'The Blue Corpse'

GO!

according to Wikipedia this is 'the backlash album' LOL

I'll definitely check it out.

I don't want to start, too many records.....

I've a bunch of his stuff from over the years, all highly enjoyable. He seems to be playing quite frequently these days, would be nice to catch a set. Favorite album probably goes to 'The Humility of Pain', great stuff to throw on when your in the midst of schizophrenic wonderlands.

There's a good chapter about him in "Songs In The Key of Z" and one of his songs is on the accompanying cd. Can't remember what it's called though.

Seen the doco on him?

Is it true Jandek records can actually give you schizophrenia??

Yes its true, I'm living proof.

i really wish oink hadn't made discographies against the rules

i'd have liked to grab everything up to the current state

Just send Corwood Industries $100 and you'll receive a slather of fun material.

too.
lazy.
zzzzzzzzzz.

I think I'm going to get 'The Living End' next because I'd like to hear Jandek sing with Nancy.

'The Blue Corpse' and 'the Humility of Pain' I'm still looking into. Thanks for the recs

I haven't heard that one!! Shall have to investigate.

well actually, Volcanic Tongue says it's Nancy but Wikipedia says it's someone who is 'obviously not "Nancy".' I'm confused. And I want Nancy!

Is the Jandek doco a hard one to track down?

you can get it from Volcanic Tongue, I know that for sure. But if you search around the net you'll probably be able to find it somewhere a bit cheaper.

so whats the best album to start with??

best song?

Song?

song

glasgow monday was one of my favourites albums from last year. completely different to normal jandek. live concert, piano/double bass/percussion, really really beautiful

www.myspace.com/jandek

has some jandek songs if youve never heard him

the myspace is not official of course, his label doesnt even have a website.

there were massive differences in style. maybe i just can't digest three 45+ minute slabs of improv.

Thanks for the tour Heathen Skulls. Fantastic, gutsy, generous endeavor.

SO the Saturday show was too long??

But Jandek was fantastic. The show at 1000 Pound Whatever was fantastic too. Great space as well.

i only saw the last three acts last night but really couldn't have asked for a more varied and impressive bill

Too long? .. Hardly!

I was most impressed by the actual difference in content and style between the Wed and Sat shows. Wonderful.

what was the wednesday night show like, lyrics wise?

Much more lyrical, poetic even. I'd say %80 of Wednesday contained lyrics.

Plus a harmonica song.

Saturday's show was fascinating.

adelaide's show last night was terrifying.

and also one of the most brilliant things i've ever experienced.

everything else is shit.

terrifying in what way?

i'm still yet to reorganise my brain around the fact that i saw this show

and i'm increasingly wishing i'd seen at least one of the other dates

I'm so very happy I made it to both stage shows, really a most unique experience.

Jandek always gave me hope that music wasn't done for, this just cemented as much.

and i'm increasingly wishing i'd seen at least one of the other dates

ditto.

The Hobart show was utterly incredible. Not the best thing I've ever seen, but really of itself - expressive, beautiful, moving and mesmerising.

Where was the Hobart show and what was the turnout like, scale?

Adelaide show was like an ESP-Disk 'rock' (and I use that term loosely) band taking an hour to cover the Elevators' 'May the Circle Remain Unbroken', or if the Minutemen, or even DNA, got really stoned and played free music at 1/4 speed. I've not really heard anything quite like it.

I think there were moments of greatness and as a whole I really enjoyed it. It really sucked you in to its personal world, each of the players returning to the same motifs, their palette was narrow but effective. I liked the fact that you could have been 5 minutes or 2 hours in and it still hung together very loosely with similar bass runs, drum patterns, and guitar sounds. Sterling's playing was particularly revelatory, up there with Keiji Haino and Dean Roberts sets that had previously floored me, like he was tearing holes in the air with those barbed shrieks and sludgy wildman blues. I just wish he sang more than 4 lines of lyrics. I can roughly remember three of them (he sang the sets of lyrics 4 times over the 55 minute set). ...''You could look it up on the computer/I'm crawling to Damascus/It's where I want to be...'' - something like that.

It's 3 days later and I'm still thinking about it, the sign of a special performance. I really hope they come back.

Recordings from Brisbane

anyone head the latest corwoood CD? apparently a full-band studio record, i am intrigued

!!!!!!!!!! where can i get it?

it is called ''where do you go from here'' and available from corwood i guess

the new jandek is a gem. been listening to it non-stop all week.
get on it you good people. corwood loves you... but you know that already.