WMBR Pilot Playlist

Re: Person I Knew / Bill Evans Trio / The Bill Evans Album
Groovin' / Booker T. & The MG's / Hip Hug-Her
Nature Dub / Augustus Pablo / East Of The River Nile
Electric Counterpoint (Fast) (edit) / Steve Reich/Pat Metheny / Different Trains/Electric Counterpoint
The Proxy / RJD2 / Deadringer
Lillypads A / Tiki Obmar / High School Confidential
It's Indian Tobacco My Friend / Cornershop / When I Was Born For The 7th Time
Keeping Up With Your Quota / Prefuse 73 / Security Screenings
Twenty Two Fourteen / The Album Leaf / In A Safe Place
Blue Jay Way / The Beatles / Magical Mystery Tour
Let Me Know / Billy Preston / Billys Bag (1963-1966)
Triste / Antonio Carlos Jobim & Elis Regina / Elis & Tom
The Garden / Cut Chemist / The Audience's Listening
A Dança da Moda / DJ Dolores & Orchestra Santa Massa / Contraditório?
Meat Grinder (Instrumental) (Madvillain Remix) / Four Tet / Madvillain Remixes
TNT / Tortoise / TNT
Kinda Dukish / Jason Moran / Black Stars
Twins / Manitoba (now Caribou) / Up In Flames
Ontario Plates / Do Make Say Think / Winter Hymn Country Hymn Secret Hymn
I Never Liked You / Don Caballero / American Don
Going Down / Jaga Jazzist / A Livingroom Hush
Precipice / Snarky Puppy / The Only Constant
Black Satin / Miles Davis / On The Corner
Hey-Hee-Hi-Ho / Medeski, Martin & Wood / Combustication
The Connection / Oneness of Juju / Space Jungle Luv
For The Trees / Matmos / The Civil War
How Do I Know / Akron/Family / Akron/Family
The French Lesson / Soft Machine / Seven
Flim / The Bad Plus / These Are The Vistas

Convergences

I am astounded at how our modern American culture has absorbed the mysticism and symbolism of earlier, greater cultures. The obelisk is usually a monument for death (the Egyptians were obsessed with death), but here it is a celebration in the middle of our country's capital, looking out of place. Most of the buildings tend towards the Greek and Roman tradition rather the Egyptian. Oh well.




The dome of Building 10 also really reminds me of the Pantheon from Rome. The steps on the side add extra weight so the building can support the weight of the dome itself. While the columns at MIT are Ionian, the Pantheon has Corinthian columns. The dome here also has the Greek triglyphs and metopes just below the beginning of the dome. The small Gothic lion heads just above the columns are puzzling too. The mix of architectural history here forms an interesting relationship to the purpose of MIT.




The insides of the domes look similar too, with the scalloped dome walls to lessen the weight. MIT's dome does not have the skylight. Also note that here, Corinthian columns are used while for the lobby of Building 10, the outer steps of Building 10, and in the lobby of Building 7, Ionian columns are used. Plus the entrance to the SSC uses Doric columns. I don't really like this lack of consistency.

First Post

This is my first post. That is all.