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Protest-records.com
by P.G. Moreno 24 Mar '03

24 Mar '03

WWW.PROTEST-RECORDS.COM (as curated by Thurston Moore and Chris Habib) exists for musicians, poets and artists to express LOVE + LIBERTY in the face of greed, sexism, racism, hate-crime and war FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT All songs on this site are free to share, not to sell Available now as of 3-24-03: 001. Steven Taylor ³Go Down, Congress² 002. Anne Waldman ³Rogue State² 003. Stephan Smith ³Business² 004. Cat Power ³Rockets² soon come: tracks by Eugene Chadbourne, The Fugs, Christian Marclay, the evens (ian mackaye and amy farina), Kali Fasteau a.o. www.protest-records.com Don¹t forget the dash (-) in protest-records or you¹ll be directed to a different site. contact: info(a)protest-records.com Please forward

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mark dresser/ellery eskelin fans
by brian sullivan 24 Mar '03

24 Mar '03

does anybody have gerry hemingway johnnys corner song or peace beyond conflict with burton greene? thanks, brian. _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail

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UK rock/avant music shops
by Perfect Sound Forever 24 Mar '03

24 Mar '03

Hi all, Does anyone know any CD/record stores in England that stock rock/pop releases in close proximity to free jazz, modern classical releases? I know that here in New York, there's Kim's and Other Music that does this and I'm sure that there are plenty of places in UK that do the same. Tower Records will have both these kinds of releases for instance but they'll be on different floors of the store, as if to keep the music and customers for each very separate. Thanks in advance, Jason Gross -- Perfect Sound Forever online music magazine with warped perspectives perfect-sound(a)furious.com http://www.perfectsoundforever.com

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Re: Bhob Rainey
by Vincent Kargatis 24 Mar '03

24 Mar '03

> Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2003 21:16:23 -0500 > From: Zach Steiner <zsteiner(a)butler.edu> > > "After a controversial 1998 solo concert in Washington D. C. attracted a > considerable amount of attention to Rainey's music." (from the AMG). Does > any one know what was so controversial about? Was it just the music or were > there other circumstances that made it controversial? Thanks. The other responses were basically correct. Since I organized the concert, I can fill in a few details. It was a double bill - Baltimore's Music in the Key of Zero trio (John Berndt et al) and Bhob solo. I organized the concert over the phone - it was the easiest venue arrangement I ever did, maybe 5 minutes total conversation - the owner seemed completely acquiescent and had no constraints - I did describe the music as "avant-garde free-improvised music" to her, fwiw. Anyway, the trio played, then Bhob started. But evidently a couple of the regulars or maybe the staff (the owner was never there that night) disliked the music to the extent they called the owner. She called back, and the phone was held up so she could hear Bhob's microtonal playing, which she was aghast at (. She had me come to the phone, said it sounded like a 4 year-old practicing, and demanded that the concert be stopped. After arguing fruitlessly, I went up to Bhob, whispered to him we were being kicked out, and then told the audience, "I'm sorry, but the owner hates the music tonight, and is kicking us out.". Later she calls back and bitches that I had "no right" to tell the people that! ha. Anyway, the concert continued outside in a nearby park as previously described. The incident sparked a little write-up in the Washington City Paper, and 3 subsequent weeks of letter-writing, one from the irate owner and two from audience members (ragging on her and the staff). It did qualify as 'infamous', all told. :) I didn't know it was referenced in AMG - kinda odd. But it did make the internet music-discussion rounds at the time. I thought I posted a description to rmb, but can't find it in google. Either I misremember, or those particular archives weren't recovered by them. -- Vincent Kargatis np: Steve Lacy & Roswell Rudd - "Brilliant Corners" (School Days)

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science friction + more
by jason tors 24 Mar '03

24 Mar '03

drove down to catch the last two sets of timberne's science friction. It was worth every mile / gallon of gas and the flat tire I got. Science friction is tim berne, craig taborn, marc ducret, and tom rainey. Together they create one sound. when the heads are done, music starts to stretch out, marc and craig blend together, tom is a pulsating telepath and tim blows a shimmer of sound over the top that comes as close as my ears have heard to a complete visual music. I have been listening to science friction since it came out a year ago, and the depth that is that record is just the beginning. For all of those in italy and spain, dont miss this group. It is very composed in sections and open and freewheeling in others. Tim breaks down the band into ones and twos quite a bit, to a great effect. The new material is branded to this group, an extention of the first set of tunes. The highlight for me was a version of manatee woman, left the audience just as surprised as the band. Walked in the protest earlier that day, jumped into the stream along side ben perowsky, jennifer charles, oren blowdow, curtis fowlkes, and roy nathansen [I believe] all playing instruments, one of the swells of great sound and vibes in the long procession of people headed downtown. We all chanted and sang and claped and made noises, a moment in the sun along side madison sq park & in front of the flatiron, curtis and roy started playing When The Saints Come Marching In, sung by all, banging on anything, the politics dropped away for me and it was just about being surrounded by people. I have pictures, will post if there is interest. jt __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! http://platinum.yahoo.com

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Re: Wadada Leo Smith/Spring Heel Jack
by Kurt Gottschalk 24 Mar '03

