Get a second helping of The BathHouse Reading Series this week as David Grubbs comes to EMU’s Sponberg Theater on Thursday, March 5, at 5:00 pm.
David Grubbs is an assistant professor of Radio and Sound Art at Brooklyn College CUNY. He has a B.A. from Georgetown University; and an M.A. and Ph.D. in English from University of Chicago. As a recording artist, Grubbs has released nine full-length solo albums and appeared on more than 100 commercially-released recordings. In 2000, his album The Spectrum Between was named “Album of the Year” in the London Sunday Times. He is a 2005-6 grant recipient in Music-Sound from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts. David Grubbs was a founding member of the groups Gastr del Sol, Bastro, and Squirrel Bait. He has participated in the Red Krayola since 1993. He has performed extensively in North America, Europe, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand. At present Grubbs directs the Blue Chopsticks record label. He has collaborated with Stephen Prina, Cosima von Bonin, Angela Bulloch, Anthony McCall, Susan Howe, Kenneth Goldsmith, and many others.
Links to David’s work can be found here:
http://www.dragcity.com/bands/grubbs.html
http://www.bluechopsticks.org
Click here to listen to Thorow, Part Three by Susan Howe and David Grubbs.
Interview with Perfect Sound Forever here:
http://www.furious.com/perfect/davidgrubbs.html
Click here for more information about other upcoming BathHouse readings.