i have kind of a hard time with it (and most pere ubu) to be honest, but I got a deal on it and I'm trying to enjoy it more.
I found Dub Housing to be more conventional, and therefore more accessible, than the one after it (New Picnic Time).
But yeah, in general, I've had a hard time getting into Pere Ubu. But, I've come around lately.
― Austin, Tuesday, 27 June 2017 15:51 (six years ago) link
Pere Ubu for me has always been about The Modern Dance. That was really a small step for David Thomas but a big step for mankind. Unsettling and attractive at the same time. After that nothing ever really brought back that weird feeling of estrangement. Does that word even exist in English?
― Ich bin kein Berliner (alex in mainhattan), Tuesday, 27 June 2017 17:01 (six years ago) link
Hit a used record store on father's day and picked up:
The Egyptian Lover - Egypt, Egypt 12"Monk Higgins - What Fah / Ceatrix Did It 7"JJ Barnes - Baby Please Come Back Home / Chains of Love 7"The Velvettes - These Things Will Keep Me Loving You / Since You've Been Loving Me 7"
― city worker, Tuesday, 27 June 2017 18:11 (six years ago) link
i just picked up a Barbra live cassette and a cassette of native american flute recordings at an outdoor flea market in Woodstock. super cool, both of them
― surm, Tuesday, 27 June 2017 18:14 (six years ago) link
bought a 3-CD lot of In C CDs on ebay from some guy in Wisconsin:
In C (Terry Riley, 1968)In C (Shanghai Film Orchestra, 1989)In C (25th Anniversary Concert, 1990)
the Chinese version is fun, although it has sort of a rushed vibe - "this aleatoric stuff is making me nervous -- can we please just get this over with?" and the 25th anniversary version isn't nearly as out-there as I'd hoped it would be, given the personnel involved. maybe I should try the Acid Mothers Temple version, or maybe I should just download 50 versions at random on slsk
― the baby grew up to be a secessful kid (unregistered), Monday, 10 July 2017 11:32 (six years ago) link
L'Infonie, a weird French Canadian prog group, did a version too.
― Puke and Other Poems (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 10 July 2017 21:47 (six years ago) link
cool, I'll have to check that one out!
― the baby grew up to be a secessful kid (unregistered), Monday, 10 July 2017 23:49 (six years ago) link
Austin & grawlix, I've been finding things to check out through your posts--on the basis of things I've had 30, 40, even 45 years that you are checking out now that you list as successes. So thanks for that, I'll take a chance on things NOT in my collection that you've picked up. Now, I don't think I would've picked up Fugazi & Abdullah Ibrahim or Alice Coltrane on the same trip, but if I recall, the last (only) time I've been to Amoeba & Rasputin in Berkeley, I came away with equally disparate choices.
I have the unique perspective of having bought many of these (on this entire thread) in LP, cassette, and CD--haha, I never got sucked into mini-disc format!!!!
The last several years, I've been in paring down mode, selling off cds as I digitize. Maybe some of my recycles will end up in your hands (though I'm in Michigan, so...)
― j arthur rank, Tuesday, 11 July 2017 00:51 (six years ago) link
Cool! Glad to hear it.
Sadly, I did get into minidiscs in the early 2000s.
― he doesn't need to be racist about it though. (Austin), Tuesday, 11 July 2017 01:22 (six years ago) link
Indeed, nice to hear.
Just got a copy of Sunn O)))'s Oracle in the mail - bought it on Discogs for $25. It's not easy to come by on CD; the 2-disc version (the one I got) was only 2000 copies, made specifically for an Australian tour in 2007 or so. It's great, though; the main disc is two long tracks that sound like their tribute to Einstürzende Neubauten (James Plotkin plays jackhammer!), and the bonus disc is a 48-minute montage of live clips. It's one of their least-known releases, but one of my favorites.
― grawlix (unperson), Tuesday, 11 July 2017 15:26 (six years ago) link
a buck a pop:
Slipknot IowaGravenhurst Flashlight SeasonCannibal Ox Cold VeinThe Format Dog ProblemsBeach House Teen DreamMy Morning Jacket Circuital
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Saturday, 15 July 2017 05:45 (six years ago) link
From today's visit to Amoeba. . .
CDs:Stereolab — Oscillons from the Anti-Sun (this was missing the DVD —which I don't really care about anyway— so it was only $5!)Wire — Pink FlagWire — Chairs MissingWire — 154Abdullah Ibrahim — Anatomy of a South African VillageSiouxsie and the Banshees — The John Peel SessionsGil Scott-Heron + Jamie xx — We're New Here
LPs:Modern English — Take Me to the TreesThe Raincoats — The RaincoatsCluster — Cluster II
― outside, you're never alone. (Austin), Sunday, 12 August 2018 02:00 (five years ago) link
I’ve pre-ordered the new King Crimson 3CD/1Blu-Ray live thing. I saw the tour; it was good.
― grawlix (unperson), Sunday, 12 August 2018 02:33 (five years ago) link
I liked the tour too. But why on earth didn't they play "21st Century Schizoid Man" in Berlin?
― Ich bin kein Berliner (alex in mainhattan), Wednesday, 15 August 2018 17:54 (five years ago) link
Got back in the game yesterday. . .
CDs:Bert Jansch — Rosemary LaneAbdullah Ibrahim — No Fear, No Die (S'en Fout La Mort) OSTAbdullah Ibrahim — Cape Town FlowersMcCoy Tyner — Time for TynerTerry Callier — First LightJon Lucien — RashidaGary Burton — Alone At Last
LPs:Jon Lucien — Song for My LadyJon Lucien — RomanticoBobby Hutcherson — Un Poco LocoAbdullah Ibrahim — Black LightningWeldon Irvine — The Sisters
Jon Lucien's super dope. I remember in the early 2000s, places like Turntable Lab and Dusty Groove were really gushing over some reissues of his. I vaguely recall finding a copy of Song for My Lady at a Salvation Army around the time and checking it out. I remember it being nothing like it actually is. I was way more into early Cure and Radiohead at the time.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Sunday, 10 February 2019 16:28 (five years ago) link
Today's haul. . .
LPs:Ralph Towner / John Abercrombie — Five Years LaterJan Garbarek Group — WayfarerCal Tjader — Puttin` it Together
CDs:Gary McFarland / Steve Kuhn — The October SuiteChick Corea — Return to ForeverChick Corea — Light as a FeatherAbdullah Ibrahim — African MagicThe Meters — A Message from the MetersSonny Rollins — The BridgeThe Free Design — Kites are FunThe Free Design — You Could Be Born Again
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Saturday, 21 September 2019 22:32 (four years ago) link