was just reading an interview with Steve D'Acquisito where he says they recorded an entire double album's worth of stuff
― sleeve, Saturday, 17 December 2022 17:09 (one year ago) link
there was an excerpt from a track called "Let's Go Play Baseball" on a radio broadcast a while back, upthread somewhere
― sleeve, Saturday, 17 December 2022 17:10 (one year ago) link
omg ANOTHER ONE
https://arthurrussell.bandcamp.com/album/picture-of-bunny-rabbit
― Perverted By Linguiça (sleeve), Friday, 7 April 2023 13:54 (one year ago) link
God I love that lead track
― MaresNest, Friday, 7 April 2023 17:00 (one year ago) link
This Sunday from 2-7pm celebrate the life and work of American composer, cellist, and disco producer Arthur Russell (1951-1992).Join DJs Lucia Santos and Georgia Dillane as they dive into Arthur’s discography, collaborations and interviews with those who keep his music alive pic.twitter.com/EbudMFVguw— WKCR-FM NY (@WKCRFM) May 20, 2023
― dow, Monday, 22 May 2023 22:43 (one year ago) link
So excited--got my copy of 'Picture of Bunny Rabbit' in the mail a week early, for some reason!
Only been waiting for the 'World of Echo'-era demos teased in the liner notes to WOE's Audika reissue since 2004, so could've survived another week, but I'll take it! About to listen now...
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fy7sB-OXoAAbFMR?format=jpg&name=large
― Soundslike, Sunday, 18 June 2023 21:43 (one year ago) link
So first thoughts (best thoughts?):
Obviously not the place anyone would *start* with Arthur's music. But for those deeply in love with 'World of Echo,' is's mostly a warm fuzzy blanket of loveliness, with some sonic wrinkles and combinations not heard from him before. Then there's one track (really a series of several fragments) that suggests yet another Arthur-invented genre unto itself he could've explored at length (and who knows, maybe did) that sounds entirely new, and not much like anything I've heard before--very glitchy, droney, kinetic but somewhat darker and more menacing than anything else he made.
Of course, I would--but I love it.
― Soundslike, Monday, 19 June 2023 00:21 (eleven months ago) link
Cool beans, loose jointz---and thanks! Looking fwd even more now.
― dow, Monday, 19 June 2023 02:58 (eleven months ago) link
me too! and I was already looking forward to it rather a lot
― ava (paolo), Monday, 19 June 2023 10:51 (eleven months ago) link
ilx alum Philip Sherburne conducts a very good interview with Steve Knutson:https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/arthur-russell-picture-of-bunny-rabbit-interview/
― dow, Friday, 23 June 2023 02:16 (eleven months ago) link
this is incredible
― Clay, Friday, 23 June 2023 06:07 (eleven months ago) link
it sure is
― out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Friday, 23 June 2023 15:38 (eleven months ago) link
the interview or the release?
this is one of the best interviews i've ever read tbh. love Knuston so much
haven't heard the release yet even though WoE and bunny rabbits are my 2 favorite things.
will be really bummed if this turns out to be the last big audika project
i can walk to the NYPL performing arts library from my apartment in about 40 mins, been meaning to spend a day in the archive for years but haven't got around to it. always wanted to hear the 45 minute Being It that Tom Lee has talked about his obsession with.
― carthage marine park (Deflatormouse), Friday, 23 June 2023 18:56 (eleven months ago) link
god this is beautiful
how are these all so good??
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 23 June 2023 20:47 (eleven months ago) link
The version of In The Light of a Miracle, his voice and the vocal melody, so totally beautiful
― MaresNest, Friday, 23 June 2023 21:09 (eleven months ago) link
you'd think at this point they'd be scraping through the dregs, i'm just amazed
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 23 June 2023 21:41 (eleven months ago) link
there are a LOT of tapes. i pre-ordered this but my copy appears to have gone awol. :(
― stirmonster, Friday, 23 June 2023 22:03 (eleven months ago) link
With this now out there, I'm feeling the urge to compile an album-length "follow-up" album to 'World of Echo,' using cello & voice tracks from this, 'Another Thought,' 'Sketches for World of Echo,' the WoE 2004 bonus tracks, and elsewhere... Not that I don't love them in their original compilation contexts--'Another Thought' especially, as the first Arthur Russell work I encountered in 2001. But seems like it belongs together...
