The exit of Waxy Maxy

[johncorrigan]

Oh yes, thanks, JC. John Cage, Artie Shaw and the Bulgarians. Good stuff!

(Sufjan Stevens has now issued 10 volumes of Christmas songs but how is he doing on that project of one CD for each state?)

Didn't manage through to the end but did thoroughly enjoy the belgians from Liverpool (I think Max said) - great voice in there, I thought. P/L not up yet so can't be too sure. Nice having Max through to Christmas though. He'll be pulling out stops.

[Globaltruth]

Sometimes I have an uncanny feeling that Max is hooked into my sound system. I'd been playing an Arthur Russell track last week (first time for years ). First time I came across him was in 1996 on David Toop's excellent (and now quite rare) Crooning on Venus compilation
and Taverner's The Lamb has been a regular late night listen for us quite often just lately.

How does he do that?

But, in terms of musical obscurity & excellence, he won't be down at the old church tomorrow listening to my grand-daughters first ocarina piece though... (or will he?)

[Lateralthinking1]

GT, I wouldn't call the macarena obscure.

No news of tonight's LJ on the net but this is Thursday - http://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4...amp-nils-frahm

All to the good but what now is the definition of live?

[johncorrigan]

All to the good but what now is the definition of live?

I heard a R2 jock describe it as Live Live, where the performer was performing in front of a live audience and it was going out live on the airwaves...not sure if that helps, Lat - I'm trying to work out what might constitute Live Live Live, but it may require a transdimensional jump.

By the way, ain't Max great!* I mean who else is going to have Joseph Spence and Bing as the bread and a twenty-five minute minimalist gamelan piece as the filling...inspired.



*Rhetorically spoken, needless to say!

[handsomefortune]

as with 'archive', 'live' is just as contentious?

a solution: get out your fave old pots & pans, make sweet music, (but don't record it)?

[Globaltruth]

I heard a R2 jock describe it as Live Live, where the performer was performing in front of a live audience and it was going out live on the airwaves...not sure if that helps, Lat - I'm trying to work out what might constitute Live Live Live, but it may require a transdimensional jump.

By the way, ain't Max great!* I mean who else is going to have Joseph Spence and Bing as the bread and a twenty-five minute minimalist gamelan piece as the filling...inspired.



*Rhetorically spoken, needless to say!

That Gamelan piece was just great as was Jonathan Harvey & I'll never complain about too much Alasdair Roberts....
Overall almost as good as the massed ocarenas of our village primary school; they produced a piece worthy of a late night LJ, in fact I briefly considered sending them the recording; there were some unintentionally spooky sounds, possibly due to the fact that some of them were playing a different song, some were playing at the wrong speed, some were just winging it. All the notes were there, just not in the right order all the time. Overall it echoed wonderfully round the 18c Church & was a great result for the inaugural outing of Miss Marshall's Ocarena Group.

Ye Gods and Little Fishes, I'm coming over Xmassy. Heaven forfend.
Quick - reaches for humbugs.

[johncorrigan]

Quick - reaches for humbugs.

Maybe these'll do the trick, G!

http://cyberelk.net/sue/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/spangles3kx7.jpg

[Lateralthinking1]

Surely it isn't the same Miss Marshall who taught me to play the ocarena in 1966. That would be uncanny. I like the way the young Trevor Brooking painted lines on her white top first. A very professional job and set off nicely by the ribbon.

[johncorrigan]

Don't wish to appear controversial but I really enjoyed the Late Junction Session last night.

By the way, Max was saying Dr Lucy was doing a couple of WR in the New Year dedicated to Ravi...and I think he also said he fancied being on 'blind date' - can we read anything into that?

[Globaltruth]

Don't wish to appear controversial but I really enjoyed the Late Junction Session last night.

Yes, me too; that particular combination worked well. Very well.
As usual the interview didn't add much though; these youngsters have no grasp of enigmatic charisma, but that's maybe the world they live in.
And will Maximum actually be live on Xmas Day? I bet he will...I hope I am live enough to listen.

[handsomefortune]

happy listening to all 'worldies'/
and here's to a stonking good 2013 ahead!

peace

[johncorrigan]

happy listening to all 'worldies'/
and here's to a stonking good 2013 ahead!

peace

...and a mightily handsome time to you and yours, and a fortune-filled 2013 to all our
readers. Awraverybest!

[Paul Sherratt]

Thanks handsomefortune, best listening wishes to you too.
Max sounded very relaxed night (25/12)
Would it have be the mulled wine do you think ?

[Globaltruth]

Thanks handsomefortune, best listening wishes to you too.
Max sounded very relaxed night (25/12)
Would it have be the mulled wine do you think ?

Or perhaps because the excitement of live radio had left his world...

[Globaltruth]

That Johnny 'guitar' Watson track? Well, he partied on down with FZ a bit later...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69ptd7WGslA

I preferred the Boxing Day show to the Xmas Day one...some choice items & the Hendrix 'Mary' influence on Miles Davis was fascinating.
I've made a note to check out Kid Koala too - wonder which of Lat's Lists he'd fall into...is there an "unclassifiable" category?


Update on KK: he's on Sotify (sic) & to my mind falls into the Little Axe/Skip McDonald bag, leaning more towards to break beats than blues beats. One track great, two tracks ok, 3 tracks = enough already. Like his approach though - giving away with his CD a free build-your-own cardboard gramophone wins extra points; stage show sounds fine too.