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TOMORROW, Wednesday, October 20 at 7PM, @rhizome_dc presents Alan Licht speaking with with Jonathan Williger about Licht's new 592-page interview collection, 'Common Tones,' published by @blankforms_ ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ This event will be outdoors with masks required. Tickets via linkinbio.⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ Common Tones is a book of interviews by Alan Licht with Vito Acconci, ANOHNI, Cory Arcangel, Matthew Barney, Glenn Branca, Rhys Chatham, Tony Conrad, the Dream Syndicate’s Karl Precoda, Richard Foreman, Henry Flynt, Milford Graves, Adris Hoyos, Ken Jacobs, Jutta Koether, Christian Marclay, Phill Niblock, Alessandra Novaga, Tony Oursler, Lou Reed, Kelly Reichardt, The Sea and Cake, Suicide, Michael Snow, Greg Tate, Tom Verlaine, Rudy Wurlitzer, and Yo La Tengo’s Georgia Hubley and Ira Kaplan. Introduction by Jay Sanders.⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ @irvifran @jwilliger #alanlicht #commontones https://www.instagram.com/p/CVNvaBaFcAA/?utm_medium=tumblr

Get it while it’s hot! Alan Licht’s 592-page interview compendium ‘Common Tones’ is new from @blankforms_ (and probably going to sell out fast)!⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ For the past 30 years, Licht has been a performer, programmer and chronicler of NYC’s art and music scenes. His dry wit, deep erudition and unique perspective—informed by decades of experience as a touring and recording guitarist in the worlds of experimental music and underground rock—have distinguished him as the go-to writer for profiles of adventurous artists across genres. A precocious scholar and improvisor, by the time he graduated from Vassar College in 1990 Licht had already authored important articles on minimalist composers La Monte Young, Tony Conrad and Charlemagne Palestine, and recorded with luminaries such as Rashied Ali and Thurston Moore. In 1999 he became a regular contributor to @thewiremagazine while continuing to publish in periodicals ranging from the artworld glossies to underground fanzines.⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ Common Tones gathers a selection of never-before-published interviews, many conducted during the writing of Licht’s groundbreaking profiles, alongside extended versions of his celebrated conversations with artists, previously untranscribed public exchanges and new dialogues. Even Lou Reed, a notoriously difficult interviewee, was impressed.⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ Interviews with Vito Acconci, ANOHNI, Cory Arcangel, Matthew Barney, Glenn Branca, Rhys Chatham, Tony Conrad, the Dream Syndicate’s Karl Precoda, Richard Foreman, Henry Flynt, Milford Graves, Adris Hoyos, Ken Jacobs, Jutta Koether, Christian Marclay, Phill Niblock, Alessandra Novaga, Tony Oursler, Lou Reed, Kelly Reichardt, The Sea and Cake, Suicide, Michael Snow, Greg Tate, Tom Verlaine, Rudy Wurlitzer and Yo La Tengo’s Georgia Hubley & Ira Kaplan.⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ @irvifran #alanlicht #commontones #michaelsnow @avantgroidd #tonyconrad #henryflynt @therealylt #karlprecoda @officialalanvega #christianmarclay @loureedofficial #tomverlaine @tonyoursler @theseaandcake #matthewbarney @arcangelsurfware #kenjacobs #juttakoether @anohni #richardforeman #glennbranca @rhysrhythmchatham #phillniblock #rudywurlitzer #kellyreichardt @alessandra_novaga #adrishoyos #milfordgraves https://www.instagram.com/p/CSMYJHVM1LP/?utm_medium=tumblr

"Like most visual artist’s musical forays, the recording career of Martin Kippenberger has been relegated to a footnote to his output in the plastic arts. Kippenberger’s discography numbers eight records, mostly seven-inches, whose tracks were first collected on the 1996 self-released CD Greatest Hits (...)". Alan Licht, Artforum, jan. 2011

Over twenty years ago, Loren and I flew to Chicago to spend a day in the studio with Jim O’Rourke and a big group of hand-picked Chicago musicians to do a series of improvisations that would form the basis of the Drag City LP Hoffman Estates (1998). From what I understand that session was the first meeting of Rob Mazurek and Chad Taylor, who would soon form the Chicago Underground Duo, and several other participants would say later that this was a turning point for them. We talked about Miles Davis’ “He Loved Him Madly” and Ornette Coleman’s Chappaqua Suite as reference points; Jim did his best Teo Macero tribute in editing it down and doing overdubs later, finishing after a week of non-stop work. There was only one live performance, at Tonic in 2001, until now--Blank Forms presents a small group version in concert at the Brooklyn Music School on Thursday, May 23rd at 8pm. Kevin Drumm, who played on the original album, is also on the bill. Full details here. An interview with me and Loren about the album from the time is here. A review of the album by John Corbett in Down Beat is here.

I was a guest on two NY radio shows recently--on July 20th I played four songs from Currents live on Adam Downey’s Test Press show on Little Water Radio (listen to it here), and then on July 27th I stopped by Tyler Maxin’s Termite Terrace on WNYU to play some rarities from my back pages--concentrating on oldies like Love Child, Run On, Rudolph Grey, the Max Factory, etc. Check it out here.

Nice little score this afternoon. Finally got my hands on #ChainsawConfidential by #GunnerHansen and #WillOldham on #BonniePrinceBilly edited by #AlanLicht which I was unaware existed and am pretty eager to delve into. #books #theTexasChainsawMassacre #reads #Thursday

Alan Licht and Brian Chase recently announced their plan to release a collaborative album. Chase is best known for drumming in the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, while Licht remains a heavyweight of experimental and improvised music (and a pretty great hired gun as you might have heard via