John Cale S/D

So here Cale plays some of his favorite things, talks about them and Shifty, also excerpted. Or you can do like I just now did, and go right to three new songs, in full. "Doing hard time in Nookie Wood/Doing hard time again."
http://www.npr.org/2012/10/02/162158655/guest-dj-john-cale Be sure to bask in "Melody Laughter" too!

coooool, thanks for the link!

Spent a ton of time with this the last few days. It's a really dense record, but deep as well. "Scotland Yard" is a fave so far -- the climax is really something. In places, there's an Eno vibe -- "Vampire Cafe" has a stuttering percussion track that could be off of Fourth World Vol. 1. "Sandman" sounds like an Eno melody performed and produced by Cale. And honestly, the production is pretty amazing. It's kind of stunning that a 70 y/o guy could make a record that sounds so entirely contemporary but also entirely his own.

Yeah, he sounds entirely at home on the tracks I've heard. re the xpost first Squeeze album, the songs I remember, like "Strong In Reason" sound suavely macho--not like I usually think of Squeeze, except when they briefly featured Paul Carrack--but Difford and/or Tilbrook show no strain-- the vocal effect is def Calean but not alien to them. Although they weren't exactly eager to repeat the experience, judging by interviews.

oh damn this is unexpectedly good.

Cool, his MySpace has several albums I haven't heard
http://www.myspace.com/johncaleofficialsite/music/albums

(gotta click Album; MySpace Radio intrudes after playing an isolated track.Can always pause Album when needed)

....and the new album is now atop his MySpace booty. You're too good to us, JC!

JOHN CALE TOUR DATES:

Tue. Dec. 4 - Portland, OR @ Mission Theatre w/ Cass McCombs

Thu. Dec. 6 - Seattle, WA @ Showbox w/ Cass McCombs

Sun. Dec. 9 - San Francisco, CA @ Regency Ballroom w/ Cass McCombs

Tue. Dec. 11 - Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey w/ Cass McCombs

Wed. Jan. 16 - Brooklyn, NY @ BAM [Life Along The Borderline - tribute to NICO]

Fri. Jan. 18 - Brooklyn, NY @ BAM [When Past & Future Collide: Paris 1919]

Sat. Jan. 19 - Brooklyn, NY @ BAM [When Past & Future Collide: Paris 1919

grr, i would like to see cale w/ mccombs

there on fri the 18th. Tempted to see the Nico tribute a well.

whoa maybe I need to drive 2 hours to Portland in 6 weeks or so

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLWeqGZT5Wc
recent live clip. great! he's one of those guys whose voice hasn't deteriorated at all -- he sounds pretty much the same as 1975.

and how many 70 year olds could pull off his ensemble.

Now I feel extra bad for missing him here two weeks ago.
Thanks for the youtube tyler, for I'd have missed this awesome piece of classic Cale:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=TYHIqMmtS-0&feature=endscreen

haha, that is a great one. i think i've said it before, but john cale has led a wild n crazy life.

still can't deal w/ the autotune on the new lp.

i'm kind of ok with it? i don't know, it is a weird record, but i am compelled to keep listening to it, which is a good thing, right?

I saw him a few weeks ago. the set was a bit heavy on new material, but he sounded great - opened with cptn Hook, and closed with a pablo picasso / gun medley

OK that sounds like something I can't miss.

from that video...

"fucked HIS wife"

More info and links, sorry for any redund:
John Cale Tour Dates:

Tue. Dec. 4 - Portland OR @ Mission Theater w/ Cass McCombs

Thu. Dec. 6 - Seattle, WA @ Showbox w/ Cass McCombs

Sun. Dec. 9 - San Francisco, CA @ Regency Ballroom w/ Cass McCombs

Tue. Dec. 11 - Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey w/ Cass McCombs

Wed. Jan. 16 - Brooklyn, NY @ BAM [Life Along The Borderline: A Tribute to Nico]

Fri. Jan. 18 - Brooklyn, NY @ BAM [When Past & Future Collide: Paris 1919]

Sat. Jan. 19 - Brooklyn, NY @ BAM [When Past & Future Collide: Paris 1919]

John Cale kicks off his West Coast tour with Cass McCombs tomorrow in support of his new album, Shifty Adventures In Nookie Wood (out now on Double Six Records). This week marks the first time in over half a decade that Cale has played some of these western cities. With McCombs in tow, the two are sure to offer a pan-generational demonstration of tireless and timeless songwriting. As a teaser of this iconic pairing, both artists are sharing new tracks today. "Hatred" by John Cale was previously only available as a bonus 7" that came with the deluxe edition of Shifty Adventures In Nookie Wood. "Empty Promises" by Cass McCombs, premiered by Pitchfork today, is the b-side of the Bradley Manning 7" released earlier this year. You can stream both below.

Listen to/Share "Hatred" by John Cale:

http://soundcloud.com/double-six/john-cale-hatred

Listen to/Share "Empty Promises" by Cass McCombs:

http://soundcloud.com/dominorecordco/cass-mccombs-empty-promises

In January, as part of the three-night Next Wave Festival at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, John Cale will perform two very special productions. On January 16, he celebrates the legacy of Velvet Underground vocalist Nico - entitled Life Along The Borderline - performing with special guests Nick Franglen (Lemon Jelly, Blacksand), Kim Gordon (Sonic Youth), Joan as Police Woman, Mark Lanegan (Screaming Trees, Queens of the Stone Age, Gutter Twins), Magnetic Fields, Meshell Ndegeocello, Peaches, Sharon Van Etten and previously unannounced, Yeasayer. On January 18 and 19, Cale will perform his 1973 landmark album, Paris 1919, in its entirety with his band and the 20-piece Wordless Music Orchestra, followed by music from Cale's repertoire, including Shifty Adventures in Nookie Wood. A full list of dates is below.

