Re: (TV) Bowery Ballroom / Calling Dennis or Ms Secret X / Thanks for Deta ils Dan / Profligate Production?

["Dan Jones" <dnljns@hotmail.com>]

> Leo said: Although I have already 'ordered' my ticket
> I'm 50/50 on showing-up given the uncertainty
> surrounding how long/much Tom will play and
> whether he will be just accompanying SY or
> appearing with his acoustic guitar, or with
> some small, quasi-back-up band.

True, but whenever I've seen Verlaine he's always hit at least a few highs, 
even if its just a throw-together gig. I think you should go Leo, you might 
miss something special. Plus, SY are pretty fine live as well.
> Leo said: I'd like to get together with any fellow listers who
> are going (who on list is actually going'?)

We should figure out a good bar nearby:

>
Leo said: Dan thanks a million--these details might put some people to 
sleep,
> but I find them fascinating (where are you getting this info or is it your
> best guestimate as a former aspiring engineer?).

Twin Reverb & Sam Ash Fuzzola (cheep fuzzbox once known as the crapola but 
now a high-ticket vintage piece) - pretty definite about those.

Studio delay lines/harmonizers - guesstimates - but I'm familiar with the 
sound of these things and I'd like to know what's processing the signal if 
not these devices. If you listen Pere Ubu's "Dub Housing" and "Art of 
Walking" they have some commonalities, small room echos, some automatic 
double tracking and backwards reverb sounds (on "codex" - slide guitar with 
backwards reverb, its a thing of beauty). The thing is, these production 
'tricks' are all done as an enhancement to the actual clean sound of the 
guitar, not slathered in the effect

Leo said: you probably also would not have cared much for Verlaine's 
live-sound during his 1981-82 and ' 83, ' 84 and ' 87 tours which I was 
lucky enough to see. Granted, live he couldn't duplicate exactly  these 
albums and their production/effects, but he came pretty damn close--you 
still get the really thick guitar sounds together with his icy vibrato. Just 
check out the double cd-r "Tom Verlaine:  Live at  the Ritz, June 4, 1982".

See, I think that Jimmy Ripp had a lot to with how the TV band sounded in 
those days. He's a fine rythym and lead player but also capable of some very 
textural, spacey effects. Say on the live version of "penetration" and the 
live intro to "Swim" he sounds like he's using a primitive digital delay 
pedal that allows him to sample a snippet of what he is playing and then 
hold it infinitely, allowing for stuttering effects or that "wave of sound" 
type of noise.

When I saw Verlaine/Ripp do their Music for film show in 2000, Ripp 
certainly provided a lot of texture and goofy noises.

D

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