I wonder if I could get a pair of "Vote Miles" dolphin trunks made at neighborhoodies or someplace similar.
I know for damn sure I wouldn't have the guts to wear them.
― Oilyrags, Wednesday, 26 September 2007 16:41 (5 years ago) Permalink
i think the artwork is the figures from the album sleeve somehow transposed onto the brushed-bronze box the Jack Johnson set came in
― stevie, Wednesday, 26 September 2007 16:59 (5 years ago) Permalink
― stevie, Wednesday, 26 September 2007 17:00 (5 years ago) Permalink
okay that's much better!
― Shakey Mo Collier, Wednesday, 26 September 2007 17:03 (5 years ago) Permalink
that is fly
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 26 September 2007 17:04 (5 years ago) Permalink
That's lovely.
― JN$OT, Wednesday, 26 September 2007 17:05 (5 years ago) Permalink
ok, so it's the first week of october. where's the box? any truth to the rumor that the cover art is being stickered over with a big picture of vince wilburn with the caption, "did you know that miles davis was my uncle? huh? didja?"
― Lawrence the Looter, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 01:49 (5 years ago) Permalink
So I'm going to take this box set's release, and my recent interest in the music of Funkadelic and Sly & the Family Stone, as signs that I should listen to On the Corner.
― Ivan, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 04:07 (5 years ago) Permalink
what are dolphin trunks?
i've always wanted a Vote Miles shirt or button
― jaxon, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 04:29 (5 years ago) Permalink
Great review, Phil.
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 05:32 (5 years ago) Permalink
Um, link?
― Naive Teen Idol, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 11:27 (5 years ago) Permalink
Yeah, there's no mention of it on Phil's blog.
― JN$OT, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 12:34 (5 years ago) Permalink
Haven't posted the link there yet, but here 'tis.
― unperson, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 14:00 (5 years ago) Permalink
Nice. Thanks for the link, Phil.
― JN$OT, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 14:11 (5 years ago) Permalink
there's a decent sized feature on this in the new Wax Poetics (Miles on the cover). Interviews with Cosey and Henderson -- don't think I've read too many interviews with those two. I bought it, but I haven't read it yet. Gah, I really really want this box set -- anyone find any decent deals on it?
― tylerw, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 14:37 (5 years ago) Permalink
45 bucks offa itunes
― adam, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 15:08 (5 years ago) Permalink
and oh hey it's awesome
Sweet.
― Bill Magill, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 15:09 (5 years ago) Permalink
hmm $45 is a pretty good deal. but do i want the pretty packaging? ie, am I a sucker? Answer: probably.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 15:14 (5 years ago) Permalink
my wife is telling me that this is not gonna be available in time for my birthday :(
― Shakey Mo Collier, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 15:39 (5 years ago) Permalink
Jax0n:
dolphin trunks = tight fitting shorts similar to the ones the big-booty babe on the OTC album cover wears.
In other news, I am probably the same kind of sucker Tyler probably is.
― Oilyrags, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 16:24 (5 years ago) Permalink
Interview with Henderson, Cosey, and Liebman – some sort of promotion for the box:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=VFUhV_ciNQg
Says 'part 1 of 3' but I can't find the others …
― Brakhage, Friday, 5 October 2007 21:21 (5 years ago) Permalink
Amazon.uk release date now has it coming out Oct. 29. We'll see.
― JN$OT, Saturday, 6 October 2007 07:21 (5 years ago) Permalink
liner notes are great -- good to finally know which Stockhausen he was listening to, Paul Buckmaster's liner notes mention he brought over a copy of the Mixtur / Gruppen LP, and the first night he shows up to crash at Miles' they leave each side playing on repeat for hours. Mixtur is the orchestral piece where each instrument is sent through seperate microphones to filters & ring mods, and the trumpet textures really stick out. He also mentions later seeing a cassette of Hymnen in Miles' Lamborghini.
― Milton Parker, Monday, 8 October 2007 18:24 (5 years ago) Permalink
good to finally know which Stockhausen he was listening to
awes
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 8 October 2007 20:54 (5 years ago) Permalink
haha I just saw some old longhaired overweight beardo reading about this in the elevator
― Shakey Mo Collier, Monday, 8 October 2007 21:04 (5 years ago) Permalink
aha! news! sort of! from paul tingen's Miles Beyond site:
"I've been receiving several e-mails from folk in the US complaining that the On The Corner boxed set has still to turn up, and wanting to know why. I called Sony Legacy, and they tell me that they have production and transportation problems. The box is apparently rather difficult to make, involving a metal casing with embossed imprint, and is made in China. Small shipments are trickling into the US, and the Legacy representative couldn't say where they would be available first. The company doesn't even have promotional copies yet."
