.• Dave from Halifax. First time at the table, and a musician, which shows the second the outro starts.GEDFEST TORONTO - SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17The Horseshoe Tavern, with Grace, 2. Every dollar goes to Campfire Circle and the Murphy Family Fund in Precision Medicine in Pancreatic Cancer. Tickets through facebook.com/GEDfestYYZ.THE TIP JARGreg asked for this link on mic, so here it is. 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On this episode of The Bandwich Tapes, I sit down with percussionist, composer, educator, and Sō Percussion member Josh Quillen for a wide-ranging conversation about teaching, ensemble life, steel pan, podcasting, grief, musical history, and the value of listening closely.Josh joined Sō Percussion in 2006 and has spent nearly two decades helping the ensemble develop its distinctive approach to contemporary chamber music. We talk about how the group has evolved from a model built around four percussionists playing similar setups into one that more openly reflects the individual musical identities of its members. Josh shares how composers such as Steven Mackey helped the group recognize the value of those differences, from steel pan and drum set to marimba, electronics, singing, and synthesizers.We also spend time discussing the Sō Percussion Summer Institute, which Josh describes as one of the most demanding and rewarding parts of his year. He explains how the institute asks young musicians to learn an enormous amount of music with unfamiliar collaborators, confront insecurity, and discover that missing a note is rarely the most important problem in the room.The conversation becomes deeply personal as Josh talks about losing his father to ALS, preserving one of the final recordings of his voice, and how that experience helped shape his podcast, Concert Honesty. We discuss the importance of documenting artists as full human beings, the danger of turning musical heroes into myths, and what Josh has learned from speaking with musicians such as Russ Hartenberger, Bob Becker, Joan Tower, Steve Reich, and others.Along the way, Josh reflects on growing up in rural Ohio, learning discipline from his father's work at a bottling warehouse, discovering steel band in high school, traveling to Trinidad without a phone, and learning that musical development often comes from curiosity, failure, repetition, and the freedom to make mistakes without having every moment permanently documented.Key Takeaways• The Sō Percussion Summer Institute is designed to give young musicians an intensive taste of professional ensemble life, including uncertainty, limited rehearsal time, unfamiliar collaborators, and ambitious repertoire.• Josh believes strong teaching requires precision, empathy, and the ability to give honest criticism without stripping students of their confidence.• Sō Percussion's musical identity has gradually shifted from four players demonstrating similar technical skills toward a model that embraces each member's individual musical interests.• Steven Mackey's It Is Time became an important turning point by highlighting Josh's steel pan background and the distinct musical personalities of the Sō Percussion members.• Josh's approach to Steve Reich's music is rooted in chamber music precision, shared pulse, groove, and a clearly defined ensemble identity.• Concert Honesty began partly as a way to preserve the voices, experiences, and humanity of musicians beyond their résumés and major accomplishments.• Losing his father to ALS shaped Josh's understanding of memory, grief, recorded sound, and the importance of preserving a person's voice.Music from the EpisodeMusic for Wood and Strings (Part 1) - Bryce Dessner (Sō Percussion)To the Sky - Caroline Shaw (Sō Percussion)Let the Soil Play Its Simple Part - Caroline Shaw (Sō Percussion)Rectangles and Circumstance - Caroline Shaw (Sō Percussion)About the PodcastThe Bandwich Tapes is a podcast about how music gets made and the people who make it. Hosted by musician Brad Williams, the show features thoughtful, musician-to-musician conversations about craft, collaboration, creative process, artistic growth, and life in music.Connect with the ShowQuestions, comments, or guest suggestions:contact@thebandwichtapes.com

(Kevin)Playlist: Myriam Gendron - 31.10.2011Laura Veirs - Arc Still BendsJulie Doiron - Back To The WaterBIG|BRAVE - a song for Marie part iiiCamille Camille - Humming SongFink - Spirit Of PlaceLeah Senior - People PleaserBill Orcutt & Mabe Fratti - Todo puede ser errormichael scott dawson & anthéne - language flawsAyami Suzuki & Rob Noyes - CetologyAldana Duoraan & Tomáš Niesner - The Key of RadianceMarisa Anderson - Rop KohSteve Gunn - Another Fade (Sonic Boom remix)Tomo Katsurada and Jonny Nash - Stained LightBlack Brunswicker - Of Another MindShearwater - Even SongRoy Montgomery & Martha Skye Murphy, featuring Mary Lattimore - At DuskSofie Birch and Alfred Bundgaard - Spirit CartographyShane Parish - YulquenScore - Liquid SunshineBon Odori - LiliumLaura Misch - MythicSungae Son - The River of ImjinTaylor Deupree, Kalia Vandever, Thomas Morgan - Wither Light and AiryNomieye - The Earth in All ConscienceMotohiro Nakashima, featuring Kumi Takahara - IfKiasmos - Bound (Alex Somers Rework)

“John Cage’s Organ2/ASLSP composition is being performed on a custom built organ for 639 years at St. Buchardi Church in Halberstadt, Germany. Hundreds of people from all around the world packed into the small church for the ceremonial note change – the addition of an A pipe. In this recording, the note changes at ~1:50. This chord will ring out until the next change on October 5, 2027.”

Kritcirkeln har bilat runt halva Sverige på en veritabel sommaroperaturné. Vi har besökt fem län, fyra slott, en konsertlada och ett vallonbruk för att ta pulsen på svensk opera i sommartid. Vi har sett sex olika uppsättningar, varav två helt nyskrivna operor och två Sverigepremiärer för mer eller mindre bortglömda verk av kvinnliga kompositörer. Musikaliskt spänner det från barock till samtida och en gemensam nämnare för denna operaroadtrip är de starka kvinnorna. Dessutom noterar vi att orgeln i John Cage-projektet ”As Slow as Possible” i tyska i Halberstadt har bytt ton och att Wagnerianerna (inte överraskande) buade ut den AI-anstrukna Ringen i Bayreuth. Vid mikrofonerna: Loretto Villalobos och Cecilia Djurberg (prod och klippning) Följande föreställningar diskuteras med ljudliga smakprov: I Vattnäs konsertlada utanför Mora såg vi ”Anders och Emma Zorn” med musik av Matthew Peterson, libretto och regi av Pers Anna Larsson På Läckö slott intill Vänern såg vi Beethovens ”Fidelio” i regi av Lisa Charlotte Friederich, dirigerad av Simon Kim Phipps På Vadstena slott, vid Vättern, såg vi Vadstena-Akademiens ”Ellen Key - ormdödaren” med musik av Daniel Fjällström, libretto Maria Sundqvist, regi Håkan Starkenberg, dirigent David Björkman På Confidencen, Ulriksdals slottsteater, såg vi Den andra operans uppsättning av ”La Liberazione di Ruggiero dall'isola d'Alcina” av Francesca Caccini, i regi av Jacopo Spirei, dirigerad av Peter Spissky På Drottningholms slottsteater: Claudio Monteverdis ”L'incoronazione di Poppea” (”Poppeas kröning”) i regi av Benjamin Lazar, dirigent Francesco Corti I Ånghammaren, Österbybruk: ”Vrakplundrarna” (”The Wreckers”) av Dame Ethel Smyth, regi Marika Schultze, svensk översättning och musikalisk ledning: Niklas Tamm

VOV1 - Tại một nhà thờ cổ ở Halberstadt, Đức, tác phẩm âm nhạc kéo dài 639 năm của nhà soạn nhạc John Cage vừa đạt mốc chuyển hợp âm thứ 17. Sự kiện hiếm hoi diễn ra khi một ống đàn mới được lắp thêm, nâng số nốt nhạc ngân vang đồng thời từ 7 lên 8 trước sự chứng kiến của đông đảo khán giả.

