July 2003 - zorn-list - mailman.xmission.com

vampires at the monster ball (basichip.com)
by tune dukez 18 Jul '03

18 Jul '03

There is this very obscure LP from 1964 by 'the Vampires' called 'At the monster ball'. It's kind of r 'n b/surfinstro with samples of a horror movie. It's one of my favorite records and it's very hilarious. Joe Meek Tornados/Moontrekkers/BlueMen fans will dig it. Alas, I can't find much on the internet except some mentions of it. I downloaded the record of basichip.com a couple of months ago. Does anybody know something about this record? Who played on it, did they form other bands, is there more by them? That kind of questions. Hey Ford of basichip.com, where did you get it? Remember sleeve notes? Tune --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month!

1 0

zorn month
by Matt Laferty 18 Jul '03

18 Jul '03

This is the complete list from DMG, fyi. I am excited...too many choices...plus the Stooges at Jones Beach...whew! Everybody knows this already, but it's still impressive to gaze upon. THE MONTH OF ZORN AT TONIC! Our favorite saxist/composer/label head/visionary celebrates his 50th birthday with a month-long celebration and career retrospective - 30 fucking nights of John Zorn's amazing music, bands, friends and projects - make those vacation plans now!! Here's the schedule: Mon, Sep 01 - 8pm & 10pm John Zorn, Mike Patton & Ikue Mori Tue, Sep 02 - 8pm & 10pm Duras/Duchamp Wed, Sep 03 - 8pm & 10pm John Zorn's Cobra Thu, Sep 04 - 8pm & 10pm John Zorn's Masada String Trio Fri, Sep 05 - 8pm & 10pm Painkiller: John Zorn, Bill Laswell & Hamid Drake!!! Sat, Sep 06 - 8pm & 10pm Painkiller: John Zorn, Bill Laswell & Hamid Drake!!! Sun, Sep 07 - 8pm The Complete String Quartets Mon, Sep 08 - 8pm Milford Graves & John Zorn & 10pm John Zorn Solo Tue, Sep 09 - 8pm/10pm Music to Films by Kenneth Anger, Harry Smith & Maya Deren by Zorn Wed, Sep 10 - 8pm - New Traditions in East Asian Bar Bands & 10pm Locus Solus Thu, Sep 11 - 8pm & 10pm - John Zorn's The Gift Fri, Sep 12 - 8pm & 10pm - John Zorn's Bar Kokhba Sat, Sep 13 - 8pm & 10pm - John Zorn's Bar Kokhba Sun, Sep 14 - 8pm Le Momo / Untitled / Amour Fou Mon, Sep 15 - 8pm Fred Frith & John Zorn & 10pm Yamatsuka Eye & John Zorn Tue, Sep 16 - 8pm & 10pm The Book of Heads / Masada Guitars Wed, Sep 17 8pm & 10pm John Zorn's Xu Feng Thu, Sep 18 - 8pm & 10pm John Zorn's Masada Fri, Sep 19 - 8pm & 10pm John Zorn's Masada Sat, Sep 20 8pm & 10pm John Zorn's Masada Sun, Sep 21 8pm Chimeras / Sortilege (world premiere) Mon, Sep 22 8pm Susie Ibarra & John Zorn & 10pm Wadada Leo Smith & John Zorn Tue, Sep 23 8pm & 10pm John Zorn's Kristallnacht Wed, Sep 24 8pm Lacrosse / Hockey / Rugby & 10pm - Bezique Thu, Sep 25 8pm John Zorn's Electric Masada Fri, Sep 26 8pm & 10pm John Zorn's Electric Masada Sat, Sep 27 8pm & 10pm John Zorn's Electric Masada Sun, Sep 28 8pm Goetia / Necronomicon (world premiere) Mon, Sep 29 8pm Derek Bailey & John Zorn 10pm Derek Bailey, Ikue Mori & John Zorn Tue, Sep 30 8pm & 10pm Film Works

