― Stormy Davis (diamond), Monday, 19 September 2005 02:51 (eighteen years ago) link
― sleeve (sleeve), Tuesday, 24 January 2006 04:46 (eighteen years ago) link
― brettino's bounce (Da ve Segal), Tuesday, 24 January 2006 06:09 (eighteen years ago) link
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Tuesday, 24 January 2006 09:36 (eighteen years ago) link
http://www.moondogscorner.de/disco/
Takes a bit of research, but this site told me everything I wanted to know about the early recordings.
And the album continues to amaze me.
― sleeve (sleeve), Wednesday, 25 January 2006 06:08 (eighteen years ago) link
― sean gramophone (Sean M), Wednesday, 25 January 2006 09:27 (eighteen years ago) link
― Beta (abeta), Wednesday, 25 January 2006 16:42 (eighteen years ago) link
Moondog (1956)More Moondog / The Story Of Moondog (2 on 1 cd)Moondog (1969) / Moondog 2 (2 on 1 cd)ElpmasIn EuropeH'art SongsSax Pax For A SaxMoondog Big Band
Can't go wrong with any of them! There's another compilation around at the moment too, called The German Years or something? The Honest Jon's comp looks like an excellent introduction anyway.
― Matt #2 (Matt #2), Wednesday, 25 January 2006 16:50 (eighteen years ago) link
― bb (bbrz), Wednesday, 25 January 2006 16:59 (eighteen years ago) link
― imbidimts, Wednesday, 25 January 2006 19:57 (eighteen years ago) link
― Michael J McGonigal (mike mcgonigal), Wednesday, 25 January 2006 20:23 (eighteen years ago) link
― Jeff K (jeff k), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 00:54 (eighteen years ago) link
― sleeve (sleeve), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 03:42 (eighteen years ago) link
Listening to "Down Is Up." Utter fucking genius.
― Turangalila, Friday, 2 January 2009 18:01 (fifteen years ago) link
I've always been leery of this person for some reason (I think the name just bugged me), but I recently heard a radio special about him (I forget what show it was on, but probably some sort of NPR syndicated thing) and I liked all the music I heard by him.
― _Rockist__Scientist_, Friday, 2 January 2009 21:23 (fifteen years ago) link
It's always wise to be leery of blind street musicians--just trying to rip you off.
― ian, Friday, 2 January 2009 22:06 (fifteen years ago) link
"the witch of endor" is so so good. listening to this guy in conjunction with Univers Zero and wishing i could play the cello
― kamerad, Wednesday, 19 August 2009 14:01 (fourteen years ago) link
a bunch of his LPs have been reissued (on vinyl that is) recently. i have never heard anything by him that is anything less than great.
― amateurist, Thursday, 20 August 2009 03:02 (fourteen years ago) link
Wfmu DJ Irwin did a great tribute show to Moondog a couple years ago. real audio only, but it is worth it for biographical information provided by his guest, Robert Scotto author of "Moondog, The Viking of 6th Avenue"
http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23161
― dsb, Thursday, 20 August 2009 03:39 (fourteen years ago) link
i saw those reissues. there's the one with the nice warhol cover. but it looks a little shiny.
― italo disco calvino (schlump), Thursday, 20 August 2009 18:48 (fourteen years ago) link
listening to moondog for the first time- sax pax for a sax
i am so in love with this, what wonderful music
― a little tiny crunk person (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 22:26 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, few things make me happier than listening to moondog
― Fozzy Osbourne (contenderizer), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 23:27 (twelve years ago) link
a joyful noise
― jed_, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 23:45 (twelve years ago) link
Discovered Moondog the other day. Am in love with this.
― Scary Move 4 (dog latin), Thursday, 12 April 2012 14:31 (twelve years ago) link
happy birthday!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjh1u1MKF5E
― meisenfek, Saturday, 26 May 2012 10:30 (twelve years ago) link
"I began using Moondog as a pen name in 1947, in honor of a dog I had in Hurley, who used to howl at the moon more than any dog I knew of."
― meisenfek, Monday, 26 May 2014 05:29 (ten years ago) link
Sax Pax For a Sax needs some sort of re release. It's maybe the most beautiful record I know.
― now I'm the grandfather (dog latin), Monday, 26 May 2014 09:41 (ten years ago) link
I love Moondog. Didn't Donald Barthelme also have a story which referenced Moondog?
