Friday, May 18, 2018
oh.
and, i'm nerd enough to nail sajtaak on the influence, too.
we'll have to see if anybody wants to talk about bruford or holdsworth.
hey, if you had a shelf full of free prog & fusion lps when you were a kid, you'd have listened to a bunch of it, too.
and, i'm nerd enough to nail sajtaak on the influence, too.
we'll have to see if anybody wants to talk about bruford or holdsworth.
hey, if you had a shelf full of free prog & fusion lps when you were a kid, you'd have listened to a bunch of it, too.
at
21:44
i haven't heard any of the new nin material, but i caught that they're playing here in the fall.
a half hour is an ep. sorry. but, i haven't heard any of it; i'm going to wait until it's all done and listen to it together.
a half hour is an ep. sorry. but, i haven't heard any of it; i'm going to wait until it's all done and listen to it together.
at
21:39
i expected to stay in tonight. it's cold & rainy.
i was hoping to get out tomorrow; it's iffy.
and, i've missed this band like a dozen times, too.
if i have to stay in tomorrow, this is what i'm missing.
i was up in the afternoon, but went back to sleep; i'm up now. i made a few calls, but nobody expects much of a market on the victoria day weekend. that said, i'm going to see something in the morning...
i won't understand the market until next week.
for tonight, i'm rebuilding. really.
i was hoping to get out tomorrow; it's iffy.
and, i've missed this band like a dozen times, too.
if i have to stay in tomorrow, this is what i'm missing.
i was up in the afternoon, but went back to sleep; i'm up now. i made a few calls, but nobody expects much of a market on the victoria day weekend. that said, i'm going to see something in the morning...
i won't understand the market until next week.
for tonight, i'm rebuilding. really.
at
21:38
better get rid of voting altogether - too dangerous.
and, better to keep your kid home. they didn't do a security check on the bus driver, and there are coyotes around. also, lightning. what is a parent to do in the perpetual threat of lightning? we can't send our kids around in faraday cages.
does she really think you can plan to stop school shooters? that they need invitations?
how do these people manage to dress themselves in the morning?
http://toronto.citynews.ca/2018/05/18/students-risk-vote-parents/
and, better to keep your kid home. they didn't do a security check on the bus driver, and there are coyotes around. also, lightning. what is a parent to do in the perpetual threat of lightning? we can't send our kids around in faraday cages.
does she really think you can plan to stop school shooters? that they need invitations?
how do these people manage to dress themselves in the morning?
http://toronto.citynews.ca/2018/05/18/students-risk-vote-parents/
at
20:48
thirlwell is shock rock; that tune was a little more offensive than i remembered it, so i feel the need to write this.
he's in character. you're not supposed to identify with it, so much as you're supposed to interpret it as a character attached to the music. and, this is often the case with thirlwell, who writes a lot of music that has felt rather exotic in the last quarter of the twentieth century, and the first quarter of this one. he doesn't just put it out there, he narrates it from this historical understanding of it, helping you see it from that first-person perspective, rather than just interpreting it as a product of a distant culture.
swing music was all about male energy and macho swagger on the floor. there's a kind of revisionist slant on this. and, women were more free in the 20s and 30s than they were immediately after the war, too, remember, when this kind of insular conservatism set in as a reaction to the depravity of what had just happened - and the promiscuity inherent to years away from your partner. so, a swing party was hunting grounds for consensual encounters. and, that's what he's trying to get across - without revisionist filters.
is he a historian, then? i dunno. but, it's a kind of satire, with it's wry humour, as it narrates that history.
and it's agit-prop.
so, i'm consequently not going to argue with you if you find his work offensive; his work is offensive, and you're supposed to be offended by it. he agrees it's offensive. but, then you're supposed to do something about it, or reflect on it, or just call it what it is.
you're not supposed to just tell him to stop offending you; that's not activism, it's a reactionary type of conservatism. activists dismantle things, they don't censor them.
personally? i'm going to agree he goes a little overboard. the "sister could you spare a suck?" part was a little gauche. now, as mentioned, you could and probably should make the opposite argument - that to be an authentic expression of the character of a swing dancer, you need to be crass like that. but, that doesn't mean it's enjoyable to listen to as music. so, what you end up doing is kind of overlooking these kinds of moments.
but, there's an argument that thirlwell realized that, too - the track was released as a side project on a small label. it's been out of print for years. you'll never find it for sale anywhere. if he had confidence in the presentation, he would have put it on an album....
in later years, thirlwell would seem to present the perspective that he got to a point where he was sick of people reacting negatively to what he was doing and stepped away from doing it. it's hard to blame him for giving up. but, he was really misunderstood from the start.
he's in character. you're not supposed to identify with it, so much as you're supposed to interpret it as a character attached to the music. and, this is often the case with thirlwell, who writes a lot of music that has felt rather exotic in the last quarter of the twentieth century, and the first quarter of this one. he doesn't just put it out there, he narrates it from this historical understanding of it, helping you see it from that first-person perspective, rather than just interpreting it as a product of a distant culture.
swing music was all about male energy and macho swagger on the floor. there's a kind of revisionist slant on this. and, women were more free in the 20s and 30s than they were immediately after the war, too, remember, when this kind of insular conservatism set in as a reaction to the depravity of what had just happened - and the promiscuity inherent to years away from your partner. so, a swing party was hunting grounds for consensual encounters. and, that's what he's trying to get across - without revisionist filters.