24 Mar '03

>Can anyone shed any light on whether WLS is playing solo or with the larger >SHJ conglomerate? Actually, as a WLS neophyte, can anyone give me a little >background on him anyway? i certainly have no inside info, but it'd be reasonable to expect that smith will be playing with shj, given each of their recent proclivities. smith came out of the aacm, and some of his music shows that chicago warm improv feel. he's a great trumpet player who has demonstrated a devotion to miles, in experimentation and more directly on his 'yo miles' double disc with henry kaiser. tzadik has been great about recording him with jazz groups and his compositional work. a personal fave, tho, is on ecm, a solo recital called 'kulture jazz.' his most recent record, luminous axis (tzadik), delves into working with electronics, including a beautiful duo with ikue mori. smith and mori are playing at tonic in nyc on april 4. my review of luminous axis is here, if you want to read more: <http://www.squidsear.com/cgi-bin/news/newsView.cgi?newsID=47> kg _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus

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Wadada Leo Smith/Spring Heel Jack
by alastair＠pretentious.co.uk 24 Mar '03

24 Mar '03

Just been informed of the following concert: LONDON CONWAY HALL Saturday 29 March: Wadada Leo Smith + Mark Sanders, John Edwards, Evan Parker, J. Spaceman & Spring Heel Jack. 8pm. £10/£5. Can anyone shed any light on whether WLS is playing solo or with the larger SHJ conglomerate? Actually, as a WLS neophyte, can anyone give me a little background on him anyway? thanks Alastair -- Personalised email by http://another.com

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Zorn related CD's for sale
by Dave Lechtenberg 22 Mar '03

22 Mar '03

Hi, I have some Tzadik, Knitting Factory and Zorn related CDs for sale. I thought I'd offer them here first before going to ebay. Please email me if you're interested. Prices do not include shipping. See below for details. Tzadik: Steve Beresford - Cue Sheets $7 Eyvind Kang - 7 NADEs $7 Guy Klucevsek - Stolen Memories $7 Knitting Factory: No Safety - Spill $6 (with Zeena Parkins, Chris Cochrane, Ann Rupel, Tim Spelios and Doug Seidel) Kazutoki Umezu - First Deserter $7 (with Marc Ribot, Wayne Horvitz, Tom Cora and Sam Bennett in a Naked City like vibe.) Various - Time Out New York Knitting Factory Sampler $3 (with Arto Lindsay, Braxton, Third Person/Tom Cora, Hooker / Renaldo / Parkins, Thomas Chapin, Mark Dresser, X-Legged Sally and more) Amy Denio - Birthing Chair Blues $6 Misc: Billy Tipton Memorial Saxophone Quartet - Box $5 (with Amy Denio) Various - A Confederacy of Dances Vol. 1 $7 (The highlight probably being Zorn's Sebastopol - a quite listenable game piece from 1984. Other artists include Bill Frisell, Christian Marclay, Zeena Parkins, Billy Bang, Guy Klucevsek, Shelley Hirsch/Jim Staley 4tet, Jeanne Lee & Wadada Leo Smith and more.) Boredoms - Soul Discharge $5 (Also includes early Boredoms stuff from 1982-1987. Note that this Shimmy Disc issue is mastered with only 2 CD tracks where track 1 is Soul Discharge and track 2 is Early Boredoms. An annoying feature but good music...) Napalm Death - From Enslavement To Obliteration $3 (Note that the CD is pretty scruffed up but plays fine for me. I got this second hand. I keep much better care of my CDs..) U.S. Shipping Rates: $2.00 first class shipping for 1 CD. $1.00 for each additional CD. Please inquire about shipping rates to other locations. Payment: Credit card and electronic payments accepted through PayPal. PayPal is preffered but money orders and cashier's checks also accepted. These CD's are from my personal collection. I'm just trying to clear my shelves a bit. If you'd like to check my history as a seller, please check my feedback on ebay: http://cgi2.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback&userid=hoosfoos My ebay user id is hoosfoos. Thanks, Dave

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Nefertiti
by Chris Selvig 22 Mar '03

22 Mar '03

If anyone out there knows where a procrastinator might get his hands on a copy of Revenant's CD reissue of Cecil Taylor's "Nefertiti, the Beautiful One Has Come," please email me off-list. Chris Selvig np: Beasts of Bourbon "Axeman's Jazz" nr: Alasdair Gray "Lanark"

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Re. Bhob Rainey
by Dan Given 21 Mar '03

21 Mar '03

> "After a controversial 1998 solo concert in Washington D. C. attracted a > considerable amount of attention to Rainey's music." (from the AMG). Does > any one know what was so controversial about? Was it just the music or were > there other circumstances that made it controversial? Thanks. > Zach I seem to remember reading (somewhere, maybe rec.music.bluenote before its death) about this. There was something about Rainey being booked into a restaurant-type venue, and the owner decided after he started playing that he hated it and kicked him out. Rainey and the people who were there to hear him left, and went to a nearby park and...can't remember for sure, but I there was something about illegal gathering, or noise, or something like that. It wasn't a Guns and Roses type riot when Rainey showed up late, if that's what you were hoping for! Dan

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