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This was the first time where a musician, Eno -- who said I'm not a musician, by the way, I really construct ideas in a studio -- I felt connected to the idea of music, let's say, as sort of an intellectual project but at the same time it was still music that you wanted to dance to. So this is the architectural song and Eno as a kind of designer. Totally opened my eyes to new things. — kcrw.com
Track List: Theme From Shaft – Isaac Hayes Kurt’s Rejoinder – Brian Eno 2nd Movement, Symphony No. 5 – Glenn Branca The Bridge – Lee Ranaldo Keep Your Dreams – Suicide (from the First Album) View full entry
Architect Michael Maltzan has designed prestigious museums, luxurious private residences and social housing in Downtown LA. Music has been a factor in his life since he first started to discover architecture and he ruminates on the connection between the two art forms while sharing songs from Big Star, Talking Heads and more. — kcrw.com
Track list:The Bad Plus - Long Distance RunaroundTalking Heads - The Big CountryBig Star - The Ballad Of El GoodoPJ Harvey - We FloatGlen Campbell - There's No Me Without You View full entry
Craig Hodgetts credits the “unencumbered and exceedingly emotional” style of Miles Davis for shaping the direction of his architectural work. He also names the sounds of Vangelis and Terry Riley as inspirations in a guest DJ set that is a tribute to all kinds of creative work. — KCRW
Architect Craig Hodgetts, of LA design firm Hodgetts + Fung, is being featured today at KCRW's Guest DJ Project. View full entry
For those of you that aren't familiar with Santa Monica College radio station KCRW, they've been running an ongoing Guest DJ project that involves inviting a local celebrity to curate a personal selection of songs, discussing their inspiration with a KCRW DJ. This week's guest is Los Angeles... View full entry
