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Re: Yes New York - Takashi Miike' Happiness of the Katakuris
by ericksna＠umich.edu 04 Jul '03

04 Jul '03

The other day I was flipping through a copy of Rolling Stone at the barber and read through a review of the Yes New York album. Surprisingly enough, and this is criminal, they never even mentioned the existence of the No New York album, or any historical background whatsoever. I am also wondering if anyone has any comment on Miike's latest film, 'the happiness of the katakuris.' I remember there being a short burst of commentary on Odoshon, or Audition some time back, and was hoping someone caught this latest one. nathan n.p. Pere Ubu - The art of walking n.r. Half a life - V.S. Naipul

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New compilation with Slusser etc
by Arthur Gadney 04 Jul '03

04 Jul '03

Just recieved info about a new benifit CD for the Afghan womens group RAWA. They are, of course, very well worth supporting and the CD actually also looks pretty cool: Blevin Blechtum, Charming Hostess, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Miya Masaoka, David Slusser and many many others: Check it out: http://www.museumfire.com/azadi.htm If anybody has actually heard it, I'd be very curious for a review of some sorts. For more info on RAWA and the sad state of Afghanistan (suprise surprise, the war didn't help...), go here: http://www.rawa.org/ _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail

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Wife-friendly Zorn
by Craig Lieske 03 Jul '03

03 Jul '03

My wife states that the only non-friendly Zorn stuff has Yamatsuka Eye and Shelley Hirsch on it.... it's her opinion here, guys.... CL In the CD Player: Mark Eitzel-Songs For Courage And Confidence "More, More , More" _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus

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paging mr smith, mr steve smith... sorry zlisters
by jason tors 03 Jul '03

03 Jul '03

please shoot me an email thanks jason __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com

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Electric Masada tomorrow night
by Paul Michael Sager 03 Jul '03

03 Jul '03

Looking forward to seeing Electric Masada for the first time tomorrow night at Tonic. I notice that the line-up (John Zorn (alto sax), Marc Ribot (guitar), Cyro Baptista (percussion), Kenny Wollesen (drums), Jamie Saft (keyboard / synthesizer / lap-steel guitar) & Trevor Dunn (bass)) is almost the same as "The Gift" except for Wollenson instead of Baron. Is this the normal line-up for Electric Masada? Does "The Gift" sound anything like Electric Masada? I haven't yet heard either. I read a review of "The Gift" somewhere that said it was sweet, beautiful easy-on-the-ears music, like a "gift" to listeners for listening to his more difficult music. Any truth in that? I need to get some Zorn that my wife will be willing to listen to... besides Masada. I can only play Naked City's "nice" songs when she's around...... Paul

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Re: Electric Masada tomorrow night
by Paul Michael Sager 03 Jul '03

03 Jul '03

Trevor Dunn's website lists the following shows: Electric Masada/Summer European Tour: July 12 Vienne, France - festival July 13 The Hague, Netherlands - North Sea Festival July 15 Molde, Norway - festival July 16 Florence, Italy July 17 Rome, Italy - La Palma, open air July 18 Rome, Italy - La Palma, open air July 19 Gent, Belgium - festival July 20 London, England - Barbican and Sept 25-27 Tonic Electric Masada October 17 Electric Masada Istanbul October 19 Electric Masada Milano, Italy Also, tonicnyc.com lists all the zorn shows throughout september ----- Original Message ----- From: Christian Cagnol <ccagnol(a)club-internet.fr> Date: Thursday, July 3, 2003 11:07 am Subject: Re: Electric Masada tomorrow night > Does anyone know where to find the details of the coming Electric > Masadaconcerts ? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Paul Michael Sager" <pms262(a)nyu.edu> > To: <zorn-list(a)lists.xmission.com> > Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2003 4:27 PM > Subject: Electric Masada tomorrow night > > > > Looking forward to seeing Electric Masada for the first time > tomorrownight at Tonic. > > > > I notice that the line-up (John Zorn (alto sax), Marc Ribot > (guitar), Cyro > Baptista (percussion), Kenny Wollesen (drums), Jamie Saft > (keyboard / > synthesizer / lap-steel guitar) & Trevor Dunn (bass)) is almost > the same as > "The Gift" except for Wollenson instead of Baron. Is this the normal > line-up for Electric Masada? Does "The Gift" sound anything like > ElectricMasada? I haven't yet heard either. > > > > I read a review of "The Gift" somewhere that said it was sweet, > beautifuleasy-on-the-ears music, like a "gift" to listeners for > listening to his more > difficult music. Any truth in that? I need to get some Zorn that > my wife > will be willing to listen to... besides Masada. I can only play Naked > City's "nice" songs when she's around...... > > > > Paul > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > zorn-list mailing list > > zorn-list(a)mailman.xmission.com > > To UNSUBSCRIBE or Change Your Subscription Options, go to the > webpagebelow > > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/zorn-list > > > > > _______________________________________________ > zorn-list mailing list > zorn-list(a)mailman.xmission.com > To UNSUBSCRIBE or Change Your Subscription Options, go to the > webpage below > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/zorn-list >

