Ruusujen aika

"A Time of Roses." Awesome, weird Finnish sci fi from 1969. Takes place in a fantasy 2012 that looks exactly like 1969. A beautiful woman appears -- the spitting image of a nude model who passed away in 1976. Or is she? Bloops and bleeps by Erkki Kurenniemi, and a lovely flutey soft psych number during a love scene. Also, a look into the future of dodge ball.

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mix

A few things I've been listening to lately. I hope everyone's doing well!

Cap Canaveral Sun - Gérard Doulssane
Optical Sound - Human Expression
Pacification - La nouvelle frontière
The Doting King - The Dream
Of Soul and Deed - Mike Tingley
Die Screaming, Marianne - Kathe Green
Laul juurviljadest - R. Kangro
Viaggio nel tempo - Umberto di Grazia
Creed - Frances Hunter Gordon
Orjakivi - H. Jurisalu
Path Through the Forest - Cliff Ward
Bir Masal Türküsü - Esin Afsar
Scene Through the Eye of a Lens - Family
Continuation - Waterproof Tinker Toy
Jennifer Lee - The Folklords
Agnus Dei - Frances Hunter Gordon
Afro-theme - Gérard Doulssane
Come to flavor - Marlboro
In My Mind - Roek's Family

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giochi d'acqua / giochi di terra

I received the nicest email from Linda of Le rêve de la poupée yesterday. She sent me photos of two books from her collection: Giovanni Belgrano's Giochi d'acqua and Giochi di terra, both from 1977. What beautiful books -- thanks Linda!!

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Aleatoric music

from Marylee McMurray Lament, Music in Elementary Education: Enjoy, Experience and Learn.

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Kodama

Some nice surprises at the library book sale the other day. They must have been pruning their music section -- I came away with a nice stack of music education and electronic music books from the 70s. I also found this mysterious Japanese children's book with blue flexi-discs. The only characters I can make out are 'Kodama,' which I think is the name of the press. I love the little tabs attaching the flexi-disc to the book. Good system.

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Antigone

This is so good. A 1972 TV broadcast of a play - Jean Anouilh's retelling of Antigone. I can imagine seeing this and totally not understanding it as a kid, only to commit certain key details to the subconscious: Stacy Keach as the urbane sexually ambiguous chorus, outdoor scenes filmed in the glass and concrete new atlantis of Lincoln Center, the lovely Geneviève Bujold getting arrested on a hillside by gestapo motorcyclists?!? I love that this is on Netflix.

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Figure Geometriche

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