skvorecky
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Now I Am Become Death, Destroyer of Worlds.
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Post by skvorecky on Jan 25, 2012 13:54:06 GMT -5
'not not fun', i like that. ah, personal connections down the line. thanks for fleshing them out a bit...tho a little bit of electronica/electronics go a long way for me. tho i'm always up for hearing something new...i've kept hearing 'soundclound this, soundcloud taht' tho i've not explored it. ~ there for sure was a guy named jordan ettinger (finally remembered the name, same spelling) that was a guy who was some sorta personal trainer east coast somewhere, who went on and on in a (imo) pretty conceited, self-inflating way about all manner of things, tho then he hooked up with a girl who also useto post who's name now totally escapes me. he also was a musician too...or just a dabbler maybe. he of course didn't use his real name on RS but it eventually somehow came out. another one of those RS.com 'love stories', tho as i recall those 2 developed a dislike for one another after finally having some sort of a face to face relationship. angelaweeps! THAT's who he hooked up with! her i liked but he definitely struck me a bit of a sleazy smooth talker. I had a pretty stellar year professionally for music. I released a couple of records, got to tour, got to open for Silver Apples on New Year's Eve in New Orleans, and I got to do a remix for Peaking Lights, one of my favorite bands. Here's what my stuff sounds like. This is the official video for my track "Tanned Skin Dress" directed by Amanda Brown (of LA Vampires fame) and Ben Shearn. The track comes from my album Urban Gothic. Here's a track off of my 12 Inch Single called NecronomiconjureThe remix I did is here on Boomkat for preview: boomkat.com/vinyl/478332-peaking-lights-936-remixed |
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skvorecky
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Now I Am Become Death, Destroyer of Worlds.
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Post by skvorecky on Jan 25, 2012 13:54:40 GMT -5
Now Playing: The Afghan Whigs "Congregation"
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wayvedii
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Post by wayvedii on Jan 25, 2012 22:45:43 GMT -5
cool skvor.
Roc Doc and Ayinger--have you heard the Basement Tapes by Dylan? You have, right?
RocDoc--Dream After Dream by Journey is an anomoly. Its not a masterpiece and I know for a solid fact you may/will discount it as being a waste of your time, but its a nice mellow album. It would probably take me more time to formulate the words to tell you to why you should listen to it then the actual time it actually takes to enjoy the album. Who gives a f*&k about what the Amazon reviews say. Here is my review on amazon:
** "What a Pilke Of Complete S&^T" by Roald Serrvo (Preferred Customer)--
I bought this wanting some geitar rifs and all thats on theis CD is some stupeed crap. Steve Perry does not sing much on it. My Camaro was lonely in riff. I Hate Amazon. "
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Listened to:
Old stuff.
Jimmy Eat World-Clarity 1990s emo (or whatever) done right. still moves me. Whatever that may say about me is irrelevant.
Kinks- Something Else
Zwan - Mary Star of the Sea
Hayden-Skyscraper National Park
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Post by RocDoc on Jan 26, 2012 11:19:33 GMT -5
very interesting stuff going on there skvor - not necessarily something i'd choose for my daily listening, but i liked the unfolding dynamic of that first one...sort of derivative of an arvo part type of composition, but in a good way.
glenn, i'd first heard the basement tapes very long ago, when one of my buddies would practically force us to listen to dylan when we'd party at his house...HUGE dylan fan and he was one of those 'it's MY house so it's MY music!' kinda guys.
thank GOD we very successfully turned him onto tull(so we could also somehow RAWK at his house parties), but through him a bunch of us also learned to appreciate leo kottke, john prine, steve goodman and other bunches of 'folkies' from back in the day.
now that i can choose to listen to dylan, i sure enjoy him more...plus having seen him twice (because another dylan fan friend of mine had an extra ticket), i can understand the trans-generational hero-worshipping mystique a bit better, to the point that SEEING him was a heck of an experience.
i'm a big fan of The Band from the get-go - rock of ages is an EASY top 10 live disc for me.
i need to get a copy of bsmt tapes.
