Hilton Als: Richard Foreman puts language onstage. Nov 10, 2009
Images from the Bauhaus retrospective at MOMA.. The collapse of North Korea s food-distribution system. (New Yorker)
Is 'Eclipse' Aiming For Goth Cred With Peter Murphy Cameo? Nov 5, 2009
Bauhaus' Peter Murphy ( Jim Dyson/ Getty Images ) ... "He used to be the singer of Bauhaus." ... Bauhaus pioneered the "goth rock" music genre from 1978-1983, and although they were never hugely successful commercially, the band made a mark with such memorable songs as which the band is seen performing in the opening scenes of the 1983 vampire flick "The Hunger" (starring David Bowie and Catherine Deneueve), a longtime goth touchstone. (VHI.com -- Music News)
Design Research is back - as an installation Oct 29, 2009
A longtime associate of Bauhaus founder Walter Gropius and chairman of the architecture department at Harvard s Graduate School of Design, Ben Thompson was perhaps best known locally as the creator of Faneuil Hall Marketplace. But his interests ranged far and wide. (Boston Globe)
Pop Music's 5 Best Halloween Songs Oct 28, 2009
Bauhaus "Bela Lugosi's Dead" ... While the instrumental trio of Bauhaus developed a spindly tapestry of noir-ish sounds to mimic all types of ghoulishness, the song's star is its over-the-top narrator, Peter Murphy. (KFOXTV.com, TX)
Gold's true standard bearers Oct 15, 2009
The set is a conservative, rich, wood-paneled office that looks like it's somebody's idea of what a banker's office looked like in small town America 50 years ago (don't expect to see a Bauhaus chair here). A well-dressed and well-spoken grey-haired pitchman (one company has Nixon-era Watergate conspirator and prominent right-wing talk host G Gordon Liddy making the pitch), in a heavy voice just oozing with gravitas, intones a frightening warning. (Asia Times Online)
Michael Graves’s designs have been right on target Oct 1, 2009
That distinction can be traced back to the Bauhaus school and Walter Gropius in the 1920s. It is fair to say, however, that Graves is the first person to successfully combine high design with affordability and, in the process, he s revolutionized the way we see everything from soap bottles to toilet brushes. (Boston Globe)
Nearly time for Fall Festival Sep 17, 2009
At noon some new local talent will perform in front of the Bauhaus Kaffee shop, and 2 p.m. will see more music in front of Music Makers. The annual First State Community Bank Pet Fest will begin at 3 p.m. on the Courthouse square. (Park Hills Daily Journal, MO)
Bauhaus and the Birth of Gothic Roc... Sep 10, 2009
Bauhaus and the Birth of Gothic Rock. Bauhaus and the Birth of Gothic Rock ... A History of Bauhaus, the Band. (Suite101.com)
High Fidelity Sep 7, 2009
The Nine Inch Nails sound has its roots in the dark, minor-key inclinations of British bands like Bauhaus and Depeche Mode, who helped create the aesthetic for gothic rock (a depressive, death-obsessed affect and a lot of black clothing and eyeliner). Reznor was also influenced by the abrasive electronic pulses of industrial music, a trend that started in the nineteen-seventies in England with bands like Cabaret Voltaire and Throbbing Gristle. (New Yorker)
* Rough roads to luxury Sep 5, 2009
As for the lodge, it was almost new and looked as if Bauhaus had come to the desert X a fabulous aerie of rock and steel. But, as much as it was grand, it was also modest; polished concrete, pure linen and giant braziers for heat. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Washington diary Jul 30, 2009
Not to be outdone, the West created the Hansaviertel, where renowned Western architects created sleek bungalows that merged Bauhaus minimalism with bourgeois cosiness. The Cold War competition mirrored what happened in Berlin before the war. (BBC News -- Americas)
When ’BCN rocked Jul 17, 2009
I remember hearing many punk, new wave, and alt-rock acts for the first time on BCN - from the Clash to Bauhaus to Juliana Hatfield. Best of all were the great broadcasts of sold-out shows that I was too young or too poor to get into. (Boston Globe)
Celebrity birthdays for the week of July 5-11 Jul 2, 2009
Singer Peter Murphy of Bauhaus is 52. Reggae singer Michael Rose of Black Uhuru is 52. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
* [CLASSICAL DVD REVIEW] Jul 1, 2009
