The recent James Chance box called "Irresistible Impulse" is a lot of fun. The music is great and sounds very good, even the live tracks aren't too bad sounding. The essays in the liner notes are helpful, but I surmise not adequate for anyone who already knows a bit about Chance (which was not me when I purchased it). It was my first exposure to Chance; it is a lot of music to digest, but it pays off after taking it in small chunks over time. Zach -----Original Message----- From: zorn-list-bounces+zsteiner=butler.edu@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:zorn-list-bounces+zsteiner=butler.edu@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of ahorton Sent: Monday, March 15, 2004 1:00 PM To: zorn-list Subject: no wave .02 The thing that makes No Wave so titillating is the lack of real recordings. There seem to be abundant recordings by people that influenced and participated in no wave (rhys chatham, glenn branca), and those that were directly influenced by it (sonic youth, bush tetras, etc.), but so few actual no wave recordings. The basic no wave primer - "No New York" (out of print/a billion dollars on CD) the Mars and teenage jesus and the jerks retrospectives on Atavistic also, the Theoretical Girls/The Static split retrospective on Atavistic Theorectical Girls- "Theoretical Album" re-released earlier this past year and distributed through Carpark DNA last live at CBGB's, released by Avant "No New York" and "Mutant Disco" out on Soul Jazz give you a good feeling for the post-no wave stuff that retained much of no wave's sound. andrew _______________________________________________ zorn-list mailing list zorn-list@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