Jandek

twas a mere lol mam

lol

ready for the butt

Butts For Jandek

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how is that btw

if i ever see jandek in person, i will likely beat him with a 2x4.

I saw him in a pub wearing his Jandek hat. I didn't beat him.

xposts. pretty good, although I find it hard to rate Jandek albums because I'm thrown when trying to find a criteria to judge them by. Except that I prefer the ones like this that are just him on acoustic guitar and vocals. also because i never listen to any of his albums extensively because i need to be in the right mood or it just jars.

that cover is really something tho.

He's an absolute genius with album covers-- such a singular, evocative aesthetic. He's never made a bad one in 40 or however the hell many releases.

yes. i particularly like the one that shows the side of his house. oh yeah, and the one with dingy old furniture.

Agreed.

Jandek = Boo Radley

did Jandek go to prison recently? because the covers to "Raining Down Diamonds" and "Khartoum" suggest that he has converted to Islam.

those albums came out in '05 but the pictures are a lot older, from the 80s or early 90s.

his recent photos kind of make him look like a cancer patient or something.

yes and there was speculation that he may have been suffering from sort of illness and that that may have been the catalyst by him playing his first live show in 2004.

Hmm, maybe he would have been a good death pool pick, it would have been another idol to condemn.

That is another classic cover for sure.

Saw him in Portland a couple years back with my nurse girlfriend who said he sure looked like a cancer survivor. To me he looked almost like a ghost, appropriately.

Seems as if Mandy Moore has become taken with Jandek. From her Twitter:

"jandek?? who are you?? i'm utterly fascinated. this grey sunday am is
fitting for a bit of his dissonance. off to find out more....7:59 AM
Aug 16th from web "

Guide to Jandek swami Seth Tisue found this possible connection:

"In addition to countless projects on his own Slang Sanctuary label,
[Brian Jones] played drums on Mandy Moore’s latest album and sat in with
obscure outsider musician Jandek for a show back in March."

also Ryan Adams, prolly.

Jandek getting love from Hollywood Disney (probably confusing her here with some other Herbie babe) chicks. this is going too far.

i bet Mandy didn't make it trough the end of the Ruins of Adventure (one of his recent outings, i hardly didn't and i heard his fkn entire oeuvre)

was liking Manhattan Tuesday and Brooklyn Wednesday on a Jandek marathon last weekend.

from up thread
He's an absolute genius with album covers-- such a singular, evocative aesthetic. He's never made a bad one in 40 or however the hell many releases.

actually hating the cover of Ruins of Adventure as WELL (it's just a zoom in, how uninspirational is that)

also, i can't be the only Jandek fan who thinks he should not have played Glasgow on Friday again, since he then had to put out a Glasgow Friday 2005 cd, which is stupid, should've just played on thursday.

So I've heard this guy's name mentioned over the years, yeah okay, dude releases a ton of albums, I never really investigated. I've been playing a ton of Keiji Haino and Loren Connors and Christina Carter and such lately, and I've heard the guy's name in the same circles enough now that I finally decided, what the hell, and picked up two albums -- Ready for the House, and Chair Beside a Window. Please tell me about these. How does the rest of his catalog compare? Do all the records sound like this? Or does his sound vary a bunch more than I am anticipating? I've heard talk of an electric Jandek, an acapella Jandek, etc. -- what's worth looking into if these first two stick (and so far, I'm not really sure)?

Thanks all.

It does vary and if you get into him hardcore you will never come back. (Says the guy who has close to fifty CDs...)

xpost Late-eighties/early-nineties are possibly the best. Yes, the sound varies, but Chair Beside a Window comes close to the blueprint for what people have thought of as a Jandek album. Faves:

On the Way
One Foot in the North
Lost Cause

I haven't heard most latter period Jandek (mid-nineties and on, which encompasses a capella and I think piano instrumentals), although I've heard enough to know that his voice deepens noticeably.

I don't know if he's still doing the $80 for 20 CDs thing (which included shipping). Has anyone seen the catalog lately? Seth Tisue's site probably says something. Used to be the only resource for news on him.

Mandy Moore! I <3 her.

Cool, thanks for the recommendations, bamcquern.

Ned, which albums are your favs?

we had a Jandek poll, but too bored to look it up.

anyway Chair Beside a Window is a classic, lots of variation.

Ready for the House is like the archetype.

Jandek had a bluesy band middle-period: Blue Corpse and You Walk Alone* are highly recommended as well.

*The Cat That Walked From Shelbyville is probably my favourite Jandek track ever.

Much appreciated!

Ready for the House and Chair Beside a Window are both very early Jandek, so you could check out a few more from that period before investigating other periods further.

I personally like The Rocks Crumble, Blue Corpse, One Foot In The North and Six And Six

Lots of guidance here (as mentioned before): http://tisue.net/jandek/discog.html

cd disc $8.00
* 2 disc cd $12.00
** dvd disc $16.00
*** box set $20.00
20 or more any mix 50% discount
international orders add $1.00 per item
prepaid only
shipping paid by corwood

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I ordered the discography for 100 or so dollars a few years ago.
came loosely tossed with a few sytrofoam chips in a half-empty box.
one of the greatest american novels ever written

the acapella albums are fucking amazing stuff.

Ned, which albums are your favs?

― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor)

Thanks to everyone else as well, btw. This has been really helpful!

I was going to say, I didn't actually much about favorite albums! (I don't know if I have one -- it's all part of a great continuum.)

In Septembber he's playing in Europe! http://incubate.org/2009/act/115

And in October as well (in Vienna):

http://b72.at/?b72=programm&pid=3192

So, tonight I picked up my third and fourth Jandek Albums -- Six and Six, and Blue Corpse.

Blue Corpse is really good, interesting stuff. Fairly accessible too.

Haven't listened to Six and Six yet but I hear it's more "difficult," for what it's worth.

6+6 and RFTH probably my least two favourites of the early period tbh

Which are your favorites, or which would you recommend to a Jandek n00b?

I second the recommendation for 'You Walk Alone' ... fairly accessible, bluesy, it sounds kinda like early Royal Trux

some other fave tracks of mine so far not noted:

"Governor Rhodes" from Telegraph Melts (this is a good album as a whole)
"Jessica" from Later On
"This Is A Death Dream" from Nine-Thirty

but like Ned said these albums are best thought of as a continuum or narrative arc, they are pieces of a whole.

I would also put in another vote for the acapella Put My Dream On This Planet, that was my pick in the poll.

POLL Beside A Window: The Best Jandek Album poll!

I'm assuming this is fake. But hilarious nonetheless. Anyone here speak Portuguese?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGpqac9n0K8

What's the name of the first album by the North American musician Jandek.

Lol um yeah I figured that part out...

He's sold out:

http://www.corwoodindustries.com

That site's been around for eons.

Sorry but you're wrong, it's new and it's his own site.

Yeah, his music has gotten so commercial lately.