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― stirmonster, Saturday, 21 August 2004 09:01 (8 years ago) Permalink
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― frenchbloke (frenchbloke), Saturday, 21 August 2004 09:22 (8 years ago) Permalink
http://ilx.p3r.net/searchresults.php?box=true&q=arthur+russell&board=2
― Alba (Alba), Saturday, 21 August 2004 09:49 (8 years ago) Permalink
― cutty (mcutt), Saturday, 21 August 2004 15:02 (8 years ago) Permalink
http://www.last.fm/music/Dinosaur+L/+wiki
OTM.
― jim, Saturday, 26 January 2008 16:25 (5 years ago) Permalink
http://arthurrussellmovie.com
WORLD PREMIERE Berlin International Film Festival
PREMIERE: February 13, 17:00, CineStar 7 Alternate Screenings: February 14, 12:00, Cinestar 7 February 15, 17:30, Cubix 7
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― Crackle Box, Sunday, 27 January 2008 15:29 (5 years ago) Permalink
Okay, you know that bit in the trailer of him at the Kitchen (I assume) where he's playing the Cello and keening what sounds like Eli? Is there any more of that featured in the documentary and is it possible to get any recordings like that of Arthur Russell? I know he's given me enough already but I'm kind've addicted to this guy and I keep rewatching the trailer just for that fraction of a second. I hope I get a chance to see this documentary and it won't be like the Agnes Martin one I'll never see, probably.
― I know, right?, Thursday, 5 June 2008 16:59 (4 years ago) Permalink
That's about all they show of that clip in the film. There are also one or two of his early 70s country/folk kinda songs used, which sound totally great. Supposedly there will be a CD of that kinda stuff coming out on Audika later in the year. As for the film, from what I hear it's supposed to have a limited theatrical release in the fall and then it will come out on DVD. So I'm sure you'll get a chance to see it.
― Hatch, Thursday, 5 June 2008 17:11 (4 years ago) Permalink
Supposedly there will be a CD of that kinda stuff coming out on Audika later in the year.
By that, do you mean the kitchen stuff, the folky stuff or both, Audika website is insisting on telling me nothing. Any more Russell is exciting though, although I'm sure that at this stage some folks would disagree.
― I know, right?, Thursday, 5 June 2008 17:23 (4 years ago) Permalink
there's a cd & lp of the country & folk stuff coming out in september, apparently. also, i found out a while ago that audika's pretty much the one guy, steve, doing it all out of his own pocket, so right on!, audika.
― schlump, Thursday, 5 June 2008 17:30 (4 years ago) Permalink
Yeah Steve has mountains of unreleased Arthur Russell stuff. I'm sure he'll keep releasing new discs for years to come. The country/folk stuff is very promising, I'm psyched to hear more of it.
― Hatch, Thursday, 5 June 2008 17:31 (4 years ago) Permalink
It's great when people put such love into things, that photograph of Arthur on the beach is a nice opener.
― I know, right?, Thursday, 5 June 2008 17:32 (4 years ago) Permalink
word on the street is that Eli song, which by the way completely destroyed me when I saw it in the theater (first show in NYC sitting behind Bob Blank, Peter Zummo, Steve Knutson and Tom Lee, btw), will eventually be coming out on an Audika release.
more on the movie premiere: http://acuterecords.com/blog/?p=38
― dan selzer, Thursday, 5 June 2008 18:07 (4 years ago) Permalink
This is a side of Russell that I am really curious about.
― I know, right?, Thursday, 5 June 2008 18:13 (4 years ago) Permalink
Y'know, another side! (ba-boom!)
― I know, right?, Thursday, 5 June 2008 18:14 (4 years ago) Permalink
That guy was like Dungeons and Dragons dice, he had so many sides.
― dan selzer, Thursday, 5 June 2008 18:19 (4 years ago) Permalink
dodecahedron at least!
really excited about these upcoming Audika things.
I never saw this thread before! We usually use the other one but this is cool.
― sleeve, Friday, 6 June 2008 01:58 (4 years ago) Permalink
I mean:
Ok . MORE Arthur Russell (But This Is Great)
― sleeve, Friday, 6 June 2008 01:59 (4 years ago) Permalink
Ex(Arthur(x)&Dodec(x)&Awesome(x))->Happy this evening
I'm sure some Russell stuff would scare me though, it's pretty far out
― sonderangerbot, Friday, 6 June 2008 02:05 (4 years ago) Permalink
the documentary "Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell" shows tonight Wednesday June 18 at 6:30 p.m. and tomorrow at 9 p.m. at the AFI Silver Theater in Silver Spring, Maryland just outside DC. Alas, I can't make either show.
