thanks for the update! glad you are doing OK. I'll probably post one every 2-3 weeks, when I remember
with Later On, the real star of this show for me is "Jessica" which I find hushed, beautiful, and eerie - a clear precursor to "Nancy Sings"
― howls of non-specificity (sleeve), Thursday, 17 December 2020 22:03 (three years ago) link
been going through a jandek thing lately, kinda cherrypicking from around the catalog, kinda wistfully wishing we could pick this up again, if only so i could download the rest of sleeve's vinyl rips
btw i'm currently listening to rudyard's and it is the fucking greatest
― ivy., Wednesday, 14 February 2024 23:06 (two months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSdYBCg48A8
join me
― ivy., Wednesday, 14 February 2024 23:07 (two months ago) link
hi ivy, gimme a minute!
ps love that insane Rudyard's thing
― Surfin' burbbhrbhbbhbburbbb (sleeve), Wednesday, 14 February 2024 23:19 (two months ago) link
so Chair Beside A Window has "Nancy Sings" on it, which I am sure threw all 100 or so Jandek fans of the era for a loop (the first of many curveballs, in retrospect)
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/x7ketukeaa7jtqmq8p67l/h?rlkey=syk4a0r55zfbwhdja886a5djz&dl=0
I can't actually remember anything else specific from this one, so I should relisten!
― I painted my teeth (sleeve), Wednesday, 14 February 2024 23:24 (two months ago) link
first one with drums too ("european jewel")
― ivy., Wednesday, 14 February 2024 23:26 (two months ago) link
ooh good call
this one, Six And Six, and Ready For The House were reissued on vinyl by the Jackpot label, but they used the CD mixes
― I painted my teeth (sleeve), Wednesday, 14 February 2024 23:28 (two months ago) link
I always think "John Plays Drums" is the first drum track but once again Mr. Smith has misled me
― I painted my teeth (sleeve), Wednesday, 14 February 2024 23:30 (two months ago) link
been thinking about Jandek a lot lately, actually, very little listening tho lol… contemplating a cordwood industries order but am I really up for this
― brimstead, Wednesday, 14 February 2024 23:30 (two months ago) link
lol my artist tags on those files above say "Jandel", deepest apologies, fixing now
― I painted my teeth (sleeve), Wednesday, 14 February 2024 23:34 (two months ago) link
fixed
― I painted my teeth (sleeve), Wednesday, 14 February 2024 23:35 (two months ago) link
man this thing starts off strong, as always an invaluable resource to this early period is here: https://tisue.net/jandek/lyrics.html
We can’t deny there are spirits in this houseYou shut the door, the wind closes two moreI laugh a dark laugh, you smile and think about itYou’ll come again I’m sure you can’t refuse
― I painted my teeth (sleeve), Wednesday, 14 February 2024 23:36 (two months ago) link
^ my fave jandek song
― Clay, Wednesday, 14 February 2024 23:41 (two months ago) link
this is one of my favorites, actually. "down in a mirror" is a classic, "the times" and "love, love" verge on gorgeous, if only in jandek's particularly shadowed way. feels a lot lighter than either ready for the house or six & six and way more focused than later on (which i never commented on, and kind of plays like a b-side collection to the first few records, not necessarily in a bad way)
― ivy., Wednesday, 14 February 2024 23:42 (two months ago) link
also the complete version of "european jewel" reveals that it is a velvet underground song that someone left on the stove for too long
― ivy., Wednesday, 14 February 2024 23:53 (two months ago) link
I think "Poor Boy" is the most explicit blues nod yet, I believe I commented upthread on the cover connection between Six And Six and a Robert Johnson photo
and then followed up directly with harmonica on the next track, this has always been ghost blues but it took me a while to catch on
― I painted my teeth (sleeve), Wednesday, 14 February 2024 23:58 (two months ago) link
You’re livin’ free and livin’ highYou’re like some angel in the skyYou’re like some angel in the skyYou’re like some angel in the sky high high high
― I painted my teeth (sleeve), Thursday, 15 February 2024 00:51 (two months ago) link
I was thinking bout this thread last week too! Think we only did two albums? Let's get back into it!
― H.P, Thursday, 15 February 2024 00:58 (two months ago) link
this is the 4th but the older dropbox links expired, will happily re-up for anyone, just holla at me here
― I painted my teeth (sleeve), Thursday, 15 February 2024 01:00 (two months ago) link
Ready For The House, Six And Six and Chair Beside A Window are my favourite Jandek albums that I've heard (have heard about 15) so I think I am a pretty basic Jandek fan
after those I quite like the mid-late 80s stuff like Telegraph Melts, Follow Your Footsteps, Blue Corpse etc
― Colonel Poo, Thursday, 15 February 2024 11:05 (two months ago) link
I've got about 40 albums and saw him 3 times but still feel pretty basic at times.
I think in addition to those the psych/melodic phase that follows the Nancy breakup albums are pretty good (You Walk Alone through to Lost Cause, maybe) and the Noughties phase definitely has its moments (I Threw You Away, The Humility Of Pain, The Gone Wait).
The very latest (Vision of Jewels, Dec 23) has an astonishingly high RYM score so I should probably check it out.
