Reviews that start---

""It seemed like a good idea..."  usually followed by a smug thumbs-down.  however i read this review of Paul D. Miller (DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid) --and i know nothin' about him-- and the description contained in the review made the "review" part seem unnecessary really.  DJ Spooky is "inspired by climate change, Vaughn Williams, and John Cage". 
his composition (sorry, multimedia creation) entitled, "Terra Nova--Sinfonia Antartica" was performed at BAM this week.  the review was sorta fun to read, and ended with a fun boost/diss:

In the end “Terra Nova” suggested a highbrow mashup of “Koyaanisqatsi,” “March of the Penguins” and “An Inconvenient Truth.” But the focus, charm and emotional efficacy of those sources were in short supply here; what remained was chilly expanse.

i fell asleep during koyaaanisqatsi (boy that philip glass sticks in your head, like for decades), march of the penguins was just too real (nature-cruel, like in Winged Migration--brutal!), and al gore's doc i was alarmed by, but also felt like social studies film.  wait! does steve smith mean "chilly expanse" was mission-accomplished for a piece that had sounds sampled (by dj spooky himself) in antartica?  maybe i should stop speed-reading.

kinda related: i just saw dennis desantis mentioned by name in a newyork mag i had lying around--holy, i knew he was famous.  his performance with GVSU ensemble at [Le] Poisson Rouge was mentioned all over the place---even on brooklynvegan.com.  dennis, are you vegan?  i wish i couldve gone. i never saw his dj-ing master-skillz in school.

look it's like those photo-strips from those photo-booths! just turned out like that! happy about it!!

introducing Dennis DeSantis--[from his card:] Composer, Sound Designer, Percussionist, [and, not on his card:] Redyam. jumble: REDYAM. i am not afraid. to tell you. not. at. all. i just like the JUMBLE--makes me feel smart/smug.

can we get a tv show? he gets A++ in the quick-wit, quick-thinking, entertaining mind. also, i think he might be a good person, like non-trickster and non-mean and caring, open, honest...

if he reads this: this is my collage of bright-shiny memories my brain somehow preserved better than other stuff---- this is for you dennis, a brief tribute:

brought to you by my usu. lousy memory, spicy ramen, and 6 hours of john williams:

DETRITUS/"what up, G"/three's company moment/"Listen to the polyrhythms in this Sting song"--nodding like i knew what he was talking about/the coffee at mamoun's has SILT at the bottom/FINGER-only disapproval-wag, his signature (but was mine first)/very generous with shoe-compliments (even shoes u didn't think ppl would appreciate)/and of course "uh, just SUBDIVIDE [stupid]" humiliation/love-boat section (not)/i remember my mom being impressed by your public speaking--"very articulate, charming"(she was in town for brownian motion, whoa.. how long ago was that?)