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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 (nine 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 (nine 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
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
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 (nine years ago) link
six years pass...
one month passes...
dvd was shot very corwoodly. not in a good way tbh.
listening to it again there's definitely some james blood ulmer, some frat dude funk rock, and lots of prince's the undertaker.
― adam, Monday, 28 September 2020 23:16 (three years ago) link
the corwood website takes paypal now, time to stock up on his mid-00s solo voice-and-fretless-bass period
― adam, Tuesday, 29 September 2020 20:17 (three years ago) link