― Soundslike, Saturday, 24 June 2023 15:29 (eleven months ago) link
in NYC for a little bit. i don't suppose anyone could get me into the archive on Monday? i don't think i can get a library card. hmm dohplayed the new record on repeat on a redeye.. dreamy
― maf you one two (maffew12), Saturday, 24 June 2023 18:54 (eleven months ago) link
i don't think you need a library card. you just need to register for a special collections account:
https://specialcollections.nypl.org/aeon/aeon.dll?Action=10&Form=31&Value=https://archives.nypl.org/mus/23272.xml
if it turns out you do need a library card, i could probably swing by.
― carthage marine park (Deflatormouse), Saturday, 24 June 2023 19:29 (eleven months ago) link
I'll see how far i can get shortly! Cheers
― maf you one two (maffew12), Saturday, 24 June 2023 19:40 (eleven months ago) link
of course. you *do* need to book an appointment in advance, so i would do that asap if you're hoping to view it monday. lmk if you need help!
― carthage marine park (Deflatormouse), Saturday, 24 June 2023 19:43 (eleven months ago) link
made an account and hit them up 2 different ways. not real clear on the library card point but I put a request in. we'll see. thanks
― maf you one two (maffew12), Saturday, 24 June 2023 20:37 (eleven months ago) link
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, June 23, 2023
it really is amazing, search upthread for the Resident Advisor podcast that has even MORE insanely great material that has still not been released, esp. Loose Joints stuff (may be a rights issue idk)
― out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Saturday, 24 June 2023 20:45 (eleven months ago) link
xp i looked into it and you do need a library card. sorry about that. however, you don't need to be a NY or US resident to apply for one.
https://legacycatalog.nypl.org/selfreg/patonsite
it says international applicants should fill out this form for pre-approval^
i think if you do that and bring an ID with you on the day it will probably be fine, but what time are you looking to get in? i could request an appointment as a failsafe.
― carthage marine park (Deflatormouse), Saturday, 24 June 2023 20:47 (eleven months ago) link
Special Notes on Non-Resident (Visitor) BorrowersVisitors from out-of-state or abroad are welcome to use the Library’s resources on-site. Non-residents may be issued a visitor's library card on-site,with a three month expiration date.In order to qualify for a three month visitor account applicants must present photo id and proof of address (i.e. passport and utility bill) for their locality.
― carthage marine park (Deflatormouse), Saturday, 24 June 2023 21:05 (eleven months ago) link
Went ahead and made an "imaginary follow-up to 'World of Echo' comp (with bonus tracks, as if I were going to burn it to CD-R and make bespoke packaging, as I would've back in 2003...)
Track list:
'Return to World of Echo' (1983-1987)01. Another Thought (1985) ~02. Boy With a Smile (1986) +03. Just a Blip (1986) ~04. Not Checking Up (1986) +05. See Through Love (1986) ~06. Telling No One (1986) +07. Lucky Cloud (1984) ~08. They and Their Friends (1983) #09. Fuzzbuster #06 (1986) +10. A Sudden Chill (1986) ~11. Home Away From Home (1986) ~12. Losing My Taste for the Night Life (1987) ~13. Hollow Tree (1985) ~14. In the Light of a Miracle (1986) +15. Our Last Night Together (1986) *Bonus:16. Fuzzbuster #09 (1986) +17. I Can't Hide (1984) >18. Very Reason (1986) +19. Picture of Bunny Rabbit (1986) +20. Sunlit Water (1984) >Drawn from:* 'World of Echo' Bonus Track~ 'Another Thought'+ 'Picture of Bunny Rabbit'# 'Corn'> 'Sketches for World of Echo - June 25, 1984 Live at EIF'
01. Another Thought (1985) ~02. Boy With a Smile (1986) +03. Just a Blip (1986) ~04. Not Checking Up (1986) +05. See Through Love (1986) ~06. Telling No One (1986) +07. Lucky Cloud (1984) ~08. They and Their Friends (1983) #
09. Fuzzbuster #06 (1986) +10. A Sudden Chill (1986) ~11. Home Away From Home (1986) ~12. Losing My Taste for the Night Life (1987) ~13. Hollow Tree (1985) ~14. In the Light of a Miracle (1986) +15. Our Last Night Together (1986) *
Bonus:16. Fuzzbuster #09 (1986) +17. I Can't Hide (1984) >18. Very Reason (1986) +19. Picture of Bunny Rabbit (1986) +20. Sunlit Water (1984) >
Drawn from:
* 'World of Echo' Bonus Track~ 'Another Thought'+ 'Picture of Bunny Rabbit'# 'Corn'> 'Sketches for World of Echo - June 25, 1984 Live at EIF'
― Soundslike, Saturday, 24 June 2023 21:54 (eleven months ago) link
"Sunlit Water" is so great
― out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Saturday, 24 June 2023 22:16 (eleven months ago) link
awesome thank you soundslike
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 24 June 2023 22:23 (eleven months ago) link
thank you Deflatormouse. I'll see if they can sort me on short notice based on that, or whatever. I'm ostensibly participating in my wife's family reunion 😬 timetable pretty scattered
― maf you one two (maffew12), Sunday, 25 June 2023 01:49 (eleven months ago) link
hey maffew, it looks like that dept is closed on Sundays so i guess it's too late for me to reserve the materials for tomorrow. feel free to reach out if my coming down there would help somehow or if you want to try for another day. i'm probably the person posting here regularly who lives closest to the site and isn't at work during library hours most weekdays. my dn at hotmail.
