Robert Ashley's Ashtray

Started by Mandryka, March 07, 2024, 10:57:18 AM

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Mandryka

Really enjoying Concrete -- like Luc Ferrari on acid, and you don't have to understand French to get hooked.

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T. D.

Many thanks for posting this.
I hadn't heard it (and scarcely had heard of it).

Mandryka

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I knew you'd like it @T. D. - Perfect Lives is on YouTube with the films


Where's his accent from? South? Deep South?
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AnotherSpin

I like Robert Ashley's operas. Listened quite a lot of those some years ago.

T. D.

Quote from: Mandryka on March 09, 2024, 10:32:40 AMI knew you'd like it @T. D. - Perfect Lives is on YouTube with the films


Where's his accent from? South? Deep South?

As far as I can tell, Ashley basically lived in Michigan (born Ann Arbor, attended U of M there) and later NYC.
I think his accent is more or less "Midwestern", although he developed / played up a certain delivery which sounds a bit more rural / "down home" and is immediately recognizable.

Weirdly, though I'm an enormous Perfect Lives fan and have listened many many times, that video has never really grabbed me.  :-\