From david turgeon Sent Thu, Sep 30th 1999, 16:56
zimbette wrote: > oh boy! > whos richard thomas? a nutcase. :) makes some alien electronic jazz. not fusion. way abstract. i only have 2 things by him (the wonderful 'what my ears can see' 7" & 3 tracks on the 'invisible soundtracks 2' 12", both on leaf) & i cherish them greatly. his 2 lo cds are about as hard to find as a saturn lp (which puts the oft-used sun ra comparison to new levels). > this is really the first time i have played squarepusher on my show in > YEARS. i think since feed me weird things came out :) > i think its a very impressive, very dynamic 12". in an odd way it reminds > me of the mike dred/peter green stuff -- just in the way it chnages from > harsh to soft, from very insane to very coherent. but i am sure im alone > on this ! that's just what i wanted to hear. like i said, i know jenkinson can do good stuff, he just doesn't very often. :) or at least not to my taste. but i would definitely see him provide a percussive backdrop for richard thomas' lunatic tunes to an awesome effect. how limited is this 12" anyway? > "There is no way a beautiful woman can live up to what she looks like for > any appreciable length of time." - Kilgore Trout har har. what is that from? i'm finishing 'cat's cradle' these days (well, the french translation at least). wonderful book. ~ david