From Matthew Korfhage Sent Thu, Jul 8th 1999, 02:50
From Matthew Korfhage Sent Thu, Jul 8th 1999, 02:50
Songs/ Tracks: I just watched Down By Law for the first time yesterday, and was surprised to note that although the music was by John Lurie, the songs were by Tom Waits.... This aside, the "not a song" category is usually arbitrarily designated to any music/track that the listener ends up finding formally unsatisfying-- it's probably easier if you acquiesce to calling a song anything musical that somebody wants to put a name to and could possibly repeat (this is important, as far as I'm concerned). WORD on Clifford/Jazz/Electronica Clifford is not fusion jazz only to the extent that John Zorn is not Jazz; that is, it isn't stuck in the same tired routines, but does reference them consistently and does find most of its roots there. As long as you don't take the designation derogitorily, it's pretty accurate. If you meant weather report, yr being dishonest 'cos you don't like Gilberto. Why's everybody have the most problem with the next man's cheese (which Gilberto is only to a certain degree anyway). Curse Clifford and venerate DMX, which to my ears is the most annoying backwater horseshit I've ever heard. All it consists of is a bunch of lame in-jokes back-referenced in some pubescently clever fashion. Say what you will about Clifford Gilberto (like for instance the slightly unfair but partially accurate characterization as a loungy tj lite), but he never descends into the merely "clever". And why do the jazz dabblers in electronica always sound like such clueless old crones (Derek Bailey included, Ponga included)? M. If there's one thing I can't stand, it's up.