Jim O'Rourke

meh, was hoping this revive meant actual Jim stuff. Been rocking 'The Visitor' a bunch lately.

Was listening to Kid Creole & the Coconuts' 'Annie, I'm Not Your Daddy' earlier today and that one sardonic couplet at the end of the chorus immediately made me think of Jim: "'Cos if I was in your blood / Then you wouldn't be so ugly"

Mego announces Old News #9:
http://editionsmego.com/release/OLD-NEWS-9

No idea how anyone is expected to keep up with the output from Mego these days...

@NikoMcha Having a Spotify account helps. Although they don't have all the new releases up, like Jim's.

mego inevitably release what you just purchased but remastered & with extra tracks, the day after you purchase it.
fuck any vinyl that is not €1 in my local Plattenkiste.

I think I counted that from 2011 - 2012, counting all the reissue stuff and imprints, Mego released something like 55 vinyl records.

A new addition apparently to the Steamroom albums: http://steamroom.bandcamp.com/album/steamroom-9

no not the french horn again

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3z8twRBz24

Steamroom 10 up: http://steamroom.bandcamp.com/album/steamroom-10

heard this for the first time in years today, don't care much for Insignificance, but what atmosphere:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aQf5h-6a5U

The Eiko Ishibashi record O'Rourke produced is pretty happening -- very much in the Eureka vein.

"resurrection" on that album is a monster jam

yeah! the Kahimi Karie record is sounding pretty solid too, maybe a little less "O'Rourke" but very nice.

(sorry, just catching up with these)

jim o'rourke is a genius and Shame On All Of You Haters in 2001

look what you did. you made him move to japan. JAPAN!!!!!!!!!

Really like the Eiko Ishibashi thing -- production is like 70s Joni filtered through Jim.

yeah car and freezer is great, i think she's a great songwriter (tho a lot of it is improv somehow?) and he's a good producer choice, i hope some of this vibe carries thru to his promised upcoming song-based record.

Steamroom 17 just released. As well as a new trio-lp on Black Truffle and a new duo-lp with Oren Ambarchi coming up soon on Editions Mego.

https://youtu.be/tyEbxVZNXK4

Boléro

Tracklist, etc.:

http://www.dragcity.com/products/simple-songs

http://www.dragcity.com/news/2015-05-05-flac-attack-the-jim-o-rourke-flac-atalog-is-here

smh

great post. punish me jimbo

lol
They're FLAC files, baby! Lossless, bitches - know what that means? If so, please email us! Or you know what? Don't - just BELIEVE that these are the finest possible digitally-delivered representations of the O'Rourkian experience, reluctantly sanctioned by the man himself, who would prefer that you listen to his music on LP while residing in a cave sufficiently far from him that he never has to worry about seeing or hearing from you again! Don't disappoint him (further), take advantage of this uniquely exclusive experience today!

http://s22.postimg.org/jjxf15lox/jimorourkesimplesongs.jpg

oops, i put the thumb on the wrong side

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxhac0bWENY

good god @ that picture

i have the poster from eureka on my bedroom door

Maybe you can appreciate my fan art? I updated my fan art to make it a little more realistic looking and to also better imitate Mimiyo Tomozawa's cartoons. There's only so much that I can, and am willing to do with a mouse and photofiltre freeware though.

uhhh.. updated picture here

http://s13.postimg.org/4w8e4czav/testetest.jpg

Streamin':

http://www.npr.org/2015/05/10/404723495/first-listen-jim-orourke-simple-songs

thanks for the URL.

I hear lots of echos of "The Visitor" (which is good). Beautiful 12-string guitar parts in "Friends with Benefits".

dunno if it's my speakers but it sounds tinny as fuck.. is this the NPR stream quality. it sounds awfully trebly, sorta 'canned', 0 low end..

Sounded terrible through my laptop speakers, now listening with good headphones and it's really nice. "These Hands" especially - classic beautiful/pervy JOR.

Yes, the stream is in low quality.

Even with the low quality stream, this album is hitting me hard. One for the year-end lists, I expect.

There's also a well-considered review that just appeared on the quietus site: http://thequietus.com/articles/17843-jim-orourke-simple-songs-review

i dig your drawings once-ler, they just took me by surprise.

halfway thru first listen, sounds most like The Visitor and Eureka. wild guitar sound of Insignificance nowhere to be found. but that album was written and recorded in a week, and this took....eight years?

..."Simple Songs" places far fewer layers between Jim and the listener. O'Rourke doesn't invite you inside his home, but he does unlock the door.

Well said.

really wish i had the lyric sheet atm

no french horn ! yay!
vdp honky tonk ! yay!
no shoehorned "this one's for all you organum lovers" middle 8 in the wrong key ! yay !
jim's singing voice. erm...

even though i get a strong "i'd really love to see you tonight" vibe from "friends with benefits", while listening to this song i have alternatingly loled nervously and thought "what a pretty song", totally love the ending
the old JOR magic!

jim's singing voice. erm...
i dunno, this album seems like he's finally comfortable singing...
and yeah, even though this seems like maybe his "approachable" and friendly album, there are still plenty of nervous lols to be had!

yeah i think his singing voice is fine
i was listening to unreleased? with fire! (lol) this morning and found it remarkably good, so i decided to check out the new JOR and found it unnerving in a smooth and pleasant and familiar classically smooth JOR kind of way

1999 Peel Session

yeahhh that is pretty excellent