Alex & Jason take over today on a bizarre adventure ofPlaylist: Tatsuro Yamashita - UmbrellaSweet Trip - MilkWeyes Blood - AndromedaBjork - UndoSoftcult - Not Sorryfeeble little horse - DiorNo Joy - Everything NewAlvvays - Easy On Your Own?Toshiki Kadomatsu - Girl In The BoxTatsuro Yamashita - Magic WaysMai Yamane - TwilightCAT PISS - TOSS AWAYif i look strong, you look strong - This One's About The Sky Being BlueChemical Bank - Ungodly SoundHella - Biblical ViolenceDeath Grips - Black PaintDanny Brown - 1L0v3myLif3!Clipping - La Mala OrdinaArmand Hammer, featuring El-P - The Gods Must Be Crazy8485 - I Feel FantasticJane Remover - Dancing With Your Eyes ClosedBlack Dresses - DAMAGE SUPPRESSORMagdalena Bay - You Lose!Daydream Plus - Hard To Destroy

Lincoln Stoller is a psychotherapist, physicist, and author of books including The Learning Project, Becoming Lucid, and Operating Manual for Enlightenment.In this episode, we discuss living with honesty, courage, and commitment, and why meaningful growth often means moving beyond conformity and reward-driven paths. Lincoln shares perspectives on taking action without guarantees, embracing exploration for its own sake, and giving yourself space to get lost while remaining calm. We explore creativity, lucid awareness in dreams and daily life, doing things you're not good at, finding mentors, breaking the rules, exploring beyond the traditional boundaries of education and career, and not focusing on profit or reward. The conversation centers on expanding awareness, stepping out of limiting boxes and choosing a path guided by curiosity, authenticity, and adventure.Connect and Learn MoreWebsite: mindstrengthbalance.comBooks: The Learning Project | Becoming Lucid | The Path to Sleep, Exercises for an Ancient Skill | Operating Manual for Enlightenment | COVID-19 | Sensations Thoughts and Emotions Podcast: Stream of SubconsciousnessFacebook: @lincolnstollerLinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/lincolnstollerResourcesBooks: Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsTV Series: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective AgencyPeople: Albert Einstein, Douglas Adams, Franz Kafka, Isaac Newton, Joey Krebs, John Cage, Louis Pasteur, Martin Luther King Jr., Stephen Hawking, Sydney Coleman, Theodore Maiman, Thomas Edison, Vincent van Gogh

The voice is our oldest and most familiar instrument, yet composers continue to discover astonishing new possibilities within it. Music for the voice alone invites us to listen differently. Without harmony or accompaniment to guide our ears, every contour, breath, and vocal gesture takes on its own significance. On this episode of Relevant Tones, host Stephen Anthony Rawson explores music for the unaccompanied voice, featuring works by Morton Feldman, John Cage, Gráinne Mulvey, Enno Poppe, Erin Gee, Giacinto Scelsi, Jean-Christophe Rosaz, Luciano Berio, and Meredith Monk. Through these extraordinary works, we're invited to hear not only the limitless expressive potential of a single voice, but perhaps even the unexpected musicality of the many voices we encounter every day.Featured Music- Only, Morton Feldman- Eight Whiskus, John Cage- Eternity is Now, Gráinne Mulvey- Wespe, Enno Poppe- Mouthpiece I, Erin Gee- Hô, Giacinto Scelsi- Alphabet, Jean-Christophe Rosaz- Sequenza III, Luciano Berio- Lullaby, Meredith Monk

Playlist: Kalia Vandever - WaitingHanna Lindgren - Something ThereMark Barrott - CloserEric Whitacre, Lavinia Meijer - Goodnight MoonHollie Kenniff, Kazuma Okabayashi - CanvasNailah Hunter - Bassin BleuLusine - PendulumWartonno Sound - Stillness EngineSofi Paez, Lara Somogyi - PondKaitlyn Aurelia Smith - Mt BakerEllen Reid - Big MajesticIKSRE - The GardenJICS - Out TonightEmil Friis - Some Fine AfternoonJordan Hamilton - Entering Life as WindAndrew Bayer - Hold Onto You - Ryan David RevisitSix Missing, Echoes of Starlight - On a Leaf of MysteryRhodri Brooks - 03Lore - Like a DreamCephas Azariah, Elle Limebear - the healing songSaltbreaker - Fire Seed Eagledriving horses - taking holdJessie Marcella - LuminescenceKeepSleep - comfortable placeRob Grant - The Mermaids LullabySven Laux - Where Do You Get Your Dreams From?

(Kevin)Playlist: Lumtz, featuring Alaskan Tapes - la ventana del altilloJom Comyn - MountainFlorida BC - Panel VisionsProjectwhatever, featuring Shn Shn - In SantosKris Ellestad - suite dreamsGianna Lauren - Be NiceIsabel Pine - WinnowCharlotte Cornfield - Bloody and AliveKilometre Club - Standstill / Stand Stillparallel - luckyanthéne & far away nebraska - land into skyJoan Shelley & Nathan Salsburg - Little WingTommy Douglas Keenan - SatelliteShabason & Krgovich - No. TwoBitter Fictions - SapphireMat Ball - To Catch Light IIIBill Orcutt & Mabe Fratti - Almost Wakingmoonhasteeth - In bocca al lupo (in the wolf's mouth)michael scott dawson & anthéne - signal patternVenetian Snares x Daniel Lanois - Ophelius 1stP118Hermitess, featuring Wayne Garrett - Space Walk I: Spooky Action at a DistanceEfrim Manuel Menuck - The Beauty Of The Sun As It LeavesT. Gowdy - 00L00WKO - Lin. Marsh GardensTim Hecker - Up Red Bull CreekIan William Craig - Second LensKyle Church - To Live AgainHollie Kenniff - Winter, Don't Let GoKenna Burima - Love SongAlaskan Tapes & Blu Miles - Open SpaceJessica McMann - PekiwewinaRev. LV - Water 1 (Piano Tape Loop 2)Eric Pauls and Sarah Houston - The Thin Place

(Kevin)Playlist: Gustaf Ljunggren - Along the Low RoadMariam Wallentin & Vestnorsk Jazzensemble - WideTomo Katsurada and Jonny Nash - Nagare NiMyriam Gendron - There Is No East Or WestTokyo Bedroom Orchestra - Gekkai / 月海Gintė Preisaitė - Loop the PauseIan Hawgood - LevanteShabason & Krgovich - Begin AgainTomotsugu Nakamura - Todavía hay solProjectwhatever - Your Only Oneanthéne - Luz que asomaJulie Doiron - Faites De Beaux RêvesJungstötter - SunkLaura Misch - SoftenBernardo Castro - Roots of the TreePatricia Wolf - InflorescenceGigi Masin - Azimuth (John Taylor)Caterina Barbieri & Bendik Giske - Impatience, MagmaJoseph Branciforte & Jozef Dumoulin - 05 ⊏ 09:20Aliya Ultan - Road SongPlay Time - WanderersCIRC - Quiet LightJulien Hauspie - Coda

Playlist: Kiasmos - Laced - Rachika Nayar & Nina Keith ReworkKiasmos - Grown - Alex Somers ReworkEric Whitacre, Lavinia Meijer - SleepAmelia Warner - Quiet GhostsFlore Laurentienne - Navigation VIIKara-Lis Cloverdale - Curve Traces of Held SpaceRebekah Reid - #minimalistAlanis Morissette - light--the lightworker's lamentAlanis Morissette - heart--power of a soft heartChuck Johnson - Riga BlackAF13 - Night Bunny (feat. Suzanne Ciani)SUSS - Sunset IVIsabel Pine - OceanDaniel Lanois - Time OnBruce Kaphan - OutpostOther Planes - LoessBahrambient - LochsideNorth Atlantic Drift - Now More than EverAshan - Float A Clear ThoughtKilometre Club - Sleeper Hit

