I'm not, as a rule, fond of string quartets, quintets, and the like.
This bunch I'll make an exception for as they make a fair stab at one
of my favourite pieces of music, and they're easy on the eye as a
bonus.

21st Century Schizoid Man:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=SWS3ofzuiMU&feature=related

-- 

Peter

I'm an alien
email: peteward at gotadsl dot co dot uk
Religion is religion.  What did you expect?
- Paul Ciszek

On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 08:23:06 +0100, Peter Ward wrote:

> I'm not, as a rule, fond of string quartets, quintets, and the like.
> This bunch I'll make an exception for as they make a fair stab at one
> of my favourite pieces of music, and they're easy on the eye as a
> bonus.
> 
> 21st Century Schizoid Man:
> http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=SWS3ofzuiMU&feature=related

There is some wonderful and unexpected stuff on there.

The Passions - I'm in love with a German Film Star

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=HN9cCCxErpw

Hmm - YouTube has stopped working Opera - worked yesterday, works in
FireFox...  Any other Opera users getting this problem...


-- 
Follow the path of the unsafe, independent thinker. Expose your ideas
to the dangers of controversy. Speak your mind and fear less the label
of 'crackpot' than the stigma of conformity. And on issues that seem
important to you, stand up and be counted at any cost.

On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 09:56:00 +0100, Hot Badger Deluxe wrote:

>On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 08:23:06 +0100, Peter Ward wrote:
>
>> I'm not, as a rule, fond of string quartets, quintets, and the like.
>> This bunch I'll make an exception for as they make a fair stab at one
>> of my favourite pieces of music, and they're easy on the eye as a
>> bonus.
>> 
>> 21st Century Schizoid Man:
>> http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=SWS3ofzuiMU&feature=related
>
>There is some wonderful and unexpected stuff on there.
>
>The Passions - I'm in love with a German Film Star
>
>http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=HN9cCCxErpw

Van der Graaf Generator - Gog.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=CW7NC9V0XAY

I must get some decent speakers connected to this machine.

-- 

Peter

I'm an alien
email: peteward at gotadsl dot co dot uk
Squids have no blind spots? There goes that whole business plan, dammit.
- S. Checker

On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 10:46:56 +0100, Peter Ward wrote:

<snip>

> Van der Graaf Generator - Gog.
> http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=CW7NC9V0XAY

Fucking hell. Thank you for that. A lot.


-- 
There's no reason why genocide shouldn't also be elegant.

On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:11:14 +0100, Hot Badger Deluxe wrote:

>On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 10:46:56 +0100, Peter Ward wrote:
>
><snip>
>
>> Van der Graaf Generator - Gog.
>> http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=CW7NC9V0XAY
>
>Fucking hell. Thank you for that. A lot.

Awesome, isn't it!

Can you tell I just got broadband, and am having some fun catching up
on what I've been missing?

Bevis Frond:

Stoned Train Driver
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=eJM5CtSRIiM

Stain on the Sun
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=2A0GGfNwYoM

He'd be a Diamond
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=z5Vu_9Rovx8

Oh joy!  Nick does the Countdown theme.  The sainted Carol plays some
air guitar.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=6zvYCmaOnNY

If we have to have a god, I'll vote for Nick Saloman.

-- 

Peter

I'm an alien
email: peteward at gotadsl dot co dot uk
What's [god] doing mucking around with fish in my genome?
- Veronique

On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:25:21 +0100, Peter Ward wrote:
<snip>

Kyuss - Thumb:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=T2IZ2qI3ahg

Scott Walker - Rosary

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=qKlsnDjv-EM

 
> If we have to have a god, I'll vote for Nick Saloman.

Jandek - Real Wild

The outsider artists outsider artist

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=n5hJ8LFMCbI


-- 
Stumble, you might fall.

On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:33:22 +0100, Hot Badger Deluxe wrote:

>On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:25:21 +0100, Peter Ward wrote:
><snip>
>Scott Walker - Rosary

Excellent, for some reason, probably it being just a bloke with his
guitar, it reminded of this:

Pete Townshend - Magic Bus
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=rfL4MlEIB4Q

>Jandek - Real Wild
>
>The outsider artists outsider artist
>
>http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=n5hJ8LFMCbI

That didn't impress me, but this is currently proving interesting

Jandek - You Walk Alone
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=vVfydUa-I78

-- 

Peter

I'm an alien
email: peteward at gotadsl dot co dot uk
It's so hard having a big vocabulary.
- Dana Carpender

On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 22:06:25 +0100, Peter Ward wrote:

<snip>

> That didn't impress me, but this is currently proving interesting
> 
> Jandek - You Walk Alone
> http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=vVfydUa-I78

Jandek takes some "getting into", but once you do he's brilliant. And then
there's The Dead Raven Choir.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vdRTQo39YE


-- 
If you are a programmer, and you worry about diminishing technical
vitality with advancing years, then go and look at a program you
wrote ten years ago.