For more information, visit:http://www.bam.org/"> http://www.bam.org/
John Cale's "Face to the Sky" video:http://youtu.be/PtC2418nNcU

John Cale's Welcome to Nookie Wood video:http://bit.ly/NcM7YJ"> http://bit.ly/NcM7YJ
John Cale's "I Wanna Talk 2 U" stream:http://bit.ly/OCXHzc"> http://bit.ly/OCXHzc

Was sure Antony would be a the Nico thing.

Heard dude on the radio today, played a couple songs off the new one and then said, "Here's a song in B-Flat," and proceeded to play "Guts." The DJ did not have quick enough reflexes to bleep the opening line.

Seeing him in Seattle tomorrow.

graces the Late Night With Jimmy Fallon stage tonight, Thursday, January 10th! Cale will be joined by full band, back up singers, and The War on Drugs' spry and deft Robbie Bennett and Dave Hartley (aka Nightlands). Tune in to NBC at 12:35/11:35c to catch a cut from Cale's new album, Shifty Adventures In Nookie Wood (out now on Double Six), and enterprising viewers can also feast their eyes on a special, exclusive-to-the-web performance of a classic Velvet Underground song.

I missed him on Fallon show last night and forgot to record it. Hopefully its on Hulu or Youtube or something. Wish I could get to NYC for the Nico tribute gig he's doing Wed. the 16th or the Paris 1919 plus new stuff gigs on the 18th and 19th

http://www.latenightwithjimmyfallon.com/video/john-cale-venus-in-furs-11013/1428413/

Nice to have it play outside of US borders, as well.

that is great (and a little weird). even tho lou wrote "venus in furs" it's as much cale's as it is anyone's.

Yep.

I'm excited to see him do "Paris 1919" this coming Saturday.

I will be there, w/ Tropical Jeremy and our better halves.

also going to this, excited

cale returns to ludlow street
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323596204578241620759540276.html
http://si.wsj.net/public/resources/images/MN-AB443_CALE_G_20130114211355.jpg
http://subrosa.itcmedia.net/library/images/resized/catalog/contents/maclise-vu.jpg
would be cool if lou was photobombing him from the rooftop of one of those buildings.

will be going to BAM for 1919 thang , but based on a video I saw of him playing "Macbeth" with whichever backing band, I regret that reanimated Richie Hayward will not be on the gig. Maybe his ghost will possess the drummer…

http://doomandgloomfromthetomb.tumblr.com

This looks interesting, Lou DJ's on WPIX in 1979, with guest John Cale (who performs in studio, I think?)

Let me see if I can remember after thirty-three years: Lou plays "The Jeweler" during the first part of the program and when John arrives Lou tells him "a whole lot of people were calling up wondering what that was."

He also refers to the track with the English voice - thankfully Cale didn't hear that part of the broadcast

Does someone call up and thank Lou for playing doo-wop instead of all the hippie-dippy stuff that is popular today or was that another show?

Yes, a sort of fried braincell garbled conversation ensues between the two. Funniest bit is probably Lou admonishing a caller for saying the word "shit", this is the same Lou Reed who'd just released "Take No Prisoners"

Yup, that's how it went. OK, listening now. Even the ads and concert listings are amazing: "Thursday, Friday, Saturday- The Only Ones"!

(by the way this radio broadcast is being discussed on three threads simultaneously)

(I know. I started posting on this one but I am reading the other two. Perhaps should just switch over to one of the others. But which?)

(Maybe it should have its own thread.)

(I would take it to the "Take No Prisoners" thread, any excuse to bump a "Take No Prisoners" thread is good one)

(Good idea. Ha, I forgot I also posted to Search And Destroy: Lou Reed)

I put the link in both threads since it involves Cale and Reed.

Just came across the John Cale on I've Got A Secret on youtube posted upthread.

Garry Moore : "Thank you, Mr. Cale. You have a whim of iron."

Following last month's terrific performance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and three sold out shows at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, John Cale is announcing a performance at the 2013 Hopscotch Festival, happening September 5-7 in Raleigh, NC, and sharing the Laurel Halo remix of "Living With You," the original of which is from Shifty Adventures in Nookie Wood.
JOHN CALE'S "LIVING WITH YOU" (LAUREL HALO REMIX) -
http://bit.ly/YdLjXD

JOHN CALE PLAYS LATE NIGHT WITH JIMMY FALLON:

"Venus in Furs" (Web Exclusive) http://bit.ly/WJjP9g

"I Wanna Talk 2 U" http://bit.ly/RMroQ4

"Living With You" is built on John Cale's trademark viola drone with some of the most delicate nylon guitar picking he claims to have encountered. The "Living With You" single bundle includes the original version of the song, the "Organic Mix," which is a more stripped down version made by Cale that revels in the stark and nakedly emotional nature of the song, plus the Laurel Halo remix. The remix comes after a defining year for Laurel who was awarded The Wire's 2012 album of the year for her debut full length, Quarantine.

Watch & Listen:

"Hatred" stream http://bit.ly/Stgoox

"Face to the Sky" video http://bit.ly/VL2W1Q

"I Wanna Talk 2 U" stream http://bit.ly/QCF65f

Welcome To Nookie Wood video -http://bit.ly/NcM7YJ'

http://www.tumblr.com/photo/1280/i12bent/437516637/1/tumblr_kyzo6mUetX1qzn0de