Having completed my initial assignment “to post 25 albums in 25 days that have had a major CREATIVE impact on me” (thanks, Chris Estey), and having enjoyed said project a GREAT deal, I’ve decided to post 25 MORE, for good measure.
So, “50 albums in 50 days”, here I come. Upon completion next month, I think it will amount to a highly entertaining “map” of my musical sensibility!
As before, I’ll be posting “just album covers without any explanation”, and nominating “a different person each day to do the same”.
By the by, please feel free to follow the eventual links (in the comments) to my longtime home at EAST PORTLAND BLOG, where my dear friend (and EPB editor) Ricky has been re-posting my daily album selections (in an expansive layout where you can view ALL the variant album covers and aural media formats AT ONCE), plus a link to one song I’ve chosen to spotlight from each recording!
If you missed any along the way, want to revisit a particular post, or simply wish to listen to the songs, it’s MUCH easier to scroll back through these posts on EPB than it is on FB. Once you’re there, just click on the Tom Kipp “button”!
Today I nominate: Miriam Rosenberg
Day 43:
Pauline Oliveros/Stuart Dempster/Panaiotis: DEEP LISTENING (New Albion Records, compact disc, 1989)
Pauline Oliveros/Stuart Dempster/Panaiotis: DEEP LISTENING (New Albion Records, cassette tape, 1989)
Pauline Oliveros/Stuart Dempster/Panaiotis: DEEP LISTENING (IODA Distribution, CD-R reissue, release date unknown)
Purchased: 13 October 1989 at Tower Records (Pennsylvania Avenue location) in Washington, D.C. (cd).
– Tom Kipp
Here’s the entire glorious album, all 63 minutes of it, recorded on 8 October 1988 inside the famed/disused two MILLION gallon water cistern at Fort Worden, on the outskirts of Port Townsend, Washington!
Though I’ve been marveling at this unique recording for thirty years now, it’s only during the past ten that I’ve ventured over to Port Townsend and actually visited Fort Worden, which is now a popular state park.
One of my “bucket list” dreams would be to have the opportunity to be lowered into the cistern (as the DEEP LISTENING musicians were) and play my Moog Prodigy synthesizer amidst its CAVERNOUS 45-second reverberation. Wouldn’t mind recording the results, either!
By the by, I’d like to dedicate today’s post to my late friend, Wayne Shaver, who resided in Port Townsend (not far from The Fort) during the last thirteen years of his life.
Wayne died following a series of unexpected strokes last October 18th, and had been a dear friend for nearly 22 years. Without his warm encouragement and gracious hospitality, it’s possible I might never have experienced the glorious, friendly atmosphere of his adopted hometown, which I too adore.I’ll be heading up there in two weeks to help out with their “Friends of the Library” book sale. Wayne was a longtime member of the all-volunteer team that puts together this marvelous event three times each year in PT, which he invited me to attend (and later to help out with) several years ago.
I hope to continue my involvement with the Port Townsend FOL sales for many years to come, as they remind me not just of Wayne, but also of my late mom, Elaine Kipp, whose profession was that of professional librarian and who (along with my sister, Laurie Kipp) was also good friends with Wayne.
I will always love and never forget the both of you!
