From Steve Sent Sun, Dec 28th 1997, 03:11
From Steve Sent Sun, Dec 28th 1997, 03:11
> > I whole-heartedly agree. Any kind of ignoration (is that a word?) > based on something > > as totalitarian as a concept (Adorno (he-he)) is use- and worthless. > Forget about > > "Techno" and "Rock". What does it sound like? Any good? Are they > using guitars!? Oh > > my God...but...what the...it rules! (this could be the reaction of a > person fixated > > on Techno upon hearing My Bloody Valentine for the first time). > > "Loveless" is better than anything ever called IDM or techno. "To > Here > Knows When" is quite possibly the greatest 4 1/2 minutes of music in > the > history of the art form. That is all I will say. youre not alone there ;-D(rones) > I had little use for free jazz, but I knew there had to be _something_ > > great in there, and eventually, I found Cecil Taylor and earlier > Ornette > Coleman, and my digging through tons of shit was rewarded. Just keep > looking... Same goes for country, folk, qawwali, African musics, etc. > > There is great music hidden in so many places. i saw this guy on a videotape of 'the greatest jazz pianists'... ... a crazy looking man in a tracksuit..... who looked homeless!... but did the crazyiest things with a piano.... i think the footage was late seventies.. is that cecil taylor?... i was in no state to remember names.... if so id love to hear plenty more. Steve