Iain Cameron's Diary
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2011-01-14 - 12:50 a.m. I havent been to Brill in ages - in fact it was chilly there and the heating was playing up but there was a wood fire in the stove and the floor heating in the kitchen was working. The Heathrow to Oxford coach was more crowded than I can remember. I started to read about Adorno and Heidegger but ended up just looking at the countryside. Lunch in the Red Lion 2 days running. I chatted to Derek in Pasadena before he went to Downtown LA to shoot a model. Gilbert mailed to say that the mix on Ambient is OK. Bette had a rough time at the dentist but still managed to cook some deliciously fresh pieces of cod for supper. Thursday morning I got the coach back from Oxford to Heathrow then the bus back to Heston. I checked by e-ms and then set off to meet Rob at Faringdon. I had some trouble finding the Jerusalem Tavern but it was well worth the effort - here's a guidebook description:- The Venue The Atmosphere The Drink We sloped off to the North and stopped off at an Italian restaurant eventually finding our way to the London Centre for Creative Collaboration. . http://www.creativecollaboration.org.uk/ There was no entry fee and wine was on offer with an honesty box. The programme involved a wide variety of artistic performance. I was particularly looking forward to the 1971 Alvin Lucier piece - The Duke of York. This was created not long after one of his most famous pieces - I am Sitting in a Room. The DoY was originally scored for voice and synthesizers but this performance was voice and DSP - I couldnt help womdering how faithful this was. The first three performances were the most enjoyable or so we thought. This performance series happens on the second Thursday of every month - I will certainly go again.
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