I just came across David Byrne’s YouTube video "Playing the Building," in which he wired the metal fixtures, pipes, tubes, and pillars of an abandoned building to solenoid valves and various motors via an old organ. Pressing the keys on the organ activate individual switches and make the valves bang into the metal and create cool , echo-y sounds.
He regales his guest in the sense of wonder of it all, and touts the fact that everyone is equally good – or bad – at “playing” this instrument. A clever egalitarian construct, I suppose, but it ain’t music.
Makes me want to hear something by Harry Partch. He knew how to make pipes and tubes really sing!
About Me
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- Bill Weber
- Boston, MA
- A longtime media and communications professional, I have worked on daily newspapers, monthly magazines, professional journals, news and b-to-b websites, marketing magazines, and e-newsletters, as well as in marketing and PR.
Currently, I am Director of Alumni Communications at Harvard Business School.
Previously, I was Editor in Chief of CCI Crosby Publishing, a custom-media firm in Allston, MA. I also worked at the Boston Herald, Boston Magazine, Lowell Sun, Teenage Magazine, and NewReview. On the Web, I launched BostonHerald.com and SmallBizResource.com.
On that other side of the media fence, I was marketing and communications director for the Massachusetts Bar Association for several years, where I managed its publications, PR, membership marketing, advertising and promotions, and coordinated its annual conferences.
I'm a three-time Iron Chef finalist (local only, thank you). And in previous lives, I was a rock 'n' roll drummer, funhouse operator, and dishwasher.
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Great article! I also enjoyed strolling through your site - you have some interesting and varied links.
I found your site by just hitting "next blog"; it's funny sometimes what you find by accident.
I see that we are both citizens of the Bay State - I enjoy the sunshine and salty air of the Buzzards Bay here in No. Dartmouth.
Take care!
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