</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">or talking about music is like dancing about architecture... ;)<BR>
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Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2002 15:05:13 -0500
From: <ssmith36@sprynet.com>
Subject: Re: Re: deranged rap recommendations
Fascinating that all of this experimental rap conversation hits my screen the same day I learn of an upcoming collaboration between Cannibal Ox and Isotope 217, at Symphony Space here in NYC on May 16, part of a three-day NYC+Chicago thing. (Previous night is John McIntire/Ikue Mori/Zeena Parkins, next night is Fred Anderson/Marc Ribot/Chad Taylor...)
I'd like to be able to recommend the Hip Hop Hoodios, a new Latin/Jewish hip hop act from Brooklyn featuring a former bass player from the band Caifanes... I'd like to, that is, except that the music ended up being pretty perfunctory and the lyrics were along the lines of, "You like our dicks / And you like our noses..." (from "Dicks & Noses," of course... other titles include "Havana Nagila" and "Kike on the Mic"). You'll no doubt be reading about them elsewhere, soon... everyone loves a gimmick for a minute or two.
Steve Smith
ssmith36@sprynet.com
NP - Diabolic, "Darken the Imagination," 'Vengeance Ascending' (Olympic)
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Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2002 15:08:53 -0500
From: Bob Sweet <bsweet@umich.edu>
Subject: Re: music theory...
I never thought that dancing about architecture was all that unlikely or
> In a message dated 1/30/02 12:30:45 PM Central Standard Time,
> chatterton23@hotmail.com writes:
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Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2002 15:14:17 -0500
From: <wlt4@mindspring.com>
Subject: Re: jazz punk
> im not too sure about this at all...but ive heard people talk about >bands that were "punk jazz/jazz punk" as if there was an actual >genre for it...if so..what are some good bands that fall into
There was an attempt in the early 80s to use this as a marketing phrase for Blood Ulmer, Shannon Jackson and maybe a few others so they could cross-over to the rock fans. I don't know if the phrase worked but these people did get rock press attention at the time (& I used to play them constantly on my radio show in the wilds of Alabama).
Since then I haven't heard the phrase much but stuff that might fit would be Naked City, The Ex w/Cora, Last Exit, etc. Apparently Blind Idiot God (and maybe other late SST bands?) might qualify but I've never heard them.
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Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2002 15:17:47 -0500
From: <wlt4@mindspring.com>
Subject: Re: Re: music theory...
> I never thought that dancing about architecture was all that >unlikely or difficult to imagine.
Yes, it makes sense to use one form about space to comment on another. This must be one of those phrases that sounds good until you examine it, sort of like "comparing apples to oranges" (which of course is something most of us do quite often; didn't Orwell say something like we should use "comparing a rose to a wrench" because those have completely different functions).
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