Cooky La Moo. A website.

Cooky La Moo is the repository for the work of Ben.Harper - musician, "artist" and writer. The blog will announce any significant additions. Yes, there's a blog. There's always a blog.

Music

Real Characters and False Analogues. The long-awaited sequel to Stained Melodies. Five years in the making, because I'm a superb procrastinator. A set of twelve pieces for microtonal piano, with a richer palette of harmonies and textures than its predecessor.

12 new mp3s ready for download or streaming at The Listening Room.

Blog

In the presence of greatness? Seeing the previous generations for myself: Christian Wolff, AMM, Robert Ashley, Phill Niblock, Joan La Barbara, Alvin Lucier.

Sarsaparilla

Google versus Death, Round 2. Also, How to not recognise famous art. Sarsaparilla Lite is on the air while the main site is refurbished. Includes thoughts on Dance, Jane Austen, and The Wrestler.

Please Mister Please

... also gets the spiffy new jukebox.

Art

String Quartet No.2 (Canon in Beta) - now has new images and audio from the expanded version exhibited at CAST (Contemporary Art Space Tasmania), as part of the Redrawing exhibition.

Writing

The new, improved version of "World Class Anxiety" in on sale now in the latest issue of Meanjin (Vol.67 No.3, 2008).

The Obsolete Guitar. Did I mention that I love and hate the guitar?

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