― carthage marine park (Deflatormouse), Sunday, 25 June 2023 18:51 (eleven months ago) link
right?? it just boggles my mind as to how there's still absolute gold to be found.
― ava (paolo), Monday, 26 June 2023 21:19 (eleven months ago) link
some almost post-rocky type vibez in some places
― ava (paolo), Monday, 26 June 2023 21:20 (eleven months ago) link
and that version of in the light, unbelievable
yes, it is a phenonemenal version. i could easily go with an hour long version of Fuzzbuster #06
― stirmonster, Monday, 26 June 2023 22:28 (eleven months ago) link
Crazy that it’s been almost 20 years since calling out of context, that disc was like a portal to previously unknown worlds
― brimstead, Tuesday, 27 June 2023 02:47 (eleven months ago) link
this is AOTY
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Tuesday, 27 June 2023 08:22 (eleven months ago) link
last two tracks are astonishing. that's two 'In the Light of a/the Miracle's now that I adore
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Tuesday, 27 June 2023 08:23 (eleven months ago) link
have to admit i was very skeptical, but i have to agree with everyone in the thread. just awesome!
― budo jeru, Tuesday, 27 June 2023 13:29 (eleven months ago) link
somewhere i have a 37 minute all the "in the light of the miracles" edited together, idk if this version is on it tho, probably not?
― Kate (rushomancy), Tuesday, 27 June 2023 18:12 (eleven months ago) link
xxxp hell yeah, gonna make every other album released this year look like absolute shite
― ava (paolo), Tuesday, 27 June 2023 19:33 (eleven months ago) link
kate i didn't know there were that many versions
― ava (paolo), Tuesday, 27 June 2023 19:34 (eleven months ago) link
and it's on youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zabD-4-0zk
― ava (paolo), Tuesday, 27 June 2023 19:35 (eleven months ago) link
holy moly the first track on that (Solo Voice and Cello live on Music for Modern Ears radio program 1986) is v similar to the version on bunny rabbit, how did i not know about this??
― ava (paolo), Tuesday, 27 June 2023 19:40 (eleven months ago) link
it's taken from this, which has him speaking on it, I'd never heard his speaking voice before!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duJSeHp13sQ
― ava (paolo), Tuesday, 27 June 2023 19:43 (eleven months ago) link
@maffew12, curious to know if you got into the archive and if you (or anyone else has been) thinks it is worth a visit.
― Position Position, Wednesday, 28 June 2023 13:35 (eleven months ago) link
ahhhh contain yr brain, yeah that's probably never been on ilx then, that's a channel i've followed for a while, don't know how i found it originally but lots of cool shit there. i used to follow matt marble's channel too, i think i must've got on an arthur russell kick at some point. i'm honestly surprised at how many people, upon finding something cool on youtube, _don't_ look to see what else is on the channel. "hillbilly leprechaun"!
― Kate (rushomancy), Wednesday, 28 June 2023 15:36 (eleven months ago) link
imaginary follow-up
ysi?
― serving bundt (sic), Wednesday, 28 June 2023 20:06 (eleven months ago) link
xps it's so cool to hear his speaking voice!
― budo jeru, Friday, 30 June 2023 03:00 (eleven months ago) link
PP: no, sorry. Didn't hear back from them til that afternoon. I was too late thinking of it.fwiw they didn't seem to care about my lack of library card.
― maf you one two (maffew12), Sunday, 2 July 2023 23:32 (eleven months ago) link