clifford_thornton

Agreed. All the best to Slide, though I know not even someone of his stature can beat the inevitable.

I look forward to listening to the Pendulum samples, though I agree it might be something I could stand to have in the single-LP form. Are the additional tracks better than those issued on the Artist's House LP (which I don't own)? Somehow I'm more intrigued by the full-band live set. Lookout Farm never impressed me too much, though I can't explain why.

Jan Garbarek - Afric Pepperbird - (ECM orig)

If you mean those old 180g Impulse discs, those were pressed like crap.

I think your impression is correct. Rock has become more self-referential over the last 20 years or so. Probably the same is true of jazz over the same period. Not sure what this says about the life-cycles of musical forms, given that jazz has evolved over a much longer period than rock.Maybe things are just quickening up due to the variety of media and cultural channels now existing. Still, individuals still flourish in this framework, eg Bjork, Sigur Ros etc. Why would the form not become self-referential as its history develops?

Harry Miller - Down South - (Varajazz) His last recording, with Bennink, Charig, Wierbos and Sean Bergin.

Nice find and, if no-one else has said it, welcome to the board.

J.R. MontErose. Please, please get it right, people.

I think Sloan were great, but their current offerings (or those of the past five years) haven't really held up. Twice Removed was such an early peak.

US pressing, BGP stereo.

Sleepytime Gorilla Museum KICK ASS!!!

I like the Cecil/Maneri duo, too. Funny enough I can't seem to locate my copy of it. When I reviewed the disc for AAJ, it took approximately two days for comments to be posted about how Cecil's work wasn't "jazz" or even "music." Clearly, that line of thinking still rages on, even though it's not given much space in print these days. There are numerous repostings from the NYT here by posters other than 7/4. I believe that in this case, it was chosen to emphasize the section on Cecil, which in the article as a whole was rather small. The 'net sure does make those "fair use" argument kinda slinky, don't it?

Gunter Hampel - The 8th of July 1969 - (Birth orig, thin paper "cover") w/ Braxton, McCall, Breuker, Gorter and Lee.

Yeah, not coincidentally a lot of these no wave recs were issued on 7" or 12" EP.

Leo Cuypers - In Amsterdam - (BVHaast)

Well, no need to have that particular comp when you can buy anthologies of all of those bands' work, including much rare/previously unissued stuff. Still, that scene produced some music the likes of which the world hasn't seen since.

I didn't buy the tribute album, but have the Folkways anthologies. Fine for me. The one time I saw Nick Cave live it was really quite great. His records don't get nearly as much mileage as his stage presence. Still... one of those few people whose early and recent work is equally interesting. Edit: In response to an Alexander post. Edit 2: I am hit-or-miss with Lennon and am not that interested in the Beatles' trajectory. Nevertheless, I won't argue with anyone's opinion on him/them here.

Larry Young - Mother Ship - (BN rainbow orig)

Joe Harriott - Free Form - (Jazzland, black DG)

Chill, dude.

I'd fit them in along with recent Nick Cave, Dirty Three et al. I remember my ears being perked upon hearing one of their records about a decade ago.

I just got a sealed ICP record that was unplayable it was so warped. Oddly, you couldn't tell from looking at the jacket.

Rock Reviews by me Still a little something out there, but again you gotta dig. Dig?

Yeah, I'm steering away from industry/anti-industry arguments; they are often moot. Good and even great work will get done in spite of the music industry's efforts to quell anything other than that which operates at the lowest common denominator (bottom line). I don't dig on Radiohead, but you could do a hell of a lot worse... In terms of pop/rock, one need only look to bands like The New Pornographers, Broken Social Scene, Fiery Furnaces et al to see there's still something "there." Will Oldham, Cat Power, Smog are still kicking a couple around. Nobody here has probably heard of Sunset, but he/it are really onto something special in terms of long-form, progressive pop suites.

I liked Nirvana well enough in about 1990-1992 but they don't hold up too well. Get me some John Doe.