rogalsky day

my bandmate ben rogalsky sent me a link today to his latest project – recordings for a new kids television show. you can listen to the talented mr. rogalsky here. my favourite is the vox bonus track….

interestingly enough, his brother matt rogalsky is featured in a salon magazine article on the 25 best protest songs for his piece 2 minutes, 50 seconds of silence for the USA in which matt edits down the speech bush gave in 2003 while declaring war on iraq to just the pauses between words. his later piece a little bird told me is a similar reduction of the speech given in june of 2004 when the cia director stepped down. i would like to make some sort of incisive commentary about these pieces here, but i’m not that gifted a musical anaylst and really – they stand on their own – these spaces left between the really scary things people say.