It's sorta quite SST isn't it? Reminded me of some of Joe Baiza's bands.
― The Unbearable Skegness of Being (NickB), Tuesday, 7 April 2009 20:09 (fifteen years ago) link
zoogz rift
― cutty, Tuesday, 7 April 2009 20:11 (fifteen years ago) link
this is so awesome it brought a tear to my eye :) Jandek gigs need more dancing, more drunk audiences, more girls! :)
― Ludo, Tuesday, April 7, 2009 8:08 AM (14 hours ago) Bookmark
^^^^^^^^ OTM.
Still can't wrap my head around this one, but I'm loving every second of it.
― Gerard (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 7 April 2009 22:15 (fifteen years ago) link
I await the reaction of David Keenan.
― Matt #2, Tuesday, 7 April 2009 22:26 (fifteen years ago) link
i like it fine but the seinfeld bass rly needs to go
― i am david suzuki (get bent), Tuesday, 7 April 2009 23:00 (fifteen years ago) link
― Matt #2, Tuesday, 7 April 2009 22:26 (54 minutes ago)
http://thehiddenreverse.blogspot.com/
HI DERE
― Mister Craig, Tuesday, 7 April 2009 23:22 (fifteen years ago) link
I love that side-stepping dance move he pulls, that's just like how my dad dances.
― The Unbearable Skegness of Being (NickB), Tuesday, 7 April 2009 23:29 (fifteen years ago) link
do you think ... Jandek might be your dad?
― tylerw, Tuesday, 7 April 2009 23:31 (fifteen years ago) link
jokes, but wouldn't that be the BEST.
this is kinda satisfying on another level too
because i guess jandek being who he is i like the fact that he doesn't even seem the conscious of indie rock type jive, like he always plays really pro gear and shit like the rich old dude probably is...this sort of seems perverse in that same way
― d20 riot tard (M@tt He1ges0n), Tuesday, 7 April 2009 23:32 (fifteen years ago) link
If that were my dad, he would have followed through with pointy hand gestures.
Is Jandek rich? Surely not through his music?
― The Unbearable Skegness of Being (NickB), Tuesday, 7 April 2009 23:38 (fifteen years ago) link
wikipedia implies he is a stockbroker or something
― caek, Tuesday, 7 April 2009 23:42 (fifteen years ago) link
this sounds like primus
― 6335, Wednesday, 8 April 2009 04:31 (fifteen years ago) link
Pls to someone photshop Jandek into promo photos of 24/7 Spyz, Dan Reed Network, Fishbone, Level 42 etc:
― MaresNest, Wednesday, 8 April 2009 09:38 (fifteen years ago) link
Jandek Blood Ulmer
― The Unbearable Skegness of Being (NickB), Wednesday, 8 April 2009 09:52 (fifteen years ago) link
jandek masterminded the world financial meltdown as an art project
― velko, Wednesday, 8 April 2009 09:58 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm glad that he looks happy, but it's not the best jam.
― krakow, Wednesday, 8 April 2009 21:10 (fifteen years ago) link
i was thinking Primus too, actually
― a turducken of Hindu deities (gnarly sceptre), Wednesday, 8 April 2009 22:39 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah this was the best show i ever saw. dude is like 4 years behind on releasing the live shows tho. killin me.
― adam, Monday, 10 May 2010 21:44 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah - The Rep From Corwood needs to expedite those live releases. One of the upcoming releases will have Flower/Corsano backin' him up! I salivate.
― ImprovSpirit, Monday, 10 May 2010 21:51 (fourteen years ago) link
Jandek = Weak sauce
― Vanilla Douche (res), Monday, 10 May 2010 22:18 (fourteen years ago) link
Does he release every single live show as an album these days?
― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Monday, 10 May 2010 22:23 (fourteen years ago) link
obviously not
― Oh boy, Midgard! That's where I go Biking! (sic), Monday, 10 May 2010 22:34 (fourteen years ago) link
Um, sorta... The way it looks he's plowing through the shows [which date back to 2004] in chronological order, but he's not making it snappy enough to suit me. The Representative From Corwood is no spring chicken. He should get on the stick. ;-)
― ImprovSpirit, Wednesday, 12 May 2010 18:12 (fourteen years ago) link
man there are a lot of jandek threads. anyway i saw dude is playing in minneapolis tonight and look if anyone is going to put on a spooky good-times halloween bash it's j dog so http://i.imgur.com/mj2DSuc.jpg you're welcome
― adam, Thursday, 31 October 2013 19:21 (ten years ago) link
also the wire described his new 9xCD box set of solo piano improvisations as "pitiless" so i'm pretty psyched for that
― adam, Thursday, 31 October 2013 19:22 (ten years ago) link
Not sure I would describe Song of Morgan as improvised, his stuff sounds pretty worked over to me.
― my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram), Thursday, 31 October 2013 19:27 (ten years ago) link
I am going tonight, got my costume all picked out, I will be going as Jandek on the cover Khartoum Variations
― chr1sb3singer, Thursday, 31 October 2013 20:52 (ten years ago) link
I am only kind of kidding
― chr1sb3singer, Thursday, 31 October 2013 20:57 (ten years ago) link
All y'all critics are totally sleeping on Song of Morgan. It fucking rules.