― Hello I'm shitty gatsworth (aldo), Thursday, 15 February 2024 14:06 (two months ago) link
wasn’t my intention but i’ve been listening to a lot of chamber jandek (where do you go from here, maze of the phantom, atlanta saturday/outcast of civilization) and it is some of the most beautiful music ever made
― ivy., Thursday, 15 February 2024 14:13 (two months ago) link
chamber jandek
!!!
― O Fundo Escuro de (Deflatormouse), Thursday, 15 February 2024 18:17 (two months ago) link
i so want to believe this is chamber groups playing in jandek tuning, but i'm sure that's not what it is
― O Fundo Escuro de (Deflatormouse), Thursday, 15 February 2024 18:18 (two months ago) link
no it's better, truly gorgeous orchestral pieces
― I painted my teeth (sleeve), Thursday, 15 February 2024 18:24 (two months ago) link
I don't see how anything could be better, but ok, it's on my to-do list for the day
― O Fundo Escuro de (Deflatormouse), Thursday, 15 February 2024 18:37 (two months ago) link
chamber groups playing in jandek tuning
the mountain step comes close to this
― ivy., Thursday, 15 February 2024 22:05 (two months ago) link
I have actually only heard "where do you go from here" (the gorgeous one) and the NINE DISC Songs Of Morgan which is nine hour-long nocturnes for solo piano. My 84-year-old mom loved the box set when I put it on during a visit, she bought her own copy directly from Corwood!
― I painted my teeth (sleeve), Thursday, 15 February 2024 22:08 (two months ago) link
the recent corwood release i'm eager to hear that's in my cart right now is the wizards hour, which is a set he did for WNYU in 2012 and i'm assuming it features the same ensemble i saw at vaudeville park (posted clips from that sadly still-unreleased show upthread)
i'm also hella ordering the rudyard's dvd
― ivy., Thursday, 15 February 2024 23:05 (two months ago) link
a couple of folks in that vaudeville park ensemble were pals of mine, Valerie led an ensemble called Dream Zoo at that time who were totally crushworthy surrealist chamber theater thing, pure innovation. the only thing remotely similar is Monster Walks the Winter Lake
― O Fundo Escuro de (Deflatormouse), Thursday, 15 February 2024 23:24 (two months ago) link
anyway i listened to the excerpts i could find of where do you go from here & maze of the phantom YT
the former is < 5 mins just drums, piano and guitar, guessing this doesn't give me a sense of the thing
maze is a more substantial excerpt and it is very, very nice, something like temperate zone exotica
― O Fundo Escuro de (Deflatormouse), Thursday, 15 February 2024 23:28 (two months ago) link
A review of The Wizards Hour here...
― dell (del), Thursday, 15 February 2024 23:32 (two months ago) link
well that one instantly put a big, stoopid grin on my face
― O Fundo Escuro de (Deflatormouse), Thursday, 15 February 2024 23:43 (two months ago) link
oh shit whoops wizards hour was 2009... why did i misread it as 2012 lol
― ivy., Thursday, 15 February 2024 23:57 (two months ago) link
well i guess i have to continue hoping he'll one day release that vaudeville park show so i can relive that memory
― ivy., Friday, 16 February 2024 00:00 (two months ago) link
Great story about your mom sleeve. Songs of Morgan is going to be my study playlist for today
― H.P, Friday, 16 February 2024 00:10 (two months ago) link
I keep repeating, it takes a beatingTo grow up naked in the afternoon
― H.P, Friday, 16 February 2024 00:15 (two months ago) link
Ivy, they put that group together just to do the Vaudeville Park shows, but it was filmed for an episode of ESP TVhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ja_inwDsmNo
― O Fundo Escuro de (Deflatormouse), Friday, 16 February 2024 03:35 (two months ago) link
And yeah awesome story sleeve :)
― O Fundo Escuro de (Deflatormouse), Friday, 16 February 2024 03:36 (two months ago) link
Maze Of The Phantom was an outlier at first, even for Jandek, but I've grown to like it a lot. I'll always stan for the electric bass albums - The Gone Wait, Shadow Of Leaves.Super-stoked to have tickets see the Rep & co. next week!
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 16 February 2024 06:08 (two months ago) link
omg thank you for that video deflatormouse
― ivy., Friday, 16 February 2024 18:01 (two months ago) link
You're welcome. I've collaborated with ESP TV on a couple of events, they are super nice & meticulous archivists of analog media. i'm sure they have a recording of the whole show(s), less sure it's been digitized. i could ask.
― O Fundo Escuro de (Deflatormouse), Friday, 16 February 2024 18:37 (two months ago) link
Living In A Moon So Blue (1982)
I love the cover of this one, returning to the debut's baffling real-world images after three self-portraits. The album is a collection of 16 miniatures that I recall nothing about off the top of my head. Kinda goes along with the cover I guess. Gonna give it a spin when this Tom Petty album is over.
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/rkyp209zbzmqomx2wmwb7/h?rlkey=jw4p0elunppgb7n1locfwtosb&dl=0
― I painted my teeth (sleeve), Thursday, 29 February 2024 03:49 (one month ago) link
Bludgeon (1/8)Please do not push any buttonsOn this machineOn what machineWet paintKeep Out
― I painted my teeth (sleeve), Thursday, 29 February 2024 04:01 (one month ago) link
no comments on this one? it does seem like a bit of a retread of earlier ideas...
― I painted my teeth (sleeve), Saturday, 2 March 2024 01:34 (one month ago) link