When the music stops... what happens?From dreams to songs-stuck-in-your-head to John Cage's 4'33", silence is just as much a part of music as the actual music.Let's talk about breath, phrasing, anticipation and even a lil bit of neuroscience.For 30% off your first year with DistroKid to share your music with the world click ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠DistroKid.com/vip/lovemusicmore⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

(Kevin)Playlist: Ramsey Thornton - InterludeRamsey Thornton - HotshotJulien Hauspie - Pine Needle ArchiveMaria BC - Night & daymichael scott dawson & anthéne - escape manualPhilippe Lamiral Poirier & Roméo Poirier - CardinalThomas Dollbaum - VisitationFink - Keeping You Awakeanthéne & far away nebraska - flood meadowPan•American - Death CleaningInfra - CrocusCharles 'Poppy Bob' Walker - Ghost MountainBurial Cake - small steps #7John Swanke - West CamanoJoe Harvey-Whyte & Geir Sundstøl - BleikstrandaBlack Brunswicker - Valley of GoldEd O'Brien - Solfeggioweareforests & Six Missing - mutable bluelandtitles - Holding a LemonThe Lifted Index - Chronologic MossArtefakt & KMRU - Piano Movement IArvid Holst - HazeVioleta Vicci & Bruno Bavota - Missing Rainmore eaze - a choraleWhitney Johnson, Lia Kohl, Macie Stewart - paper folding | disappearingMarielle V Jakobsons - Without You Inside TimeKalia Vandever - MurmurayClariloops - Drifting, FleetingVarious Artists, featuring Cole Pulice - A New AgeMary Halvorson & Ambrose Akinmusire - Slo-Mo Neon Luminate HoveringsYou-On - Fallen ColoursThe Setting - The Big YardJuha Mäki-Patola - Moment 10

John Kapusta's Self-Realization Nation: How Artists of the Creative Counterculture Made a New America (U California Press, 2026) is the story of an unexpected group of performing artists who led one of the most influential artistic movements in contemporary American history. After World War II, personal fulfillment emerged as a defining American cultural ideal. Self-realization--the quest to become our authentic selves--remains a powerful part of American culture and arts today. In Self-Realization Nation, John Kapusta provides a lively cultural history of how an overlooked movement of musicians, dancers, and actors championed the ideal of self-realization. These performers, who spanned many backgrounds, identities, genres, and artistic styles, became what he calls the creative counterculture. Artists as varied as Sonny Rollins, John Cage, Anna Halprin, Alice and John Coltrane, and Pauline Oliveros shared an approach to creativity focused on letting go of limiting beliefs and subverting oppressive social norms. Through colorful vignettes, Kapusta reveals how these artists made their art and how their approach spread beyond the performing arts to influence such fields as psychology, education, and wellness. Ultimately, these creative counterculturists came to define a new vision of an America where everyone was free to be themselves, together. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history

John Kapusta's Self-Realization Nation: How Artists of the Creative Counterculture Made a New America (U California Press, 2026) is the story of an unexpected group of performing artists who led one of the most influential artistic movements in contemporary American history. After World War II, personal fulfillment emerged as a defining American cultural ideal. Self-realization--the quest to become our authentic selves--remains a powerful part of American culture and arts today. In Self-Realization Nation, John Kapusta provides a lively cultural history of how an overlooked movement of musicians, dancers, and actors championed the ideal of self-realization. These performers, who spanned many backgrounds, identities, genres, and artistic styles, became what he calls the creative counterculture. Artists as varied as Sonny Rollins, John Cage, Anna Halprin, Alice and John Coltrane, and Pauline Oliveros shared an approach to creativity focused on letting go of limiting beliefs and subverting oppressive social norms. Through colorful vignettes, Kapusta reveals how these artists made their art and how their approach spread beyond the performing arts to influence such fields as psychology, education, and wellness. Ultimately, these creative counterculturists came to define a new vision of an America where everyone was free to be themselves, together. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

John Kapusta's Self-Realization Nation: How Artists of the Creative Counterculture Made a New America (U California Press, 2026) is the story of an unexpected group of performing artists who led one of the most influential artistic movements in contemporary American history. After World War II, personal fulfillment emerged as a defining American cultural ideal. Self-realization--the quest to become our authentic selves--remains a powerful part of American culture and arts today. In Self-Realization Nation, John Kapusta provides a lively cultural history of how an overlooked movement of musicians, dancers, and actors championed the ideal of self-realization. These performers, who spanned many backgrounds, identities, genres, and artistic styles, became what he calls the creative counterculture. Artists as varied as Sonny Rollins, John Cage, Anna Halprin, Alice and John Coltrane, and Pauline Oliveros shared an approach to creativity focused on letting go of limiting beliefs and subverting oppressive social norms. Through colorful vignettes, Kapusta reveals how these artists made their art and how their approach spread beyond the performing arts to influence such fields as psychology, education, and wellness. Ultimately, these creative counterculturists came to define a new vision of an America where everyone was free to be themselves, together. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/performing-arts

John Kapusta's Self-Realization Nation: How Artists of the Creative Counterculture Made a New America (U California Press, 2026) is the story of an unexpected group of performing artists who led one of the most influential artistic movements in contemporary American history. After World War II, personal fulfillment emerged as a defining American cultural ideal. Self-realization--the quest to become our authentic selves--remains a powerful part of American culture and arts today. In Self-Realization Nation, John Kapusta provides a lively cultural history of how an overlooked movement of musicians, dancers, and actors championed the ideal of self-realization. These performers, who spanned many backgrounds, identities, genres, and artistic styles, became what he calls the creative counterculture. Artists as varied as Sonny Rollins, John Cage, Anna Halprin, Alice and John Coltrane, and Pauline Oliveros shared an approach to creativity focused on letting go of limiting beliefs and subverting oppressive social norms. Through colorful vignettes, Kapusta reveals how these artists made their art and how their approach spread beyond the performing arts to influence such fields as psychology, education, and wellness. Ultimately, these creative counterculturists came to define a new vision of an America where everyone was free to be themselves, together. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/american-studies

John Kapusta's Self-Realization Nation: How Artists of the Creative Counterculture Made a New America (U California Press, 2026) is the story of an unexpected group of performing artists who led one of the most influential artistic movements in contemporary American history. After World War II, personal fulfillment emerged as a defining American cultural ideal. Self-realization--the quest to become our authentic selves--remains a powerful part of American culture and arts today. In Self-Realization Nation, John Kapusta provides a lively cultural history of how an overlooked movement of musicians, dancers, and actors championed the ideal of self-realization. These performers, who spanned many backgrounds, identities, genres, and artistic styles, became what he calls the creative counterculture. Artists as varied as Sonny Rollins, John Cage, Anna Halprin, Alice and John Coltrane, and Pauline Oliveros shared an approach to creativity focused on letting go of limiting beliefs and subverting oppressive social norms. Through colorful vignettes, Kapusta reveals how these artists made their art and how their approach spread beyond the performing arts to influence such fields as psychology, education, and wellness. Ultimately, these creative counterculturists came to define a new vision of an America where everyone was free to be themselves, together. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/art

John Kapusta's Self-Realization Nation: How Artists of the Creative Counterculture Made a New America (U California Press, 2026) is the story of an unexpected group of performing artists who led one of the most influential artistic movements in contemporary American history. After World War II, personal fulfillment emerged as a defining American cultural ideal. Self-realization--the quest to become our authentic selves--remains a powerful part of American culture and arts today. In Self-Realization Nation, John Kapusta provides a lively cultural history of how an overlooked movement of musicians, dancers, and actors championed the ideal of self-realization. These performers, who spanned many backgrounds, identities, genres, and artistic styles, became what he calls the creative counterculture. Artists as varied as Sonny Rollins, John Cage, Anna Halprin, Alice and John Coltrane, and Pauline Oliveros shared an approach to creativity focused on letting go of limiting beliefs and subverting oppressive social norms. Through colorful vignettes, Kapusta reveals how these artists made their art and how their approach spread beyond the performing arts to influence such fields as psychology, education, and wellness. Ultimately, these creative counterculturists came to define a new vision of an America where everyone was free to be themselves, together. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/popular-culture

