LITM Extra - The Schizo-Culture Conference pt.3 [excerpt]

Love is the Message: Dance, Music and Counterculture

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Jeremy and Tim conclude this mini-series on the 1975 Schizo-Culture conference with a look at some of the other contributors to the event. They explore the rhizomatic theories of Gilles Deleuze and discuss desire with Felix Guattari, taking in the Steppe nomads, molecular revolution, and explaining why trees are bad as they go. We also hear about the composer John Cage and his Zen Buddhist influences, the Mudd Club, the internal pressures the conference faced, and ask whether it could be seen as a success.

Plus, minimalism, the Modern Lovers, and the meaning of ‘schizo’ in the conference title.

Books:

Deleuze and Guattari - A Thousand Plateaus

William Burroughs - Naked Lunch

Tracklist:

Spontaneous Music Ensemble - Forty Minutes pt.1

John Cage - 62 Mesostics Re Merce Cunningham

Steve Reich - Music for 18 Musicians

Eliane Radigue - Triptych pt.1

The Modern Lovers - Roadrunner