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I was there. Great show and 10x better than their gig at the Knitting Factory a few months ago. They just announced two dates at the Bowery Ballroom in October as well.

Oh, and might as well post this here.. I ran to see the Weakerthans at Webster Hall following Okkervil River last night. They were simply incredible. So very g'd good. I just about passed out at the end when John closed the show with a solo version of "Gifts" from the second Propagandhi record, followed by a full-band cover of the Mats' "Swinging Party," introduced "with apologies to Paul Westerberg."

Hell fuck yes. Thank you for that. Reigning Sound and the Detroit Cobras at the Mercury Lounge last year was one of the 4-5 top shows of 2005 for me. edit: of course I'll be in Chicago that weekend. And yeah, the "Hey, we'll be in town next week, can we crash on your couch?" call is a frequent one. It's all good tho.

Just saw these guys last night in Battery Park -- great, great show. Will Sheff's sister is hot, too. np

Explosions in the Sky: Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Die, Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Live Forever

T, not sure where his studio is in Brooklyn, but if you wanted some lodging, we could probably work out an arrangement for room and board.

I have not but will be all over it presently. np - Tarentel: From Bone to Satellite. If you dig Explosions, Tortoise, Sparrows Swarm etc..

A long-distance dedication to the artist formerly known as doubter

First Fridge show in 4 years, first Tarentel show in forever....Explosions in the Sky, MONO, Eluvium, etc.. $45 for 3 days....pretty great. Friday, September 1 Envy Sleeping People Miss Violetta Beauregarde Plus guest DJ between bands Saturday, September 2 Explosions In The Sky Eluvium Caroline Lazarus Sunday, September 3 MONO Fridge Tarentel Plus guest DJ between bands

Easy. Belle & Sebastian performing If You're Feeling Sinister live at All Tomorrow's Parties. I love it too

It's another one of his larger-scale symphonic pieces, similar to Rothko Chapel. I think Alex Ross said the two considered each other kindred artistic spirits, which makes sense, I suppose, in their motifs of repetition, slowness, ennui, etc. I would hesitate to describe it in words but if you can imagine an orchestra transcription of, say, Brian Eno's Ambient 1 or any of the pieces from Aphex Twin's Selected Ambient Works 85-92, but played as slowly as possible, you'd be more or less in the ballpark. On another note, if you liked Watt, you should definitely look into Waiting for Godot or E

It would be hard to confirm this but my suspicion is you are probably the very first person in world history to use this emoticon in relation to anything involving either Morton Feldman or Samuel Beckett. Cheers.

Completely agreed. Yer Feldman is done upping; lemme add one or two other goodies to the grab-bag (I remembered you need to hear "For Samuel Beckett") and will send ye link details. np

Word Here, to make it easy-- His writings on pop (probably the single best piece I've ever read on Radiohead): http://www.therestisnoise.com/popular/index.html Starter classical recordings: http://www.therestisnoise.com/top_10_summer_hits/index.html Popular vs. classical music: http://www.therestisnoise.com/2004/05/more_to_come_6.html Really great essay more or less laying out a definition of music: http://www.therestisnoise.com/2004/05/grove_dictionar.html And a short primer on Ligeti: http://www.therestisnoise.com/2004/05/ligeti_2001.html Okay, shut this guy up already

Honestly, if you want to continue along that avenue, and have an entirely new world of sounds opened up to you, you could do worse than to spend a little time browsing through Alex Ross's site, which I linked to earlier. He has a list somewhere or other of 10 starter classical recordings, starting with Bach or Monteverdi and running through Stravinsky or Messiaen or Schoenberg, I think. He also has an *amazing* essay about how he basically "discovered" pop music in college after listening to nothing but classical his entire life. For what it's worth, his essays on Radiohead, Pavement, Dylan, B

Yeah, I found that, thank you. Still have to give it a spin this weekend. It occurs to me -- if you like Feldman, as well as some of the more classically inflected pop stuff out there today (Radiohead, Bjork, Sigur Ros, Aphex Twin, Mum, etc), you're really only a half-step away from someone like Ligeti, or Shostakovich, or Charles Ives. Maybe I'll make a little sampler to go along with the Feldman.

Uploading Rothko Chapel and the Kronos recording of his piano quartet for the two of you. Anyone else who wants in, send me a PM. And what do you think of Brightblack?

Not to be that guy but I have never once been able to make it through a Tom Waits record. I've tried Rain Dogs, Swordfishtrombones, Bone Machine, Mule Variations, Alice, Closing Time, etc., etc. Dude's voice sounds like a drill to the skull. Is there another one I should try?

Thanks, and please give a shout whenever you hear new bands like this. I'm trying to put together a concert series here at Lincoln Center (which I hope to have an announcement for in the near future) featuring Explosions/Amiina/Godspeed-type acts paired with more traditional chamber music performers--string quartets, piano trios, etc. The people who have expressed interest so far are a little bit surprising.

Yes! I have lots of Morton Feldman. Can upload some for ye if you like. I think I gave Big Perm some a while back. Here is an addendum to that article, where Alex Ross lays out which recordings to look for: http://www.therestisnoise.com/2006/06/digital_morty.html This is the record to start with -- Rothko Chapel & Why Patterns? : I have this and the Kronos/Takahashi piano quartet recording on Nonesuch he talks about in that link at home.. A warning, tho -- it's VERY minimal music. As in, early Brian Eno (Discreet Music, Ambient 1/2, etc) looks almost a little punk rock compared to

Is their music on oink, myspace, etc? np- Steve Reich/Kronos Quartet/Pat Metheny: Different Trains & Electric Counterpoint

Sorry -- Brightblack Morning Light, on Matador. Part Marvin Gaye, part Pink Floyd.

Kyle -- you listen to this yet?

Second Guessing is great and was my introduction to the band. I posted something about it here. np -- Polmo Polpo -- could not recommend this record more for fans of Eno, Sigur Ros, Tortoise, Explosions, etc--