Jim O'Rourke

got the vinyl in the mail. nice packaging, color scheme. the piece is split up to both sides. split at a good point, i guess. the banjo/motion parts remind me of Deadwood montages or credits.

does the back of the vinyl cover also have a visual pun?

haven't seen it but i would imagine just a mirror-reverse of the front image based on his previous records.

visitor = so so so so so so so so so so so good

it certainly is. there is a short segment which reminds me of the theme from "the room" though

http://www.exclaim.ca/articles/generalarticlesynopsfullart.aspx?csid1=140&csid2=844&fid1=44464

Say what?

exciteddd

^^^^^

In his long and storied career, experimental art rock great Jim O'Rourke has explored the outer echelons of indie rock, electronic music, free jazz and anything in between, so it's rare for the musician to surprise us. However, he's regained our full attention with an ambitious tribute to 81-year-old lounge singer Burt Bacharach.

lol at 'outer echelons' and 'lounge singer'

not all that surprising, is it?

yeah this is only a surprise if uh...you actually haven't listened to his albums, cause if you did, you'd have heard a bacharach cover song already

yeah, that's what you get with 2nd hand blog posts, the blog post that info was culled from is less wide-eyed and dumb sounding:
http://www.twentyfourbit.com/post/395056335/jim-orourke-produces-burt-bacharach-tribute-album

that's much better. anyhoo, this sounds like it'll be fun!

halfway to a threeway on vinyl is one of the best recorded albums ever

kinda wish it dug into the songbook a bit deeper, but really looking forward to the tribute!

some soundclips here: http://ototoy.jp/opus/package.php/12910

chomping at the bit to get at this one. sounds interesting to say the least

had it in the shopping cart 'til I realized it would cost ~$42...will anyone put this out over here?

Yeah, cannot afford this. But by golly, do I fucking want it. Been looking everywhere. Seems incredible. Ugh.

ysi kudosai

really like jim o'rourke but none of these soundclips sound anything beyond what I'd expect them to sound

Is ysi kudosai a code? What does it all mean?

After hearing O'Rourke say "pretty much everyone will be disappointed" with the Visitor, I expected it to be just like that awful avant-garde Jason Pierce Guitar Loops piece of shit and avoided it like the plague. Hoo boy was that ever a mistake. Because this is absolutely fucking AMAZING HEAVENLY SOOTHING BEAUTIFUL MUSIC, and the PERFECT companion piece to Bad Timing.

The moral of the stoy: NEVER TRUST THE ARTISTS.

I've had The Visitor on looped repeat for the last few hours here at work and it's gorgeous.

Hey, I'm listening to it right now, too!

These days he seems like the antidote to everything that is wrong with music. Come back to America Jim!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vPdNlzgkhw

'Get a Room' manages to be simultaneously one of the funniest and bleakest song I know.

I absolutely <3 this song. One of a kind.

I'm very happy to hear Mego releases a series of archival recordings by Jim (although I'd prefer cd's to vinyl), I bought the re-release of 'I'm Happy...' just for the extra tracks. If this video is a teaser of what's coming this is going to be good:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oORVZwlSIgs&feature=related

on a curious note, what's going on here exactly?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIzPi4JcJ84&feature=related

http://themoviewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/sean1.jpg

Eric, it's Jim on Japanese tv getting taught Enka. See this as well.

Looking forward to the archival releases, I hadn't heard! I didn't buy the "I'm happy..." reissue yet; already own the original on lp and cd.

that clip was first posted over here: Jim O'Rourke S/D and got a few comments.

I hadn't seen the other topic : )
Looking at the Mego website, I see there's another Jim lp announced (collaboration with Oren Ambarchi) for July as well, apart from that Archive-series.

speaking of ambarchi and o'rourke, anyone heard their latest album with keiji haino? i liked timo formosa but haven't been able to find the new one.

a preview of 'Old News no. 5'. 'Pedal and Pedal' reminds of Boards of Canada or something similar pastoral.

http://soundcloud.com/experimedia/jim-orourke-old-news-5-album

nice.. looks like there are two recent recordings on the album. i'm guessing that preview is the track from 2003?

http://editionsmego.com/release/OLD+NEWS+5 .. looks like vinyl only

that preview contains parts of all four tracks, and yes, there are two tracks from 2010.

Eureka just gets better and better for me...

http://devonrecordclub.wordpress.com/2011/07/14/jim-orourke-eureka-round-12-toms-selection/

I can picture Eureka being more enjoyable as background/record music for a music critic type person

Of course I love it, and I love Insignificance more, and they don't really gather dust for me, and Jim's still an idiot for not coming back to pop rock songs

For once I agree with CaptainLorax. This guy is such an asshole. How can someone who writes such good songs not realize how BORING the rest of his music is?

I won't go as far as saying that his other music is boring - well, I guess a lot of it is - it's just that his other music isn't pop rock masterpieces when it could be

Well, considering how high "Bad Timing" placed on this poll, seems like some people are 'ok' with his idiot/asshole/Gastr Del Sol side

For once I agree with CaptainLorax. This guy is such an asshole. How can someone who writes such good songs not realize how BORING the rest of his music is?

he's this generation's brian eno

Bad Timing is ok. The Visitor is pretty good. I like Gastr Del Sol. I'm talking about the records that are like "YOU HAVE TO PLAY THIS LOUD ON GIANT AUDIOPHILE SPEAKERS SO YOU CAN HEAR THE SUBTLE BLEEPS AND THE SOUND OF PAPER CLIPS DRAGGING THROUGH SAND"

Guess you're talking about his improv/solo stuff then? Seems like kind of a silly thing to be mad about imo. He's moved on, he's into something you're not into, these things happen. No guarantee his pop craft would be as strong now anyway since he's obv in a different headspace these days.

Also, the first two fenn o'berg records and I'm happy, I'm singing... are some of the best things he's ever put out.

How can someone not like this song?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NerhUR8GE6w

Yeah that is so, so sublime

Yeah, that's a great record. Definitely not talking about that.

old news #6 announced!
http://editionsmego.com/release/OLD+NEWS+6

Interesting primer article on J'oR in this month's Wire magazine (with added wtf? @ pics of Zomby)