I Am Analog/ Gabriel Ricioppo
Today I lunched with my pal Frank Youngwerth to talk about potentially scoring a documentary I’m working on. The first thing I learned at 137, is do something amazing– and the amazing feat they pulled off was getting Kate Simko to score a science documentary. Who scores a science documentary for PBS? 137 does. You can check it out here. I mean it’s so easy to just have a royalty free music party on a doc because of funds, because maybe the subject matter doesn’t warrant a soundtrack. Not so.
Frank and I met while we were working for Giant Chicago Touring Organization That Likes Architecture. We were eating our brown bag lunches in the break room when I probably mumbled something about Joy Division or the Talking Heads or Byrne and Eno– I don’t know anymore. I spend a lot of time thinking about music, so does Frank, crazy antics ensue.
So Frank makes the musical rounds, never quite settling on any genre. Sometimes he’s (literally) tooting his own horn (trumpet) at The Green Mill. Sometimes he’s producing house music. Sometimes he’s wailing into a mic about a Marriage in Sputnik (well before I was born.) So, I thought I’d tell you, dear reader– to get out there and meet Frank.
You can check out his lecture on Louis Sullivan and Louis Armstrong below:
Louis Sullivan and Louis Armstrong: Jazz, Architecture and American Culture (Dec. 2, 2009)
Frank Youngwerth, musician, historian and CAF docent, creator of the “Louis Sullivan Lost and Found” walking tour
Beyond designing great buildings, Louis Sullivan expressed a vision in which America would fulfill its democratic promise through the cultivation of its own art forms. An individual who successfully carried out this vision is jazz trumpeter Louis Armstrong. This illustrated talk with musical examples considers the fascinating lives and works of each Louis as he relates to the other.
Or visit his record shop online.