(Just Heard) Lee Ranaldo to do live score of Buster Keaton film

Buster Keaton can project through silence; in the opening scenes of his 1922 silent film Cops, he stands opposite his love interest as she turns away from him, leaving him dejected behind a fence—his eyes seemingly full of turmoil and youthful despair. The original film was without a score, and Keaton was left expressing his emotions through actions alone. At this year's ELLNORA | The Guitar Festival, Sonic Youth's Lee Ranaldo, with plenty of practice composing beautiful dissonance...

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