ihatemusic

There's a good essay or book about this somewhere but I can't quite recall what it is I wonder if the book might be Who Paid the Piper?: The CIA and the Cultural Cold War (1999), by Frances Stonor Saunders, the author of the article you link in your second post. There's also a lot of interesting ma...

carlos wrote:have we ever had a Fahey thread?

There is this old one. It's ancient, but you might recognise one of the posters:

http://ihatemusic.noquam.com/viewtopic. ... 11&p=69230

(Your post can be moved into it if you want to expand on something.)

More seriously, and since it's out of the original thread now, I thought there was an element of ganging up there (from "several of us") that seemed designed in part to make one poster feel unwelcome, which is going further than necessary. That's the only reason I commented, since I wasn't otherwise...

What happened to the part where B & D (with some support from E & F), in frustration at not being able to debate A's assertion without having to fall back on an equally monolithic form of extreme individualism that doesn't so much debate the issue of values as conveniently avoid it, and after insist...

Ray & His Court (1973)

Miami-Cuban latin funk. No filler.

An epic Tessie Hill track, "I Must Tell Jesus" from Think About It (1976).

http://www.efi.group.shef.ac.uk/labels/discus/discus2l.gif Hornweb Saxophone Quartet (Derek Saw, Martin Archer, Vic Middleton, Pete Lyons), Universe Works (1989). I don't remember enjoying anything by their American counterparts, the World Saxophone Quartet, near this much. Punchy, full-sounding ar...

Maceo Parker & All the King's Men, Funky Music Machine (1975).

Awful, a long way to fall from his previous two records, which were great.

negative potential wrote: could you all at least use your moderating powers to correct Stevie Rey's incorrect spelling of the names of saxophonists he purports to respect?

negative potential wrote:the dude's name is spelled B-r-o-e-t-z-m-a-n.

You mean B-r-ö-t-z-m-a-n-n?

Gaendaal wrote: The best useage of metal umlauts I know of is the FOUR-UMLAUT Aäkon Këëtrëh. Amazing.

This one (from the Wikipedia list) is funny as well.

"The Schwartzdorf-based old school heavy metal band Insidiöus Törment use gratuitous umlauts, but pronounce them nonetheless."

(On the subject, can anyone tell me why Metal bands started pütting ümlauts ëverywhere?) There's a useful entry on metal umlauts on Wikipedia, at least for compiling a list of bands. Presumably, in a mixed up way, it was to evoke "the Wagnerian aspect of Metal" (Richard Meltzler, referring to his s...

Ananda Shankar's version of "Jumpin' Jack Flash" on his first record on Reprise (1970) is really good. His idea was to fuse Indian sitar with Western pop and rock backings (and some moogs and things--"the most modern electronic devices"), and it's played with enough conviction to pull it off.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFAV75uOk6Y

The Shangri-Las, "Out in the Streets," Shindig! Pick of the Week, 1965.

Dohol wrote: Now, that gave me my morning laugh...

Me too.

Loved the U. Srinivas clip, free math.

anasara wrote:it seems pretty natural that the thread might drift into other territory.

Yes, I know. But the person was looking for recommendations as well, which could be included along the way.

Maybe the second half of this thread should be split (if there's enough interest to continue it as a topic in its own right), as it's now become more generally about audio. Hopefully the discussion can drift back in the direction of the orignal request, if there is anything more to add.

Fresh for 2010.

It's important that everyone remain calm.

How exceptionally provocative, my bones are trembling :o There is some context to this picture: it's an exact recreation of the ad and full-page photo of Saori Hara that appeared in the inside cover of the Wire (in a previous issue, 310) and that caused some controversy in the letters page. The ori...

Thought that this issue of McSweeney's might be useful but if anyone here has any recommendations as to where I should go to get my comic book/graphic novel fill that'd be great! You might find this thread useful: http://ihatemusic.noquam.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=109 If there are any, new recommend...

The Great 1955 Shrine Concert recorded in Los Angeles with a huge and rapturous audience by Specialty is another unmissable one. Electric performances by the Pilgrim Travelers, the Caravans with James Cleveland, Brother Joe May, the Soul Stirrers with Sam Cooke (the "Nearer to Thee" is a knockout),...