Tag Archives: Kurt Weill

LOST BERLIN:BABYLON & BOOGIE AT THE BRANDENBURG GATE

Posted on September 8, 2010 by Dave

A macabre gaiety pervaded Berlin like an intoxicating smog. There was no shortageof drink, drugs, or beautiful women. “There are two kinds of places,” wrote a contemporary of Bertolt Brecht, ” those one talks about, and those one doesn’t talk … Continue reading →

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REVOLUTION OF THE SEXY LAMB

Posted on December 4, 2009 by Dave

” it don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing. Duke Ellington’s 1931 composition in reverse.Were there Subliminal messages in Beatles songs when played backwards? The famous dead-man messages contained within the marketing and the more subliminal experiments … Continue reading →

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Surreal Illumination of Moments

Posted on August 12, 2009 by Dave

It was, on the whole, very authentic work with a claim on the art music world. ”It is beyond question that Weill”s music is today the only music of genuine social- polemic impact, which will remain as long as it … Continue reading →

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