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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: avant-garde

avant-garde stories: 3 news summaries

 DJ Remixes 
 Birth of a Nation for MoMA 

This up-and-comer does a little bit of everything

May 29, 09 1:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - DJ Spooky is not your average turntabilist. The sci-fi-writing, French-lit-and-philosophy-studying 39-year-old has created arguably the greatest remix ever with his trip-hop soundtrack for the controversial 1915 film Birth of a Nation, the Stimulist reports. Next on the list for this soon-to-be household name? Showing his Rebirth of a Nation at... More »

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entertainment • music • MIT • James Joyce • Sundance Film Festival • avant-garde • New York Museum of Modern Art • Jay-ZTV • DJ Spooky • Birth of a Nation • Rebirth of a Nation • Marcel Duchamp

 Paul Wants to Release 
 'Beatles Holy Grail' 

Long-lost experimental track was once vetoed by the other three

Nov 16, 08 3:16 PM CST
(Newser) - Paul McCartney says it's time to release an avant-garde Beatles track that features gargles, shouts, and distorted guitar, the Guardian reports. Recorded during Penny Lane sessions in 1967, the 14-minute Carnival of Light was played publicly only once at an electronic music festival. McCartney, who is releasing his third avant-garde... More »

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Paul McCartney • Yoko Ono • John Lennon • Beatles • George Harrison • Ringo Starr • 1960s • avant-garde • recording

Literary Pioneer, Filmmaker
Robbe-Grillet Dead at 85

Developed the French 'new novel' style

Feb 18, 08 3:19 PM CST
(Newser) - French novelist and filmmaker Alain Robbe-Grillet died today at 85, AFP reports. A pioneer of the “new novel” literary style, he was best known in the US as the Oscar-nominated screenwriter of Last Year at Marienbad (1961). "The Academie Francaise today loses one of its most illustrious members,... More »

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obituary • literature • Alain Robbe-Grillet • nouveau roman • avant-garde

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