― Mr. Snrub, Thursday, 12 December 2013 02:37 (ten years ago) link
That many hours of solo piano by Jandek would change me in ways I'm maybe not ready for
― Jimmywine Dyspeptic, Thursday, 12 December 2013 02:47 (ten years ago) link
think it was loosely compared to Gonzalez's Solo Piano 1 somewhere on here.
― bamcquern, Thursday, 12 December 2013 06:22 (ten years ago) link
but longer, duh.
!!!!
― nurse with attitude (get bent), Sunday, 25 May 2014 04:47 (ten years ago) link
????
― Evan, Sunday, 25 May 2014 05:06 (ten years ago) link
Jandek seemed to enjoy his Los Angeles debut.
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― Pono For Pyros (zero of the signified), Sunday, 25 May 2014 05:07 (ten years ago) link
the female vocalist (the one in the risque pose above) was at the st. louis show too. the rest of the band was some untrained female musicians who were kind of trying to figure it all out as they plucked and thrashed along, like an early slits. i loved it.
― nurse with attitude (get bent), Sunday, 25 May 2014 05:13 (ten years ago) link
it was an interesting f.u. to the image of jandek as a Very Serious Musician in spite of his lack of conventional technical skill, and an f.u. to the expectation of all these Very Serious (and overwhelmingly male) avant luminaries he's had backing him up. the last words of the show, spoken by the woman vocalist, were "you've been had."
― nurse with attitude (get bent), Sunday, 25 May 2014 05:18 (ten years ago) link
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― Pono For Pyros (zero of the signified), Sunday, 25 May 2014 05:44 (ten years ago) link
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― Pono For Pyros (zero of the signified), Sunday, 25 May 2014 05:47 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfDJZOdcUpo
― Pono For Pyros (zero of the signified), Sunday, 25 May 2014 11:55 (ten years ago) link
Los ANG-HELL-ICE!
The COWS CAME HOME!!! The COWS CAME HOME!!!
― Pono For Pyros (zero of the signified), Sunday, 25 May 2014 11:57 (ten years ago) link
pretty great honestly - the music sounds like early Jandek but the Jandek sounds like Shadow of Leaves madman stuff
― Now I Am Become Dracula (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Sunday, 25 May 2014 12:38 (ten years ago) link
Really cool, though get bent I don't really see how this is more subverting Jandek's image than the original post in this thread? This all feels way more Jandek than a pro funk band
― dollar rave club (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 25 May 2014 16:18 (ten years ago) link
i think it's VERY jandek, but i also think a lot of people may not see it that way. they're both subversive though.
― nurse with attitude (get bent), Sunday, 25 May 2014 18:17 (ten years ago) link
Some friends of mine backed him in mpls. They aren't famous. I think someone shot documentary footage of the rehearsal process, I hope it is released
Semi regular ilxor Chris b. talked to him about hats and tx bbq after the show
― dollar rave club (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 25 May 2014 18:28 (ten years ago) link
For me, the biggest subversion came from the presence of the "main" woman (I think her name is Sheila Smith - no relation, I assume/hope.)
I don't think anyone's going to disagree that a huge part of the Jandek canon is thematically obsessed with isolation, disconnection, alienation, etc. So to see a woman who wasn't even born when Blue Corpse was released grinning with delight while Jandek put his guitar neck between her legs (for real) was pretty eye-opening. After 10 years of live shows and 60-odd releases over 36 years, we've seen a hell of a lot from Corwood, but overt on-stage sexual tension was a new one on me.
Beyond flirting/throwing herself at the rep, Sheila commanded the gig on many occasions. She spent WAY more time on the mic than Sterling did overall, and in contrast to the rep's usual demeanor, she actively engaged the audience: making eye contact, having exchanges with specific members of the crowd, getting off stage and wandering around the front row.
One fellow next to me had brought a copy of very early Jandek vinyl, and at one point Sheila noticed it and started berating him to hold it up. He resisted for a long time - he tried hiding it in his arms, with a deer-in-the-headlights stare, but she wouldn't leave him alone until he relented. At another point she got off stage and walked up to a young man who was doing his best to pretend he didn't notice her, keeping his eyes locked on the rep, until she was right next to him, demanding that he pay attention.
So, yeah - a sexually commanding, audience-engaging 20-something woman as the frontperson for "Jandek" was pretty mind-blowing to behold.
― Pono For Pyros (zero of the signified), Sunday, 25 May 2014 18:56 (ten years ago) link
And here it comes:
Here it is, new release JANDEK (unofficial anniversary release):0839 Rudyard's DVDJandek's first ever Houston (funk) show. pic.twitter.com/EGKuUoH8vN— Sheila Beila (@veganloca) August 3, 2020
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 4 August 2020 00:50 (three years ago) link
even his pose is a little funky!
― the quar on drugs (Simon H.), Tuesday, 4 August 2020 00:51 (three years ago) link
Yesssss finally. I think about this show kind of a lot
― adam, Tuesday, 4 August 2020 01:45 (three years ago) link