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 18 June 2008 13:55 (4 years ago) Permalink
finally saw the doc.
ahhhhh his dad is saw rad when hes talking about going on blogs to talk about arthur. here's to a hundred more releases!
― 69, Saturday, 2 May 2009 05:30 (4 years ago) Permalink
conference at NYU -- "kissme again: the life and legacy of arthur russell," organized in conjunctionwith the publication of tim lawrence's new book, "Hold On to Your Dreams:Arthur Russell and the Downtown Music Scene" (duke university press). Fullschedule at http://arthursymposium.blogspot.com/
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 8 October 2009 14:49 (3 years ago) Permalink
Wow, performances Friday and Saturday night and panels all day Saturday. Folks in NYC should go to this...
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 8 October 2009 14:55 (3 years ago) Permalink
Very lofty discussion topics there, I hope they aren't taking themselves too seriously.
― Michael F Gill, Thursday, 8 October 2009 17:19 (3 years ago) Permalink
new yorkers are so spoiled!
anyway, nothing wrong with taking your subject seriously, surely
― goole, Thursday, 8 October 2009 17:26 (3 years ago) Permalink
yeah those talks don't sound particularly pretentious. i was preparing for much worse. this sounds pretty neat.
― amateurist, Friday, 9 October 2009 14:54 (3 years ago) Permalink
"Love is Overtaking Me" is kinda how I want Jonathan Richman to be.
― the Rob Based god (M@tt He1ges0n), Wednesday, 5 May 2010 23:00 (3 years ago) Permalink
ive come round to this lately, really disliked it a lot at first on a/c of it not really being "arthur russel"
― plax (ico), Wednesday, 5 May 2010 23:41 (3 years ago) Permalink
to me, it's even more amazing because it's like damn the dude could do something totally different from what he's known for and, to me at least, it could totally stand among some really great folky singer/songwriters
― the Rob Based god (M@tt He1ges0n), Wednesday, 5 May 2010 23:45 (3 years ago) Permalink
yeah i know what you mean, but when i read the descriptions i still thought, it being AR an all, that it was gonna be a little weirder, and it is pretty conventional but that is not really a barrier to appreciating it for me anymore.
― plax (ico), Wednesday, 5 May 2010 23:47 (3 years ago) Permalink
um does anybody know what the chords are to close my eyes?
― plax (ico), Wednesday, 9 June 2010 22:17 (2 years ago) Permalink
― 69, Saturday, 2 May 2009 06:30 (1 year ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
just watched this over the wkend + this is otm - his parents are so awesome
― just sayin, Thursday, 10 June 2010 07:49 (2 years ago) Permalink
Via aerosmith on FB:
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 27 October 2011 20:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
hahaaaa. can kind of hear his comments as arthur russell lyrics
uneventfulthis guy's in troublewho knows what this guy is up to you figure it outyou figure it out!
― tylerw, Thursday, 27 October 2011 21:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
ha tyler, a+ exclamation mark use
― the contemporary jazz guitar gettin mad liberated (schlump), Thursday, 27 October 2011 21:30 (1 year ago) Permalink
heeheetbh, if i was a WB exec in the 70s, i don't know what i would think of arthur russell's demo tape. i mean, i hope i would have an open mind and dig it, but it's hard to know how you'd react to something so different.
― tylerw, Thursday, 27 October 2011 21:46 (1 year ago) Permalink
M. Daddino did some checking and said exec signed the Modern Lovers to Warner Bros. and was Mo Ostin's assistant, so a little latitude might be needed here!
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 27 October 2011 21:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
oh huh, that does change things! he should've known! i figured he was just a suit looking for the next Journey or something.
― tylerw, Thursday, 27 October 2011 21:56 (1 year ago) Permalink
if i'd been A&R for WB back then i'm sure i'd have turned him down too. the original rough trade 12" of let's go swimming sold about 100 copies in the uk. his (non dance) music was way too out of kilter / ahead of its time to be understood by most people at the time it was made.
― stirmonster, Thursday, 27 October 2011 22:28 (1 year ago) Permalink
Also I'd guess coercing him to produce "product" would have been an unending nightmare.
