From: John Young (jyoung@dmu.ac.uk)
Date: Tue Nov 09 2010 - 17:59:53 EST
http://www.designobserver.com/observatory/entry.html?entry=7487
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From: owner-cec-conference@concordia.ca on behalf of John Kamevaar
Sent: Tue 11/9/2010 10:52 PM
To: cec-conference@concordia.ca
Subject: Re: Montreal Metro Musings
that's pretty cool... but hey, in toronto they play
jimi's 'manic depression' ;-)/
On 2010-11-09, at 5:31 PM, John Young wrote:
> That reminds me that the Montréal metro itself 'plays' 3 notes of Fanfare for the Common Man every time a train departs a station!
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> J
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> From: owner-cec-conference@concordia.ca on behalf of James Harley
> Sent: Mon 11/8/2010 5:40 PM
> To: cec-conference@concordia.ca
> Subject: Re: Montreal Metro Musings
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> One reason to hang onto programme books! Laurie is right, there was
> an installation by Robin Minard in the Metro. I don't recall a
> controversy, and given Robin's work in general, I'd be surprised.
> But, I could certainly be wrong on that.
> Brian Eno had an installation called The Quiet Room.
> It was an incredible festival, altogether.
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> Jim
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> On 8-Nov-10, at 12:22 PM, Laurie Radford wrote:
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>> On 10-11-07 10:21 PM, Kevin Austin wrote:
>>> submission from [David Cronkite<david_cronkite@me.com>]
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>>> Hmmm... You might be mixing stories and generations here... (or
>>> maybe not)
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>>> What I seem to recall is that Brian Eno's music was yanked because
>>> of employee complaints but this was a long time later. I think
>>> Jean Piche (long long ago student of Barry at SFU) was curating
>>> New Music America at the time for Montreal. 1990 in fact.
>>> Disappointing for the public but I guess on an 8-hour shift, it
>>> might have been tough to deal with.
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>> I believe that the métro piece that ran throughout Montréal Musique
>> Actuelle/New Music America 1990 was by Robin Minard.
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>> Laurie
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