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Re: tropical truth
by Herb Levy 07 Jan '03

07 Jan '03

skip Heller <velaires(a)earthlink.net> wrote: >I just got done reading this, Caetano Veloso's autobio/history of >troplicalia/overview of Brazillian culture and politics, and was wondering >if anyone else has read it. > >Personally, I love his records dearly, but the book doesn't make me much >like him personally. He comes off as something of a coffeehouse >intellectual chowderhead in spots, a dilletante in others, and -- at his >best -- somebody who really loves the music of his country. Hey Skip, I haven't gotten round to reading the book yet, & probably won't for at least another week or two, but from what I've seen in interviews, etc, it's hard for me not to expect that Veloso isn't coming from a fairly "intellectual" position. But that may be less of a negative option for me than for you. &, since you & Jon Mooneyham, seem to be familiar with the live DVDs, do you all (or any one else) know what the source for the footage they used a couple of weeks ago for a story on the JimLehrer News Hour on PBS? Bests, Herb -- Herb Levy P O Box 9369 Fort Worth, TX 76147 herb(a)eskimo.com

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Lemon Juice/Masada compilation
by Mikail Faunus 07 Jan '03

07 Jan '03

I caught a Lemon Juice show last year at Tonic. Such a sensitive bunch, like they're talking with one voice and it all sounds good. Do you know anything else about the album? Who else did arrangements? When is it coming out? Cheers, Mikail From: "Soo Jung" <soo547(a)hotmail.com> To: zorn-list(a)mailman.xmission.com Date: Sun, 05 Jan 2003 22:16:08 +0000 Subject: (no subject) Hi everyone, I just heard about this band, Lemon Juice Quartet, that was commissioned by Zorn 2 month ago to arrange and record one of his Masada tunes for a Tzadik compilation album. It sounded really good. Crazy stuff. They did Peliyot, if anybody knows it...cool tune. They are playing at Tonic (NYC) at Jan 28, 10PM. I will try to check it out. Soo __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com

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black keys
by Mikail Faunus 07 Jan '03

07 Jan '03

Happy New Year everyone! I'm on the hunt for info on the Black Keys (ragin' rock/blues duo from Akron). Anyone know if they have a website or where I can get tour info? You simply must check them out if you haven't heard them yet. "Big Come Up" is the album...I swear it hasn't left my changer in two months. Cheers, Mikail __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com

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Re:synthesizer pedantry, ipecac
by jkudler＠wesleyan.edu 07 Jan '03

07 Jan '03

graham connah said: > nice tsunami of loud abstraction. merzbow with two laptops and patton > with a > variety of mics going in and out of various devices, notably one of > those > mdular synths with the little pegboard matrix (someone help me here with > the > brandname.....same kind thomas lehn uses in konkpack, i think). ems synthi? -j.

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RE: My $.02 O)+>
by Kurt Gottschalk 07 Jan '03

07 Jan '03

i could be wrong, but i'm pretty sure the vault was released with prince's consent. in fact, i'm fairly certain he compiled it (and again, it'd be hard for anyone else to do it since he records at home and owns his masters, and only delivered finished projects to wb). it was the last of his contract-breakers with wb (which also included the greatest hits/b-sides collection, an official release of the black album, and a 15-minute medley of hits ("purple party mix") that warners agreed to let be consider one of the albums he owed them. the vault is also a pretty good record, much better than the previous collection of studio leftovers (crystal ball) that he foisted on fans, 3 discs of blither followed by a fourth of new material that was one of his best records of the '90s. (of course, if you're in his fan club, you had to wait for months to get the fourth disc, even tho it was already in stores, but that's another story). _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail

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Re: My $.02 O)+>
by Kurt Gottschalk 07 Jan '03

07 Jan '03

>Do I understand correctly that the Prince albums (as opposed to the O)+> >albums) during much of that period were pretty much studio scraps put >out without much of his involvement? i've never heard any suggestion of this, with the exception of 'chaos and disorder,' which he describes as not ready and forced into release by warner bros. while i suppose that's somewhat true, i doubt anyone *could* put out something without his consent. i don't think anyone would have access to the tapes. he's done pretty well at keeping control over what is released, even when the wb battles were at their ugliest (on both sides). _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail

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Frisell/ Roberts/ Kang/ Scheinman
by Fastian＠aol.com 07 Jan '03

