Golden Palominos: C/D

for some reason went down a Palominos hole this afternoon, kind of forgot my old guitar teacher Jim Campilongo was part of the final lineup of the band (who put out an album with the guy from Drivin N Cryin, which I never listened to) but found some good videos a guy took of a show in 2010 with Jim in the band, Robert Kidney doing a song, Syd Straw, etc (there's also a video from a few years later of Lori doing a song with them in NYC, which is surprising; that horrible situations mentioned above must be water under the bridge). Bummed I missed this and apparently it won't happen again; Syd Straw said on her FB page last fall that Anton has quit playing drums. Who knows what he does now.

also to answer la lechera's questions above:

1) which anecdote? Lori is very credible so if she said that I believe that's true. Whether or not her book is actually about him I don't know, I think maybe not? It's never been super clear whether they were in a personal relationship or just some kind of intense creative one. Either way as I noted Lori did do a show with GP a few years ago so whatever happened is probably forgiven.

2) GP covered "animal speaks" by Kidney/Numbers Band on their second album. I'm not sure if there was much involvement between the two earlier than that. AFterward Robert Kidney was involved in a few GP albums as a songwriter and vocalist, primarily on the overlooked "a dead horse". If you check youtube you can see him doing a few songs with GP at what appears to be one of their final shows.

Last thing I knew about Anton was he worked at the Victory Cafe on Hoyt and State, which has been closed for several years now. Maybe this is posted already upthread.

wow akm thank you for answering those questions! i had this thread bookmarked and kept not looking at it and i am glad that i finally did!

i have no idea what i was talking about wrt that interview -- it was 2015! lol

Bill Laswell's ambient dub experiments of the 90s (which themselves didn't exactly change the world

untrue bcz they made it a tiny bit worse

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUS3QD9TlzU

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

Here's Lori Carson sitting in for Little Suicides in 2012

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cv_5-9_5pec

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqXLecQ-YPA

"Visions Of Excess" and "Blast Of Silence" were hugely impactful on my teenage mind, leading me to many great artists. Syd Straw jumped out at me, and though it took me years I eventually discovered the majesty of Robert Kidney's Numbers Band. Lydon, Stipe, Blegvad, Thompson - doesn't get much better than that.

For me, the hidden gem of their catalog is "Drunk With Passion". Opening with a great Stipe track, Amanda Kramer's great and then Mould destroys everything with "Dying From The Inside Out" followed by Bob Kidney closing it out with his inimitable style.

yeah it's absolutely a great album. For me, 1, Visions of Excess, Drunk with Passion, and This is How it Feels are the only necessary albums and I'd have a hard time telling you which one is my favorite, since they are basically four different groups.