― Lawrence the Looter, Monday, 8 October 2007 22:04 (5 years ago) Permalink
looks like a boss box too:
― Lawrence the Looter, Monday, 8 October 2007 22:05 (5 years ago) Permalink
nice detail with the raised embossment: they gave the blonde guy all the way on the left a glaringly huge package
― Milton Parker, Monday, 8 October 2007 22:11 (5 years ago) Permalink
sorry, all the way on the right (we knew that)
― Milton Parker, Monday, 8 October 2007 22:12 (5 years ago) Permalink
I can never look at the guy in the green suit without seeing The Rev. Al Sharpton.
― Myonga Vön Bontee, Monday, 8 October 2007 22:34 (5 years ago) Permalink
After seeing the packaging, I think I went from mere lust to full-out fuckwant.
― The Reverend, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 04:35 (5 years ago) Permalink
Vote Miles!
― JN$OT, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 06:17 (5 years ago) Permalink
-- Myonga Vön Bontee, Monday, 8 October 2007 22:34
lol otm
i totally have a vote miles shirt xpost
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 07:02 (5 years ago) Permalink
-- The Reverend, Tuesday, October 9, 2007 5:35 AM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Link
same here. i am a little ashamed...
― stevie, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 10:30 (5 years ago) Permalink
The company doesn't even have promotional copies yet."
Um...then why are there so many advance reviews? I suspect Sony/Legacy is doing some leg-pulling.
― Sara Sara Sara, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 13:18 (5 years ago) Permalink
They sent out advances (plain white sleeve w/6 CD-Rs in it; I got one, obviously. But they haven't yet sent full-art copies out to reviewers who wrote the thing up based on advances, which they usually do.
― unperson, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 13:58 (5 years ago) Permalink
-- Myonga Vön Bontee, Monday, October 8, 2007 6:34 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Link
me too!
― sanskrit, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 16:23 (5 years ago) Permalink
Listened to Bill Laswell's 'On The Corner (Subterranean Channel Mix)' from Panthalassa: The Remixes. I can't decide if he improved on Teo Macero's edits by making the track more structured, or if he just made it sound like any Material album. Leaning towards the former.
― Brakhage, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 18:25 (5 years ago) Permalink
Andy K was spot on, this really does make you want to stop listening to everything else. I haven't heard any of the other complete sessions boxes-- I figured tight editing is part of what made the originals so great, didn't want to spend the dough-- but this is just incredible.
― Mark Rich@rdson, Sunday, 28 October 2007 03:09 (5 years ago) Permalink
Free me!
― JN$OT, Wednesday, 31 October 2007 14:37 (5 years ago) Permalink
If anyone's on Ruckus.com (free DRM'd downloads if you've got a .edu e-mail address, probably US-only), the whole thing's there.
― These Robust Cookies, Wednesday, 31 October 2007 20:32 (5 years ago) Permalink
ok wow a friend told me about ruckus but i just assumed it didn't have anything cool on it.
thx dude!
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 31 October 2007 20:34 (5 years ago) Permalink
Oh man Ruckus looks fantastic. How about a five years defunct .edu e-mail address? :(
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Wednesday, 31 October 2007 21:01 (5 years ago) Permalink
you can reg as an alumni
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 31 October 2007 21:07 (5 years ago) Permalink
You have to be able to get mail at the .edu address, is the thing. That's what you'll be registered under.
― These Robust Cookies, Wednesday, 31 October 2007 21:29 (5 years ago) Permalink
-- Brakhage, Friday, October 5, 2007 5:21 PM (1 month ago) Bookmark Link
The whole interview video - with bits of live footage! is on the official site.
― dad a, Thursday, 8 November 2007 22:53 (5 years ago) Permalink
sweeeeeet
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 8 November 2007 22:54 (5 years ago) Permalink
so... this is finally available now?
― Shakey Mo Collier, Thursday, 8 November 2007 23:30 (5 years ago) Permalink
It's out. I want it.
― sonderangerbot, Thursday, 8 November 2007 23:35 (5 years ago) Permalink