![]() Green goes back to early innovations like the Dymaxion Car, which could hold 11 people in a fuel-efficient, bullet-shaped speedy vehicle. Buckminster Fuller takes us through this vision, much of it sourced from the Dymaxion Chronofile housed in the Stanford archives that includes all the papers from every day of Fuller’s life carefully filed away. By now, in his futurism timeline, we should be living in a utopia. What gives this pared-down format depth is that it was created and is “performed” by the talented Brooklyn-based documentary filmmaker Sam Green, who made The Weather Underground on the radical Weathermen organization, which was nominated for an Oscar in 2004, and the accompanying band is Yo La Tengo, one of the best rock bands in existence (at least according to the writer of this story and record store owners around the world).īuckminster Fuller and Dymaxion Car (courtesy Stanford University Libraries)Īt its first of four stagings at the Kitchen in New York, Fuller’s daughter Allegra Fuller Snyder was in attendance and took questions following the performance, stating strongly that she felt her father would be unhappy with the current state of the world. Buckminster Fuller, basically a PowerPoint presentation accompanied by a large score. It’s appropriate, then, that an incredibly successful way of presenting the legacy of Fuller comes from the simple format of a live documentary called The Love Song of R. This was most visible in his popular geodesic dome, which presented a space age architecture for the most efficient enclosing of space. The visionary Buckminster Fuller’s central idea, out of the flurry of ideas he saw for a more perfect future, was in doing more with less. Buckminster Fuller (photo by Ed Dittenhoefer, courtesy Sam Green) Tickets available here:Ħ:30 PM Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre, Greenwood Village, COĦ:30 PM Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie Grand Prairie, TXħ:30 PM Pompano Beach Amphitheater Pompano Beach, FLĨ:30 PM Electric Factory Philadelphia, PAįind A Flock Of Seagulls online on their official website, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and SoundCloud.The Love Song of R. Alternatively you can stream or download it here.Ī Flock Of Seagulls will be touring, along with Wang Chung, Naked Eyes, and Men Without Hats, on the Lost 80’s Live tour on the following dates. The Ascension album was recorded in multiple studios around the world and featured the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra providing backing.Ī Flock Of Seagulls are offering a free download of ‘Space Age Love Song’ (Orchestral Version) here. Between 20 Mike was busy touring with his session band all over the world, then later in 2017, the original four appeared on record together for the first time since 1984. They reformed again in September 2004, when they did a brief tour of the US. In 2003, the original lineup of Mike, Ali, Frank, and Paul came together for a one-off performance on the VH1 series, ‘Bands Reunited’. With these nods have come a whole new legion of fans. The band have found themselves worked into the fabric of popular culture: TV – Ross’ haircut in ‘Friends’ was based on their styling Computer Games – ‘I Ran’ was the standout track on ‘Grand Theft Auto Radio’ and Film where the band and their haircuts have been referenced in ‘Pulp Fiction, ‘X-Men’, and ‘The Wedding Singer’. The band are set to tour across the US later in the summer.Ī Flock Of Seagulls never really broke up, with Mike continuing to record and tour with session musicians. Accompanied by a video featuring the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra (with whom they recorded the track), the song is from their upcoming album, ‘Ascension’, set for release on June 29. A Flock Of Seagulls today released their new single, ‘Space Age Love Song’.
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