is he a historian, then? i dunno. but, it's a kind of satire, with it's wry humour, as it narrates that history.
and it's agit-prop.
so, i'm consequently not going to argue with you if you find his work offensive; his work is offensive, and you're supposed to be offended by it. he agrees it's offensive. but, then you're supposed to do something about it, or reflect on it, or just call it what it is.
you're not supposed to just tell him to stop offending you; that's not activism, it's a reactionary type of conservatism. activists dismantle things, they don't censor them.
personally? i'm going to agree he goes a little overboard. the "sister could you spare a suck?" part was a little gauche. now, as mentioned, you could and probably should make the opposite argument - that to be an authentic expression of the character of a swing dancer, you need to be crass like that. but, that doesn't mean it's enjoyable to listen to as music. so, what you end up doing is kind of overlooking these kinds of moments.
but, there's an argument that thirlwell realized that, too - the track was released as a side project on a small label. it's been out of print for years. you'll never find it for sale anywhere. if he had confidence in the presentation, he would have put it on an album....
in later years, thirlwell would seem to present the perspective that he got to a point where he was sick of people reacting negatively to what he was doing and stepped away from doing it. it's hard to blame him for giving up. but, he was really misunderstood from the start.
at
13:02
i like idm & industrial; when i listen to house, it's, like float-house. dream-house. house-gaze? i think you get the point.
i'm actually going to get a bit of all of that.
but, i'm not one for the booty shakin', or the dub step, or the autotune or the minimal house beats. it's a shame the leland show sold out so fast, but i actually don't think i'm missing out on anything.
and, i expect to spend the weekend with local underground detroit techno people, not with tourists and smug-ass rich kids.
i'm actually going to get a bit of all of that.
but, i'm not one for the booty shakin', or the dub step, or the autotune or the minimal house beats. it's a shame the leland show sold out so fast, but i actually don't think i'm missing out on anything.
and, i expect to spend the weekend with local underground detroit techno people, not with tourists and smug-ass rich kids.
at
01:01
yeah.
i've got everything condensed into two crazy days.
i'm skipping out on chrome on thursday. it's true that they're ancient, and it's not the same band. but i just don't want to blow the cash, really. and i'm going to get stuck over night, too. it would be one of those things you get to say you did, but it's too much of a hassle.
the weekend starts on friday at 16:00 at el club and runs until i get home on saturday morning. i will need to pay cover at the second venue, but it's relatively cheap. the first venue is free. and, i may need to get a coffee at the end. this should cost less than $50 usd + border fees. if i don't drink too much, it could be more like $30.
saturday starts at 22:00 and runs until sunday afternoon, at least. i will need to pay cover at the first venue, and it's a little steep (not exorbitant.) but it looks like the best party. i'm going to skip out on this weather warlock thing because...if it was closer to the venue i'd do it, but i don't see the need to rush to get to hamtramck for 21:00, then rush to the party for 22:00 after - that's a lot of hassle and expense for little purpose. i can see a thrown together jam band some other night. the second and third parts of this are without cover, and it appears i may get a free meal out of it. score. so, the initial cover was a little steep, but it shouldn't work out to much more than $50 usd, either - maybe $60 usd.
i'm planning to spend sunday sleeping, but if i change my mind i'l hit the free party in mexicantown. unlikely. but, that would start at 20:00 and technically go until 14:00 the next day.
i'm more interested in going to a techno showcase on monday afternoon. i'll have to check the bus schedule. but, if i can do something like get to mexicantown for 7:00 am, i could handle a very long day over monday night, to get home for tuesday morning. or, i could do the all night in mexicantown and leave the techno revue a little early. we'll see how things like cash look....
friday & saturday are pretty set & sunday revolves around the most reasonable way to hit the revue on monday.
i've got everything condensed into two crazy days.
i'm skipping out on chrome on thursday. it's true that they're ancient, and it's not the same band. but i just don't want to blow the cash, really. and i'm going to get stuck over night, too. it would be one of those things you get to say you did, but it's too much of a hassle.
the weekend starts on friday at 16:00 at el club and runs until i get home on saturday morning. i will need to pay cover at the second venue, but it's relatively cheap. the first venue is free. and, i may need to get a coffee at the end. this should cost less than $50 usd + border fees. if i don't drink too much, it could be more like $30.
saturday starts at 22:00 and runs until sunday afternoon, at least. i will need to pay cover at the first venue, and it's a little steep (not exorbitant.) but it looks like the best party. i'm going to skip out on this weather warlock thing because...if it was closer to the venue i'd do it, but i don't see the need to rush to get to hamtramck for 21:00, then rush to the party for 22:00 after - that's a lot of hassle and expense for little purpose. i can see a thrown together jam band some other night. the second and third parts of this are without cover, and it appears i may get a free meal out of it. score. so, the initial cover was a little steep, but it shouldn't work out to much more than $50 usd, either - maybe $60 usd.
i'm planning to spend sunday sleeping, but if i change my mind i'l hit the free party in mexicantown. unlikely. but, that would start at 20:00 and technically go until 14:00 the next day.
i'm more interested in going to a techno showcase on monday afternoon. i'll have to check the bus schedule. but, if i can do something like get to mexicantown for 7:00 am, i could handle a very long day over monday night, to get home for tuesday morning. or, i could do the all night in mexicantown and leave the techno revue a little early. we'll see how things like cash look....
friday & saturday are pretty set & sunday revolves around the most reasonable way to hit the revue on monday.
at
00:54
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