― Hinklepicker, Monday, 26 May 2014 10:52 (ten years ago) link
Anyone tried out the new Hari Kunru 'interactive' prose essay on Moondog?
http://www.harikunzru.com/twice-upon-time-listening-new-york-2014
― Comfrey Mugwort (Bob Six), Monday, 16 June 2014 07:29 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7Bq_MvkUtU
this song is mesmerizingly repetitive. dude had a nice voice
― Treeship, Wednesday, 27 April 2016 04:03 (eight years ago) link
centennial's comin up
― Treeship, Wednesday, 27 April 2016 04:08 (eight years ago) link
Moondog fucking rules
― Here, let me Danesplain that for you (jjjusten), Wednesday, 27 April 2016 04:09 (eight years ago) link
Don't know if I've posted this before but...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-kk65_HjzA... is just beautiful.
Wish they'd re-release Sax Pax for a Pax soon.
― TARANTINO! (dog latin), Wednesday, 27 April 2016 09:36 (eight years ago) link
he does, but if you read the biography (which has lots of problems, i admit), he seems like less than an entirely admirable figure.
― wizzz! (amateurist), Wednesday, 27 April 2016 12:12 (eight years ago) link
i mean, yeah, who isn't? but i hope that documentary i contributed to doesn't gloss over some of the less attractive stuff.
― wizzz! (amateurist), Wednesday, 27 April 2016 12:13 (eight years ago) link
yeah he was sort of a nazi, right?
― Treeship, Thursday, 28 April 2016 04:15 (eight years ago) link
like he believed the whole burzum thing about how "christianity" had ruined society, which needed to be rejuvenated by a return to our pagan roots.
i mean, it's sort of to be expected by someone who dressed like a viking. i still admire his independence, as an artist and a person. apparently his more problematic views didn't really affect how he treated people in real life too much.
― Treeship, Thursday, 28 April 2016 04:17 (eight years ago) link
does the biography touch on his family life? his relationships with his wives and children were unstable at best, which is unsurprising given his lifestyle:
http://www.newworldrecords.org/uploads/fileniXlQ.pdf
His desire to rework on his sung canons emerged in April 1971, when he found himself reacquainted with his ex-wife Suzuko and their daughter June. He had been estranged from them for ten years, and June was now a teenager with a magnificent voice. Moondog 2, Round the World of Sound, is dedicated to her, and features the father reunited with his daughter singing together twenty-five of his first madrigals.
― small doug yule carnival club (unregistered), Thursday, 28 April 2016 05:16 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwBGtgoVPLs
JimiG541 year ago (edited)As a teen I dated his daughter June, who was also in my high school home room class. She was quiet, pretty, and trippy, speaking poetically at times out of the blue. Her and her mom, who was his musical stenographer for years, lived in the same apartment building as he at the time (by Columbia University) but avoided him. Once we got to the elevator just as the door closed and saw his helmeted visage in the little window going up. I sometimes sat on the steps listening to him or sharing a quick chat with him at 666 6th Ave. where he "held court" as a street performer selling his LPs and hand made instruments. June and her mom were estranged from him for some years, but after an afternoon in Central Park talking about his invitation to record on what was to become this album, she decided to go ahead and sing and play on it. I'm glad she followed my advice. Oh, and "All is Loneliness" was recorded by Janis Joplin and Big Brother on their first LP...:-)
― small doug yule carnival club (unregistered), Thursday, 28 April 2016 05:18 (eight years ago) link
Read this earlier this week in about 30 minutes (£2 as kindle download, without the interactive elements). It's a nice short essay, and enjoyed it a lot - but didn't learn anything about Moondog that I didn't already know.
― Half-baked profundities. Self-referential smirkiness (Bob Six), Thursday, 28 April 2016 12:13 (eight years ago) link
Do like that Moondog 2 lp. Reminded me of Bagpuss's mice on the mouse organ.I have it on a BGO 2fer.
I think 1st thing by him I heard was Stomping Ground on some hippy era label sampler.
BBHC's cover of All Is Loneliness might be better live. The 1st lp is pretty muted. I know it's on the Janis Joplin live compi from the 70s. Think it may be on at least 1 of the BBHC live lps that came out over the last couple of decades.
― Stevolende, Thursday, 28 April 2016 12:32 (eight years ago) link
http://s33.postimg.org/f2sne0e27/torte100.jpg
― meisenfek, Thursday, 26 May 2016 15:06 (eight years ago) link
'Please, take care of my music' (Moondog)
Commemorating the 20th anniversary of Louis T. Hardin's death.
Moondog zum 20. Todestag(SWR2 Radio feature in german language, today at 15:05 CEST UTC+2)
― meisenfek, Sunday, 8 September 2019 08:52 (four years ago) link