Local Reviews: The Tenants of Balthazar’s Castle/Stag Hare

Local Reviews: The Tenants of Balthazar’s Castle/Stag Hare
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I once watched a performer maintain a tricky, tempo-swaying drum roll using a stick in one hand and a rubber ball in the other. I was completely mesmerized by the performance, but letdown by the recording and unable to convince any who heard it how magnificent it had been. This is my beef with 90 percent of so-called noise music: you have to see it to appreciate it, otherwise, if you expect anyone to listen, you damned well better make the aural side really interesting.  … read more