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Keep The Dog
by Andreas Dietz 03 Jul '03

03 Jul '03

Mr. Frith has issued the long awaited Keep The Dog double CD. Has anyone heard it and can give a review? Fred Records ReR/FRA 03 Keep the dog Fred Frith Jean Derome, alto and baritone saxophones, flute, guimbarde, voice; Claudia Engelhert, live sound mix, DAT recordings; Fred Frith, guitar, violin, bass, voice; Charles Hayward, drums, found objects, melodica, voice; RenÃ© Lussier, guitar, bass; Bob Ostertag, sampler; Zeena Parkins, accordion, electric harp, piano, synthesizer, voice. CD 1 1. Revelation/Bones (04.59) 2. Rock and a hard place (05.45) 3. Hola, on danse! (02.20) 4. Foot in hole (07.38) 5. Fanfare/Lizard's tail (04.31) 6. Suspended (02.02) 7. Quick sign (05.16) 8. Propaganda suite (08.37) 9. Walking song (05.32) 10. Some clouds do (02.57) CD 2 1. The same eye/Fives (05.37) 2. Votegs/Slow bones (07.13) 3. That home we live in (Keep the dog)/Lovely machine (03.24) 4. The trace (05.18) 5. True love (04.01) 6. Instant party (03.07) 7. Small mercy II (03.34) 8. NorrgÃ¤rden Nyvla (03.13) 9. Year of the monkey/Dark as a match (06.21) 10. Demaine de Langardreer (04.52) Recorded in 1991 at venues in Austria, Germany and Italy. Andreas np: Guy - Gustafsson - Strid / You Forget To Answer _________________________________________________________________ Mit dem MSN Messenger eine Reise fÃ¼r 4 Personen nach Barcelona gewinnen Â jetzt mitmachen! http://www.sweepstakes2003.com/entry.aspx?locationid=15

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Re: Electric Masada tomorrow night
by zsteiner＠butler.edu 03 Jul '03

03 Jul '03

EM has a more electric Miles feel than the Gift. It sounds more improvised and stretched out as skip said. It may even, dare I say, have a more jam band feel at times, though with a Masada (Zorn) feel and considerably better musicianship all around. I enjoyed even the poor quality live recording I heard; making me really want to hear an album. I can't decide if I would rather have the polished sound of a studio album or the energy from a live recording from this band. The Gift is definitely Zorn that you can take home to mom (though my mom now plays Masada, quartet and chamber, at dinner parties). The Gift is very relaxed and has some very tasty playing by Ribot in particular. Very Martin Denney sounding, though with a darker Zorn vibe. I love exotica, but if you don't then you may not like this album. I play it for chill music or something to work with. It is suffciently relaxing, but I can tune it out need be. I can't say that about many Zorn albums, except for Redbird (which I enjoy). Zach ----- Original Message ----- From: skip Heller <velaires(a)earthlink.net> Date: Thursday, July 3, 2003 10:51 am Subject: Re: Electric Masada tomorrow night > on 7/3/03 7:27 AM, Paul Michael Sager at pms262(a)nyu.edu wrote: > > > I notice that the line-up (John Zorn (alto sax), Marc Ribot > (guitar), Cyro > > Baptista (percussion), Kenny Wollesen (drums), Jamie Saft > (keyboard / > > synthesizer / lap-steel guitar) & Trevor Dunn (bass)) is almost > the same as > > "The Gift" except for Wollenson instead of Baron. Is this the > normal line-up > > for Electric Masada? Does "The Gift" sound anything like > Electric Masada? I > > haven't yet heard either.

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re: electric masada
by NORS5379 03 Jul '03

03 Jul '03

skip is correct, give or take medeski that is the common line-up for electric masada. except when i caught them on new years dave douglas was featured on trumpet and ben perowsky filled in for kenny wolleson who opted instead to lead his own gig at either joes pub or the 55 bar, my mind is failing me as to which one. also they did perform a piece from the gift on new years which was the highlight of the first set, because of ribot's roaring solo. if my memory serves me correct it is either track 2 or 3 on the gift, which ever one has a consistent amount of 'piercing' ambient noise from jamie saft throughout the track. also there were rumors going around last year this time that the group was to record in the winter. any truth as to if this ever happened? darryl

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"frozen information"
by Craig Lieske 03 Jul '03

03 Jul '03

When Wadada is referring to "frozen information", is he referring to throwing rote licks and falling back on old forms during improvisation, or is there more to it? I am not familiar with the quote and the short quote itself got me thinking about a few things and I want to make sure I understand the reference in full...If it's something you can get to on the net, a link to the quote in question would suffice. CL _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus

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