Legendary educator and detail-oriented designer for good Precious Bugarin sits down with Sean to talk about her design mistakes… as well as John Cage's call-in show, clothing tags, and the challenges of “Illustrating” a 200-page book. Plus, help fund our smash-hit sequel to Backrooms: Creepy Hallway Is The Portal (To Creativity) (And Also There's Tiny Locked Room In The Room That Has A Sink).Precious Burgarin comes from a family of immigrants, migrant farmers, veterans, journalists, artists and teachers. She's a first generation Filipino American; born in San Francisco and raised in Stockton, California. Over the span of two decades, she's been a designer and design educator. Her studio amplifies the work of nonprofits and helps businesses grow through thoughtful branding. She was a senior adjunct professor at Portland State University in the School of Art + Design (2003-2023), teaching students about type details and branding for social good. Previously, she was Art Director at Mercy Corps and currently serves as Graphic Design Manager at Toole Design Group.This episode was recorded Saturday, April 25, 4 A.R. (AKA 2026) in the Rat's Nest.While this is our final episode recorded from the Rat's Nest, it isn't the last episode that will be published from it! Come back in two weeks for that last recording from the weekend before, and what might be our final episode of season 8 (unless I can figure out some interim recording space in the mean time—talk about a cliffhanger to end the season on!). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Playlist: Bonobo - Me and YouLaure Chan, Curve Ensemble - Lost in TranslationRone - LinguaVisible Cloaks - ShapesHanna Lindgren - SonarHenrik Meierkord - Zeit IVAna Roxanne - AtonementElskavon - Blossom and the Void (Fragments)Kalia Vandever - HoldingKasper Bjorke Quartet - Passage I (small, soft feet running across wooden floors in the morning)William Basinski - Melancholia IIDavid Moore - Rush CreekAnna Phoebe - Midnight Sessions: II. UnravelSeabuckthorn - Weather en RouteGollden - Red SunSUSS - Sunset VIAbstract Aprils - LimenClariloops - As the Light FadesKayla Pichichero - Havenstatezake, marine eyes - Frosted GlassBrian Eno, Beatie Wolfe - AfterlifeUnknown Mobile - Touriga Nacionalanthéne - starlingMichael Scott Dawson, yukata hirasaka - Jin Sonic

Las ideas acerca del espacio y el movimiento que hemos planteado en diversos programas a lo largo de la temporada nos sugieren formas diferentes de escuchar (abiertas, sin un centro ni una dirección en las que pueden suceder muchas cosas a la vez…). Hoy compartimos una serie de obras que proponen escuchas abiertas, expandidas, sin melodía, ni centro, ni dirección en la que varias cosas sucedan a la vez. Un ejemplo de todo ello es sin duda la propuesta de John Cage denominada Musicircus, extrema, novedosa, atrevida. Escucharemos además música de Perotin , Charles Ives, Cornelius Cardew y ambientes sonoros naturales recogidos por Bernie Krauss junto con fragmentos sonoros de algunas experiencias urbanas desarrolladas en diversos proyectos creativos y de investigación. Se trata de abrir nuevos horizontes de convivencia, nuevos horizontes estéticos, que permitan experimentar nuevas formas de crear, participar y escuchar. Escuchar audio

(Kevin)Playlist: Charles 'Poppy Bob' Walker - Creosote WindZoh Ambah - EmahoyMarisa Anderson - HamdJoe Harvey-Whyte & Geir Sundstøl - The TyburnVarious Artists, featuring Takeshi Nishimoto - Slow SnowPhilippe Lamiral Poirier & Roméo Poirier - Ce matinHans Reichel - The call (I)BIG BRAVE - holding tongueFax + Braulio Lam - LowsideFink - Dark EdgesVarious Artists, featuring Chuck Johnson - Spiralicmichael scott dawson & anthéne - echoing, echoingEuan Dalgarno - RockethausStardust Multiplier - creation // convergenceBDYWRKS - we move with the pressureJelena Ćirić, Snorri Hallgrímsson, Cécile Lacharme, Oliver Patrice Weder - Tide OutLaura Misch - For(r)estzakè & marine eyes - Frosted GlassMatteo William - The Forgotten GridPuma Dechambre Duo - OrageSeefeel - AM FlaresKalia Vandever - HoldingBill Orcutt & Mabe Fratti - El Inicio es cuestión de suerteGigi Masin - Bed on MarsPoppy Ackroyd - ShimmerNiklas Paschburg - Adieu

Marta ~*Playlist: Jessie Marcella - Halo - DaySWIM - My Love (Orchestral)Hannah Peel, BeiBei Wang - Wild Geese ArriveH.Takahashi - Metabolism (Kohei Oyamada Remix)Lara Somogyi - mirabelKilometre Club - Ecstatic SilenceFischersund, Jonsi, Kjartan Holm, Sin Fang - Skiptir enguThor Harris - Perserverence as PrayerRobert Aiki Aubrey Lowe - Pathway to PowerJóhann Jóhannson, Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe - End of Summer Part 3Wayne Patrick Garrett - Mystic GrottoNick Schofield - Joy CryBoards of Canada - You Retreat in Time and SpaceKalia Vandever - Waitingweareforests & Six Missing - ochre !Laurence Pike - Possible UtopiasChris Bartels, Harbor Fate - In the Small ThingsTruism - AntistaticWess Meets West - MilfordLUCHS - Chasing Cloud NineKeaton Henson, Ren Ford - Petrichor (feat. Ren Ford)Robinson's Village - Goth

(Kevin)Playlist: Mike Tod, featuring Opal Retzer, Zoe Basha - When They Ring the Golden BellsLucid 44 - Paint a Halo (2003)Bill Orcutt & Mabe Fratti - A Rural PenMagic Tuber Stringband - Soft and PliableMarisa Anderson - Pair of DudukArovane & Taylor Deupree - FaasDavid Eugene Edwards - Mercurial SilenceSeefeel - Falling FirstEuan Dalgarno, featuring Claire Shanley-Inglis - CatterlineAna Roxanne - xHiding Places - Forget it Allmichael scott dawson & anthéne - Resignation BellsMike Lazarev - Break OutClariloops - Soft UnfoldingWhitney Johnson, Lia Kohl, Macie Stewart - stone | pieceGintė Preisaitė - VigilanceCharbel Haber - I stutter when I speak of love and deathBlack Brunswicker - Forest BathingLaurence Pike, featuring Ben Lerner - Possible UtopiasFederico Durand - God Helg 1920F.S.BLUMM - Lichens FlechtenKiri Ra! - ReamAlaskan Tapes & Blu Miles - OverskyAlabaster DePlume - Not Now, JesusVioleta Vicci & Bruno Bavota - LuminaKronos Quartet - God Shall Wipe All Tears Away

In this Best of Awake in the World episode about the Heart Sutra, Michael explores how it functions to counter what John Cage calls “the authoritarian structures” of our minds, including the tendency to create “frames” and contract around our sense of separateness. Recorded on March 31, 2009. The Awake in the World podcast is brought to you by the generosity of our amazing Patreon supporters, making it possible for us to keep Michael's archive of teachings available to the public. To become a patron, visit: patreon.com/michaelstone.