07 Jan '03

I thought I'd put in a head's up for this Saturday's show at SFMOMA for people in the Bay Area. Its not every day you see Frisell play w/ Hank Roberts, Eyvind Kang, and Jenny Scheinman. Its been way too long since he played w/ Hank Roberts. This is taken off SFMOMA's website. Cheers, John Threadgould Poets in Performance Bill Frisell and RICHTER 858 Guitarist Bill Frisell and his Quartet Poets Robert Hass, Dean Young, Brenda Hillman, W.S. Di Piero, Paul Hoover, and David Breskin 6:30 p.m. 9:00 p.m. Phyllis Wattis Theater The 858 String Quartet — Bill Frisell, Hank Roberts, Jenny Scheinman, and Eyvind Kang — play a suite composed by Frisell in response to Gerhard Richter’s 858 painting series for the book RICHTER 858. Poets Robert Hass, Dean Young, Brenda Hillman, W. S. Di Piero, Paul Hoover, and David Breskin also read their works from the book. In addition, a book signing with the artists will be held at 8 p.m. in the MuseumStore $30 general; $25 SFMOMA members, students with ID, and seniors. Tickets go on sale beginning November 10. Tickets are available at the Museum with no surcharge or at Ticketweb.com (866.468.3399) or Tickets.com. In conjunction with RICHTER 858 ........... Saturday, January 11, 2003 Book Signing RICHTER 858 Book Signing Guitarist Bill Frisell and his Quartet Poets Robert Hass, Dean Young, Brenda Hillman, W.S. Di Piero, Paul Hoover, and David Breskin 8:00 p.m. SFMOMA MuseumStore, 151 Third Street Musician Bill Frisell and poets Robert Hass, Dean Young, Brenda Hillman, W. S. Di Piero, Paul Hoover, and David Breskin will be on hand to sign copies of RICHTER 858 between their premiere performances of work from the book. Book signing is free for performance ticket holders. In conjunction with RICHTER 858

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List archive available
by Gregoire Hamon 06 Jan '03

06 Jan '03

Hello to all, the past archives of the list are now browsable here: http://zorn.brain-box.net/ mbox and html files are available at the same address. Thank you to all who replied, and lots of thanks to Jon, who is providing the web space and helped a lot in getting the page up. Greg.

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My $.02 O)+>
by TagYrIt＠aol.com 06 Jan '03

06 Jan '03

This has been a really interesting discussion in that, ever since, say the mid-'80's, I don't think that anyone would disagree that Prince has been erratic. Yet in retrospect, there's great material from pretty much all his releases. And I don't think anyone has mentioned Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic yet - a really decent album including a stunning song called Wherever U Go, Whatever U Do, with Prince in full Al Green mode, and just aching to be covered by somebody - Justin Guarini....you can still salvage a career if you'd apply yourself! Dale.

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Re: experimental late fahey: Womblife
by William Crump 06 Jan '03

06 Jan '03

I've been waiting for someone to mention Womblife (Table of the Elements, 1997), my favorite late-period Fahey. It's beautiful, it's scary, it's cathartic, and ultimately it's hopeful. Strong musical statements (seemingly) falter and drown under waves of Jim O'Rourke squee, re-emerging over and over again, including Fahey's beloved gamelan music on "Planaria." I say seemingly because it's easy for me to visualize this as a description of what life must have been like for several late-80s years when alcohol and Epstein-Barr were running the show. (My wife and I once stayed at a B&B owned by a woman with Epstein-Barr... she had an assistant who did all the physical stuff, but in the meantime her office consisted of a pallet in her living room, with her phone and laptop nearby. She couldn't raise her head. She managed to raise her arm to shake hands with us, and that was that day's physical success story.) If things were ever this bad for Fahey, then there were days when this guy, who'd made his living all his adult life by playing the guitar, couldn't make a fist. Listening to any Fahey from the 1990s to his death involves (it seems to me) his answer to the question, "Now that I've been dragged through broken glass for several years and come out on the other side alive, what shall I play?" What I like about Womblife is that after the horror and misery of the first four tracks, the closing statement is a fairly cheerful song, "Juana" -- definitely Fahey, but much slower and feeling his way through it, like he was relearning to play the guitar. Did Fahey say much about this album? Was the final product more his conception, or O'Rourke's? It's a great, great record, either way. William Crump

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