Well, I think it's that time of year again... feel free to rant and rave about your favorites, it's always fun and has often in past years pointed me towards new sounds. Anyway, here are my picks for the past year, in no particular order... apologies for including any releases that are actually from 2001 (or even 2000), because I only got around to hearing them this year... 1. Merzbow: Hard Lovin' Man 2. Sissy Spacek: Scissors 3. Phantomsmasher: s/t 4. Dälek: from filthy tongue of gods and griots 5. Skeleton Key: Obtainium 6. Dillinger Escape Plan w/Mike Patton: Irony is a dead scene 7. Otomo Yoshihide: Anode 8. Steroid Maximus: Ectopia 9. Oval: Commers 10. O-Type: Lugubrious A few other very notable entries, which I've only heard excerpts of (yet) but which definitely could have replaced any of the above: - Masami Akita/Zbigniew Karkowski: Mazk - Tetsuo Furudate/Zbigniew Karkowski: World as Will 2 - Danubius: s/t - Melvins: H.A.T. - John Zorn: Cobra - John Zorn: Xu Feng - Ruins: Tzomborgha - Bastard Noise: Mutant - Merzbow: Puroland, Amlux, etc. etc.. and much more I can't remember... Bruno _________________________________________________________________ Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN 8. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail
best releases: Elliott Sharp / Bobby Previte: The Prisoner's Dilemma (Grob) MIMEO / John Tilbury: The Hands Of Carvaggio (Erstwhile) Roberto Rodriguez: El Danzon De Moises (Tzadik) Efzeg: Boogie (Grob) Jeck / Yoshihide / Tetreault (Sub Rosa) Akosh S: Lenne (Universal) Polwechsel / Fennesz: Wrapped Island (Erstwhile) Arto Lindsay: Invoke (Righteous Babe) Akosh S: Kebelen (Universal) poire_z: + (Erstwhile) best performances: Elliott Sharp / Bobby Previte, Mainz 11/23 Roberto Rodriguez Septet, Saalfelden 08/25 Tim Berne, Saalfelden 08/24 (?) Louis Sclavis, Saalfelden 08/22 Wolfgang Mitterer (feat. dieb 13, Max Nagl, Patrick Pulsinger...), Donaueschingen 10/19 Sex Mob, Esslingen 03/24 Ikue Mori / Marina Rosenfeld, Donaueschingen 10/19 SWR New Jazz Meeting (feat. m.weiss,p.racine,p.alvarez,s.lacy, p.herbert,w.resinger,b.lang,p.jeck,c.kurzmann) TÃŒbingen 12/06 Tim mailto:TimBlechmann@gmx.net ICQ: 96771783 http://www.nyds-exp-discogs.tk np: Mold: Republic of... (quilombo records) -- The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes "Awww!" Jack Kerouac
favorite new albums: Joni Mitchell: Travelogue Jello Biafra: The Big Ka-Boom The Blasters: Trouble Bound Uri Caine: Solitaire Ellery Eskelin: Vanishing Point Dave Douglas: The Infinite Spanish Harlem Orchestra: Un Gran Dia En Al Barrio favorite reissues: John Hartford: Steam Powered Aereo Takes (Rounder) Alterbates and unreleased cuts from one of the greatest records ever made, and a package that does what few similar packages have done: It really does give you a bunch of revelations as to the true creative process of a classic album. We learn as much from what producer David Bromberg left out as what he put in. And what he left out was often just as incredible as what he released. Think Of The Good Times: The Tuscon 60s Sound (Dionysus) amazing comp of AZ garage bands Joe Meek: The Alchemist Of Pop (Castle import) Finally -- all the good stuff on a 2 disc set Cannonball Adderley: Radio Nights (Hyena) live 60s Cannonball -- can't go wrong Glenn Gould -- Sense Of Wonder (Sony Legacy) both Goldbergs, plus interviews and outtakes. It really IS all that Music From The Yiddish Radio Project (Shanachie) Really nicely done, with plenty of lost treasures other reasons to be happy even in light of current events: Proper Records -- 25 bucks for a 4 disc set of the great pre-1952 treasures of jazz, with great sound and serious booklets, inlcuding sets anthologzing Hawk, Prez, Sassy, etc, plus boxes on Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Bob Wills, and others? Finally to be able to afford ALL the stuff you know you need. The Sony Legacy Reissue Program -- From Miles to Jewish music, a major label is really getting it right. fav movie: Bowling For Columbine fav book: 9/11 -- Noam Chomsky fav live shows: Dave Douglas New Quintet at the Jazz Bakery (I went every night) Blasters reunion shows Tower Of Power winners of the "Tito, Jackie, Marlon, Randy, and Jermaine without Michael ain't the Jackson 5" award: Dead Kennedys tour without Jello Biafra winners of the "so we couldn't get EVERYONE, but we're still amazing" award: Tower Of Power (lead singer serving triple life sentence, but the touring band is still intense) the Sun Ra Arkestra under the direction of Marshall Allen rara avis (I didn't buy it til this yr): Steve Earle with the Del McCoury Band -- The Mountain
1. Sten Sandell - Solid Musik 2. Tomasz Stanko - Soul Of Things 3. Buffalo Daughter - I 4. Satoko Fujii - Bell The Cat 5. DJ Shadow - Private Press 6. Burnt Sugar - That Depends On What You Know 7. Billy Bang - Vietnam: The Aftermath 8. Bobby Previte - 23 Constellations of Joan Miro 9. Haino Keiji + Yoshida Tatsuya - Until Water Grasps Flame 10. Mario Delgado - Filactera Favorite shows: Satoko Fujii 4tet Joelle Leandre Solo both in Austin TX At 02:12 PM 12/16/2002 +0000, you wrote:
Well, I think it's that time of year again... feel free to rant and rave about your favorites, it's always fun and has often in past years pointed me towards new sounds.
I probably have the poppiest and shortest of all the year-end lists so far -- kind of makes me wonder what I'm still doing on this list... The best things I heard all year (including some oldies): - Guided By Voices: Universal Truths and Cycles - Diana Krall, Live in Paris - Puffy: AmiYumi Jet Fever - Swans: Soundtracks for the Blind I went to exactly two concerts this year (this is what happens when you have a kid) and both were totally unforgettable: - Boredoms, with Jackie-O Motherfucker opening, Slim's, SF - Marilyn Crispell Trio, with the Susie Ibarra Quartet opening, Yerba Buena Theater, SF And I barely saw any videos this year, much less see any films on the big screen (though in a few days the babysitter arrives so my wife and I can watch Lord! Of! The! Rings!), but here were two excellent ones: - Lantana - The Deep End (and the DVDs for In the Mood for Love and Gosford Park are amazing) And the absolute worst movie this year -- indeed, one of the worst I've seen period, especially since I saw it with already lowered expectations: - Star Wars Episode something-or-other: Attack of the Clones And I'm going to the Gerhard Richter show at the SF Museum of Modern Art tomorrow, so that'll be up there with the Yoko Ono show earlier this year, if not better. And is Missy Elliott's "Work It" an amazing single or what? Later, Ben http://www.thewilyfilipino.com
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