Peter Ward wrote:
> I'm not, as a rule, fond of string quartets, quintets, and the like.
> This bunch I'll make an exception for as they make a fair stab at one
> of my favourite pieces of music, and they're easy on the eye as a
> bonus.
>
> 21st Century Schizoid Man:
> http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=SWS3ofzuiMU&feature=related

hello

DB001  wrote:

> hello

Bye-bye

-- 
^Ï^                               Sn!pe  

 <:>---[   Please do not verbally abuse the petty official.   ]---<:>

On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:55:04 +0100, Hot Badger Deluxe wrote:

>On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 22:06:25 +0100, Peter Ward wrote:
>
><snip>
>
>> That didn't impress me, but this is currently proving interesting
>> 
>> Jandek - You Walk Alone
>> http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=vVfydUa-I78
>
>Jandek takes some "getting into", but once you do he's brilliant.

It's not a matter of "getting into" it, that first link you posted
leads to something unmusical.  It reminded me of a quote from Talking
Folk Club Blues by Fred Wedlock, when a performer announces "I sing my
songs quite free from restrictions like rhythm, time and key


and interest".

However, You Walk Alone shows promise.

<snip>

Time for some fun

Moishe's Bagel - Flying by Jewish Radar
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSt0HoaHDsE

Orkestra del Sol - ?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhSy7pNXfKM

-- 

Peter

I'm an alien
email: peteward at gotadsl dot co dot uk
You're such a low-life you can metabolize nitrogen.
- Darkon

On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:32:35 +0100, Peter Ward wrote:

> It's not a matter of "getting into" it, that first link you posted
> leads to something unmusical.

Just because you find a food unpalatable, doesn't mean that it's not food.


-- 
And what do points win?

Hot Badger Deluxe  writes:

> On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:32:35 +0100, Peter Ward wrote:
>
>> It's not a matter of "getting into" it, that first link you posted
>> leads to something unmusical.
>
> Just because you find a food unpalatable, doesn't mean that it's not
> food.

It is, however, often a good hint.

-- 
ain't no going back

On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:43:03 +0100, August West wrote:

> Hot Badger Deluxe  writes:
> 
>> On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:32:35 +0100, Peter Ward wrote:
>>
>>> It's not a matter of "getting into" it, that first link you posted
>>> leads to something unmusical.
>>
>> Just because you find a food unpalatable, doesn't mean that it's not
>> food.
> 
> It is, however, often a good hint.

De gustibus...


-- 
All universal moral principles are idle fancies.

Hot Badger Deluxe  wrote:

> On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:32:35 +0100, Peter Ward wrote:
> 
> > It's not a matter of "getting into" it, that first link you posted
> > leads to something unmusical.
> 
> Just because you find a food unpalatable, doesn't mean that it's not food.

Just because something is unpalatable, doesn't make it interesting or
nutritious. Earwax for example.

Hot Badger Deluxe  wrote:

> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vdRTQo39YE

It was great up 0:37. Then it went off, like the stinking eggs I bought
recently from Tesco.

I thought the "lion" mark and the printed date were supposed to be a
guarantee of freshness. These weren't just a bit off, they were green,
black, white, and stank. I cracked two that seemed OK. The next four
were like a scene from a cheap horror movie. At which point I gave up
opening them.

I', just debating if it's Tesco or Trading Standards that will feel the
weight of my wrath.

"Steve Firth" <%steve%@malloc.co.uk> wrote

> Then it went off, like the stinking eggs I bought
> recently from Tesco.

Luvvit!

I'll bet that appears in the next Follett pulp!

Hot Badger Deluxe  wrote:

> On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:43:03 +0100, August West wrote:
> 
> > Hot Badger Deluxe  writes:
> > 
> >> On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:32:35 +0100, Peter Ward wrote:
> >>
> >>> It's not a matter of "getting into" it, that first link you posted
> >>> leads to something unmusical.
> >>
> >> Just because you find a food unpalatable, doesn't mean that it's not
> >> food.
> > 
> > It is, however, often a good hint.
> 
> De gustibus...

