current mood:  awake
current music: ectomorph, first ep; morton subotnick, touch; plaid, "chirpy"; sun ra, it's after the end of the world ("don't you know that yet?"); schlammpeitziger spacerokkmountainrutschquartier; ebe, "the drifting"; antonelli electr, "anti-establishment"; aux 88, electroboogie; nitzer ebb," join in the chant"; paul mccartney ram (don't laugh, there's some great brian wilsonian songs here, and besides, i'm studying multitracking). more as i remember what i've been playing.
more on mccartney: forget the pretentious john, sir paul is the best beatle. a melody machine, and so understated and intuitive in his intellect compared to mr. i'm a sodding artist. "mother nature's child"--brilliant and banal, hemingwayesque in its denial of crisis, proto-jeff koons; it's pure songstery joy with all those do do doos and wa wa waas but how could it possibly be on the level? according to mccartney's autobiography a few years back, he was the one experimenting with tape loops, introducing them on "tomorrow never knows" and pushing forward with sonic experimentation in "revolution 9." i believe it! there's a long passage in the book where he describes watching richard hamilton assemble the photos for the white album poster, the curiosity about and reverence for visual art there is palpable. and the brian wilson friendship/rivalry is fascinating--talent knows talent. sir paul, yeah! enough with the john john john all the time.
I give you credit for listening to Sun Ra's "It's After the End of the World." Kevin and I both found that one unlistenable. It has been 18 years since I tried, however, so maybe I should slap it on again if and when the construction people are ever done with our house.
If you like Ram you'll like the prior album 'McCartney' as well.
My favorite electronic music of late is by the duos Bitstream and Modeselektor.
My favorite Sun Ra Albums? 'Supersonic Sounds' and 'The Futuristic Sounds of...'
Over at Hairy Fish Nuts I recently mocked Paul's current wife (and Paul) by re-casting some of her words about da chronic ...
She says, "I used to say, 'Only losers listen to Wings, you've got to go for some therapy, what's the matter with you?.' Now I have a bit more understanding, I'm older and wiser but if I saw someone take out a copy of 'Live and Let Die', I would freak out completely."
"We know people in mental institutions through 'Silly Love Songs'; some people can listen to it and it does nothing, but if you've got a light chemical imbalance you can literally create so much damage to yourself and bring on paranoia and depression.
Re: the Sun Ra I mentioned: it has a great longish Moog solo on side 2.
Re: Beatle Paul, yes the first McCartney solo is good, too. Also a fan of McCartney II--the post Wings solo, also home recorded. The prog-disco "Coming Up" was a minor hit, and I also like "Waterfalls." Such a melancholy song.
There's no defense for Silly Love Songs--stuff like makes a rousing defense of PMc seem crazy or "merely contrarian." John did his share of junk, too (not a big fan of the schmaltzy "Imagine"*) but PMc has paid more dearly in the popular critical consensus for his blunders.
* "and no religion, too." "Either, goddam it, either!"
Sun Ra : Nuclear War
"Nuclear war, it's a muthafucka, don't you know, if they push that button your ass gotta go!!!"
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current mood:
current music: ectomorph, first ep; morton subotnick, touch; plaid, "chirpy"; sun ra, it's after the end of the world ("don't you know that yet?"); schlammpeitziger spacerokkmountainrutschquartier; ebe, "the drifting"; antonelli electr, "anti-establishment"; aux 88, electroboogie; nitzer ebb," join in the chant"; paul mccartney ram (don't laugh, there's some great brian wilsonian songs here, and besides, i'm studying multitracking). more as i remember what i've been playing.
more on mccartney: forget the pretentious john, sir paul is the best beatle. a melody machine, and so understated and intuitive in his intellect compared to mr. i'm a sodding artist. "mother nature's child"--brilliant and banal, hemingwayesque in its denial of crisis, proto-jeff koons; it's pure songstery joy with all those do do doos and wa wa waas but how could it possibly be on the level? according to mccartney's autobiography a few years back, he was the one experimenting with tape loops, introducing them on "tomorrow never knows" and pushing forward with sonic experimentation in "revolution 9." i believe it! there's a long passage in the book where he describes watching richard hamilton assemble the photos for the white album poster, the curiosity about and reverence for visual art there is palpable. and the brian wilson friendship/rivalry is fascinating--talent knows talent. sir paul, yeah! enough with the john john john all the time.
- tom moody 10-12-2005 8:39 pm
I give you credit for listening to Sun Ra's "It's After the End of the World." Kevin and I both found that one unlistenable. It has been 18 years since I tried, however, so maybe I should slap it on again if and when the construction people are ever done with our house.
- Mark Mellon 10-12-2005 10:14 pm
If you like Ram you'll like the prior album 'McCartney' as well.
My favorite electronic music of late is by the duos Bitstream and Modeselektor.
My favorite Sun Ra Albums? 'Supersonic Sounds' and 'The Futuristic Sounds of...'
- adrien 10-13-2005 12:13 am
Over at Hairy Fish Nuts I recently mocked Paul's current wife (and Paul) by re-casting some of her words about da chronic ...
- mark 10-13-2005 12:27 am
Re: the Sun Ra I mentioned: it has a great longish Moog solo on side 2.
Re: Beatle Paul, yes the first McCartney solo is good, too. Also a fan of McCartney II--the post Wings solo, also home recorded. The prog-disco "Coming Up" was a minor hit, and I also like "Waterfalls." Such a melancholy song.
There's no defense for Silly Love Songs--stuff like makes a rousing defense of PMc seem crazy or "merely contrarian." John did his share of junk, too (not a big fan of the schmaltzy "Imagine"*) but PMc has paid more dearly in the popular critical consensus for his blunders.
* "and no religion, too." "Either, goddam it, either!"
- tom moody 10-13-2005 11:09 pm
Sun Ra : Nuclear War
"Nuclear war, it's a muthafucka, don't you know, if they push that button your ass gotta go!!!"
- Abraham Kalashnikov (guest) 10-13-2005 11:44 pm