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well thank you for reading those, it's very much appreciated! Hope you got something out of them

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Michael

Walt, first of all, I haven't listened to the Giffoni link you sent yet... I guess I should, but question? Wasn't Giffoni a hard core noise artist? I have one item from him that's probably at least...

Not really adhering strictly to the title of this thread but certainly within the same territory:

Chicago based musician Olivia Block recently came out with a new one and once again, a shift in...

You always find the coolest shit man!!!

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Michael

Chance, Somewhere in Afrika and Criminal Tango all have that particular dense, chunky and thick sound to them. My first thought would be to call them "something of their time" but I'm not even sure...

Didnt like it all when it came out but decades later, after a recent listen I really dug it. I find that happening a lot lately-weird

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completely forgot about the roaring silence... on my above list sub that one for Solar fire and probably move it up to position three

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my preferential order would be (and they are all really good)

1-Nightingales and Bombers
2-Good Earth
3-Watch
4-Somewhere in Afrika (this has held up very well)
5-Solar Fire

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Michael

Bernard Parmegiani-Complete Works 03
Olivia Block-Mountain Pass
Carla Diratz and the Archers of Sorrow-Blue Stitches

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Michael

Oooh, I don't think he's lost his mind at all, in fact I think he knows exactly what he's doing. My take is he has fully and completely bought into the heinously obnoxious influencer culture that...

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thank you, appreciate it!

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Michael

I"m definitely not the guy to ask as a Thirlwell resource, the few Foetus albums I've heard (and there are many, and in many styles... there at least one that is quite Zeuhl in fact) I have liked...

Ian, I guarantee, (and I can hear your voice saying this)... you would have called it BONKERS!!!

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well I really appreciate you saying that Steve...thank you!

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Michael

Instead of doing a complete overview of all four days, I decided to only write about my six favorite shows of the fest this year.

Luckily (for you guys) it's on the shorter side if you choose to...

I agree with you here. It won't be an automatic for me next year. The chances are very high that they will rope me again but there will be more consideration made on my part before I blindly jump...

day 2 (so far) has been very "meh" for me. It started off with Trio convulsant (a trio of Trevor Dunn, Mary Halvorson and Ches Smith) augmented by a chamber quartet of Anna Weber on flute, Carla...

Pulled an audible... Saw Threadgills Very Very Circus instead of Keating...believe I made the right choice, absolutely killer.

Ronin was indeed exquisite

more word spewage later, off to Frith
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Schedule for tonite:

Dinner and 3pm (mom would be proud of me)

Zoe Keating

Ronin

Fred Frith Drawing Sound

thx for leading the charge!

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... and extremely worth seeing!!!! (If you don't mind the standing room venue which I do)

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I believe they will, assuming as you say available venue capacity and not 1 out and 1 in. Dont hold me to this but I don't think I've run into a situation where they wouldnt allow this unless it was...

MOre power to you if you can pull this off! Are you staying for all the shows?

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In for both (of course). For those not familiar with Tomato Head----KILLER PIZZA, worth going to!

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Michael

Some super fan that was sitting in front of me recommended the three numbered "Forse" albums. He said that the performance that we just saw was in that vein. Anyone hear those?

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Michael

Keyboard player for Nine Inch Nails, never heard a note of his music but he did a show in Chicago over the weekend as part of that west coast organization Reflections series of shows. I saw one of...

thats a cool way of putting it

"the guy who dreamed with drums"

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Michael

Just a couple:

the new Zaboitzeff
the new Bevis Frond (fuck yeah!!!!!!!!!)

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was that a BE performance...if so, they ought to be ashamed of themselves

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Michael

Well I agree with you, even though I'm surprised you are saying what you are saying. (You are usually much more positive about things). The scheduling for me is really shitty. Why the fuck would...

https://bigearsfestival.org/passes/

Scroll down about halfway to the verified ticket exchange section

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Michael

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no-but my impression is the band is fully aware of it and are exploiting it for whatever it's worth

I'll admit I don't understand the scene.

The original post with the female growler strikes me, at best... a fun novelty (wow!!!! a female growling) that wears off after about 15 seconds and, at...

I'll admit I don't understand the scene.

The original post with the female growler strikes me, at best... a fun novelty (wow!!!! a female growling) that wears off after about 15 seconds and, at...

I never said I needed it, I said it helped.

What can I say, my subjectivity is your fiction... your fiction is my truth

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Michael

It took me along time to understand Bach. And when I say "understand", I don't mean on a technical music theory level, I mean more on an enjoyment /wonderment level. His music clicked for me only...

Shackleton and Mong Tong. Two recent discoveries (the latter compliments of someone from PE... who I would like to thank profusely!!!)

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Wow... really!!!! Can't wait to hear it

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Yes, they do have a fest program (paper). They will also have the times and locations in a final version on their website eventually

yep! I usually never have a pre-arranged list in my head of must see's/want to see's/maybe see's etc etc etc. I'll just take the days as they come.

For newcomers to BE this year, I would...

For me, the only reason to go see this is Sheila Moloney who I believe was the keyboard player for some 80's groups that I dug, namely Research and Sonicphonics. If it's the same person, and I think...

Yeah, I saw that but thanks John! He's a big loss to the avant music scene and also to the downtown scene where he had quite a presence. About 20 years ago I went to one of his shows where he was...

I'm not surprised. You have to really get yourself into a very special "state" or "zone" to experience a Feldman piece. If you are there (meaning in that "special place"), the music is nothing...

I didn't want to start a new thread so I figured I'd just necro-post on this thread that Mr. Battema started:

Last Saturday I was one of the fortunate to see a live performance of Stephen O'Malley...

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Yeah, I'll most likely do that. All the Blacktronika acts that I want to see (except for KMRU) are front-loaded on Thursday so I'm sure I'll be catching as many of those as I can.

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happy birthday walt!!!!

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i plan on going heavy on threadgill!

Thursday is usually an "easy" day.

Not this time

prepare for tears!

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I forgot to post this link too... about a month ago C-A did a gig as a large 15-piece formation, it was heavy on improv and it was very Cow-like.

Here are my thoughts on that show, part of a...

praise the circuits and pass the sine waves comrad!!!

... and you are right, no more de-railments from me

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Michael

Her latest with the synthetic bird noises from non-existent birds is great!! And if anyone is wondering... it's very musical!

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Michael

Cheer-Accident just recently released Q-Pop, an album of short songs, but BIG ideas!!

The songs might be short but the scope is universal. Here are my impressions of it:
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Extremely stoked about this... a new one!

https://bevisfrondmusic.bandcamp.com/album/focus-on-nature?from=fanpub_fb

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Michael

Sounds like a plan! The last thing you are going to want to do is stumble out of your last concert at around 1am on any given nite and face a two hour walk back to your hotel. Ian wouldn't even do...

The price might be good but I have no idea where the papermill district is. The fact that it's a 2-hour walk to downtown might be a brutal mistake since the fest itself entails so much walking...

Isn't this the band that prostrates themselves in prayer every morning..?

...oh sorry that's Henry KowTow

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Saw Cheer-Accident last night so, this link has bunch of C-A content about the performance (C-A was a 15 piece ensemble that were definitely getting their Henry Cow ya ya's out) but, i'm putting it...

sub rosa is a pretty big label, I've had to "remind' labels about their own release date...just send them a message through BC, that may help, or, you are probably right, it will be later today

I never knew what Zorn meant when he said he wanted to play in the "fucking haunted place" instead of the Tennessee Theater... now I do

thx Brad

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Michael