The guest this week is Adam Zahller, a staple of the Twin Cities' new music scene. Improv and structure lines blur together, and so does our conversation. Influence, discipline, the days of Napster, and quality time in Lincoln, NE. What makes the tinkerer tick? Well, Bad Brains will do the trick, but so does Bach somehow. 
NEW FEATURE: Click the Spotify Playlist link to take a deeper dive into the music covered in this episode, curated by your host, Justin Anthony Spenner. 
Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4nYntsQmvuw3Ee86oFU4Jr?si=1BI0UBLJQtab3SthF6F1AQ
Music Time Stamps:

0'00" and 2'20": "Difficult Ferns" by Adam Zahller, from Resistance/Resonance by Duo Gelland
6'30": "T.V. Eye" by The Stooges, on Fun House
8'12": "Structure" by Glenn Branca on The Ascension
16'15": "She's Calling You (Live)" by Bad Brains on Bad Brains Live
19'16": "Ghosts of Thelema" by John Zorn on Moonchild
22'52": "Prelude & Fugue No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 847: Fugue" by Johann Sebastian Bach on Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Books I & II, BWV 846-893 (Glenn Gould, Pianist)
27'04": "Roaratorio: An Irish Circus on Finnegan's Wake, Pt. 4" by John Cage on Cage: Roaratorio
37'11": "Rillwand" by Adam Zahller (Recorded Live)
45'26": "I, purples, spat blood, laugh of beautiful lips" by Aaron Cassidy on Cassidy: The Crutch of Memory
53'58": "Fog Tropes" by Ingram Marshall on Fog Tropes/ Gradual Requiem/ Gambuh I
55'58": "60'-15' from Mantra" by Karlheinz Stockhausen on Stockhausen: Mantra
59'06": "Five Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 10: I. Sehr ruhig und zart" by Anton Webern on Webern: Complete Works, Op. 1 - Op. 31 (Pierre Boulez & London Symphony Orchestra)
End: Piss Lasso by Adam Zahller

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