a good-fun cd! a lot of downtowners on it; different line-up on every
track. lots of musical genres covered. >>
also, an impossible CD to actually find, at least for the last few years.
I've never seen a copy in the US, and I know the only way that Bruce at DMG
used to get them, was to have Koichi buy them in a chain store in Japan
before he visited NYC, and then Bruce would buy them from him. if anyone can
get me a copy of this CD, please e-mail me privately.
Jon
www.erstwhilerecords.com
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Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 11:49:56 -0500
From: kurt_gottschalk@scni.com
Subject: country & western/bluegrass/you're welcome
i've been on a country buying spree of late, after a lifetime of appreciating it
from afar and being weened on freakin brits (elvis costello, rolling stones)
playing country stylings. something about moving east made me appreciate the
genuine article more, a little bit of back home and alla dat.
also inspiring my purchases has been eugene chadbourne's songbook, and if you
don't have any of his country stuff you should get that. 'there'll be no
teardrops tonight,' 'country and western protest' 'jesse helms busted with
pornography' may be all outta print. 'country music of southeastern australia'
and 'aquaduct' (vinyl, on rectangle) should be available and have some country
stuff on them.
but the real mccoy -- i tend to like particular songs or artists more than
albums. and best ofs and comps are readily available quite cheap, on labels that
no doubt are ripping off the writers and performers. i have three or four
collections that contain the fantastic kitty wells song 'it wasn't god who made
the honky tonk angels,' and there'll all good, so use that as a guiding
principle if you like. a great 2 cd complete hank williams (sr. of course) live
at the grand ole opry, that also has some great red foley and minnie pearl
tracks came out a few months ago. and the george jones 2 cd best of that came
out last year is also really good.
i don't know all of willie nelson's stuff at all, but 'spirit' and 'teatro'
(both from the 90s) are really beautiful, accoustic, well-produced and
drippingly sentimental discs.
look for best ofs or comps by george and willie, merle haggard, tammy wynette,
johnny paycheck, and maybe some western swing like spade cooley or bob willis.
i know my picks are corny, and i like em that way. i look forward to hearing
what else the list has to say.
kg
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Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 13:32:57 -0500
From: "Jim McLoughlin" <jim@intelligenesis.net>
Subject: Buckethead > El Stew > Brain > Godflesh?
Hi there
> Monsters and Robots is I think the best of a string of too-like
> sounding discs
> from Bucket. But it is far and away the best.
I agree that Monsters and Robots is probably his strongest solo album. I
also dig the "Day of the Giant Robot" CD, which is (mostly) Buckethead
playing over drum n bass done by DJ Ninj. (DJ Ninj did the tracks for Derek
Bailey's Guitar/Drum and Bass record on Avant).
Praxis' Metatron has Buckethead's best, most diverse, playing IMO. Lots of
gritty effects, not all shred.
One I would definitely avoid would be "Bucketheadland" on Avant. I got this
used, and still felt ripped off. Mainly buckethead and a drum machine, with
some Bootsy Vocals. It's priced as a 2 CD import, but the second CD is
about 16 minutes of non-event remixes from the first. Overall, it sounds
like studio experimentation that was released. The CD art work is what
attracted me - don't be fooled...
Re El Stew, this album keeps growing on me. Buckethead is not too
noticeable on it, there are only a couple of tracks where he runs his shred
lines, the rest is mostly backgound stuff. The group does a very good job
of mixing live/electronic sounds - samples, programming, turntables, drums,
bass, keys. DJ Disk (of Invisible Scratch Piklz) is great, and Brain plays
killer jungle/hip-hop style drums.
On that note, has anyone heard Godflesh? They have 2 albums which Brain
plays on - "Songs of Love and Hate", and "Love and Hate in Dub" (dub remixes
of the first). What kind of stuff is this? Thanks for any info...
J
(Though I've been lurking for a while, this is my first z-list post, so,
errr, hi!)
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Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 10:48:43 -0800
From: Daryl Loomis <DRL@valley-media.com>
Subject: Godflesh?
I like Godflesh very much. They have a great mix of metal and experimentation that is right up my alley. "Songs of Love & Hate" and their self-titled are the two I'd recommend.
Also, if you can find it (as far as I know, all the albums are unavailable), they did three albums with Tim Hodgkinson on a project called God. The only one I've heard is "Anatomy of Addiction" and, IMO, is better than Godflesh. Whether you can find God or not, I think most of Godflesh's work is solid.
Daryl Loomis
drl@valley-media.com
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