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John Cage 4'33"
John Cage 4'33"
4 jun 08
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Sure, Peach, but the underlying theme remains (at least for me): if I have to inform myself to understand Cage, Conrad, etc., in other words, to not feel like I'm being fooled, it feels to me like diminishing a musical product (or a piece of art in a broader sense). If art is sensitive, every form should (must) be experienced through the appropriate senses. I shouldn't have to read (or view) to enjoy music (hearing). The same applies for me regarding a good chunk of contemporary art (but not only). I may be limited, but if I go to the Louvre, I spend three hours peeking at Mesopotamian finds (there's even the statue of Pazuzu used for The Exorcist), and I skim through expressionist paintings and so on. It’s true that knowing (in the sense of studying or just informing oneself) helps appreciate any work of art, but it shouldn't be a condition sine qua non (is that how it's written?). All this to say that you’ve made me want to listen to something, and I'm promptly downloading A Rainbow in Curved Air (which I can't remember who it’s by).
Jimi Hendrix In The West
Jimi Hendrix In The West
4 jun 08
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The problem is that when he stretches it too long, Jimi breaks my balls, always (just like I've always hated those equivalent long-winded sections of Page on Whole Lotta Love or worse on Dazed & Confused, just to give an example). That's why I prefer the freshness of the early days. I don't care for 20 minutes of Machine Gun or 13 of Red House, sorry.
The Wailers Burnin'
The Wailers Burnin'
4 jun 08
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Wow, what are we seeing! I mean, 3/5 for Bob's best album????? I can't believe it....
Renato De Maria Paz!
Renato De Maria Paz!
4 jun 08
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Thirteen years ago, I was a spitting image of Zanardi, with black hair but the same big nose. I've only read a few comics by Paz from my older sister (who, by the way, lived in Bologna in the early '90s). I remember the movie being cute, but as a superficial admirer, I missed many references.
Jimi Hendrix In The West
Jimi Hendrix In The West
4 jun 08
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I agree that the live at Woodstock (taking away the mythological halo) isn't a great live performance to be honest, like the other one I have (by the way, one of the last of Jimi before his death) at the Isle of Wight. Instead, the one you mention a lot really interests me. I'll check it out.
Espers Espers II
Espers Espers II
4 jun 08
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Oh my god, how beautiful is this album! And also the previous EP "The Weed Tree," highly recommended.
John Cage 4'33"
John Cage 4'33"
4 jun 08
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As I mentioned about Conrad earlier, I don't digest the avant-garde well. I'm interested in Cage (like Riley, La Monte Young, Stockhausen, and the two thousand I surely won't know) more for the logics that moved them than for their musical (or less) products. I know it's wrong, but it's the result of what has been written about them and about the avant-garde in general. If I don't read about them, I don't grasp it. So for me, fundamentally, it's a failure because music should reach our being (well, maybe it doesn’t always happen) without discursive intermediations. Some people experience this, but often I see many auto-suggesting themselves with critiques of the person and then getting excited about the music. And honestly, it's a sick approach. Anyway, I’ll try to read something, or better, just listen, but I know it might drive me up the wall.
Tony Conrad & Faust Outside The Dream Syndicate
Tony Conrad & Faust Outside The Dream Syndicate
4 jun 08
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It's one of my many krautological gaps, but I'm never in the mood to fill them, also because I don't digest Conrad, Stockhausen, Riley, and company very well. I'm more of a retrograde type.
Jimi Hendrix In The West
Jimi Hendrix In The West
4 jun 08
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I didn't know this live. Sorry, but so far the best of the best remains the remastering of Monterey. No nonsense, no long tracks, Hendrix polished and never verbose. Oh, and if it weren't for Linda Keith discovering him, he would still be playing in basements in Greenwich.
Left Lane Cruiser Bring Yo' Ass To The Table
Left Lane Cruiser Bring Yo' Ass To The Table
4 jun 08
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I was thinking the same thing yesterday, I even put it on a CD. Among the best garage blues things of this year alongside The Oh Sees.
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