1 0

electric masada
by manolis 18 Jul '03

18 Jul '03

I saw Electric Masada last Sunday in Hague at the north sea jazz festival. The drummer was Perowski and not Wollesen; The rest were indeed Dunn, Saft, Ribot, Baptista, Zorn. The show was very good; I didnt know what to expect really, maybe a mix of The Gift with an electrified chamber Masada. But to my ears it was not so much like that. It sounded more like a 70's Miles jamming band minus most of the funk, plus the Ribot sound, plus some (not much) klezmer melodies. Really grooving long jams in some of the pieces. I cannot recollect any piece titles, but some of them were quite unrecognizable in their electric reincarnation. The only played for ~70 minutes, including the encore. Zorn seemed to be in a good mood throughout, despite the apparent sound problems. The reaction of the public was quite positive too. As for his mobile phone, he was busy with it also during the Holland festival. He pulled it out during the interview and messed with it even during the NC gig. I think it is likely that he just acquired it and he is playing with it like a kid. I wonder how did he use it during the EM concert? manolis

1 0

electric masada
by giuliana ferraris 17 Jul '03

17 Jul '03

I'm going to see Electric Masada in London next week. In the meantime, has anyone seen them around Europe? I'd love to read a review of one of their gigs! _________________________________________________________________ Use MSN Messenger to send music and pics to your friends http://www.msn.co.uk/messenger

3 2

Re: Unknown Masada (Arthur Gadney)
by Arthur Gadney 17 Jul '03

17 Jul '03

Hi. >Sad to say this but the Fantomas track sounds just >like the "usual Patton cliches". What about the Ruins track?? I think their piece was the highlight of the Dave Brubeck tribute. _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus

1 0

Re: Unknown Masada (Arthur Gadney)
by William York 17 Jul '03

17 Jul '03

>In the musician list it has "Trevor Dunn with Fantomas" listed. Why this billing? Is Dunn no longer playing with Fantomas, but returned for >this session? Who would his replacement be? >>I guess it's just Fantomas playing a tune arranged by Dunn, instead of by Patton as usual.>> That sounds like a good idea! It will be nice to hear something from them without the usual PAtton cliches getting in the way for once ...

2 1

Metallica Sues Band Over Usage of E,F Chords
by Herb Levy 17 Jul '03

17 Jul '03

Here's a cute Metallica-related hoax that some of y'all may find amusing: http://www.411mania.com/music/news/article.php?news_id=3586 Check the links which look very good, until you notice the URLs. 411mania is ostensibly a straight news source, so I assume they'll pull this eventually. -- Herb Levy P O Box 9369 Fort Worth, TX 76147 herb(a)eskimo.com

1 0

Re: Buddy Emmons
by William York 16 Jul '03

16 Jul '03

I really like a song of his called "Gravy Waltz." Re: Speedy West and Jimmy Bryant ... This may be blasphemy to some, but they are a little bit too much chops, too flashy for me. Which is a weird criticism from someone who enjoys Eddie Van Halen's playing on the early VH albums (and only the early ones). I love the guitar players in Bob Wills' bands as heard on the Tiffany Transcriptions stuff. Precursors to Speedy and Jimmy I guess but a lot more "soulful" to my ears. PS I agree that 'Please Advise' by Berne/Paraphrase is great. Like it better than 'Visitation Rites', for sure. WY

3 2

Carla Bley
by Samerivertwice＠aol.com 16 Jul '03

16 Jul '03

thanks to everyone who recommended Carla Bley titles for me a few weeks back. I'm listening to Looking for America now, and it's fabulous. Tom ______________________________________________________ Discs I'm listening to at work: The Carla Bley Big Band -- Looking for America Chuck Prophet -- The Hurting Business Chuck Prophet -- No Other Love The New Pornographers -- Electric Version Fountains of Wayne -- Utopia Pkwy.

1 0

Futurism & Dada reviewed
by aaron chua 16 Jul '03

16 Jul '03

To whoever was looking fr this (Efren?), i've been told that LTM have put this out since the Subrosa version has gone out of print. see: http://home.planet.nl/~frankbri/contact.html rgrds aaron __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com

1 0