Bum Gravy Sunday...

I always reckoned Supergrass nicked the riff for Richard III from this...it's the B side of the double A side single, and quite possibly the most commercial thing Bum Gravy ever did...

Bum Gravy: Super M

As I understand it, there are two theories about Alice Coltrane...

a) she channeled the spirit of dead husband and jazz genius John from beyond the grave, allowing him to create masterpieces posthumously, and

b) she was driven insane by the loss and the music helped the denial, a jazz-balm for her existential pain (ie she was mad as fuck)

I know where my money is. This track is some sort of reworking of John's signature tune and starts off sensibly enough (well, for a jazz track) - and then the billowing clouds of string descend, some kind of crazy mixed up meettyfoour...I don't think it's the maddest of her tunes, it's quite accessible in fact, but it does seem to illustrate well the idea that all was not well...

Alice and John Coltrane: My Favorite Things

Quick and dirty...

(computer finaly fixed..again, mail me if you know me because all addresses, even those recently retrieved are lost again. Sorry).

Came across this whilst looking for Carter USM's version of "Hit" - if any has that, please let me know...anyway this is mighty fine...

Dan the 50 Pound man: Punk is dead

mmm...nice?...

So today we are going to be talking about jazz. Do you get jazz? I'm not sure that I do...I will happily listen to Bum Gravy, or TG, or any of the industrial noise merchants; I have played the Eraserhead soundtrack - for fun. I'll defend Metal Machine Music, hum Sister Ray from begining to end, even (if pushed) listen to the sound of my own whiny voice, but I can't get more than half way through this...bet you a metaphorical Euro you can't either:

Ornette Coleman: Science Fiction

Links fixed...

...for the arvo part songs (below). We apologise for any loss of grace, beauty and majesty in your morning that this temporary glitch may have caused you...

The Magnificat two...

I came across Arvo Pärt via Jon, and then was prompted to actually *listen* to some when Bill Drummond said Pärt was the only thing he listened to these days (and if it's good enough for Kingboy D...).

As you may have noticed, I've been on a bit of a classical run for the last day or two (prompted by the Paul Morley book) so this fits in as well as being rather beautiful.

Arvo Pärt/Theatre of Voices: De Profundis - seven magnificat antiphons - o adonai

Arvo Pärt/Theatre of Voices: De Profundis - seven magnificat antiphons - o immanuel

(buy)

space is deep...

mind the gap, it's the Kronos Quartet (sorry, should have issued a non sequitor/minimalist/drunk warnining)

Kronos Quartet/Pat Methany/Steve Reich: Different trains (America before the War)

Kronos Quartet/Philip Glass: string quartet no. 4 'buczak'- i

(buy stuff by the Kronos Quartet, you won't regret it)

words and music

I'm reading words and music by Paul Morley, a book about Kylie and Can and Throbbing Gristle, Missy Elliot and Mozart, Xtina and Christina and christ knows what else...it's a rambling, subjective road movie of a book and references a lot I want to go back and listen to again so I guess that a lot of the stuff here will reflect a lot of the stuff there until it's over...just be grateful the ftp was playing up and instead of the planned 17mb of Tangerine Dream, you have this little piece of the sublime instead...

Steve Reich: Nagoya Marimba (buy)

Proj remix dismay aborted...

A couple of posts ago, i pointed you towards the Prodigy remixed site, wherein the new album is reworked by all your fave bastard djs; sadly, the tracks are all down (although the bit torrent isn't) so until you get your torrent engines fired up, here is a taster...remember, though kiddies - it's for charity so donate!

Prodigyremixed.com : Jungle Bells (Dunproofin' remix)

hey hey, it's Bum Gravy Sunday!

Bum Gravy: Anal Tap