â–¼ Part two of the two-part history of Celluloid Records is now streaming online, via [strut-records.com](http://www.strut-records.com/content/watch-part-two-our-celluloid-records-documentary-series):
â–¼ **Mike Patton**’s score to *The Place Beyond the Pines* is streaming in full at [pitchfork.com](http://pitchfork.com/advance/53-the-place-between-the-pines/). The film stars **Ryan Gosling**, **Eva Mendes**, and **Bradley Cooper**, and was directed by **Derek Cianfrance** (*Blue Valentine*). There’s also an [interview](http://pitchfork.com/features/interviews/9089-mike-pattonderek-cianfrance/) a the site. In addition to 12 original cues from Patton, the film features by **Arvo Pärt** and **Ennio Morricone**, among others.
â–¼ The soft launch of music critic **Michael Azzerad**’s new website, The Talkhouse (at [thetalkhouse.com](http://thetalkhouse.com)), included [**Laurie Anderson** on **Animal Collective**](http://thetalkhouse.com/reviews/view/laurie-anderson-animal-collective) and [**Vijay Iyer** on **Flying Lotus**](http://thetalkhouse.com/reviews/view/vijay-iyer-flying-lotus). **Rosanne Cash** describes **Jim Jarmusch** and **Jozef Van Wissem**’s *The Mystery of Heaven* as sounding “like Ennio Morricone and Brian Eno got in a fight while writing the music for a spaghetti western.” According to press materials, “The Talkhouse will feature one piece on one album written by one musician each day, five days a week. On weekends, the site will feature a long-form music feature piece written by artists across many genres: film, comedy, literature, etc.” Azerrad is the author of *Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981-1991* and *Come As You Are: The Story of Nirvana*. The site is still listed as being in beta.
â–¼ In his occasional [email newsletter](http://warrenellis.createsend1.com/t/ViewEmail/r/C8B4C3AAD2687A7C2540EF23F30FEDED/0E402F05B0548432A4A88C2FAEAC43DE), **Warren Ellis** (*Transmetropolitan*, *Red*, *Gun Machine*) talked a bit about the excellent Spektrmodule podcast (“ambient, sleepy and haunted musics,” in his description) that he concatenates. The latest [episode](http://www.warrenellis.com/?p=14785), number 17, includes music by **Pausal** and **Paul Hillier’s Theatre of Voices**.
â–¼ There’s a three-day ambient-music convention/conference, titled AMBIcon, to be held from May 3 – 5 in San Rafael, California. It is taking place to note several milestones for the Hearts of Space, which began in 1973 at KPFA-FM in Berkeley and celebrates its 40th anniversary this year. The show began national syndication in 1983, and earlier this had its 1,000th broadcast. There will be eight surround-sound performances by **Hans Christian**, **Stephan Micus**, **Jeff Pearce**, **Robert Rich**, **Steve Roach**, **Michael Stearns**, **Stellamara**, and **Tim Story**, a Q&A session moderated by **Stephen Hill** (the series’ host and co-founder), and a presentation by **Mark Prendergast**, author of the book *The Ambient Century*. More details at [hos.com](http://www.hos.com/#ambicon2013).
â–¼ There were 19 tracks produced for the [64th Disquiet Junto project](https://soundcloud.com/disquiet/sets/disquiet0064-halflive), which ended last night at 11:59 pm. The project involved the theme of “composing from memory.” … Also, I finally put together a set of the 25 extant tracks from the [14th Junto project](https://soundcloud.com/disquiet/sets/disquiet0014-oumupo), which involved sonic versions of the comic that served as the starting point for Matt Madden’s Oulipo/Oubapa comic, *99 Ways to Tell a Story: Exercises in Style*.