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    oh to live in new jersey

    in Someone Else's Song

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    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."

     

    :wub

    oh to live in new jersey

    in Someone Else's Song

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    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. :frusty

     

     

     

    Ro - I, flattered by the offer and if I was anywhere nearer your age and single - maybe. But alas that is not the case.

     

    My brother lived for year in Manhattan. I certainly over used his guest futon to visit the city. Do you get the same kind of thing and have constant weekend visitors?

     

    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.

     

    :cheers

    Temporary Residence Ltd 10th Anniversary Shows

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    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

    Now playing 19th June 2006

    in Someone Else's Song

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    :lol

     

    What's the Beckett thing? I've recently read Watt by Beckett and was completely mesmerised, pissed off and amused in equal measure!

     

    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 Endgame. Also the short stories of Donald Bartheleme (which I much prefer).

     

    np

     

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    Now playing 19th June 2006

    in Someone Else's Song

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    Sometimes, I get really sick of this place and all the 'Jeffy is out of a cast' or not-funny random thought crap - but the Np thread makes it all worthwhile.

    Completely agreed. :wub

     

    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

     

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    Now playing 19th June 2006

    in Someone Else's Song

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    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 :rolleyes

    Now playing 19th June 2006

    in Someone Else's Song

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    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, Bjork, and Nirvana are some of the best music criticism I've read by anyone, ever.

     

    Anyway, I'll find my version of Leonard Bernstein conducting Ligeti's "Atmospheres," which was the music Stanley Kubrick used for the climactic scene in 2001. It was uncanny in fact to be at the Radiohead show in NYC on the day that Ligeti died (2-3 weeks ago) and to be hearing the very same textures in that piece being replicated in the low end of "The Gloaming" (not a coincidence at all).

    Now playing 19th June 2006

    in Someone Else's Song

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    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. :music

    Now playing 19th June 2006

    in Someone Else's Song

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    If I could get in on the upload action I'd be very grateful - I also read the piece on him in the New Yorker the other day and was really intrigued - I downloaded some tracks from epitonic.com and really liked what he was doing... I don't often go for "classical" music so wonder where I might find some in town this weekend...

    Couldn't get into that at all - a bloated mess of an album; too long and not enough tunes. His voice even sounds as if he couldn't be arsed in half of it... meh...

     

    NP for this Friday morning:

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    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? :wub

    Tom Waits tour of the USA and Canada

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    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?

    Now playing 19th June 2006

    in Someone Else's Song

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    i may be i dont know. their site is swarmandsing.com which i believe has clips.

     

    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. :cheers

    Now playing 19th June 2006

    in Someone Else's Song

    Posted · Edited by Deaf Ro

    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? :

     

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    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 this. I like it v. much but don't be surprised if you find yourself turning it up and wondering when the noise will come in.. :music

    Now playing 19th June 2006

    in Someone Else's Song

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    sparrows, swarm and sing.O' Shenandoah Mighty Death Will Find Me

     

    4 songs, 79 minutes. very cool record - for fans of god speed, explosions, etc...

    Is their music on oink, myspace, etc?

     

    np-

     

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    Steve Reich/Kronos Quartet/Pat Metheny: Different Trains & Electric Counterpoint

    Now playing 19th June 2006

    in Someone Else's Song

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    Jesus Jumping Christ with a Mullet on a Skateboard. I'm three tracks into Gypsum Strings and so far it's blowing my balls off. If the rest of the album maintains this standard, I'll have an instant entry into my favorites of the year.

     

    How is Second Guessing? Anything like this one?

     

    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--

     

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