passing, passage

http://espdisk.com/alansondheim/passing.mp3
http://espdisk.com/alansondheim/passage.mp3

passing, those who have passed, they have turned back,
they have turned around, they have this harmony, this one time,
these many times, they have, for those who have passed and
this one time, they have turned

passage, for neither a break nor a moment's rest have they,
they have continued, they have thought until their bones were
broken, until their minds among them, disappearing, no longer
this one melody, breathless, this one time, they have turned
and turned, the pipa rising among the buddhas, we have heard

what the oud was doing

http://www.alansondheim.org/kyber2.mp4

the oud was making sound behind the performance space
in front of the performance space behind the viewers
the magic of wires and speakers
the articulated magic of mixers and piezoelectrics
'i don't want to be known as a percussionist, but as an
oud player who utilizes percussion as if he's playing
pipa in the martial style,' 'then descending to mountains
and butterflies'
it's that same alien landscape spewing everywhere
it's that cold light, lcd/led, the light that kills things
nothing can grow in the magic alien cold-light killing field
the oud was saying that and the legs were dancing
the arms were dancing too

lucca

http://www.alansondheim.org/lucca.mp4

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juAlus nikIukof I calOantraUvisld juAluccalOanmplnikIukosh thjennEifer
vea lucca tunges vea lucca
v-ir-bb v-oi-dd w-avea-jj w-aveb-jj w-ave-dd w-ing-bb w-oll-bb w-orld-aa
"Wherefore as from cavum 'hollow' come cavea 'cavity,' and caullae
somethingsolid.We'reghostsinthemiddleofdarkmatter,andwe'vea
glassMOABiMOAB-2iveap9.diaMOAB8PMMOAB0MOABMOAB/u/3/g/glass/.article
emergency kindle finely veal
morgand morrigan msotor01 mtxmetz murray mw35 mzpm nativeagent neekaa80
asterixlovealan the asterix my work danny the dash perhaps this could

Last day today

http://www.alansondheim.org/breaktime.mp4
Today was the best day ever, incredible performances:
Chris Diasparra, baritone sax
Foofwa d'Imobilite, dance and choreography
Azure Carter, dance, choreography, and song
Mark Skwarek, augmented reality
Alan Sondheim, video, flute, ken bau, cura cumbus, oud

We went continuously for three hours, changing audio, video,
instrumentation, choreographies

Then we crashed and broke the mold, watching in Second Life
a recap of what we did, in a decathected setting
so many hours after we left the scene - both real and virtual
and somewhere in-between or outside any conceivable reality!