Playlist: ford. - Sun Beams DownHanna Lindgren - YearningAtli Orvarsson - Flying - Talos RemixSaevar Johannsson, Mikael Lind - Words that Move (Rework)Chelsea McGough - Soft ShimmerEdna King - Tracing - Original MixKid Koala, Emiliana Torrini - CollapserEric Whitacre, Lavinia Meijer - Sing GentlyThe Cinematic Orchestra - Wait for Now - Mary Lattimore ReworkHigh Plains - Ten SleepHugar - Enigmaamiina - Leather and LaceCaroline Shaw, Attacca Quartet - Plan & Elevation: III. The Herbaceous BorderChristopher Tignor - We Keep This FlameErland Cooper - HaarTwinsleep, John Hayes, Maxy Dutcher - Dream Walker - Daigo Hanada ReworkAlexandra Streliski - Changing WindsEluvium - IndividuationBen Laver - Beneath the TreesBrambles - In the Androgynous DarkDean Valio - Warmest EmbraceBlitz//Berlin - NowhereJustin Wright - Drone III: SaudadeIan William Craig - Red Gate With StarlingMichael Scott Dawson, anthene - asleep insideJonsi, Alex Somers - Boy 1904Good Weather for an Airstrike, Dave Masters - not longAlan Watts, Superposition - DreamBon Vie - New EndingsHollie Kenniff, Kazuma Okabayashi - Infinite Blaze

(Kevin)Playlist: Sam Moss - EnoughBry Webb - Rivers of GoldSUSS - Sunset IXNorth Americans - The Last RockabillyJoe Harvey-Whyte & Paul Cousins - ForgetPan•American - Desert Under BridgeBlack Brunswicker - A Raga Called JohnMaria BC - PeacemakingGia Margaret - Phone ScreenBen Vida, featuring Felicia Atkinson - Unmake A WorldBen Seretan & John Thayer - Field Notes #2Mark Templeton - Standing on a HummingbirdBitter Fictions - Aquamarineweareforests & Six Missing - concepts (lilac)Sam Grassie - Thurso River BluesAmeel Brecht - DeserterShane Parish - LowrideJuha Mäki-Patola - Moment 8Matt Gold & Dustin Laurenzi - Devotional FadeJolanda Moletta, featuring Nightbird - SerpentineIKSRE - nullarbor (infinite horizon)David Moore / Bing & Ruth - Pointe NimbusKilometre Club - Sleeper HitMax Cooper - Chrysalis

Joe Stephens just helped close a 49-million-dollar raise at steno. He also became a sommelier on the side. David Cowen sits down with Joe, director of legal solutions, law school professor, and one of the most thoughtful voices in litigation technology, to ask the question that defines this moment: what would you not automate? The answer pulls in John Cage, Unreasonable Hospitality, and why curiosity may be the only truly un-automatable skill left. Key Topics Covered: Service vs. hospitality: The distinction that powers steno's brand and why feel beats commodity What Joe would not automate: Physical connection, hugging his kids, walking the dog John Cage's 4'33": Why four and a half minutes of silence is the hardest piece of music ever composed The sommelier hobby: How Joe spends part of his AI dividend on deep human pursuits Listening and curiosity: The two skills Joe tells his students matter more than any technical knowledge Voice to text vs. pen and paper: Why composing a prompt forces slow thinking Unreasonable hospitality: Why delivering experience — not service — is the central differentiator in legal tech

In a recent class with three intermediate students (8th-11th grade), we compared the music of Franz Schubert and Max Richter. Schubert was a prolific Austrian composer, writing at the end of the Classical period and the beginning of the Romantic period. During his brief life, he wrote over 1,500 works. He was known for his storytelling abilities: long, singing lines, dramatic mood swings, an improvisatory style that seems to wander at times, and emotional intensity.Max Richter is a contemporary German-born pianist and composer known for blending classical techniques with electronic, ambient, and minimalist styles. He names J.S. Bach as a key influence, and has championed the works of minimalists such as Arvo Pärt and John Cage. He drew inspiration from Schubert's Winterreise when creating his 2010 album Infra.In this episode, I'm taking you behind the scenes of this studio class, sharing the repertoire I introduced to my students, the discussion questions that guided our conversation, and a composition activity that students didn't want to end.For show notes + a full transcript, click here.Resources Mentioned*Disclosure: Some of the links in this episode are affiliate links, which means if you decide to purchase through any of them, I will earn a small commission. This helps support the podcast and allows me to continue creating free content. Thank you for your support!Ep. 083 - Bernstein & Bill Evans: Inside My Recent Intermediate Studio ClassEp. 077 - A New Approach to Teaching Group ClassesSchubert Piano Sonata No. 20 in A Major, D. 959: II. Andantino (Mitsuko Uchida)Richter “Andante” from In a Landscape (Max Richter)Schubert Impromptu No. 3 and Richter Infra 3 (Coversart)Songs Without Words(Felix Mendelssohn)Schubert Moments Musicaux No. 6 in A-flat Major (Alfred Brendel)Vladimir's Blues (Max Richter)Max Richter Piano Works(Max Richter)If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review in Apple Podcasts >>Find me on Instagram: @ashleydanyewWhenever you're ready, here are three ways we can work together:1️⃣ Need fresh teaching ideas? In this quick 25-min. call, you'll get focused answers, creative ideas, and personalized advice for one teaching or business topic of your choice. Bring your questions for an ask-me-anything style session, and let's brainstorm strategies together.2️⃣ Have questions about teaching, running your studio, or managing your music career? In this 60-min call, you'll get personalized advice, creative ideas, and step-by-step strategies on up to 3-4 teaching/business topics of your choice. This session gives you the space to talk through your goals, ask questions, and get expert guidance.3️⃣ Develop the skills and strategies you need to plan the year, refine your teaching methods, and manage your time more effectively with a suite of online courses for music educators.

Playlist: Max Richter - On the Nature of Daylight - Orchestra VersionMichael Torke, Siwoo Kim, East Coast Chamber Orchestra - Last NightCris Derksen - We Danced Movement IDavid DeRose - defective in some way - InstrumentalRachel Portmas, Niklas Liepe, WDR Funkhausorchester - Tipping Points: III. WaterLudovico Einaudi - SequenceErland Cooper - Music for Growing Flowers (Nocturne) - Pt. 5Wilson Trouve - Still TogetherRebekah Reid - TIDESDiana Yukawa, Julia Kent - Look Inside You - Julia Kent ReworkLara Somogyi - sojournJames Heather, Mary Lattimore - And She Came Home - Mary Lattimore ReworkGlåsbird - OverwinterDan Romer - Out of Nothing, EverythingTom Leclerc - josie's watching butterfliesOld Amica - SandenKilometre Club - Sleeper HitGoldmund - Clear Lightstill fades, Louise Spencer - ReconcilliationVeronique Vaka - HvonnChristopher Willits - EmbraceIkoto Toma, Shin Kikuchi, synfilums - C.incisa - synfilums reworkFischersund, Joel Palsson, Kjartan Holm, Sin Fang - Þurrt hey í hlýrri hlöðuIan William Craig - The EdgesMaxy Dutcher, Veldros - Somewhereweareforests & Six Missing - highest form (roygbiv)Hirotaka Shirotsubaki - Sunset in Suma