In the same way that bleak Bauhaus is by no means the last word in architecture, so too is this kind of user-unfriendly music surely doomed to become a footnote, albeit a rather long one, in musical history books. Maybe the sentimental pop musicians so berated by Birtwistle had a point after all. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
Making sweet music is kids play for prodigies Jun 16, 2009
In the case of 9-year-old Yuto, he had already built a small following in clubs in his native Japan, and particularly at the Bauhaus Club in Tokyo, known as a haven for American and British rock fans. Steve Bernstein, an American businessman who lived in Japan for more than five years, was captivated enough by Yutos skill that he signed on to manage Yuto and brought him to the U.S.. (MSNBC -- Music)
How to spend a couple days in Tel Aviv Jun 6, 2009
Take a detour along any small street to see some of the 1930s Bauhaus buildings that helped earn Tel Aviv a UNESCO World Heritage site designation. 8 p.m. - Enjoy dinner at Nanuchka on Lilienblum Street, a Georgian bistro nearby with unique Black Sea cuisine and charming atmosphere. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Five music acts not to be missed May 22, 2009
With a new album, "Primary Colours," produced by Portishead mastermind Geoff Barrow, this theatrical British band makes a thrilling racket by handpicking the best bits from rock 'n' roll history: Bauhaus' ominous gloom, My Bloody Valentine's shimmering guitars and the Ramones' unflappable attitude. Appearing with the Kills. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Viva Tel Aviv! May 21, 2009
To turn off Allenby Street into Bialik Street, named for Israel's national poet, is to enter a time capsule of elegant 1920s and 1930s apartment houses, merging Bauhaus and Art Deco with Mediterranean influences to make Tel Aviv's own International Style, and ending in a tranquil circular park. The beach is a stretch of golden sand sloping gently into an azure sea 00004000. (Concierge.com)
Tel Aviv remains young at heart Apr 30, 2009
The boulevard, with its large pedestrianized, tree-lined lane and outdoor coffee kiosks is home to a large concentration of Bauhaus buildings, an architectural-style that became Tel Aviv's trademark after Jewish architects who fled from WWII Germany used it in constructions around the city. Tel Aviv's Bauhaus structures have earned it the name the "White City" and UNESCO World Heritage status in 2004. (CNN -- Travel)
Kandinsky gets rare international retrospective Apr 9, 2009
Books of poetry, including "The Art of Spiritual Harmony," supplement the exhibition, along with Kandinsky's instructive work as a teacher at the famed Bauhaus school in Weimar, Germany, later moved to Dessau and eventually closed by the Nazis. "He is evolving all the time .... There is no period without imagination," said Christian Derouet, French curator of the retrospective. (Yahoo News -- Politics)
Cover story: Rachel Forrest's fantasy restaurant mergers Mar 19, 2009
This raucous evening of fun and mayhem runs nightly as George, playing a bauhaus artist, complete with black beret and turtleneck, changes the big letter board above Robert's bar into minimalist poetry. Radpoch. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Chair design in Melbourne Mar 5, 2009
The chair continued at the frontline, as the worlds political skyline altered irretrievably after World War I. In 1919, German architect Walter Gropius started the Bauhaus school of modern design, training students to integrate art and technology to develop functional designs for mass production ... 1928: Le Corbusier and Charlotte Perriands LC/4 Chaise Lounge Beckoning us was a sculptural reclining chair designed by the Bauhaus Frenchman Corbusier we Indians acclaim as the architect of... (India Times)
Endicott exhibit explores Czech, Slovak photography Mar 5, 2009
Zdenko Feyfar's "Man in Shadow," with its angled, aerial perspective and crisp use of light and dark could have come direct from the Bauhaus. There's also the lingering impact of Art Nouveau. (Boston Globe)
Art.view: Spot colour Feb 22, 2009
It derived from the Paris Exposition of 1925 and became a catch-all for a new visual language that drew on a wide range of sources Cubism, the Ballets Russes, the Bauhaus, folk art, classicism and the rectilinear design of Art Nouveau. Reinterpreting these influences, artists and designers throughout Europe strove for an aggressively modern style that turned its back on the 19th century and the great war that had effectively brought it to an end. (The Economist)