This rather more gusty.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJg1NNyke2E

The comments are worth reading, well glimpsing at. Dumbass 'merkins
asking "what instrument is that at the begining of the clip?"

And Peter Ward  was like:

> That didn't impress me, but this is currently proving interesting
>
> Jandek - You Walk Alone
> http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=vVfydUa-I78

When I clicked that, by the magic of Firefox's "reload all the tabs
from last time" setting and unnoticed by me, that violin/viola "21st
Century Schizoid Man" was starting up in another tab. Magnificent, it
was. "How clever", I thought, "the way he hints at King Crimson
underneath that noisy guitar stuff". Jandek on his own was a let-down
after I figured it out.

Speaking of rock played by classical musos, normally it sucks the life
out of the song IMO, but I've got a soft spot for Kronos doing "Purple
Haze" - http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=UP7rjppeRA0 . Not sure why.

-- 
| Patrick Hardlentil -  patrick@dogslobber.demon.co.uk
| That was all. beer atheism Did he believe that?

On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:53:34 +0100, Steve Firth wrote:

<snip>

> This rather more gusty.
> 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJg1NNyke2E
> 
> The comments are worth reading, well glimpsing at. Dumbass 'merkins
> asking "what instrument is that at the begining of the clip?"

I haven't heard this in years. One of the best track titles ever.


-- 
They are ill discoverers that think there is no land,
when they can see nothing but sea.

On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:10:12 +0100, Patrick Hardlentil wrote:

<snip>

> Speaking of rock played by classical musos, normally it sucks the life
> out of the song IMO, but I've got a soft spot for Kronos doing "Purple
> Haze" - http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=UP7rjppeRA0 . Not sure why.

I saw them years ago, playing either Glass or Reich...

Joan Jenradaurd was their cellist then:

http://tinyurl.com/6a5ezt

Blimey.


-- 
God is a comedian playing to an audience that is afraid to laugh.

And Hot Badger Deluxe  was like:

> On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:53:34 +0100, Steve Firth wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
>> This rather more gusty.
>> 
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJg1NNyke2E
>> 
>> The comments are worth reading, well glimpsing at. Dumbass 'merkins
>> asking "what instrument is that at the begining of the clip?"
>
> I haven't heard this in years. One of the best track titles ever.

[Probably stupid question] What's the tune? It's one of Sharon
Shannon's party pieces, isn't it?  But I can't think what it's called.

-- 
| Patrick Hardlentil -  patrick@dogslobber.demon.co.uk
| Our brother Tom has just got the piles

Patrick Hardlentil 
wrote:

> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJg1NNyke2E
> >> 
> >> The comments are worth reading, well glimpsing at. Dumbass 'merkins
> >> asking "what instrument is that at the begining of the clip?"
> >
> > I haven't heard this in years. One of the best track titles ever.
> 
> [Probably stupid question] What's the tune? It's one of Sharon
> Shannon's party pieces, isn't it?  But I can't think what it's called.

You can see why the septics like it though, it's cute and it's musical;
I don't suppose they get much of that.

-- 
^Ï^                               Sn!pe  

 <:>---[   Please do not verbally abuse the petty official.   ]---<:>

On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:38:56 +0100, Steve Firth wrote:

>Hot Badger Deluxe  wrote:
>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vdRTQo39YE
>
>It was great up 0:37. 

I made it 0:32.  I thought it was going to be good right up 'til that
moment.

>Then it went off, like the stinking eggs I bought
>recently from Tesco.

Heh!

I haven't seen a bad egg for years and years, about 20 at a guess.
Mind you, I haven't bought eggs from a supermarket for years, I can
get them from my local butcher, that's if I don't encounter some place
that keeps chooks, and sells the eggs, on my travels.  Whether these
facts are related, I couldn't say.

-- 

Peter

I'm an alien
email: peteward at gotadsl dot co dot uk
I'd needed to buy a shirt and things kind of spiralled out of control from there.
- Joseph Nebus

On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:37:59 +0100, Hot Badger Deluxe wrote:

>On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:32:35 +0100, Peter Ward wrote:
>
>> It's not a matter of "getting into" it, that first link you posted
>> leads to something unmusical.
>
>Just because you find a food unpalatable, doesn't mean that it's not food.

