I never realized he was so queer and fabulous
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― howls of non-specificity (sleeve), Wednesday, 28 October 2020 16:29 (three years ago) link
he's in the new Wire and the first picture looks like one for the old men that look like lesbians thread. (and the others looks like iggy pop). not sure i'd seen a pic of him before.
― koogs, Wednesday, 28 October 2020 17:26 (three years ago) link
that's the pic I was looking for! the poolside shot
another music group I'm in was laughing about this:
I was comfortable picturing Basinski as a man who made no effort to look cool and the new wire cover has him out here tryna be Bowie. Can't listen to his ambient sounds with same trust now. He is not committed to serenity and anonymity he is trying to be a rock star.— Harmony Holiday (@Harmony_Holiday) October 19, 2020
― howls of non-specificity (sleeve), Wednesday, 28 October 2020 17:34 (three years ago) link
also, he played saxophone on the 1980 LP by LA punk supergroup Black Randy & The Metrosquad!
― howls of non-specificity (sleeve), Wednesday, 28 October 2020 17:35 (three years ago) link
Basinski has the best publicity photos
― brimstead, Wednesday, 28 October 2020 17:39 (three years ago) link
!!!
― adam, Wednesday, 28 October 2020 18:05 (three years ago) link
and the name of that album is...
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― kites aren't fun (NickB), Wednesday, 28 October 2020 18:25 (three years ago) link
A few years ago at The Lab in SF, he presented an all night sleepover where he would perform Out of Time Out of Mind (a few months prior to release) and then play back all of the Disintegration Loops for about 6 hours (event went from like 10pm to like 5am). Everyone brought comfy pillows and mattress pads and stuff, it was great.
But... I never had seen the dude before and when he walked out he was wearing a skin tight disco outfit made of either sequins or that disco fabric you see a lot and dark sunglasses. He was FABULOUS and definitely a ROCK STAR. He also spoke with a gay southern drawl too. Had no idea he was a Texan, gay and utterly and completely fabulous. I was basically like "holy shit I know nothing about you dude, but the music you make evokes a very different mood and personality than your physical self expression and I am definitely here for it".
― octobeard, Wednesday, 28 October 2020 18:35 (three years ago) link