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26 de set. de 2020 · These are songs about the Corn Beltand some of the people in it... or on it.http://www.robertashley.org/productions/1977-83-perfectlives.htmhttp://www.ubu.co...
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Among many varying descriptions of the work, Ashley once described Perfect Lives as a "comic opera about reincarnation". Ashley's biographer, Kyle Gann, meanwhile, has stated that it can be called a "performance novel", "if opera raises too many expectations". Perfect Lives has been described as consisting of "digressions about the US landscape and...
Act 1: The Park
1. 11am The narrator, "R", is set in place as being Ashley himself. Raoul de Noget, an over-the-hill lounge singer of unknown age, and his companion Buddy, nicknamed "The World's Greatest Piano Player", have arrived in a small town in the American Midwest. Raoul is sitting on a bed in his motel room, contemplating his new life. He makes himself a drink, plays with the telephone mindlessly, trying to call for breakfast, and mentally sets in place the "forwardness and backwardness" of life. He...
Act 2: The Supermarket
1. 3pm Helen and John, Isolde's parents and a couple from The Home who have visited "on a holiday", are in The Supermarket, after a commotion at The Bank. As they shop, "R" describes their relationship (which, "if they marry, one of them will lose the privileges"), their metaphysical relationship to The Supermarket, and among other things, Helen's decisions to do with buying a can of succotash. Ed and Gwyn, an eloping couple, have met.
Act 3: The Bank
1. 1:30pm Raoul and Buddy (and his dogs), along with Isolde, have entered The Bank, ready to perform their plot. Gwyn is revealed as being a teller at the bank, and Donnie is also the assistant to the bank manager. A recurring song plays on the radio, and strange events happen in The Bank: Buddy's dogs have begun loudly arguing in Spanish (sounding "like a noise from Hades"), and annoyed at this, Isolde gives herself the excuse to get a bucket of water and splash it over the dogs, but misses...
Perfect Lives has frequently been lauded as one of Ashley's greatest works, has garnered a cult following, and musicians like Matmos, Varispeed, and Trystero have performed it in its entirety. Supposedly, John Cage once proclaimed "What about the Bible? And the Koran? It doesn't matter. We have Perfect Lives." Experimental artist Alex Waterman has ...
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20 de jun. de 2009 · PERFECT LIVES (excerpts) Robert Ashley March 28, 1930 - March 3, 2014 Please note: All seven episodes of PERFECT LIVES now in glorious HD can be found at: • PERFECT LIVES ep-1: The Park...
PERFECT LIVES. An opera for television by Robert Ashley. Robert Ashley’s television opera “about” bank robbery, cocktail lounges, geriatric love, adolescent elopement, et al, in the American Midwest. One of the definitive text-sound compositions of the late 20th century, it has been called a comic opera about reincarnation.
14 de jan. de 2023 · Reviewer: spacefinner - - January 17, 2024. Subject: An atlantean return knows the danger of the stars! What an opera. Do a favour to yourself on my behalf and go find a high-quality rip of the original TV series, and follow along with this book.
10 de fev. de 2022 · Perfect Lives has been called “the most influential music/theater/literary work of the 1980s.” At its center is the hypnotic voice of Robert Ashley. His continuous song narrates the events of the story and describes a 1980’s update of the mythology of small town America.