On the other hand, after finding that it's not nutritious, I tend to
be very prepared to say that it's not food.  "Real Wild" is to music
as fly agaric[1] is to food, but not as pretty.

[1] Poisonous but rarely fatal, it says here - seems about right.

-- 

Peter

I'm an alien
email: peteward at gotadsl dot co dot uk
Never eat anything which contains ingredients.
- Jerry Bauer, quoting "a rabid vegan and food obsessed whacko".

Patrick Hardlentil 
wrote:

> Speaking of rock played by classical musos, normally it sucks the life
> out of the song IMO, but I've got a soft spot for Kronos doing "Purple
> Haze" - http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=UP7rjppeRA0 . Not sure why.

They don't play with their teeth, wot a swizz.

-- 
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 <:>---[   Please do not verbally abuse the petty official.   ]---<:>

Peter Ward  wrote:

> I came home after an evening out, switched the telly on, and there
> they were, the programme being that from which that clip was taken, it
> looks like.  I was hooked.

Someone handed me an LP at university, Rupert Hine's "Unfinished
Picture" which I loved. I bought another one by him and it was shit. I
was puzzled how could someone do something so good one moment and then
turn out utter crap? Reading the cover more carefully it became obvious
that the stuff I really liked credited Simon Jeffes. I didn't hear or
see anything more from him for ages, then I saw "Malcolm" read the
credits and found out what he'd been up to.

"Music For A Found Harmonium" has a nice tale attached to it. He found a
harmonium. restored and tuned it and umm that's it. Oh not quite, he
found it in Kyoto.

Jeffes seems to have similarities with Moondog in that the music is
everywhere on TV, in films and particularly in advertising but it's
rarely credited and most people know it but don't know what it is.

%steve%@malloc.co.uk (Steve Firth) writes:

> "Music For A Found Harmonium" has a nice tale attached to it. He found a
> harmonium. restored and tuned it and umm that's it. Oh not quite, he
> found it in Kyoto.

A tune of such timeless beauty and simplicity and clarity, that everyone
things they've known it forever; it even sometimes gets credited as
"traditional".

-- 
I'll search the world over for a Eurotrash Girl

August West  wrote:

> %steve%@malloc.co.uk (Steve Firth) writes:
> 
> > "Music For A Found Harmonium" has a nice tale attached to it. He found a
> > harmonium. restored and tuned it and umm that's it. Oh not quite, he
> > found it in Kyoto.
> 
> A tune of such timeless beauty and simplicity and clarity, that everyone
> things they've known it forever; it even sometimes gets credited as
> "traditional".

It's very nice indeed, saved.

-- 
^Ï^                               Sn!pe  

 <:>---[   Please do not verbally abuse the petty official.   ]---<:>

On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:59:00 +0100, Steve Firth wrote:

<snip>

> "Music For A Found Harmonium" has a nice tale attached to it. He found a
> harmonium. restored and tuned it and umm that's it. Oh not quite, he
> found it in Kyoto.

There's an Australian musician who's name I just can't remember. He uses
seriously damaged pianos. I have two of his albums...

Gaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!11!!


-- 
It was like something HP Lovecraft pulled out of his nose

Hot Badger Deluxe  wrote:

> Gaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!11!!

Now you see that's odd, because I've just been listenng to a blues CD
"Nghzk!" by Jampy. It's a Jamendo freetard offering, but good enough
that I decided to pay for it.

"La demo intitolata NGHZK!  appartiene ad un raro (direi unico!)
tentativo di Home Recording. E' stato registrato in circa 3 settimane
nella stanza da pranzo di casa mia, senza eccessive difficoltà, a parte
rare sortite di Tony (il mio gattone) sulle mie gambe mentre tentavo di
registrare."

"This demo entitled NGHZK! is a rare (let's say unique!) attempt at Home
Recording. It was recorded in approximately 3 weeks my dining room,
without excessive difficulties, apart from the occasions when Tony (my
little cat) climbed my legs while I tried to record."

http://www.jamendo.com/en/album/3591

On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:36:59 +0100, Steve Firth wrote:

> Hot Badger Deluxe  wrote:
> 
>> Gaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!11!!
> 
Remembered his name - Ross Bolleter.

http://warpsmusic.com/

His music is very varied. The accordion stuff tends to be more mainstream.
The destroyed piano stuff I find strangely evocative.

