[NewMusic] breathtakingly bad 21Grand

[Jacob Lindsay]

--- David Slusser <slusser at pixar.com> wrote:
The
> auslanders certainly
> resemble Jacob's description - I found them
> predictable with
> barely tolerable technique, but actually enjoyed the
> energy when
> they would finally build up a head of steam

I wasn't trying to be specific, but certainly that was
fresh in my mind.  I only saw the first 10 minutes or
so of the set.  They looked a bit on the younger side
and if this was their "road in" band then that is
fine, as long as they continue to develop.  Lord knows
I was playing with barely tolerable technique when I
first started doing this shit.  Hopefully their
audience will develop with them.

  I certainly won't look a gift
> horse in the mouth
> for putting butts in seats for a night of improvised
> music.  I don't
> think the percussionists were being disingenuous
> about trying to
> play a totally free music set.  Why do I view them
> with a jaundiced
> eye?  Because they don't play free music all the
> time?  

I was interested to hear what that duo sounded like,
but ultimately the prospect was not as compelling as
getting a good nights rest before work the next day.  

Are these the hipsters Jacob
> mentioned?  

Not really.  I was more making reference to the line
of fans screaming "Zorn, Zorn!" in Hadju's article who
seemed to be obliviuos to the rest of the scene.  I
think that is why Zorn gets bashed so much.  It's not
so much him, as the hipsters who think he is the
greatest, but if you asked them who Albert Ayler was
they'd scratch their head.  When I was in school and
folks heard that I played Bass Clarinet they would say
"Wow, like Benny Maupin on Bitches Brew."  Then I
would say "Eric Dolphy" and they would say "huh?". 
Bitches Brew is a great record but that shit still
pisses me off.  Same with Zorn.


 they
> didn't really let go of time...maybe that's too much
> to expect of
> drummers. 

It is intersting that folks will almost always accept
any kind of weird noise as long as it has a metered
rhythm behind it.

Jacob Lindsay
http://www.bayimproviser.com/artistdetail.asp?artist_id=44
http://www.myspace.com/mryellowcake


       
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