JANDEK: OVERPOWERED BY FUNK

my friend and i put together a Jandek library for my college radio station back in the day. i just e-mailed him this thread, and i hope he poops his pants.

this is awesome

Yeah Crutis told me about the You Tube thing here, and that is FUNKAY. I told him Rick James would be proud, and I meant it.

love dis guy

bet he wishes he left the house 15 years earlier

that first video is an instant classic. is it just me or does it seem like everyone got laid that night?

Holy shit. Help.

Is this on Dime or something?

this is pretty wack you guys, but i guess i don't "get" jandek

Nah, I don't get him either, dude. But this is funkay.

xxp about availability on Dime: not yet, I'm sure Corwood will release it soon enough.

upon closer viewing of the videos this is even more awesome than I first suspected.

"sordid activities... your face!"

I mean to the point that he better call A Certain Ratio on the phone and make sure they're okay with this.

Let's clear it with the funkmasters first. No offence.

Yeah, I mean, if the guitar player was Dave Navarro, this would be somewhere between boring and horrible, no two ways about it. But it's Jandek.

Clip 2 confirms the spiritual ancestors of Dave Navarro are indeed alive and well

Sonny Sharrock comment upthread otm

Bimble I don't know how to break this to you but A Certain Ratio did not invent funk

lollers

"it's so funky, it's almost like Cabaret Voltaire"

"It's so ambient, it's almost like Aphex Twin"

"It's so waltzy, it's almost like Dave Brubeck"

hoos are you drunk?

what's funny is the bass and drummer prolly dress more like jandek than any of his previous band mates have

I loved it, except for that skinny guy at the front. Who was he?

hoos are you drunk?

― ian, Tuesday, April 7, 2009 5:23 AM (28 minutes ago)

yes

this is so awesome it brought a tear to my eye :) Jandek gigs need more dancing, more drunk audiences, more girls! :)

First clip is a hundred different kinds of awesome. Kinda reminds me of 80s-era King Crimson ("Thela Hun Ginjeet," etc.)

Ten years ago, this would have been just as ludicrously unlikely as the idea of Staple-Tone.

JUDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAS

A Certain Ratio invented the funk for pasty white guys, you can't forget that.

first video is removed? Jandek having second thoughts? ;)

table, aren't you oberlin? wobc had a complete set of Jandek vinyl since the early 90s at least.

and sorry bimble, but The Contortions invented the funk for pasty white guys!

clearly, jandek invented the funk for pasty white guys. but he did not tell anyone about it until now.

First clip is a hundred different kinds of awesome. Kinda reminds me of 80s-era King Crimson ("Thela Hun Ginjeet," etc.)

― Chris Barrus (Elvis Telecom), Tuesday, April 7, 2009 11:01 AM (6 hours ago) Bookmark

from a friend earlier today:

"It's like Max Headroom meets Adrian Belew with the audience rendered by a mumblecore version of The Sims."

I've never listened to Jandek but this is pretty great.

The first 45 seconds sound almost exactly like my Dad getting mad because he can't find his car keys while the tv blasts a really loud episode of "Seinfeld" in the background.

http://rs307.rapidshare.com/files/218326494/Two_and_a_Half_Minutes_Over_Houston.mp3

I just have to add that I grin every time I see "JANDEK: OVERPOWERED BY FUNK" in Site New Answers

Thank you.

guys this is not really very funky. good bass player, though.

Hahahahahahahaha

It's sorta quite SST isn't it? Reminded me of some of Joe Baiza's bands.

zoogz rift

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.

I await the reaction of David Keenan.

i like it fine but the seinfeld bass rly needs to go

I await the reaction of David Keenan.

― Matt #2, Tuesday, 7 April 2009 22:26 (54 minutes ago)

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HI DERE

I love that side-stepping dance move he pulls, that's just like how my dad dances.

do you think ... Jandek might be your dad?

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.

And here it comes:

Here it is, new release JANDEK (unofficial anniversary release):

0839 Rudyard's DVD

Jandek's first ever Houston (funk) show. pic.twitter.com/EGKuUoH8vN

— Sheila Beila (@veganloca) August 3, 2020

even his pose is a little funky!

Yesssss finally. I think about this show kind of a lot

Dreams do come true :)

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.

getting back into jandek in a big way. not really that interested in the funk tbh

the corwood website takes paypal now, time to stock up on his mid-00s solo voice-and-fretless-bass period

was thinking of buying some of the back catalogue but I don't have anything in my apartment that plays CDs