ted gordon
@tedgordon.bsky.social
music person, here for memes & synths, asst. prof at baruch college, CUNY. opinions my own, etc. etc.
So psyched for this book event at @roulettenyc.bsky.social !
Very excited to (finally!) play my neighborhood venue @roulettenyc.bsky.social for the first time in February, at this event around @tedgordon.bsky.social ‘s wonderful book “The Composers Black Box”
roulette.org/event/mixolo...
roulette.org/event/mixolo...
MIXOLOGY: Ted Gordon's "The Composer's Black Box: Making Music in Cybernetic America"
Panel and concert about Ted Gordon's new book exploring the relationship between human musicians and their electronic musical instruments.
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November 20, 2025 at 5:47 PM
So psyched for this book event at @roulettenyc.bsky.social !
Very happy with the cover design for The Composer’s Black Box, out in December 2025 from @uc_press. I did the annoying thing and asked them to change the color blocks to Buchla 100 series colors and they somehow agreed!
March 26, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Very happy with the cover design for The Composer’s Black Box, out in December 2025 from @uc_press. I did the annoying thing and asked them to change the color blocks to Buchla 100 series colors and they somehow agreed!
do you think frasier crane was an ECM guy or a windham hill guy
February 24, 2025 at 3:19 PM
do you think frasier crane was an ECM guy or a windham hill guy
my students will say this is from "the late 1900s" www.youtube.com/watch?v=mopX...
KRAFTWERK - Taschenrechner (Live 1981 - ORF) - HIGH QUALITY
YouTube video by Kybernetisch
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December 10, 2024 at 7:09 PM
my students will say this is from "the late 1900s" www.youtube.com/watch?v=mopX...
forensic musicologists of bluesky: can anybody ID the drum machine used on this track? www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbE4...
Grandmaster Caz (Casanova Fly) - Casanova's Rap, 1987
YouTube video by Toxxs Onderground KeyZ (TOKZ's Channel)
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December 5, 2024 at 5:06 PM
forensic musicologists of bluesky: can anybody ID the drum machine used on this track? www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbE4...
orthographic error of the day: "john lenin"
December 5, 2024 at 3:00 PM
orthographic error of the day: "john lenin"
Reposted by ted gordon
HASTINGS: I say, Poirot, this vial’s labeled “hyaluronic acid”! Is it a poison?
SKINCARE HERCULE POIROT: Non, mon ami. This acid, it replenishes the skin’s barrier naturale
HASTINGS: So this is a gal who takes care of her skin.
SKINCARE HERCULE POIROT: *irritated* The gentleman may use it as well
SKINCARE HERCULE POIROT: Non, mon ami. This acid, it replenishes the skin’s barrier naturale
HASTINGS: So this is a gal who takes care of her skin.
SKINCARE HERCULE POIROT: *irritated* The gentleman may use it as well
November 21, 2024 at 7:23 AM
HASTINGS: I say, Poirot, this vial’s labeled “hyaluronic acid”! Is it a poison?
SKINCARE HERCULE POIROT: Non, mon ami. This acid, it replenishes the skin’s barrier naturale
HASTINGS: So this is a gal who takes care of her skin.
SKINCARE HERCULE POIROT: *irritated* The gentleman may use it as well
SKINCARE HERCULE POIROT: Non, mon ami. This acid, it replenishes the skin’s barrier naturale
HASTINGS: So this is a gal who takes care of her skin.
SKINCARE HERCULE POIROT: *irritated* The gentleman may use it as well
TIL that in 1991 Tom Waits won a $2.6mil settlement from Frito-Lay over a SalsaRio Doritos commercial that impersonated his “raspy, gravelly singing voice”: casetext.com/case/waits-v...
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November 15, 2024 at 9:42 PM
TIL that in 1991 Tom Waits won a $2.6mil settlement from Frito-Lay over a SalsaRio Doritos commercial that impersonated his “raspy, gravelly singing voice”: casetext.com/case/waits-v...
And I also remembered that they were basically pioneers of video synthesis (e.g. their use of Scanimate for the "Let's Groove" video in 1981) www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lrle...
November 28, 2023 at 2:52 PM
And I also remembered that they were basically pioneers of video synthesis (e.g. their use of Scanimate for the "Let's Groove" video in 1981) www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lrle...
TIL that Earth, Wind & Fire attempted to go new jack swing and it did not really go well for them www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHxl...
November 28, 2023 at 2:50 PM
TIL that Earth, Wind & Fire attempted to go new jack swing and it did not really go well for them www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHxl...
Teaching 1970s Black technopoetics (Chude-Sokei) today, and very pleased to be reminded of both David Copperfield's and the Brecker Brothers' involvement in early P-Funk mythology www.youtube.com/watch?v=noqM...
November 21, 2023 at 3:19 PM
Teaching 1970s Black technopoetics (Chude-Sokei) today, and very pleased to be reminded of both David Copperfield's and the Brecker Brothers' involvement in early P-Funk mythology www.youtube.com/watch?v=noqM...