This is a preview of a premium episode. To the listen to the full thing, head over to our Substack: https://designbetterpodcast.com/p/mason-currey At several points in his life, Eli imagined what it would take to become a full-time artist — a photographer or illustrator free from client work. What he didn't realize was that he already had an example of a different path right in front of him: his father, a practicing physician whose published poetry earned recognition from luminaries like John Ashbery. Mason Currey's most recent book explores these alternate paths. He's the author of Daily Rituals, the beloved book that catalogued the working habits of nearly 200 artists, writers, and composers. His new book, Making Art and Making a Living, goes deeper — into the financial realities, the schemes, the compromises, and the surprising strategies that creatives have used to keep their work alive across centuries. What he found is both humbling and strangely reassuring. Virginia Woolf had inherited investments. Kafka had insurance. Chantal Akerman had a cash register she skimmed from. John Cage had Italian game show winnings. And yet, running through all of it is the same question that Mason has been asking about his own life since the day he sat down to write a novel and couldn't: How am I going to pay for this? In this conversation, Mason walks us through the four funding models his book explores — family money, day jobs, patronage, and schemes — and what the lives of creatives from Kafka to Murakami can teach us about building a practice that actually lasts. Bio Mason Currey is the author of the Daily Rituals books, featuring brief profiles of the day-to-day working lives of more than 300 brilliant minds. His latest book, Making Art and Making a Living, was published by Celadon Books on March 31, 2026. Currey lives in Los Angeles and writes Subtle Maneuvers, a twice-monthly newsletter on the creative process. *** Premium Episodes on Design Better This is a premium episode on Design Better. We release two premium episodes per month, along with two free episodes for everyone. New premium subscriber benefit coming soon: we're launching a private Slack community…join now so you get access when it launches! And get a behind-the-scenes pass to every episode with The Roundup, where each week we bring you insights and actionable tactics from recent episodes. Premium subscribers get access to the documentary Design Disruptors and our growing library of books. You'll also get access to our monthly AMAs with former guests, ad-free episodes, discounts and early access to workshops, and our monthly newsletter The Brief that compiles salient insights, quotes, readings, and creative processes uncovered in the show. And subscribers at the annual level now get access to the Design Better Toolkit, which gets you major discounts and free access to tools and courses that will help you unlock new skills, make your workflow more efficient, and take your creativity further. Upgrade to paid

Playlist: Jónsi - FlickerCaomhin O Raghallaigh & Thomas Bartlett - KestrelCephas Azariah - sakuraJulia Kent - DorvalLigeti Quartet, Anna Meredith - Blackfriars - String Quartet VersionDiana Yukawa - Unfolding - Akira Kosemura ReworkFelix Rosch - A Slow UndoPoppy Ackroyd - ShimmerSarah Watson - CirclesCatrin Finch - 13Hannah Frances, Mary Lattimore - Beholden to the Birds Murmuring AboveFrancesca Heart - EurybiaSophye Soliveau - InitiationKaitlyn Aurelia Smith - Remind MeSix Missing - Four Eightselvita - Beryllinekita kouhei - tinySketch #68Dor Wand - Feeling FunctionHanna Lindgren, Daniella Ljungsberg - Feels Like FloatingK. Leimer - Form 21 (Conveyance)still surface, Arbee - Be EasyHollie Kenniff, Kazuma Okabayashi - Whispering WindsKayla Pichichero - Havenstatecharlie dreaming, Peter Bark - New BeginningAnna Phoebe - Midnight Session II (Unravel)Kilometre Club, Michael Scott Dawson - EvergreenThe Volume Settings Folder - Two Brass FarthingsDavid Cordero, anthene - Flame and Rust

(Kevin)Playlist: Mike Tod - The Unquiet GraveSetting - Heard a BubbleSam Grassie, featuring Nathan Pigott on Saxophone - Kishor'sTanya Donelly and Chris Brokaw - Plaudat LetitiaAna Roxanne - Berceuse in A-flat Minor, Op. 45Gustav Kemps, featuring Lily Beltane - FogFallen Flowers - SpiralGia Margaret - Rotten Outroweareforests & Six Missing - Ochre !Charbel Haber - Phosphorus resting by the entrance of a quantic mazeAnenon - PostscriptPrymek & Sage - Red HealerGareth Davis & Scanner - Figurative LanguageA.Whales - Strange DreamAnita Tatlow - The Years BetweenPassepartout Duo - From NicosiaHoavi - Thousand CycleFlore Laurentienne - Petit matinSam Davidson, Yujin Honda, and Will Howie - Naked CommunicationDave Harrington, Max Jaffe, Patrick Shiroishi - sweat street 7-QS:ZBN9_Alaskan Tapes & Blu Miles, featuring Ann Annie - In-cloudAdam Schatz - A Test of Attention Spans and Contact Cleaner

An exploration of the multifaceted artistic practice of Margret Wibmer, whose work—spanning sculpture, video, photography, and participatory performance—facilitates dynamic, generative relationships between bodies, objects, and spaces. Powerful carriers of both presence and absence, the physically tangible and the unquantifiable, her artworks challenge perceptual and experiential frameworks—inviting us instead to inhabit alternative realities in which objects become subjects, temporalities intertwine, and bodies expand to reveal new forms and intelligence(s). In this wide-ranging conversation, Margret describes her strategies for disorienting the gaze, re-enlivening machine artifacts, and centering love as “a transformative force in a polarized world.” - Margret Wibmer website: https://margretwibmer.eu/ Instagram: @margret_wibmer - Others mentioned in this episode: James Baldwin, Reinhard Braun, John Cage, Ligia Clark, Julia Garimorth, John Halpern, Frida Kahlo, Ursula K Le Guin, Chus Martinez, Suzanne Morianz, Gary Reck , Astrid Roemer, Sae Shimizu, Camila Sposati, Banana Yoshimoto, May Ziadeh. - Image: Detail of a mask from the project Salon d'Amour (2016 and ongoing), photographed by Anastasia Nefedova. - AI Murmurings is a  project of Slow Research Lab Music by the inimitable Christopher Tignor Support for this episode of the podcast generously provided by The Resonance Foundation

Marta ~Playlist: Oliver Patrice Weder, Tristan Reverb - After AllFrancesca Guccione - Movement VIIIJoe Galuszka, Bristol Ensemble - Requiem for MumAlice Hebborn, Nao Momitani - Saisons - Movement 1Whitney Johnson, Lia Kohl, Macie Stewart - dawn | pulseNiklas Paschburg - MarcheSophia Nova - Pallet Town from Pokemon Red and BlueDanahyah Evans - Museum from Animal Crossing: New HorizonsAndrea Vanzo - Song of Storms from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of TimeKasper Bjorke Quartet - Passage VIGregory Uhlmann - DaysSAGES, Olafur Arnalds, Loreen - EchoesNatalia Tsupryk, Angus McBride - When it WasErland Cooper - Music for Growing Flowers (Nocturne)Dustin O'Halloran - GoldElskavon - Coastline (Fragments)Brian McBride - Skin in the DarkSophie Hutchings - Sleeping Giant - Digitonal ReworkHollie Kenniff, Human is Alive - Truth be ToldJuha Mäki-Patola - Moment 1Warmth - Nothing Left (Vestiges)Moshimoss - Unsaid

