New York City-based percussionist, performer, educator, and composer Pauline Roberts stops by to talk about her performance activities in the area (04:00), her freelancing and teaching schedule, traveling around for gigs, and dealing with sexism in the music industry (19:00), growing up in Buenos Aires (and Australia), her supportive parents, dabbling in various music scenes, Argentina’s rock music scene, and her sports background (36:30), her undergrad years at the National University of the Arts in Argentina and her experiences during the pandemic (59:20), her grad school years doing a master’s in the performer/composer degree from the New School (NY) (01:10:50), and takes on the Random Ass Questions, including segments on being a woman in the arts, soccer in Argentina, Björk, Fleabag, and Ted Lasso (01:20:50).
Finishing with a Rave on the 2020 novel Migrations (01:54:10).
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Other Links:
“Pedro Navaja” - Willie Colon and Ruben Blades
“Quimbara” - Celia Cruz & The Fania All Stars
“Cancion para mi muerte” - Sui Generis
“Muchacha ojos de papel” - Spinetta
“A Sky Full of Stars” - Coldplay (Live in Buenos Aires)
The Artist’s Way - Julia Cameron
Everything Everywhere All At Once trailer
Lessons in Chemistry - Bonnie Garmus
One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Argentina - France 2022 World Cup Final
2024 Women’s Olympic High Jump
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