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Brian will be in conversation with James Thornton at 7pm on Saturday 9th June at the How The Light Gets In festival at Hay-on-Wye -- presumably the successor to the Crunch Festival. (thanks to Richard Mills).

Brian was one of the panellists for an event called What can liberals learn from conservatives about human nature? on 11th April at The British Academy. The speaker was Jonathan Haidt, discussing his book The Righteous Mind. The panellists don't get a big opportunity to comment so there's not a lot of Eno input, but it's a thought-provoking talk and EnoWeb recommends downloading the audio (thanks to Dario).

Brian will be on the panel of judges for the Information Is Beautiful Data Visualization Awards (thanks to Dario).

Brian will participate in a Stop The War Coalition anti-war benefit in London on 25th May 2012 (thanks to Dario).

Moving away from news stories that begin with the word "Brian", it appears that during the Punkt Festival in Norway in September (which you'll recall Eno will be curating), Faction Films will be making a film called Eno@Punkt about Eno being at Punkt, musical performances, Eno's views and so on (thanks to Rory Walsh).

BBC Radio 4's Front Row spoke to Ben Okri on 26th March about dedicating poems to people, with contributions from one such dedicatee, B. Eno.

NME named Brian 7th out of the 50 greatest producers evah (thanks to Dario).

Rick Moody has a long essay on Eno's music.

Mark Kerstetter writes about Before And After Science.

Jes Benstock, director of The British Guide To Showing Off, talks about Brian Eno's cat (thanks to Dario).

Rick Holland's second collaboration with Old Man Diode has now been released.

Daniel Lanois talks with Rich Terfry about the making of Apollo.

On 12th April The Wire magazine spoke to Robert Wyatt, who discussed some of his tracks including those recorded with Brian.

Icebreaker's rendition of "An Ending (Ascent)" from Apollo can be found on Soundcloud.

Also on Soundcloud, Laraaji with Blues Control.

Some quotes from Ernaldo Bernocchi about working with Harold Budd and Robin Guthrie on Winter Garden.

Our previous update was on 13th March when we wrote:

More Dark Than Shark's Radiocitizen has tracked down possibly Brian's earliest published article, a 2-page description of a tape delay/decay system which appeared in the Summer 1968 issue of Clare Market Review, the student magazine of the London School of Economics. It gives an intriguing insight into the thinking of the 19/20-year-old Eno and the content of his early lectures.

Brian's lecture at the Architectural Association School of Architecture is now available for viewing online. But not before Richard Mills reviews it!

Thanks again for the heads-up on Brian Eno's talk at the Architectural Association last Friday. A very entertaining talk, once more, from Eno with some common elements from previous presentations.

Once again, Eno brought out 5 screwdrivers to emphasise that the business end is rarely different, yet the handles can be stylistically varied by designers.

Not for the first time, Eno referred to content found in Man's Rage for Chaos by Morse Peckham and Grooming, Gossip and the Evolution of Language by Prof Robin Dunbar.

Brian reiterated his theory of Surrender to include art, religion, sex and drugs - but added sports to the list this time.

There was, as usual, some flirting: Lorenzo, introducing the speaker, said looking at Brian Eno's Wikipedia page was like looking at a woman's naked body for the first time, a mix of wondrous ingredients, some familiar, some less so. Brian later said, to illustrate the Theory of Mind, he could imagine that Lorenzo was thinking Diego was excited to be sitting next to the admittedly stunning Mary in the front row.

Asked for advice to any student leaving art college, Brian Eno recommended they select a period of time, say 3 months, during which they say Yes to absolutely everything and see where that leads. "Of course, you may get pregnant". The sexual tension was palpable.

Eno showed how hairstyles through the ages have increasingly involved stylistic decisions since the first caveman decided to hack away at his hair. The final question in the Q&A was "Music innovation has usually ushered in a new hairstyle. Is there any correlation in the inspiration you have had and the changes of your hair through the years?" Brian answered "Yes, as one has increased, the other has got less".

Brian will be one of the contributors to SNAP 2012, part of the Aldeburgh Festival, from 8th-24th June 2012. Location: Snape Maltings, Saxmundham, Suffolk IP 17 1SP UK (thanks to Dario).

The Science Museum has announced the winner of the OraMIX competition, for which Brian was one of the judges.

The final episode of comedian Noel Fielding's Luxury Comedy Channel 4 television programme included a Brian Eno Frisbee along with a Kite Headed Bryan Ferry (thanks to Dario).

J. Peter Schwalm has some new Untitled music.

Daniel Lanois has a new web-site design. EnoWeb can't get it to display properly in Internet Explorer, though it's okay in Firefox.

It's spring again, and far from bringing again Tulips from Amsterdam, Mustard The Tortoise has emerged from his Hibernaculum, cutting a swathe through the insulating and insulting e-mails sent to EnoWeb...

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Our previous update was on 16th February when we wrote:

On 24th February Brian will be giving a lunchtime lecture at the Architectural Association School of Architecture, 36 Bedford Square, London WC1B 3ES. He's talking about the topic of the book he's been writing, off and off, for the past several years (thanks to Dario).

Brian recently talked to Madeleine Morley & Louise Benson for Varsity, The Independent Cambridge Student Newspaper since 1947 (also thanks to Dario).

Voice of America's This is America program spoke to Steven Berlin Johnson who talks a bit about Brian. This is America is broadcast in VOA Special English, so the presenters speak slowly and deliberately but their interviewees don't.