Show Notes: John Milbauer explains that, although he didn't graduate from Harvard, his education and career followed a unique path involving music and academia. John reflects that his focus has been a combination of music and ideas, but the structure of academia often separates the two. He mentions his role as Dean of the School of Music at DePaul University in Chicago where they are bringing the two together to provide musicians with a more holistic approach to creative development and expression. Choosing a Career Path At 17 John was accepted into both Harvard Summer School and Aspen Music Festival, and he had to choose which one to attend. He chose Harvard after the advice that young musicians should not pursue music if they can pursue a career in a different field that offers a better chance at success. He describes his love for music and his initial excitement at Harvard, including taking calculus and expository writing. John applied to Harvard's admissions in seventh grade; to him it represented a world of ideas, culture, sophistication and globalism that small town Wisconsin did not offer. Leaving Harvard for a Conservatory John recounts his childhood in northern Wisconsin and his early musical training with Joan Moffitt. He explains how many music instructors tend to teach students bad habits that have to be unlearned later. He explains that he needed purely technical training and he realized that Harvard wasn't set up to provide technical training in music studies, and so, in the middle of his sophomore year, John left Harvard for a conservatory. He details his educational journey from Harvard to Eastman to Juilliard, highlighting the importance of technical training, and the relationship between the mind and body when pursuing creative development.  A Career As a Pianist John pursued his career as a pianist. He talks about his time at the Hungarian Liszt Academy on a Fulbright. He explains the challenges of being a musician in their 30s, including the need for a stable job with benefits. John shares his experience as a piano faculty member at three universities, including the University of Arizona. He describes his decision to pursue a mid-career Master's in Public Administration at the Kennedy School of Harvard, influenced by his 25th reunion. Moving to a Career in Higher Education Administration John talks about going back to Harvard at 49. He realized he needed  broader knowledge, particularly about developing economies, and goes on to explain his decision to pursue a career in higher education administration, influenced by his Kennedy School education. John describes his role as Dean of the School of Music at DePaul University and his efforts to integrate music and academia. He highlights the importance of combining his musical skills with his understanding of economics and government, and shares three key takeaways from his Kennedy School education: economic complexity, the importance of imagination, and the need to resist quantifying good deeds. He explains how these lessons have influenced his work at DePaul, including his approach to growing the school's programs. Harvard Reflections John discusses the importance of imagination in music and the arts, influenced by his class with Roberto Unger. He highlights the role of values in his work, influenced by his class with Rohit Deshpanda at Harvard Business School. John also recounts a special performance with Steve Balderston, a long-time faculty member at DePaul, which helped build trust within the community, and shares a memorable performance of John Cage's Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano, which attracted a full house.   A Vision for DePaul School of Music John discusses the importance of revealing the beauty in music rather than imposing his own interpretation. He outlines his vision for the DePaul School of Music, including its role as a top orchestral training institution. He emphasizes the importance of diversifying the curriculum to include recording arts and performing arts management. John discusses the need for conservatories to focus on specialized training while maintaining a broad educational approach, and he highlights the potential for DePaul to become a leader in complex and diversified higher education in the arts. Timestamps: 05:14: Early Musical Training and Harvard Experience 10:27: Career in Music and Academia 16:02: Transition to DePaul University  21:55: Impact of Kennedy School Education  28:01: Personal and Professional Highlights 34:04: Vision for DePaul School of Music  Links: Faculty: https://www.depaul.edu/faculty/john-milbauer Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/43vQxUUaMmzDFTKBND7u2B?si=34e1d0776d604cfb DePaul University:  https://magazine.depaul.edu/s/1906/23/interior.aspx?sid=1906&gid=2&pgid=4425   This episode on The 92 Report:  https://92report.com/podcast/164-john-milbauer-pianist-and-conservatory-leader/ *AI generated show notes and transcript  

(Kevin)Playlist: Godspeed You! Black Emperor - The Dead Flag Blues (Intro)Tinariwen - Aba MalikJohn Swanke - Dance of the Green Crab IIRadwan Ghazi Moumneh & Frédéric D. Oberland - A Silence With No Ceiling لا للصمت سقفBitter Fictions - SapphireCharlotte Cornfield - BeforeS.G. Goodman - I Can See the DevilMaria BC - JuneBill MacKay & Ryley Walker - Silver CupJake Xerxes Fussell & James Elkington - County ZJoseph Decosimo - BoatsmanAmeel Brecht - Blue SeasonIlyas Ahmed - Some Of NoneMore Eaze - BitersShane Parish - slipLoula Yorke, featuring Charlotte Jolly - With the Red DawnAll Hands Make Light - The Sons And Daughters Of Poor Eternalanthéne & far away nebraska - Meet Me in SaskatchewanHollie Kenniff - At Every Moment and in Every Place

Playlist: Ludovico Einaudi - Pathos - Reworked by Leo EinaudiWilliam Basinski - . . . on reflection (four)Rod Thomas Squance, University of Calgary Wind Ensemble - III. DancaMikael Lind - SteinsnarH.Takahashi - PollenNailah Hunter - The Pavilion of DreamsLavinia Meijer - Scarlatti: Sonata in F MinorSeki Takashi - Fishers of MenJim Perkins - As Light MovesHania Rani - TimeA Winged Victory for the Sullen - Our Lord DebussyHenrik Meierkord - Seele HeimatHanna Lindgren - How Did We Get HerePoemme - Southbound FormationsAAESPO - It's in there SomewhereAltus - Nearly Forgotten

Show Notes Note: for copyright reasons this episode does not include any audio of 4'33", composed by John Cage - you will need to find your own version to listen alongside this track. Start both at the same time in order to make sure our commentary is appropriately synced to the song. Mobile Suit Breakdown is written, recorded, and produced within Lenapehoking, the ancestral and unceded homeland of the Lenape, or Delaware, people. Before European settlers forced them to move west, the Lenape lived in New York City, New Jersey, and portions of New York State, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Connecticut. Lenapehoking is still the homeland of the Lenape diaspora, which includes communities living in Oklahoma, Wisconsin, and Ontario. You can learn more about Lenapehoking, the Lenape people, and ongoing efforts to honor the relationship between the land and indigenous peoples by visiting the websites of the Delaware Tribe and the Manhattan-based Lenape Center. Listeners in the Americas and Oceania can learn more about the indigenous people of your area at https://native-land.ca/. We would like to thank The Lenape Center for guiding us in creating this living land acknowledgment. You can subscribe to Mobile Suit Breakdown for free! on fine Podcast services everywhere and on YouTube, visit our website GundamPodcast.com, follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, or email your questions, comments, and complaints to gundampodcast@gmail.com. Mobile Suit Breakdown wouldn't exist without the support of our fans and Patrons! You can join our Patreon to support the podcast and enjoy bonus episodes, extra out-takes, behind-the-scenes photos and video, MSB gear, and much more! The intro music is WASP by Misha Dioxin, the recap music Window by 1000 Handz, and the outro is Long Way Home by Spinning Ratio, all licensed under Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 licenses. All music used in the podcast has been edited to fit the text. Mobile Suit Breakdown provides critical commentary and is protected by the Fair Use clause of the United States Copyright law. Gundam content is copyright and/or trademark of Sunrise Inc., Bandai, Sotsu Agency, or its original creator. Mobile Suit Breakdown is in no way affiliated with or endorsed by Sunrise, Bandai, Sotsu, or any of their subsidiaries, employees, or associates and makes no claim to own Gundam or any of the copyrights or trademarks related to it. Copyrighted content used in Mobile Suit Breakdown is used in accordance with the Fair Use clause of the United States Copyright law. Any queries should be directed to gundampodcast@gmail.comRead transcript

(Kevin)Playlist: Rev. LV - Light 1 (Guided Narration)Colleen - Mis armas se habían caído al sueloEmil Mark - BlomsterCaterina Barbieri & Bendik Giske - Alignment, OrbitsBen Glas - Untitled IVMarielle V Jakobsons - Before the Air RemembersToninato & Thiessen, featuring Jason Sharp - I need warmthWhitney Johnson, Lia Kohl, Macie Stewart - dawn | pulsePan•American - Silver Plane, Now BoardingWill Gardner - The Hadal ZoneGregory Nunn - String to the bowJoe Harvey-Whyte & Paul Cousins - waveMaria BC - SabotageBitter Fictions - Amethyst & EmeraldPullman - BrayKMRU, featuring Fennesz - BlurredBarry Hudson-Taylor - FlutterDavid Moore / Bing & Ruth - OfferingBlurstem - Leftover NotesMasahiro Takahashi - Useless Tree

