In Philip Gröning’s 2005 documentary Into Great Silence we spend almost three hours in the company of monks who’ve taken a lifelong oath of silence in a Swiss monastery. This lush beautiful film gives us a fleeting sense of a life of profound, ascetic quietude. It’s a paradox, of course, for a sound medium...



A Record of “The Record: Contemporary Art and Vinyl”
“Vinyl Fetish” was the name of this punk record store I used to frequent in Los Angeles. It was run by a guy named Henry. I’d go in there and Henry would cut my hair. I hadn’t thought about that place for a long time until recently, when the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke...
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