Re: (TV) the future is swedish, the past is...

[Maurice Rickard <maurice@mac.com>]

At 11:31 AM +0000 11/8/01, Raymond wrote:
> This list is dying on its feet at the minute - has this something to do with
> the fact that there's only so much we can say about TV without boring each
> other to death?

Thanks for the rec's, Ray; I'll keep my eyes open.

The list dying on its feet?  Better than dying on its knees, I'd say. 
Actually, I thought of this lull as one of those occasional pauses 
one has in group conversations.  (I need the pause myself--got a huge 
deadline for Saturday, followed by a set I really need to have some 
new material for.)

What I've been listening to?  A lot of 'net radio, particularly that 
Dr. Yo station (http://www.dr-yo.com/radio/index.html) which has 
reminded me of how influential Fred Frith's two Ralph albums (I think 
we're talking '78-'80 here) were for me, _Gravity_ and _Speechless_. 
Very odd meters, many of them drawn from European folk music, 
resulting in long, complex lines.  And despite the folk roots, 
there's a relentless experimentalism about them too, with the 
incorporation of found tapes, radical edits, and intriguing 
combinations of live and studio playing (this is more true of 
_Speechless_, but _Gravity_ shows some of this, too).  Each album 
benefits from a sense of grace, wit and gentleness in many places, 
juxtaposed with aggressive sonic assaults.  (He *was* playing in 
Massacre at the time.)

Going back into the past in other listening, I've been leaning 
heavily on the Ryko CD collection of early Birdsongs of the 
Mesozoic--gorgeous stuff from the Roger and Martin period.

Other stuff: Kid A has indeed grown on me--not the radical 
tear-your-head-off incomprehensible experimental time bomb some of 
the reviews suggest, certainly, but a really nice record.  And what 
I've heard of the new Bjork (on 'net radio) is pretty interesting, as 
well.

What are the rest of y'all listening to?
--
Maurice Rickard
http://mauricerickard.com/
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