Here's a probably unauthorised chance to hear Brian's talk at London's Science Museum in glorious surround-bootleg-o-vision. This was on 10th October 2011 at the opening of Oramics to Electronica: Revealing Histories of Electronic Music.

Roxy Music's 40th anniversary will be marked with the release of The Complete Recordings 1972-1982, a box set, on 2nd April (once again, thanks to Dario).

Brian will contribute to a track called "The Secret Of Drowning" on Carina Round's album Tigermending, due out on 1st May.

Beep Beep Gallery, 696 Charles Allen Drive, Atlanta GA 30308, is currently hosting an exhibition of artworks inspired by the titles of Another Green World tracks (Dario again).

Daniel Lanois will be performing with Brian Blade at the Great Hall, 1087 Queen Street West, Toronto, Ontario on Friday 23rd & Saturday 24th March. Daniel's updated web-site will be launched on 17th February, too.

Our previous update was on 16th January when we wrote:

A new year (ish) and a new Edge.org question. Eschewing such faves as "Why do birds suddenly appear Every time you are near?", "What are the Thirty-Nine Steps?", "Why ask why? For by the by and by, All mysteries are just more Needles in the camel's eye", "Do You You Know the Way To San José?" and "Do you hear voices? You do, so you are possessed", 2012's brain-teaser is "What is your favorite deep, elegant, or beautiful explanation?" Apparently the answer is not "I was drunk, I was lonely, and kumquats were on a 3-for-2 offer at the supermarket". Sheesh.

While you're over the Edge, you can read or watch Brian in conversation with Jennifer Jacquet last November. For shame!

Underworld have rereleased some more-or-less rare tracks, including "Beebop Hurry" with Brian on A Collection.

Some reports from the Apollo and Here Come The Warm Jets tribute concerts in Hip'n'Happenin' New York (thanks to Dario).

Harold Budd will be performing It's Only A Daydream with Keith Lowe at the 17th Other Minds Festival. It takes place on Friday 2nd March at Kanbar Hall which is at or part of San Francisco Jewish Community Center which is located at 3200 California Street, an address in San Francisco in the United States of Amerrrricky.

Brian is a pioneer, claims the Financial Times. He really doesn't look like that any more, claims EnoWeb.

Just a reminder that Brian does not have a Twitter account or appear on Facebook. Anybody claiming otherwise is an impostor and wasting your time.

In one of the less likely invitations to cross EnoWeb's desk, long ago the site's Head (and let's be honest, only) Honcho Tom Boon was urged to contribute to popular music group Cyber Zen Sound Engine's fifth album. A mere 10 years later, Cooperation is finally released on 17th January (US time... we'd give it another day if you're elsewhere). The album is available as a CD or MP3 download from CD Baby, with iTunes & Amazon downloads available shortly. If you've ever wondered what happens when you put together a mixture of desolate ambience, engaging guitar, a dash of Koan and some sleet, maybe this will be your answer. It can't hurt to check out the audio previews at CD Baby anyway.

Our previous update was on 1st January when we wrote:

16th January sees the release of Far Off Country by Letka, which includes a guest appearance from Brian. Letka is made up of Peter Chilvers (musician, coder, digital archaeologist etc etc) and Sandra O'Neill (breathy vocalist on Air) (Thanks to Peter Chilvers and Dario).

On January 6th -- the first night of the New York Guitar Festival -- the "Apollo Project" performs a "live re-imagining" to mark the 30th anniversary of Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks (Thanks to Richard Nensel and Dario).

Two days later in the same city, there will be a live performance to mark the 40th anniversary of the release of Here Come The Warm Jets, compered by John Schaefer of WNYC.

A teaser for Rosa Roedelius' documentary on Chance which includes Brian as one of the interviewees. And look! Lene Lovich!

Dave Gresalfi writes: You may be very interested to know about this recently posted essay in the well-respected UK film site Scope about the films that Eno and Byrne had Bruce Conner make for 'America is Waiting' and 'Mea Culpa'. The author is David Laderman, who has written books on punk films and road movies and presented this essay earlier in the year at a Los Angles film conference. I believe it's the most in-depth thing ever written about these films and I'm guessing your readers will find it interesting. Thanks and keep up the great work - I've been visiting your site regularly for many years.

Erik Honoré e-mails: Legendary artist and producer Brian Eno is confirmed as Artistic Director of 2012's Punkt Festival. Eno will curate all 18 concerts and live remixes during the three day festival (updated thanks to Rory Walsh, now running from 6th to 8th September). Limited edition "earlybird" passes at a reduced price are available now. Last time Eno curated a whole festival was at the Sydney Opera House. Then, the New South Wales Government called the festival "the biggest event of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere". Now, in 2012, Brian Eno curates the Punkt Festival at the new Kilden Performing Arts Centre in Kristiansand, where he will present some of his current favourite artists. The Punkt Festival, started in 2005, is based on two main pillars: The combination of main stage concerts and the immediate live remixes of these on a second stage, and the extensive musician network of directors/musicians/producers Jan Bang and Erik Honoré. This year's Artist in Residence was David Sylvian, and all concerts were sold out.

Despite EnoWeb's attempts to persuade you to the contrary, there were some interesting links kicking around between 9th November and 31st December last year. Luckily Dario keeps an eye on these things, even if we don't.

What might be ahead in 2012, Enologically speaking? Possible: A release of some of the music recorded at the Pure Scenius concerts. Not overly likely judging by previous years but you never know: The collaboration with Herbie Hancock; Brian's book if he's still writing it.


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