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Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 08:33:32 EST
From: TagYrIt@aol.com
Subject: Re: James
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In a message dated 12/20/01 3:43:36 AM Eastern Standard Time,
npc_4@yahoo.co.uk writes:
> Pointless James trivia (speaking as someone who has
> always loathed them and was consequently very
> embarrassed to develop a rather irrational crush on
> their 'Fred Astaire' song three years ago):
I'd read about Booth leaving on the band's website. And don't be emabarrassed
about "Just Like Fred Astaire" - that song pushes every emotional button I
have every time I hear it. Its just beautiful.
Dale.
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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Pointless James trivia (speaking as someone who has<BR>
always loathed them and was consequently very<BR>
embarrassed to develop a rather irrational crush on<BR>
their 'Fred Astaire' song three years ago): </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>
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I'd read about Booth leaving on the band's website. And don't be emabarrassed about "Just Like Fred Astaire" - that song pushes every emotional button I have every time I hear it. Its just beautiful.<BR>
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Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 14:58:38 +0100
From: "Andreas Dietz" <andreasdietz@hotmail.com>
Subject: Best of 2001
Releases:
Buckethead / Colma
Tosca / Fuck Dub
John Zorn / The Gift
4 Walls / And The World Ain┤t Square
Irene Schweizer / Chicago Piano Solo
Marc Ribot / Saints
Fred Anderson Trio / At The Velvet Lounge
Medeski, Martin & Wood / The Dropper
Ellery Eskelin / Vanishing Point
Fred Frith / Clearing
Performances:
Dave Douglas Tiny Bell Trio (Rⁿsselsheim 01-03-10)
Sun Ra Arkestra (Weinheim 01-03-29)
Nmperign (Wiesbaden 01-05-03)
Marc Ribot Y Los Cubanos Postizos (Hamburg 01-07-06)
Marilyn Crispell - Barry Guy - Raymond Strid (Nickelsdorf 01-07-20)
Henry Threadgill Zooid (Saalfelden 01-08-24)
Medeski, Martin & Wood w/ Marc Ribot & Marshall Allen (Saalfelden 01-08-25)
Katrin Ex - Iva Bittova Duo (Wels 01-11-09)
Melt Banana (Wels 01-11-10)
Peter Br÷tzmann - Gⁿnter Sommer Duo (Mainz 01-11-22)
I was going to post my list but I thought that I remembered that someone on this list was complaining about these things getting out of hand and becoming
clutter. Definitely not me- I love them. At the very least, it's always interesting to see what people chose and it's also instructive to look at these and
think 'I didn't even know that some of those things came out!'
FYI, Other Music in NY has posted their top 10 lists for staff and contributors (mine is there too under G)- http://www.othermusic.com/2001top10.html
I was happy that I actually found at least100 good releases for this year and about as many good reissues. Again, because of space reasons here, I'll hold back
on posting but I'll have all of it up in our next issue at month's end. If anyone's really interested, I could post a list of items that would probably be of
interest to zorn-list folk.
Since Lynch is in the subect head, Mulholland Drive was one of the best films I've seen this year.
Best,
Jason
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Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 14:36:44 +0000 (WET)
From: Ricardo Reis <l43384@alfa.ist.utl.pt>
Subject: In the mood for love
I've loved that movie (even "got" the poster in a murky 4 a.m.
raid to the movie theater)... i'm looking forward to see the next
from him, 2046 which he said should be considered with the former (like
the two are in reality one).
greets,
Ricardo Reis
"Non Serviam"
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Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 10:20:54 EST
From: JonAbbey2@aol.com
Subject: Re: Tricky
my two cents on trip hop:
<<The whole TRICKY problem is actually MAXINQUAYE's fault. I mean, since it
was considered as a "classic" album in the trip hop genre, then anything he
has done since is "crap". >>
if this is the actual critical consensus, it's one I'd agree with. I stopped
paying attention to Tricky a few records ago, but I could live without all of
his post-Maxinquaye output. for that matter, I only thought about half of the
songs on that record worked, although the ones that did were brilliant. after
Maxinquaye, I thought he fell victim to something I like to call Tarantino
syndrome, meaning that everyone around you constantly tells you what a genius
you are, publicly and privately, and you end up losing the ability to
distinguish between what should be released publicly, and what should be
trashed as a failed experiment (in Tarantino's case, the success of Pulp
Fiction seems to have essentially ended his career, at least thus far, not
that I know any of the real details). the fact that Tricky's second project
was titled Nearly God says all you need to know here, I think. Aphex Twin's
latest record seems to be another perfect example of this, not that I've
heard that either.
<<Analyze Portishead now, of course they only have two proper albums, but
when the second self titled album came out, everyone said it wasn't better
than DUMMY, their groundbreaking defining whatever. >>
Portishead left themselves a tough row to hoe after releasing Dummy, which is
a perfect, visionary record. they ended up doing quite a nice job, although
it took years, and their second record is superb, not covering the exact same
territory which would be easy to do. highly recommended, both of them.
<<And what about MASSIVE ATTACK? Blue Lines is the third installment of
what's considered a trio of excellent trip hop albums, and the reviews say
that non of the other two albums capture the spirit of the first one. >>
not sure what you mean here, since Blue Lines was Massive Attack's first
disc, and also predated Portishead and Tricky's solo career. anyway, I'm a
huge fan of all three MA records also, not to mention the superb Mad
Professor remix of the second disc, No Protection.
Tricky deserves critical flak in my book, having never come close to
measuring up to the huge promise he showed on parts of Maxinquaye. I did see
him play an amazing show, touring behind that record, opening for PJ Harvey,
who had just released To Bring You My Love. superb, superb double bill,
marking what may end up being both artists' career high points, although I
still hold out hope for Harvey coming up with some more brilliance. I saw
Tricky live twice more after that, and neither time was even half as
compelling.
on a mostly unrelated note: I think it's very cool that the Wu-Tang Clan
decided to ignore conventional wisdom, and release their new full-length
record this week. the majors almost never do this, since most records coming
out in December tend to disappear into a black hole of vacations, holiday
craziness and best-of lists. I haven't heard the new Wu yet, but it's going