NP:
The Jefferson-Grisman Project -
2009-04-16 -
Albany, NY
(Soundboard FLAC)
The Egg Center for the Arts
MASTER STEREO SOUNDBOARD RECORDING (44.1)
from the Artist's Actual Archive
Paul Kantner - 12 String Guitar, Vocal
David Grisman - Mandolin, Vocal
David Freiberg - Acoustic Guitar, Percussion, Vocal
Cathy Richardson - Acoustic Guitar, Vocal
Slick Aguilar - Electric Guitar, Vocal
Donny Baldwin - Drums
Chris Smith - Kurzweil Pc88, Korg Triton
Set 1
01 When the Earth Moves Again
02 Pride in the Name o Love >
03 Somebody To Love
04 Shady Grove
05 Get Together
06 Sunrise
07 Have You Seen the Stars Tonight?
08 Follow the Drinking Gourd
09 Bluegrass at the Beach
10 Get Together
11 Pigeon Roost
Set 2
01 Mountain Song
02 Fly With Rainbow
03 Loser
04 Friend o the Devil
05 Mill Valley Waltz
06 Lather
07 Wasn't That a Time
08 Wooden Ships
09 The Ballad of You, Me & Pooneil >
10 Eighth of Jan. >
11 The Ballad of You, Me & Pooneil
12 Imagine Redemption
i just ran into this yesterday night at G101 and thought 'wtf is THIS?'
i'm a huge fan of grisman...and lots of the airplane's stuff is for me untouchable, but other than the san fran connection, i'm wondering how in the fuck these 2 groups got together.
PLUS i absolutely adore cathy richardson, a local chicago girl who i've seen here a couple of times, who has got such a great (and versatile!) voice.
she actually toured the 'love, janis' show all the way to broadway, to great acclaim.
but she's doing shows in my neighborhood again...i've GOT to see her again.
as great a singer as grace slick was (and presumably still is), on a lot of JA's (and JS's) songs you can hear her searching for a note, maybe because whoever she was harmonizing with wasn't great, but richardson IS a great enough singer that you know when she's 'doing grace' (like she 'did' j joplin for years) she's not searching for the note the way grace did, but she's presumably trying to sing the JA song authentically with grace slick's often wavering pitch...i found that interesting.
cathy's obviously a pro.
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Post by Ayinger on Jan 26, 2012 17:34:07 GMT -5
RE: Bobby Z
Put it this way: I know more in the above boot covering Airplane material than I do of Dylan's. AND I probably wouldn't know more of Bob's if I HAD the songs to listen to! No on The Basement Tapes here too...........
I echo Doc's statement on Skvor's first vid that he put up --- TOTAL capture by the music fitting to the viewpoint of the stalker!
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skvorecky
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Now I Am Become Death, Destroyer of Worlds.
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Post by skvorecky on Jan 27, 2012 9:45:41 GMT -5
Thanks, dudes!
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Post by RocDoc on Jan 27, 2012 19:41:55 GMT -5
ya velcome! DON! of immense interest to you: www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/Home
Joe Henry
Fri., Jan. 27, 7:30 p.m.
Rock, Pop, Etc
Old Town School of Folk Music (map)
4544 N. Lincoln Ave.
Ravenswood
773-728-60
Joe Henry clearly takes joy in writing his lyrics, even though the people he sings about rarely get to feel much in the way of joy. On the folk rocker's latest album, Reveries (Anti-), most of the songs concern folks who've reached one breaking point or another; in "Odetta" the protagonist is on the brink of death or damnation, desperate for help, and in "Sticks & Stones" the narrator is forced to act when "every new leaf I had is gone." But Henry's writing makes his love of language so clear that it's easy to look past the plights of his characters and simply revel in his words. Sometimes the way one line leads into the next would almost seem stream-of-consciousness if they didn't all add up in the end: on "Strung," for instance, he sings, "I dig in the dirt and yank at the root / Of the shadow's dark vein in a story gone mute / Till it sings with the blue of a hangman in time / And I give away what never was mine." His imagery sucks me in, and I don't mind getting lost there. Henry gives his expert backing band the latitude to express its personality, and drummer Jay Bellerose is especially outstanding—his loose-limbed yet ultraprecise playing veers into meterless explosions that parallel the breakdowns in the lives of the characters, but he never loses the thread of a song. Henry's propulsive acoustic guitar and Keefus Ciancia's elegant piano swing between early jazz and rural blues, peaking in splintered, percussive jags and ebbing into elegant walking grooves. —Peter Margasak For more on Joe Henry, see Artist on Artist.$21-$25
www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/EventSearch?feature=Recommended%20%26%26%20The%20List%20%28Music%29&eventSection=807941nice interview, in the same issue, here: www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/joe-henry-interviewed-by-steve-dawson/Content?oid=5484730 |
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Post by Ayinger on Jan 27, 2012 20:09:25 GMT -5
I've got the highest respect for that dude Doc! Guess it's the bit of darkness he tends to leave on my mantle..... n/p:  About 2/3rds through this and finding it VERY rewarding. Just the pacing on it clicks with me....ballsy upfront guitar in one moment and then surreal acoustic with airey keyboards interludes the next, then back to rocking. Suits my mood at the moment! |
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wayvedii
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Post by wayvedii on Jan 27, 2012 23:07:48 GMT -5
Thank you Don and RocDoc
Dont know much about Steve Hackett solo stuff, (besides having most of his 70s-80s output) but I do know I love an album called Voyage of the Acolyte. If you find it it would serve you well to pick it up. Listening to it reminds one of how much he brought to Hackett era Genesis....