I've just remembered that my parents used to have a harmonium... I've got a
great picture somewhere of my recording setup at that time - harmonium, Jen
SX2000 synthesizer, with lots of added electronics hanging out, a couple of
reel-to-reel tape recorders, reed organ, very bad electric guitar (Kay - I
hang my head in shame), a keyboard with home built oscillators that played
in no known intonation - God, I miss those days...


> "This demo entitled NGHZK! is a rare (let's say unique!) attempt at Home
> Recording. It was recorded in approximately 3 weeks my dining room,
> without excessive difficulties, apart from the occasions when Tony (my
> little cat) climbed my legs while I tried to record."
> 
> http://www.jamendo.com/en/album/3591

That is nice (site doesn't bloody work in Opera, tho'). Hints of Tom Waits
and also The Lounge Lizards. And Abraxus era Santana.

Also Arto Lindsay

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuLGbVocQWI

And here's one of his more leftfield tracks...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0nf-WKT1io


-- 
I'm crawling
I don't know where to or from

> Peter Ward wrote:
>> I'm not, as a rule, fond of string quartets, quintets, and the like.
>> This bunch I'll make an exception for as they make a fair stab at one
>> of my favourite pieces of music, and they're easy on the eye as a
>> bonus.
>>
>> 21st Century Schizoid Man:
>> http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=SWS3ofzuiMU&feature=related

Better than the original, IMNHO

-- 
          "Be thankful that you have a life, and forsake your vain
                 and presumptuous desire for a second one."
               [email me at huge {at} huge (dot) org <dot> uk]

Peter Ward  wrote:

> On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:36:59 +0100, Steve Firth wrote:
> 
> <snip>
> 
> >http://www.jamendo.com/en/album/3591
> 
> I think that site generally is going to be occupying my attention for
> a while.

I recommend Lego, Ben Othman, Ehma, Kemiso, Kouki, The TenGooz, Manu
Cornet. The collection CD KDO-PYLEFT is a decent sampler from the early
days of Jamendo.

Best to find your own stuff though, that's half the fun.

Peter Ward  wrote:

> http://www.jamendo.com/en/album/18256

Hmmm, mebbe.

Hot Badger Deluxe  wrote:

> On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:36:59 +0100, Steve Firth wrote:
> 
> > Hot Badger Deluxe  wrote:
> > 
> >> Gaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!11!!
> > 
> Remembered his name - Ross Bolleter.
> 
> http://warpsmusic.com/
> 
> His music is very varied. The accordion stuff tends to be more mainstream.
> The destroyed piano stuff I find strangely evocative.

Crow Country is on HighTunes. Sadly the previews are a bit too short to
do it justice.

[snip]

> > http://www.jamendo.com/en/album/3591
> 
> That is nice (site doesn't bloody work in Opera, tho'). Hints of Tom Waits
> and also The Lounge Lizards. And Abraxus era Santana.

There's a player in Ubuntu that connects to Jamendo. Damnedifikno what
it's called though. It's the default player that pops up for audio/DVD.

> Also Arto Lindsay
> 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuLGbVocQWI
> 
> And here's one of his more leftfield tracks...
> 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0nf-WKT1io

Those I liked and a moments browsing took me to this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0n74z18cEA

and this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbjV8U1L5ro

The latter is IMO a better mix than the original, and usually I loathe
remixes.

On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:53:25 +0100, Steve Firth wrote:

> Hot Badger Deluxe  wrote:
<snip>

>> http://warpsmusic.com/

> Crow Country is on HighTunes. Sadly the previews are a bit too short to
> do it justice.

There are pretty good excerpts on the abovementioned site.

<snip>

>> Also Arto Lindsay
>> 
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuLGbVocQWI
>> 
>> And here's one of his more leftfield tracks...
>> 
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0nf-WKT1io
> 
> Those I liked and a moments browsing took me to this:
> 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0n74z18cEA

Haven't heard that in years - nice find.

> and this
> 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbjV8U1L5ro

Massive Attack did some great stuff - Teardrop being the classic, and the
video is stunning:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6iUBd2D38E

And Elizabeth Fraser's voice is, as always, amazing.

On the vague chance that you (or anyone else out there) doesn't know of her
- The Cocteau Twins:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtBr5JKSuks


> The latter is IMO a better mix than the original, and usually I loathe
> remixes.

It's a bit like cover versions - you have to make the song your own.


-- 
I'll be damned if I want most folks out there to
do unto me what they do unto themselves.