From R. Lim Sent Wed, Aug 18th 1999, 17:06
From R. Lim Sent Wed, Aug 18th 1999, 17:06
On Tue, 17 Aug 1999, Hrvatski wrote: > Rob! I'm surprised at you. the Spoils of War record is sweet, no doubt, > but how can you value ANYTHING on SOW over the final cut on 'Electric > Storm' (10 odd minutes of Paul Lytton's free-scatter percussion (yes, he of > Parker/Guy/Lytton fame) over (under?), some extra-hairy catwerwauling > electronic treatments that beat 'Revolution No.9' into fair submission)? Just a cotton-pickin' moment here... I didn't make any valuation of the White Noise, I was just pointing out that its fans (which are, no doubt, legion) might care to check out the like-minded Spoils of War. I think I'm ultimately put off by the "oooh, evil" vibe of White Noise even though it's a much more cohesive record. You're right, though, that last bit manages to transcend the faux-pagan vibe to memorable effect. Spoils of War, in contrast, was more hippie-political (check out the cover, which might have been an inspiration to the controversial Robert Williams painting that was buried within the package for _Appetite For Destruction_). Even both records are not great, anybody who bothered loading punch cards into a mainframe day and night to get source material for eventual tape editing gets my hearty salute. Though ultimately, both get snuffed out by the grenade-blast apotheosis of Xenakis' _Legende d'Eer_. Oh well. -rob l[ast]p[laying]- David Hykes _Hearing Solar Wind_ (Ocora) sorta on my mind- Max V Mathews- "Bicycle Built For Two" (1961, Bell Labs)