I think I have Joe Henry's self titled I found in a cut out bin that I ignored...I will have to check it out....
Other listens:
It certainly was not Jethro Tull!
New Nada Surf album is pretty good.
got a huge huge huge stack of 45s from a friend at a local record store. going through em. You may laugh, as I do, at finding good things to say about bands like Starbuck (those synths are really suck in a way that do not suck) and Chic. I actually like Faron Young. Not sure about these Captain and Tenille 45s though...
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Post by Ayinger on Jan 28, 2012 16:52:06 GMT -5
My boss had a large stack of lps come his way last week. Brought them out to the shop for me to look at and choose any I may want. Most were hokey but this one struck my attention:  German band from 1967 --- and I've seen it on ebay going anywhere from 50 to near 500 bucks! Like a dumbass, I didn't grab but a half dozen of the albums....the rest of the 2' tall stack I heard he stuck out on the sidewalk along the road where they were promplty snatched up... |
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Post by RocDoc on Jan 29, 2012 15:52:58 GMT -5
Don!
again for you:
"Out For Dinner: Music For The Creation And Consumption Of Glorious Food"
with a mixture of players like Fripp, trilok gurtu, kevin ayers...among a group with which i wasn't that familiar - but look how the blog host writes it up! =>
Lately I’ve been collecting a lot of “out” music. Out of print, and just plain “out there”. I like to listen when I cook, I find that music organizes my mind so I can focus on what I’m doing. I made this compilation for that sole purpose, and dinner specifically, hence Out For Dinner, preferably with a nice glass of beer to help mange your thirst and sense of well being. One consideration is that while doing this I’m not wearing earbuds, which I hate, but filling the whole house with whatever I’m listening to, so I try not alienate my wife and 11 year old daughter with music is too confrontational. When I’m cooking, I tend to gravitate toward contemplative.
Anyway I have a nice selection of tunes for you.
...but this ^ and several other pieces he writes, this guy could be you or at least some sort of long lost very cool big/little brother of yours...be SURE you check out the piece he wrote on some bar he and a buddy went to on a complete whim, in baton rouge.
the way this guy writes (and recollects) immediately made me think of you >
h!!p://alanwalkerart.com/wp/?m=201106
the 'out to dinner' album is the 2nd one down (right after where he trashes the lou reed-metallica collab); the cover picture alone!
tho i didn't want to post it here because google image would prob then lead people here too.
like i said to jac once, some people do not appreciate their personal links to be passed all over creation...tho this guy sure seems cool as hell.
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Post by Ayinger on Jan 29, 2012 21:20:15 GMT -5
ha --- I agree Doc! Will have to check into him.... On the Wayved/Hackett front, I scored the below today -- used for 8 bucks, remastered AND with live/extended tracks:  Played it upon my return trip from checking in on mom today...it fit well with the pace of traffic and the drive. The opening tune was a bit dated and long-in-the-tooth, but the remainder MORE than made up for it! The closing track is masterful 70's prog. I will say that compared to his new disc that I spoke of a few days ago, the two compare almost like apples and oranges. Great to see an artist that has continued to evolve with the times while retaining hints of the past. |
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wayvedii
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Post by wayvedii on Jan 31, 2012 22:27:24 GMT -5
&^%$ don! what else did you find in the stack you picked up???
Hey at least you shared the rest of the records huh? You can look at it that way..Good man. Nice score on the hackett there! (I love the opening track btw!!!! hahaha!)
rocdoc: that dinner dude is pretty cool. I cannot play the music I really dig through the speakers at my house.....that would be too confrontational! LOL!
Listened to:
Left Banke Too--I really dug this album
Cloud Nothings - Attack on Memory -- relentless. and really good.
Talking Heads - Fear Of Music ("what good are notebooks? they won't help me survive!" that line cracked me up --my favorite Talking Heads album...)
Some Wilco tunes to put me right. I really didn't have a bad day or anything but sometimes I just need some Wilco.
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wayvedii
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Post by wayvedii on Feb 4, 2012 0:54:42 GMT -5
Listened to:
Colin Blunstone-One Year
Cloud Nothings-Attack on Memory
GBV-LGETF
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Post by Ayinger on Feb 5, 2012 20:56:32 GMT -5
Colin Blunstone....that's ANother guy I need to get some product of.
Had to laugh too that you like that opening Hackett song....that even came to my mind as it was playing and I was trying to get into it. There's a live version of it too on the CD but I haven't quite got my way through it.....maybe there's hope!
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