Among some friends, and out in the world, there has been some chatter about the death of the music industry (or at least of major labels).

Let’s settle this one right now, no? we all know about:
radiohead
NIN

N-RON’s attitude is a common one at this point:

digital download for free, shows and special CDs for money

don’t confuse this with hatred of labels, it is simply time for the model to shift gears.

best description of the future of music I know is from the master of noise himself, Jacques Attali, in an interview from 2003

“But live, not as a replay. People will ask, more than anything, to see and to share live, rather than dead, events crystallised in records or virtually crystallised in a digital MP3 file.”

As the holiday explodes all numbers of downloads, we might ask, “what is next?”

“what is the new attention economy going to offer us?”

Will the archive we have each made, the gigabytes and terabytes of digital detritus that we accumulate, will it ever satiate our desire to own and control, to be owned and controlled? Or will the most cherished gift of all be the live experience, the opportunity to experience others, noise and sound, together.

Maybe it is these markers, these posts, music and noisy performances acting like temporary autonomous zones in a blur of consumption, that live on as our memories of hope for radical change.

Make music to make shows to make noisy things happen in real and memory-time. The end of the monoliths is a long way off. However, the spaces for noises are expanding.

Gil Scott Herron knew that the revolution will not be televised (as the comments say, it will be youtubed). And Rakim knew that you have to follow the leader.

There will be noisy leaders in 2008…

STOREFRONT FILM SERIES 2007
O MORRO/THE HILL
ISSUES OF REPRESENTATION IN THE MODERN-DAY FAVELA

O Morro (The Hill) is a monthly film series that raises questions regarding representation of the favela in Brazilian film and architecture. Cinema’s fascination with the favela is often driven by genuine social concern for its inhabitants, but does it ultimately reinforce existing forms of exploitation and prejudice?

SCREENING III
7.30 PM on Tuesday, December 18, 2007 @ Anthology FIlm Archives

OMNIBUS 174 (Bus 174)
(Directors: José Padilha, Felipe Lacerda)

The film’s subject is the June 12, 2000, bus hijacking that happened in Rio de Janeiro. Sandro do Nascimento, a young man from a poor background, bungled a robbery and ended up holding the passengers on a bus hostage for four hours. The event was caught live on television. The movie examines the incident and what life is like in the slums and favelas of Rio de Janeiro, specifically how the criminal justice system in Brazil treats class.

Anthology Film Archives
32 Second Avenue
New York, NY 10001
(212) 505-5181

http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org

1. Tomorrow night, Tuesday Dec. 4: MV bill, my favorite brazilian and brasilian hip hop (yes hip hop, not baile funk) star is playing at 205 in NYC as part brought to you by world up. 9-3 am, 205 chrystie st.

MV bill is from Cidade de Deus, and was very involved in both the film as well as the schools and programs that came from and centered around the production.

2. Friday, Dec.7, 7 pm, is the second screening of O Morro (the hill). We are screening the below AT STOREFRONT FOR ART AND ARCHITECTURE, not Anthology Film Archives, due to a scheduling conflict.

We are screening News from a Personal War and City of Men episodes, all to provoke a discussion that will follow. Free, open to the public, but seating is limited. All attending will be able to pick up the new pamphlet with essays by dp and Melanie Gilligan, and some great graphics such as those below. Not to be missed, for sure!

STOREFRONT FILMS Storefront for Art and Architecture 97 Kenmare st., NY, NY 10012 7 pm O MORRO/THE HILL STOREFRONT FILMSERIES 2007 ISSUES OF REPRESENTATION IN THE MODERN DAY FAVELAO Morro (The Hill) is a monthly film series that raises questions regarding representation of the favela in Brazilian film and architecture. Cinema’s fascination with the favela is often driven by genuine social concern for its inhabitants, but does it ultimately reinforce existing forms of exploitation and prejudice? SCREENING 2 November 2007, November 27th 7.30pm @ Storefront for art and architecture NOTICIAS DE UMA GUERRA PARTICULAR (News from a Personal War, 1999) (Directors: Joao Salles and Katia Lund (USA) - 57 mins, video)Hailed widely as the inspiration for City of Gods, this critical investigation into the violence and corruption that drives and is driven by the combined and uneven development in Rio’s favelas is both shocking and revelatory. CIDADE DOS HOMENS (City of Men) Video, 3 episodes: # 1 - A Coroa do Imperador (The Emperor’s Crown) (15/10/02) (Screenplay: Cesar Charlone, Fernando Meirelles e Jorge Furtado. Director: Cesar Charlone) # 2 - O Cunhado do Cara (The guy’s brother-in-law) (16/10/02) (Script: Katia Lund and Paulo Lins. Director: Katia Lund and Paulo Lins)