Making Music With Bicycle Bells In Downtown LA

“‘Eine Brise: Transient Action for 111 Cyclists,’ by the late Argentinian composer Mauricio Kagel, … will have its L.A. premiere Feb. 22 outdoors on Grand Avenue’s pavement. Kagel’s quickie composition, no more than two minutes long, calls for 111 bicycle riders to ring their bells, whistle and emit vocalized effects in unison, on command.”

Suzanne Fiol, ‘Downtown’ Arts Impresario, Dies At 49

“Opened in 2003 in a former garage in the East Village, Issue Project Room” – which Fiol founded, directed and steered to stability – “quickly established a place in the small circuit of downtown clubs and makeshift theaters that specialize in the fringes of contemporary music … [as well as] literary readings and art exhibitions.”