On this episode of The Bandwich Tapes, I sit down with pianist, composer, improviser, label founder, and educator Kris Davis—one of the most forward-thinking voices in creative music today. Our conversation left me feeling genuinely energized. Kris approaches music with a rare combination of curiosity, discipline, and fearless experimentation, and it was a joy to dig into how all of that shows up in her work.We start with what's immediately ahead for her: a trip to Hamburg to premiere a newly expanded big band version of a trio piece with the NDR Big Band. Kris shares the very real “composer panic” that comes with catching an engraving mistake right before rehearsal—one of those behind-the-scenes realities of composing that every musician can relate to.From there, we talk about festivals—especially Big Ears, which feels like its own musical universe—and dive into two major pillars of her work: prepared piano and large-form composition. Kris reflects on studying with pianist Benoît Delbecq, whose approach to prepared piano emphasized rhythm, individuality, and finding a personal sonic vocabulary.One of the highlights of our conversation is a deep look at her remarkable Solastalgia Suite, written for the Lutosławski Quartet after a commission through Poland's Jazz to Pad Festival. Kris talks about learning how to write for strings in real time and how the concept of **solastalgia—the grief you feel for your home while you're still living in it—**became the emotional core of the piece.We also zoom out into the bigger picture of her work: her leadership role alongside Terri Lyne Carrington at Berklee's Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice, and her decade-long journey building Pyroclastic Records, a label dedicated to supporting adventurous music and the artists creating it. At its heart, this conversation is about craft, community, curiosity, and the importance of taking creative risks on purpose.Key TakeawaysThe behind-the-scenes realities of composing for large ensembles—including last-minute engraving panic before a premiere.Why festivals like Big Ears create a unique ecosystem for creative music.How studying with Benoît Delbecq shaped Kris Davis's approach to prepared piano.The creative challenge of writing for string quartet for the first time.The emotional meaning of solastalgia and how it shaped the Solastalgia Suite.Kris's work at Berklee's Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice alongside Terri Lyne Carrington.How Pyroclastic Records has grown into an important platform for adventurous and forward-thinking music.Music from the EpisodeDiatom Ribbons — Kris DavisInterlude (from the Solastalgia Suite) — Kris DavisLife on Venus (from the Solastalgia Suite) — Kris DavisRun the Gauntlet — Kris DavisAbout the PodcastThe Bandwich Tapes is a long-form conversation podcast where host Brad Williams sits down with some of the most thoughtful musicians, composers, and artists working today. The show explores the stories behind the music—creative process, collaboration, career paths, and the human experiences that shape the sounds we love.Connect with the ShowEmail: contact@thebandwichtapes.com

Over six decades and counting, the postmodern choreographer and dancer Lucinda Childs has built an exceptional, category-defining body of work grounded in a style that draws as much from “pedestrian,” everyday movements as it does from her foundational ballet training. Emerging out of the 1960s Judson Dance Theater in New York City, Childs founded her namesake company in 1973 and has created more than 50 works since. This year will see two major New York presentations of her pieces—the first, from March 14–15 at the Guggenheim, will restage five of her early dances, most of them silent; the second, titled “Momentary Reprise,” will be showcased at Bard College's Fisher Center from June 26–28 and include her collaborations with the likes of Frank Gehry, Philip Glass, and Robert Wilson. On this episode—our Season 13 opener—Childs reflects on her various experimental collaborations with Glass and Wilson; her profound perspectives on time through the lens of choreography and performance; and how she has remained unapologetically steadfast in refining her highly distinctive approach to dance. Special thanks to our Season 13 presenting partner, L'ÉCOLE, School of Jewelry Arts. Show notes: Lucinda Childs [06:23] Philip Glass [12:46] Merce Cunningham Dance Company [10:02] John Cage [12:17] “Pastime” (1963) [12:36] Judson Dance Theater [13:19] Yvonne Rainer [14:04] Robert Ellis Dunn [15:34] “Calico Mingling” (1973) [15:38] “Untitled Trio” (1973) [17:01] Babette Mangolte [17:29] “Reclining Rondo” (1975) [17:29] Robert Morris [29:44] Hanya Holm [22:59] “Radial Courses” (1976) [22:08] “Katema” (1978) [32:30] “Shoulder” (1964) [37:44] Robert Wilson [37:44] Einstein on the Beach (1976) [33:59] Susan Sontag [33:59] Against Interpretation (1966) [34:28] Marguerite Duras [36:34] “Description (of a Description)” (2000) [46:07] “Dance” (1979) [48:36] “Available Light” (1983)

Fully & Completely: redux – Music @ Work Guest: Rob Johannes

Why do the most profound learning experiences often feel like getting lost in a good game?In this episode, Brian sits down with Christopher Icks, a philosopher, applied linguist, and experiential learning designer, to explore why "play" isn't just for kids—it's a vital engine for deep, transformative learning. From his work at the University of Oregon's CASTLES to his stewardship of Eugene's eclectic Resonance Building, Christopher reveals how we can design spaces and experiences that foster genuine connection, wayfinding, and what he calls "vital surplus."They dive into the tension between rigid institutional metrics and the messy, beautiful reality of how we actually learn. Get ready to question the classroom circle, embrace a little vertigo, and discover why a "Bring Your Own Puppet Party" might just be the future of professional development.

DISCLAIMER:The musical composition is called 4'33”, by John Cage. (Forgot to say the name). It can be found here: https://youtu.be/TrlKxV5KWJo?list=RDTrlKxV5KWJo Welcome to the fifth Creative Contraband episode! After some minor technical inconveniences, we explore the delicate art of empty spaces guided by the usual host Danny Barrett.Drawing from neuroscience, music, and other arts, you'll learn about building suspense, tension release, cognitive processing limits, and more. Thanks for listening to today's show. If you like our stuff and want to support us, here are some sponsor links and links to our other stuff:Worldsmith: http://session0studios.com/worldsmithRoll and Play Press: http://session0studios.com/rollandplayPhantasm Studios: https://session0studios.com/fantasmsMonument Studios: session0studios.com/monumentstudiosDiscord: http://session0studios.com/discordPatreon: https://session0studios.com/patreonDungeon Master Level Up Guide: https://session0studios.com/newsletter

 Breath and Clay as a “house of refuge” from cultural noiseCommunity as collaboration, not organizationWhy the event works: clarity plus mysteryMakers show up with projects, not just opinionsReal-world outcomes: collaborations that keep growing after the weekendLetting fruit scatter without controlling the pipelineThe 2026 theme: Making Space https://www.thebreathandtheclay.comThe icon: the chairStephen's new book: How to See Invisible ThingsInner life and outer life of the artist“Border-walker” artists and the liminal, unresolved middleArt as a way of seeing, not a utilitarian productScarcity vs abundance as a spiritual and creative postureMary “treasuring” as a model for creation and formationBook excerpt: John Cage 4'33, Quaker silence, sacramental visionCall to action: make the investment, ditch something else, come to Winston-Salemhttps://www.thebreathandtheclay.com Links For Justin:Read Justin's SubstackOrder In The Low - NEW Book with Scott EricksonCoaching with JustinOrder In Rest - New Book of PoemsOrder Sacred StridesJustinMcRoberts.comSupport this podcastNEW Single - Let GoNEW Music - Sliver of HopeNEW Music - The Dood and The BirdThe Book - It Is What You Make itHearts and Minds Amazon Barnes and Noble

This episode is a follow-up to The Sound Barrier series, which explores our brain's relationship to sound. In our third episode of the series, we asked listeners to try to experience silence and record what they heard. Today, we share the sounds of quiet from across the world in a tribute to John Cage's 4'33”. Plus, Tinnitus researcher and Unexplainable guest Dan Polley answers your questions from the series. Guest: Dan Polley, tinnitus researcher at Mass Eye and Ear. Thank you to everyone who wrote in and shared their silences. If you still have thoughts or questions about the series,  write us! We also heard from a few teachers who plan to use the series as a part of their curriculum. Is this you? Let us know! For show transcripts, go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠vox.com/unxtranscripts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ For more, go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠vox.com/unexplainable⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ And please email us! ⁠⁠⁠⁠unexplainable@vox.com⁠⁠⁠⁠. We read every email. Support Unexplainable (and get ad-free episodes) by becoming a Vox Member today: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠vox.com/members⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Thank you! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices