|   The hurtin Tuesday thread: | Dave_G
Nov 11, 2003 6:27 AM | | OK I will start this one this time.
This is what I have been enjoying: |
| Some good, some not so good | Jim Clark
Nov 11, 2003 6:57 AM | | Mainly just listing the new stuff:
Blue Man Group-The Complex-More rock than techno influences on this one. Very enjoyable-probably a top ten for me driven largely by the show's lasting impact.
Ramones-Pleasant Dreams remaster-bonus tracks make it a winner although the remaster job seems just fine, certainly better than my scratchy vinyl
Ramones-End Of The Century remaster. I still like the over production on this one. Cheese factor of about 10 but I still like it. The demo versions are raw and extremely satisfying especially "I'm Affected", and "Please Don't Leave". Actually the only one it doesn't work for is "Do You Remember Rock And Roll Radio" Nice little uncredited bonus-bonus sound byte at the very end. Useless, but nice.
Siouxsie and The Banshees-Seven Year Itch. Not very good at all. Should of looked at the track list before I bought this one. They have tons of great songs, many more that are good. Where are they?
The High Violets-44 Down. Basically a shoe gazing EP. One track is stellar-the rest seem pretty generic so far.
Red Flag-Naive Art special Edition. Awesome vintage synthpop.
Troy's "Nine Pair"- Not my favorite comp from Troy. I like the Adrian Belew tracks, ditto for XTC. This did make me realize that I probably wouldn't like the Starlight Mints CD as much as I thought I might. I'll listen some more this week and see what might sneak up on me. Thanks for including me on your mailing list.
RPM's Jazz Anthology
Best Of Ken Burns Jazz-Didn't like this at all with the exception of "Take Five" which RPM already sent me.
Jazz For the Open Road-Various Artists. Promising enough title. Surely this would be a kind of jazz I could get in to? No way-Jose. Grant Green's "Iron City" is the only passable track on this comp and it's not that great. Back to the drawing board.
Have a great week.
jc |
| Your comments re: Troy's '9 Pair'... | Finch Platte
Nov 11, 2003 7:59 AM | | ...mirror mine exactly. Got the XTC & Belew, and them are the only songs on the disc I care for.
Troy, if you're reading this, time to retire the Keneally. I do believe you're the only person in here who appreciates him. But, what do I know? I'm sitting here listening to Tomahawk, for God's sake.
But, hey- thanks for sending all the discs! Especially that weird one ;0)
fp |
| Ohhhh- where'd you get that? | Finch Platte
Nov 11, 2003 7:09 AM | | What's on the DVD? Is it any good?
fp (jealous) |
| where'd I get that? Tower here in Atl. | Dave_G
Nov 11, 2003 7:30 AM | | It was pricey - $38 clams, but it's 2 dvd's and 2 cd's, a German import set. (It can be had online for lots less at http://www.cduniverse.com )
The cd's are the same music as on the dvd's, which blows somewhat.
It's not a "concert" video, it's called a "movie".
It's similar to Sabbaths "Last Supper" dvd where they play a song then cut to some other footage for a while and then move to the next song.
However, for TFK, a song can last 30 minutes.
The setlist is:
The truth will set you free
Garden of dreams pt. 1
Garden of dreams pt.2
Humanizzimo
Circus Brimstone
Silent Inferno
Stardust we Are
The concert footage was shot at an invitational gig only.
The video quality and audio quality are incredible.
This one could make Troy a believer in the power of TFK again. He's sick of them but this title could help cure that. It can also teach the unlearned about the power and musicianship skills of these Swedish cats. Mighty impressive, especially when they are "rocking", it gets heavy real quick.
Regards,
Dave |
| Little of this, little of that... | tugmcmartin
Nov 11, 2003 7:51 AM | | Not a whole lot new. I did get in the mail yesterday the new studio album from Robert Randolph and the Family Band but haven't listened yet. Thats on the platter for today. But for last week,
Reed Foehl - s/t
Acoustic Junction - Strange Days
Badly Drawn Boy - Have You Fed the Fish
Charlie Sexton Sextet - Under the Wishing Tree
Mountain of Venus - Live Harpers Ferry
Raisinhill - s/t
and a few jazz recordings which i won't name since one of them is going out as a mystery disc.
T- |
| Bluesin' it up mostly | JDaniel
Nov 11, 2003 8:05 AM | | just from looking at the stack here at work:
-BB King & Dianne Schuur "Heart To Heart"
-Dianne Schuur "Blues for Schuur"
-Best of the Blues compilation with BB King, Bobby Bland, T-Bone Walker etc.
-Etta James "Her Best"
-Los Lobos downloads from their website (which I'm soon to be working into a comp)
-Fabulous Thunderbirds "Tuff Enuff"
-Muddy Waters "Millenium Collection"
-Johnny Winter "Still Alive & Well"
-Leon Redbone "Up a Lazy River"
-Jimmy Buffet "Changes in Attitudes/Lattitudes"
Comps:
-Mrs. HYFI's female comp
-Timemasheen Vol. 9 "Beyond These Chilling Winds"
-Tug's "Nil Lara" and "Acousticity" Comps
-Jar's REM "Decadence" comp
JD
np: Frankie Goes To Hollywood "WTTP" |
| re: The hurtin Tuesday thread: | Troy
Nov 11, 2003 8:17 AM | | There's something terribly brazen about a band that releases a $38 box set that contains no new music and the same music twice. What a load of crap. The tracklist doesn't really do it for me either. That said, I would like to see it . . . and it is the best FK product cover by a country mile!
It's not that I'm sick of them as much as I don't think they have any stage presence live and that they are repeating themselves to death. It's a case of too many double albums in too short a time that all sound the same.
And I don't care for the more improvised stuff they are now branching into. The sooner Roine realizes that he's not Zappa or Miles Davis, the better it'll be for everyone concerned.
WRT to the "9 Pair" comp I sent out; truth be told, I've been sitting on a handful of copies of it for months. I felt kinda blah about it too, so I never mailed 'em. I did it as a backlash to PPGs pairs comp. I was after segues and flow between disparate bands. On that level, I love it, but the songs just don't really move me all that much individually either . . . but obviously a lot more than YOU guys! Whatever, I'm just glad they are not sitting on my office floor anymore.
Along with these, I've been spinning the Manitoba and the Collage, both of which are growers. I don't dig the "Queens of the Stoneage" all that much. Too doom and gloom for me. Pretentious crap. "The Tangent" is interesting, but it brings nothing new to the table. Ultimately empty. |
| How's that The Tangent disc? | Dave_G
Nov 11, 2003 8:47 AM | | Is that neo prog stuff?
I figured if you gave the Collage a few more chances it would grow on you, glad to hear yer liking it a bit more.
Dave |
| How's that The Tangent disc? | Troy
Nov 11, 2003 8:53 AM | | It's most of the Flower Kings and the Paralell or 90 Degrees guy and the woodwinds from VDGG.
And that's what it sounds like. Lots of filler and noodling. Same old shit, different cover. |
| METAL!!! | mad rhetorik
Nov 11, 2003 8:18 AM | | Roar.
Black Sabbath: Master Of Reality
Metallica: ..And Justice For All and Ride The Lightning
System Of A Down: Toxicity
Megadeth: Rust In Peace
Soundgarden: Superunknown (okay, more alternative than metal) |
| re: The hurtin Tuesday thread: | Pat D
Nov 11, 2003 8:39 AM | | Brahms, Symphony no. 1, Tragic Overture. Karajan, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. London Jubilee 417 739-2. Produced by John Culshaw.
Brahms, Violin Concerto. David Oistrakh, violin; Otto Klemperer, Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française. EMI CDM 7 69034 2.
Ravel and Fauré, String Quartets. Ad Libitum Qt. Naxos 8.554722.
Bach, Toccata and Fugue. Karl Richter, organ of the Jaegersborg Church, Copenhagen. DG 415 442-2.
Mozart, Sinfonia Concertante, Concertone for 2 Violins and Orchestra. Jean-Jacques Kantorow, Olga Martinova, violins; Vladimir Mendelssohn, viola; Leopold Hager, Netherlands Chamber Orchestra. Denon 33C37-7507.
Mozart, Symphonies nos. 31, 36, and 38 (Prague). Jane Glover, London Mozart Players. ASV CD DCA 647.
Franck, Symphony in d minor. Pierre Monteux, Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Coupled with Berlioz, Beatrice and Benedict Overture and DIndy, Symphony on a French Mountain Air. Munch, Boston Symphony Orchestra. RCA 6805-2-RG. The classic recording of the Franck symphony.
Haydn, and Boccherini Cello Concertos. Alexander Michejew, cell; Wm. Boughton, English String Orchestra. Nimbus 5035.
Dvorak, Symphony no. 9 (From the New World; Wagner, Flying Dutchman Overture, Siegfried Idyll. Jascha Horenstein, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Chesky CD31.
Symphonic Bach, Orchestral Transcriptions by Respighi and Elgar. Gerard Schwarz, Seattle Symphony Orchestra. Delos DE 3098.
The Best of Peter, Paul, and Mary/Ten Years Together. Warner Bros. 3105-2. |
| Can't stop the music | Davey
Nov 11, 2003 9:15 AM | | Now that I think about it, wasn't that the title of a Village People song? Yikes, a whole album! Where did that come from??!! Fortunately it can't be found in my house. Honest :-)
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I started to do some work on a year-end comp so threw a bunch of songs on a CD-R and listened to that a couple times and made some changes but it's nowhere near complete yet, especially since I have a batch of CDs coming in the mail and I'm pretty sure something from a few of them will make it on the comp. Probably be done around the beginning of December and I'll send out some copies as a Christmas Card.
Got a couple CDs from the library and listened to both, Bettie Serveert <i>Palomine</i> and Badly Drawn Boy <i>Have You Fed The Fish?</i>.
Bettie Serveert - they've sure changed over the years, that's for sure. This is their debut from 1992 and is generally regarded as their best, at least by AMG. I do have a couple later ones but never heard anything from this one and it's kind of a treat. Much rawer guitar dominated sound than the later stuff, kind of like the Geraldine Fibbers. The song Kid's Allright really rocks as does a lot of it. I think that might have been a single back in the early 90s judging by some of the comments posted at amazon, but I missed it. Very cool, a bit like some of that early Hole, although Carol van Dijk is technically a better singer than Courtney (yeah, I know, who isn't?). Still hard to believe they're a Dutch band, no real clue to it in the music. Unfortunately, there's a picture of the band on the back cover that kind of spoils the mystique for me cause they are a pretty goofy looking collection of nerds :-)
Badly Drawn Boy - I guess if you liked the first one you'll like this one because it seems like the same one over again, at least on first listen. Kind of disappointing from that angle, but I caught myself quite a few times thinking how good the music is, even with the familiarity. I think it got some mixed reviews last year because of that quality, but there's really no denying this guy's talent. Gotta listen to it some more.
Joni Mitchell - Blue
Art Blakely & the Jazz Messengers - Moanin'
Luna - Bewitched
Cannonball Adderly - Somethin' Else
Sonny Clark - Cool Struttin'
Ed Harcourt - From Every Sphere
And some others but one that I'm really looking forward to hearing some more this week is Head of Femur <i>Ringodom or Proctor</i> which I just got from Todd at Greyday Productions. Nice people, as are most at the little itty bitty record labels. Lots of fun with a variety of influences spanning the decades. Even do a nice cover of Brian Eno's "The True Wheel". Kind of orchestral pop with nods to the Beach Boys and Love and others, but morphed in with the emerging new wave sound of bands like Roxy Music and Sparks and early Talking Heads and the Eno pop records. Very cool. Haven't listened enough yet to know where it might stand on my year-end list or whether to freely recommend it to my like-minded buddies around here, but a song will probably end up on the comp I mentioned above. Some reviews are starting to show up around the net but I'll probably have more to say next week :-)
Gotta bunch more 2003 releases incoming in the next week or so that I'm also looking forward to hearing, including....
Okkervil River - Down the River of Golden Dreams
The Blithe Sons - We Walk the Young Earth
The Shins - Chutes Too Narrow
Califone - Deceleration Two
Wheat - Per Second, Per Second, Per Second...
Laika - Wherever I Am I Am What Is Missing
Josh Ritter - Hello Starling
Nina Nastasia - Run To Ruin |
| Bettie Serveert | Mr MidFi
Nov 11, 2003 11:51 AM | | Hey Davey, if you don't already have their <i>Lamprey</i> disc, you should give it a listen some time. That's the one with "Ray, Rain" on it. It's also fairly "engaging yet raw" like their first one, but with a nice touch of pop songcraft thrown in.
As for my own listening this week...it's a big blur. Mostly stuff everyone's heard already, so I'll spare you. I did get a chance to listen to something interesting yesterday, though..Joe Strummer & the Mescalaros Streetcore. A couple of those tracks blew me away. Anyone else listen to this? |
| Dust Bunnies and Private Suit | Davey
Nov 11, 2003 12:57 PM | | are the two I have so I'll keep an eye open for Lamprey since Palomine is so good. So far I'd have to agree with AMG, it's easily the best one I've heard, but the others are so different, especially Private Suit, which sounds downright glossy and lush by comparison. Not a bad thing, just different, as Private Suit has some very good songs and nice atmosphere. Never did care all that much for Dust Bunnies though. |
| Some good stuff..... | tentoze
Nov 11, 2003 9:31 AM | | The Band, Big Pink remaster- dang good.
Joe Ely, Streets of Sin- only one listen, but Joe always sounds good to me.
Alasdair Roberts, Farewell Sorrow- sort of a Scottish Will Oldham- very nice, mostly-acoustic music.
Johnny Dowd, The Pawnbroker's Wife- as twisted and sick as ever- love it.
Spooky Tooth, Spooky Two- for old time's sake- sound quality really sux.
16 Horsepower, Olden- a 2003 release of recording seesions in 93 & 94, most songs ended up on Sackcloth N' Ashes, though some I am not familiar with; also 7 live cuts from a 94 concert- I like it.
Also still high on The Band of Blacky Ranchette.......... |
| lots of Neil Young | richmon
Nov 11, 2003 11:02 AM | | Reading 'Shakey' a biography of Neil so I've been pulling out alot of his stuff, otherwise .
Marillion Script for a jesters tear Chelsea Monday is a fantastic song, riveting guitar work.
Procol Harum Live w/the Edmonton Symphony Orch one of the best rock/orchestra melds ever done?
Eric Clapton Blues disc 2 has some live performances culled from past concerts- when hes on, he smokes, and hes on for much of this 2nd disc.
Anekdoten S/T maybe my favorite Viking Prog band.Thanx D.
England Garden Shed still digesting this, not the lost classic the net buzz made it out to be so far. Thanks again D..
Eloy Dawn like a blend of Nektar and TangDream- must have more! Any suggestions? Was thinking Ocean for my next fix. A third thanx to D.
Jethro Tull Minstrel in the Gallery more like Mudcake in the bowl, not one of his better efforts.
Fairport Convention 35th anniversary album yawn, glad I only paid $5 for this stinker.
Cowboy Junkies The caution horses another waste of $5 at the used store, I really like most of their other stuff tho.
And a co-worker gave me a CDR of some new Ptree songs he found on the net, theyre in that heavier vein ala blackest eyes could a new album be in the works?
1-Ochidia 2-Futile 3-Drown with me. |
| My stuff...and a note to JC | J
Nov 11, 2003 11:18 AM | | Jim--I'm with ya on the Ramones remasters. Recently I managed to snag the last of the 8 of them. The bonus tracks are nice goodies, aren't they? On the other hand, I also heard the new King Biscuit thing, a live show from early 1978. I don't know why they bothered with this, as it's pretty much the exact same set as 'It's Alive,' which had been recorded just a WEEK before. The geniuses at AMG give this one 4 1/2 stars, as opposed to 4 for It's Alive. Maybe it's slightly better, but after listening to It's Alive for the better part of 20 years & the tracklist being nearly identical...I don't get it.
As for those jazz comps, the 32 label is kinda suspect. They make great-looking & sounding collections with interesting cover art, & run them out according to themes like 'open road,' 'rainy day,' 'quiet times,' stuff like that. And the comps are just not as good as the intent. I have four of these, plus a 3-CD collection put out by 32. Most are somewhere between cool (as in Chet Baker cool) & the 'cool' of today, which is embodied by the likes of Kenny G & has nothing whatsoever to do with jazz as far as I'm concerned. Not a good place to start for a newbie. Grant Green is brilliant, but I don't even like that track. However, I'd suggest going back & giving the Groove Holmes song another chance, as well as the Roomful Of Blues song at the end. Outside of that, forget it, & for the most part, steer clear of the 32 stuff.
As for me...I've been listening to Fletcher Henderson (Swing 1929-1937), Charles Mingus (Let All My Children Hear Music), Neil Young (Greendale), Junior Senior, Husker Du (Land Speed Record), Lionel Hampton from 1948, Keely Smith (I Wish You Love), My Morning Jacket (It Still Moves), Green Day (Insomniac), Disc 1 of The Story Of The Clash volume 1, XTC's Oranges & Lemons, and...I put together a couple of comps for a friend. I recycled a couple of songs from the past, but mostly these consist of stuff I've heard within the past year or so. One's an alt-rock comp, the other's a mishmash of electronica & hip-hop. They are available if anyone's interested, but not for long...
1. The Soft BoysI Love Lucy
2. Detroit CobrasCha Cha Twist
3. RooneyBlue Side
4. Badly Drawn BoyBorn Again
5. Rufus WainwrightI Dont Know What It Is
6. BeckSunday Sun
7. Tom WaitsAll The World Is Green
8. Mike Sport MurphyNo Fair
9. Mike Sport MurphyBad Guest [Two of my faves from the most recent Sport album, Uncle]
10. Flaming LipsThe Gash
11. Martin NewellGoodbye Dreaming Fields
12. Bright EyesTrees Get Wheeled Away [from the Lost Highway comp]
13. Eve 6Hey Montana
14. SupergrassShotover Hill
15. GrandaddyLost On Yer Merry Way
16. Porcupine TreeLightbulb Sun
17. The Moog CookbookHotel California
18. Junior BrownFreeborn Man
1. GabinLa Maison
2. Paul Schwartz ProjectRiver Of Stars
3. Paul Schwartz ProjectDark Of The Night
4. Cibo MattoMoonchild
5. Cibo MattoFlowers
6. Pizzicato FiveBaby Love Child
7. Pizzicato FiveTwiggy Twiggy (Twiggy vs. James Bond)
8. Anubian LightsWhat A Baghdad Had
9. Willie BoboFried Neckbones & Some Home Fries (Dan The Automator remix)
10. Oscar Brown, Jr.Brother Where Are You? (Matthew Herbert remix)
11. Naked Music NYCLive Today
12. Junior SeniorMove Your Feet
13. MC SolaarParadisiaque [French rap over a sample of Diana Ross' 'Love Hangover--fantastique!]
14. Articolo 31Come una Pietra Scalciata (Like a Rolling Stone)[this is a rap version of Like A Rolling Stone in Italian--GREAT STUFF!]
15. Ugly DucklingThe Drive-Thru (Meatshake)
16. MC Paul BarmanCock Mobster
17. EminemSteve Berman
18. Eminem--Stan
19. EminemHailies Song |
| Thanks J, | Jim Clark
Nov 11, 2003 2:25 PM | | Lesson learned the hard way on that 32 label jazz. Luckily that came from the Library and I only pulled that one due to the title. I've got a reasonably ambitious stack still to cull through and a couple that I bought *gasp*. I'm hopeful that somewhere along the line I'll stumble blindly into something at least half way decent. Maybe when I'm done I'll have enough toonz for a little jazz comp myself but I'm not going to bet the farm on it.
That Meatshake toon is making a noticeable run on the Electronica station of Music Choice. I've had it on while working the past few days and I've managed to catch it a few times. Pretty amusing little song, for a while at least.
Regards,
jc |
| STUFF | Jar
Nov 11, 2003 11:19 AM | | this goes back a little more than a week I think..
gave a spin to the Sloshmonster comp called SLOSHPIT. That one rawks. I frogot you put THE WHISPER by Queensryche on there, I recently put that on a draft version of one of my new comps, but then I decided to change it. The Queensryche really didn't fit the mood of my comp anyway. The Peach song that Tool does has got to be one of the coolest tunes I've ever heard. It's just so menacing.. Do you have that Peach album Slosh? I'm getting Deja Vu here, I know we've discussed this before... I should just break down and get it on half.com.
What else..
Tom Waits - Mule Variations - "Big In Japan" has been running through my brain as of late..
Flaming Lips - Clouds Taste Metallic
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Zuma
while working on comp stuff I listened to some my friend's Bob Dylan comp, as well as a Byrds comp.. who sent me that.. nobody? Stone? eek. and Mike's Rolling Stones comps too..
=jar.. driving the van the past week or so.. no cd player :(( |
| you lied | richmon
Nov 11, 2003 11:48 AM | | That's the Peach song I think you're referring to, good word choice, it is menacing when he howls 'YOU LIED!'. My favorite song on the 'Giving birth to a stone' album. |
| not so peachy here | Slosh
Nov 11, 2003 2:39 PM | | Deja vu all over again. Nah, don't have that one.
Don't have much time at the moment so quickly:
DCfC - <i>Transatlanticism</i> It's great but the songs kinda sneak up on you in subtle ways. If you're already a fan you'll be happy. If not, this won't make you one. BTW, the CD layer sounds very nearly as good as the SACD layer. Still glad I waited but not an obvious improvement, plus the hybrid disc was barely more than the CD version at only $15.
Blonde Redhead - <i>Melody Of Certain Damaged Lemons</i> Thanks for the rec Davey. It's everything you said it was :-)
The Shins - <i>Chutes Too Narrow</i>
Your Thrashmasters and Everything's Under Control comps - all top notch :-) |
| re: The hurtin Tuesday thread: | Booji Boy
Nov 11, 2003 12:18 PM | | What I can remember:
Bluetip, A Mighty Wind Soundtrack, Longitude, Bobby Womack, Turbonegro, TV on the Radio (this is fantastic, BTW), the Wrens, Brainiac, Beulah, the Shins, the Constantines, Michael Jackson, and the Books.
If I have time, I'll post more later. |
| I am gorging on a (yet another) new BMG membership... | jasn
Nov 11, 2003 1:33 PM | | so I'm all over the place. These are all new to my collection, with a final average price of $4.19 per CD:
<b>Son Volt</b>: Anodyne (remastered; finally I'm at the source)
<b>Built to Spill</b>: Ancient Melodies of the Future (improved vocals from Martsch, IMO)
<b>Sigur Ros</b>: () (Not quite Ágætis Byrjun)
<b>Richard Ashcroft</b>: Alone With Everybody (This isn't The Verve either)
<b>The Cure</b>: Boys Don't Cry (finally don't need to go to vinyl)
<b>U2</b>: Achtung Baby (Ignored by me when released. All my U2 is on vinyl and this is better than I expected)
<b>The Moody Blues</b>: A Question of Balance &
<b>The Moody Blues</b>: Every Good Boy Deserves Favor (I've stayed away from these for many, many years and these remasters are a good way to rediscover
<b>The Doobie Brothers</b>: Takin' it to the Streets (I still like B-E soul)
<b>Jackson Browne</b>: Saturate Before Using (This one made my SO happy)
<b>Traffic</b>: John Barleycorn Must Die (Never owned it. Guess how old I am?)
<b>Graham Parker</b>: Squeezing Out Sparks & Live Sparks (Hello again old, edgy friend...) & finally...
Steppenwolf: All Time Greatest Hits (remastered into a suprisingly cool set of hits. Plays loud really well) |
| Bought the Zep DVD set and Ken Burns Best Of Blues CD | YECH
Nov 11, 2003 4:09 PM | | I don't know why I bought the Zep.
Dinosaur rock bores me.I just wanted to watched that fella play theshit out of that Les Paul.
I have watched the first thee songs of disc two.
Picture quality is excellant.
Page can play.Yep.That's an understatement.
Did Plant invent the rock star posing????
My god some of it is so corny it makes me laugh.
I picked up the Burns CD for one reason.
They have one cut by Los Lobos,Voodoo Music,that isn't available anywhere else.And the other tunes are pretty good.
I'm headin down to lansing Saturday.
I will search for the new Peter Green DVD.
YECH |
| Lotsa Brotz | DMK
Nov 11, 2003 4:41 PM | | Peter Brotzmann's Die Like A Dog quartet tonight (his Live At Nefertiti on the drive home from work) along with some John Zorn film music, Grand Funk Railroad's "Live Album", some blues by the Smokin' Joe Kubek Band and as many discs from the Faust 5 CD box set as I can squeeze in. |
| been listening to LOW L IFE | Jar
Nov 12, 2003 6:57 AM | | Peter Brotzmann and Bill Laswell.. some pretty cool stuff..
that reminds me, I think I'll get out the Last Exit cd I have and give it a spin too.
I saw Peter Brotzmann play once.. I don't think I've ever seen anyone blow harder on a horn. Damn. Didn't he give himself a stroke or something by playing too hard?
-jar |
| been listening to LOW L IFE | DMK
Nov 12, 2003 5:54 PM | | Yep, Low Life is indeed a fun listen. No, Brotz didn't give himself a stroke but you're close - he popped a blood vessel in his forehead and squirted blood on half the front row! And I think Sonny Sharrock (since you mentioned Last Exit) died of a stroke - not sure. Speaking of Sharrock, you might enjoy his "Ask The Ages" CD with Pharoah Sanders (reverting closer to his Coltrane days). The opening track is as powerful as later period Trane - even has Elvin on drums!
Brotzmann does blow his horn hard and heavy! To hear him live is both exhilarating and terrifying :) |
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