Community
Television of Lane County CTV-29 cable access is cablecasting the
entire NODAMS show several times this month. If you live in the
Eugene-Springfield area and get cable tv, be sure to catch it on channel 29.
It has already been shown a few times, as of June 8th when we are posting this. But it will be shown several more times. Here is the schedule of upcoming showtimes:
NODAMS on CTV29: Sun June 10, noon Tue June 12, 2 pm (Thurs night) Fri June 15, midnight Fri June 15, 6 pm Sat June 16, 6 pm Sun June 17, 10 am Mon June 18, 2 pm Fri June 22, 12 am (Thurs midnight) Fri June 22, 6 pm Sat June 23, 2 am (part 1 only) Sat June 23, 7 am (part 2 only) Sat June 23, 1:30 pm (whole thing)
Moondog composed in both the jazz and classical idioms, often incorporating found sound and instruments of his own invention. Many of these works elude categorization, resembling everything from pop ditties to shamanic rituals. Others delve into minimalism and musique concrète.
The birth of Louis Hardin (1916-1999) into a farming family in Kansas, and his subsequent youth in Missouri, Arkansas, Iowa and Tennessee failed to yield yet another all-American, corn-fed boy to the Bible Belt. Instead, he re-invented himself as Moondog, an eccentric street person in New York City, busking his musical genius in a ridiculous Viking costume for the amusement of passers-by - even though he was welcomed to conduct and perform his works with the New York Philharmonic and in the great music halls of Europe.
Blinded by an accident with explosives at the age of 16, Hardin acquired his musical training at the various schools for the blind that he attended throughout the midwest. In 1943, he moved to New York City and remained there until 1972. Although he spent much of that time as a street performer, the rumor or legend that he was homeless is not true. He had an upper Manhattan apartment, as well as a country retreat in Upstate New York. In the early 70s he relocated to Münster, Germany, where he resided until his death in 1999.
While the bulk of his recordings are currently out-of-print, a few of his more popular titles can still be hunted down, or found on music streaming services. This brief little piano etude is a personal favorite:
The article linked below is about Chris Durnin, who performed at NODAMS last
November with No-Method. The article also mentions a young jaw harpist from Cottage Grove, without mentioning his name - but it's Nico Cornelius, who
performed outdoors at NODAMS 2017, on the Old Nick's patio. As a matter of fact, Chris met Nico at our event, and booked him on the spot! This is just the kind of artist networking that we were hoping to achieve with our project. And it's all made possible by movers and shakers such as Chris Durnin.
Community
Television of Lane County CTV-29 cable access is cablecasting the
entire NODAMS show several times this month. If you live in the
Eugene-Springfield area and get cable tv, be sure to catch it on channel 29.
