If you’re like me, the peculiar selectivity of the ’80s revival has been a source of considerable perplexity and annoyance. Overlooking complex cultural touchsto
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Whenever a tourist cruising some stretch of Santa Monica Bay catches me
on the sand with rod and reel in hand, I’m always dumbfounded by that most predict
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Photo by Kasskara / DG
ESA-PEKKA IN EXCELSIS If anyone needed further confirmation of the strengths of Esa-Pekka Salonen, and his success in sharing those str
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FIRST FLIGHTS
At the Philharmonic, last week and this, the light of reason shines
bright. No brutality sullies the sonority. Trombones, tubas and triangles are
furlo
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(Photo by Betty Freeman)
In the music of Osvaldo Golijov I hear a robust proclamation of joy in the creative act. It is a mere dozen years since he first flashed ac
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Despite living in Westwood, with all those wondrous UCLA girls jogging up and down the block, R.B. Kitaj claims to have lost all interest in sex. He’s fi
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Did you know that musicians often take drugs and drink? Yes, you did. Think about it, though. How many famous “popular” musicians never had a problem wi
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Photo by Steven Mikulan
“I thought my play wouldn’t go over here, but shockingly, it did.” Eduardo Machado is discussing When the Sea Drown
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