A thread for Sandy Bull

After thorough listening and consideration, I am prepared to pronounce "Demolition Derby" his finest moment.

Right on, dude.

All I got in my pocket are two tokens and a dime, but I'm holding to the pieces of my dream.

Sandy's daughter is a stone fox, btw.

pix pls.

looked, but no dice. She played taboura on stage with him towards the end there. She made a doc about her dad?

tamboura

we can't stop fighting now
we can't stop fighting now
we can't stop fighting now

I like East-West now BTW.

She made a doc about her dad?

wait, what? did this come out?

so i just ordered the live disc on water and i picked up the best of on vanguard

can we do a proper S/D with the best tracks?

i'm thinking of picking up e pluribus unum because none of that is included on the best of, but i wonder how much i need the first three to fill in the gaps from the best of

also i just want to point out that i got into this via roy montgomery's track "fantasia on a sandy bull"

live disc on Water is slightly shambling, but still awwwwwwesome -- him and Fahey on one night, must've been incredible.

i would definitely buy all the bull albums. but yeah, get e pluribus, it's fucking great.

too bad e pluribus is the only one readily available on CD. but i'm digging on this comp like crazy, wish i could find copies of "inventions" and "demolition derby".

and yeah that review upthread is on some bullshit.

demolition derby is just something else entirely man. god i love that record.

wish i could find copies of "inventions" and "demolition derby".

― moonship journey to baja, Monday, June 29, 2009 12:21 AM

never heard those either, i just have fantasias and e pluribus and possibly the live one but i think i sold it

demolition derby is a ridic record. inventions is similar in vibe to fantasias.

demo derby is not really deep into the acid raga groove, aside from a few tracks. you get sort of weird sentimental stuff like "last date" which sounds like duane eddy but is totally smokin.

"coming together (a song of peace)" is ultimate stoner feel-good hippy protest jam.

hey um in reference to this:

She played taboura on stage with him towards the end there. She made a doc about her dad?

― Fox Force Five Punchline (sexyDancer), Monday, November 17, 2008 11:08 AM (7 months ago) Bookmark

see this excerpt from the comments HERE:
Cassandra said...

I am Sandy's daughter that made the film. I have recently done some new edits and started showing it around oakland/sf and am busy trying to set up some dates in other cities. let me know if you or anyone you know wants to host a night of film/music

should i start a thread on cosmic americana music? or is there already one?

where we talk about stuff that sounds like his version of "memphis, tn"?

yeah start one so I can talk about Fahey's "Fare Forward Voyagers"

I guess the doc is screening in Greenpoint tonight. Anyone going? SexyD?

SB features prominently in the new Jonathan Lethem book, "Chronic City."

weird.

How so? He's a character?

shiiiiiit i wanna see that doc!!!

i agree with ian, demolition derby is my favorite.

dude jammin on bach is PRETTY and all... but.. demderb is just so whacky.

I like it when he sings.

me too. it's like he's really got the right sense of funky jabberwocky in his singing

So is it supposed to be a good movie or what?? I'm thinking about going...

Yeah, I can't figure out if it's supposed to be good or not. The only thing I remember from the last time it came around was the opinion that "Sandy's daughter is a fox."

How so? He's a character?

No, but several times in the book, one of the main characters has to get stoned and put on Sandy Bull whenever he's bidding on a mystical vase on eBay in order to... eh, just read it I suppose. :)

Sandy's daughter is a stone fox, btw.

― Fox Force Five Punchline (sexyDancer), Monday, November 17, 2008 5:36 PM (1 year ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

jonathan lethem talks too much about music in his books! it creeps me out a little bit, like im reading nick hornby. sometimes is okay, and i understand the importance of cross-medium reference etc, but like, it all reminds me of how loud wes anderson soundtracks are.

going to this:

Monday, March 28 · 9:00pm - 11:00pm

Pleasant St. Theater

Amherst Cinema

Intro by the filmmaker, Sandy Bull's daughter KC Bull. Reading by Byron Coley live music by Thurston Moore, Kim Gordon, and Bill Nace.

she's a fox -- and a really sweet person ime.

Just saw that Drag City's going to release a circa 1976 live show this March.

http://www.dragcity.com/products/sandy-bull-and-the-rhythm-ace-live-1976

awesome. i love drag city these days, more than ever.

ha, just came to post about that. was frantically searching for live bootlegs of sandy and saw this
http://www.dragcity.com/system/uploads/files/273/news.jpg
can't wait! been reading chronic city finally, sandy bull content is an interesting detail.

very cool! i was just watching that clip on your blog!

yeah, i'd like to see that whole doc, even tho it seems like it might be a lot of talking head action. are there interviews with sandy in it? or is it just wavy gravy.

Sandy's daughter is a stone fox, btw.

― Fox Force Five Punchline (sexyDancer), Monday, November 17, 2008 5:36 PM (1 year ago)

― ian, Tuesday, November 24, 2009 12:31 AM (2 years ago)

ha, is she?
good genes i guess. think this was the cover of teenbeat at some point.
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/49/126545147_c51530fd09.jpg

here's an mp3 from the drag city thang. sounds pretty rad, actually
http://www.dragcity.com/system/tracks/downloads/5358/original/1-01_Oud_Edit_.mp3

hell yeah - i will be watching that soon, thanks

thanks for sharing

Anyone heard this recently released live album?
https://www.forcedexposure.com/Catalog/bull-sandy-live-in-san-francisco-late-1969-lp/TDP.54111LP.html

I’ve pretty much given up on Drag City repressing the rhythm ace record

curious about that SF 69 thing ... but I can't find any info about it (other than the descrip on the FE page and elsewhere). seems like it'd be at least a slightly bigger deal.

biggest surprise of the Jann Wenner bio was Sandy Bull playing such a prominent role being Jane Wenner's longtime romantic partner, even while she was married to Jann. also didn't know he was such a bad junkie.

just when you think sandy can't be any cooler, he cucks jann wenner

and yeah, he was, uh, a committed heroin user for a long time, i think.

but I can't find any info about it (other than the descrip on the FE page and elsewhere). seems like it'd be at least a slightly bigger deal.

idk, is it a bootleg label? the cover photo, pretty clearly from the 80s, doesn't inspire much confidence.

Trading Places appears to be a Radation sublabel, which afaik is legit

https://www.discogs.com/label/1624893-Trading-Places

from Discogs comments:

For those concerned with questions of legitimacy, Trading Places appears to license many of their releases from Cherry Red, who does factually maintain rights to the several releases I checked. Cherry Red / Esoteric Recordings is fully legitimate, and if they grant the license then the releases are legitimate. One may contact Cherry Red to confirm this for themselves. Every Trading Places release I've viewed has some form of licensing claim, whether from Cherry Red or other parties related to the respective release. This does not mean they are legitimate, but are at the very least researching rights holders.

what an amazing doc that was, and so real. loved it.