― fun drive (seandalai), Thursday, 27 October 2011 22:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
I hope nobody minds if I point out the Kickstarter page for Red Hot's Russell tribute album, This Is How We Walk on the Moon:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/798547390/red-hot-arthur-russell-this-is-how-we-walk-on-the
The lineup so far:Twin ShadowWashed OutJosé GonzálezRubblebucketRobynGlen HansardJavelinHot ChipNico Muhly + Owen PallettCut Copy, Sandro PerriThe Revival HourWill Sheff (Okkervil River)Sam AmidonÓlöf ArnaldsDevendra BanhartDan Boeckner (Handsome Furs / Wolf Parade)Chad VanGaalenScissor SistersOh MercyLaurel HaloThao with The Get Down Stay Down
― muus lääv? :D muus dut :( (Telephone thing), Thursday, 16 August 2012 23:25 (9 months ago) Permalink
OK, and nobody cares, I guess. The Kickstarter is kind of languishing too; if it keeps going at this rate, it's not going to be funded by September 8.
― muus lääv? :D muus dut :( (Telephone thing), Sunday, 19 August 2012 06:07 (9 months ago) Permalink
I care, and went straight to the site and pony'd up, really hoping that it comes to pass.
― Ginger at the Gates of Dawn (MaresNest), Sunday, 19 August 2012 10:37 (9 months ago) Permalink
Don't know almost any of these artists, and doubt any will hold a candle to Arthur--but if it raises some $ for AIDS awareness and gets more people to hear Mr. Russell's music, I'm in.
― Soundslike, Tuesday, 21 August 2012 19:21 (9 months ago) Permalink
love arthur russell
have almost zero desire to hear covers of his work by anyone
― Jandek at the Disco (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 21 August 2012 19:54 (9 months ago) Permalink
^^^ this
For a good cause but ... nope. Leave him alone, folks.
― Loo Reading (Capitaine Jay Vee), Tuesday, 21 August 2012 22:39 (9 months ago) Permalink
i love his stuff so much but it feels so magic and delicate, i don't like to think about why i like it or even think about it....there's a spooky kinda distance in it i can't quite understand
― Jandek at the Disco (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 21 August 2012 22:50 (9 months ago) Permalink
i learned how to play "close my eyes" sometime a while ago, but that's like his most singer-songwriter tune, i think.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 21 August 2012 22:54 (9 months ago) Permalink
the love is overtaking me stuff could be covered the best i think
― Jandek at the Disco (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 21 August 2012 22:58 (9 months ago) Permalink
but a lot of the stuff is barely SONGS, like in the long view but it's so great
I have high hopes from some of those involved, and also the last few albums compiled for the same cause were pretty good.
― Moon Fuxx (Jill), Tuesday, 21 August 2012 23:09 (9 months ago) Permalink
i think the singer from electrelane sung our last night together, playing the piano, for another comp, & it was nice. i am similarly ambivalent to people trying to cover arthur russell if there's an idea that it's going to capture any of the thing that made his recordings so magical but then obviously they are really good songs so i'm sure someone'll do something good. also there's a robyn cover, right.
― very sexual album (schlump), Tuesday, 21 August 2012 23:13 (9 months ago) Permalink
have nothing against arthur russell covers, though i'm not dying to hear this particular album. in general, i'm all for anything that might attract new listeners to his music.
― contenderizer, Tuesday, 21 August 2012 23:16 (9 months ago) Permalink
The Four Songs covers EP with Jens Lekman and others was completely forgettable and I never want to hear that Arthur's Landing album again.
― Cong rat ululations (seandalai), Wednesday, 22 August 2012 01:20 (9 months ago) Permalink
Nico and I are doing "Wild Combination" so y'all can go have safe sex with yourselves
― nedless summer (Ówen P.), Wednesday, 22 August 2012 03:01 (9 months ago) Permalink
Oh man, it's not looking good :(
― Pat Ast vs Jean Arp (MaresNest), Friday, 31 August 2012 17:15 (8 months ago) Permalink
Anyone else heard the Lonnie Holley album yet? It's reminding me of the more abstract/synth-y Russell stuff.
― Metal Archies (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 22 November 2012 13:39 (6 months ago) Permalink
that's a really good call. didn't know lonnie holley at all but enjoying this a lot so far.
― ogmor, Wednesday, 5 December 2012 23:06 (5 months ago) Permalink
Rome Neal 1 year agoI'm very proud to have been one of the male vocalists on this tune as well as the Shakere player!!!!
― zero dark (s1ocki), Tuesday, 19 February 2013 21:53 (3 months ago) Permalink