the second track "Not Sport, Marital Art" is my favorite piece of music ever. Still so elusive and utterly thrilling after thousands of listens.
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 27 February 2019 02:06 (five years ago) link
Xp to GoonWhat song sounds like Ghost Ship in a Storm? I find it hard to believe that a similarly styled song can live up its standards and I worry that your idea of new, generic, Eureka-sounding music is 10x weaker but you still compare them like they are two sides of the same coin (a more approriate comparison would be a silver dollar to a dime).
― ٩༼ º෴º ༽۶ (FlopsyDuck), Wednesday, 27 February 2019 02:42 (five years ago) link
God I love the title track so much. His vocal delivery throughout this album is spectacular.
Only barely pips Bad Timing for me which is so perfectly formed.
― in twelve parts (lamonti), Wednesday, 27 February 2019 22:42 (five years ago) link
remember that japanese named after eureka that is also scored by jim o'rourke?
not sport, martial art is astounding.
what a cheeky little fucker jim o'rourke was, huh?
― affects breves telnet (Gummy Gummy), Wednesday, 27 February 2019 23:20 (five years ago) link
er japanese *movie
funny how o'rourke's album is named after a movie and then has a different movie name after it in turn.
Eureka
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 28 February 2019 00:42 (five years ago) link
apparently Eureka was/is really popular in Japan- and JO always talks about how much he hates how it sounds!
― flappy bird, Thursday, 28 February 2019 01:35 (five years ago) link
"really popular" is probably not the best choice of words, but Otomo Yoshihide (with Kahimi Karie on vox en francais) covered it:
live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khqCYnfuZt0
record: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcFeX-jnmlo
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 28 February 2019 03:59 (five years ago) link
remember that japanese named after eureka that is also scored by jim o'rourke?Eureka― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, February 28, 2019 12:42 AM (five hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, February 28, 2019 12:42 AM (five hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
thanks, couldn't remember the name ;)
― affects breves telnet (Gummy Gummy), Thursday, 28 February 2019 06:16 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIrIvKKT_nk
― affects breves telnet (Gummy Gummy), Thursday, 28 February 2019 06:17 (five years ago) link
Not sure if you're twattish or dense, but if you click the link you'll find a thread about the Shinji Aoyama film.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 28 February 2019 13:42 (five years ago) link
in all sincerity, my last posts were made in a spirit of self-deprecating. you were reading stuff into them that was not intended.
― affects breves telnet (Gummy Gummy), Thursday, 28 February 2019 17:40 (five years ago) link
er, *self-deprecation
― affects breves telnet (Gummy Gummy), Thursday, 28 February 2019 17:41 (five years ago) link
(the "joke" being that o'rourke's song/album was named after a film and then another film was named after it. i was joking about my not being able to remember the name, à la homer simpson struggling to remember the name of "speed" and meanwhile using the word "speed" numerous times. this has been your weekly joke explainer.)
but if you have to choose: twattish.
― affects breves telnet (Gummy Gummy), Thursday, 28 February 2019 17:42 (five years ago) link
I pulled out "Insignificance" recently and still love that record, I never fucked with "The Visitor" or "Simple Songs" when they came out, but I think "The Visitor" is pretty great, "Simple Songs" didn't do much for me
My 4 yo is OBSESSED with the cover to "Insignificance"
― chr1sb3singer, Thursday, 28 February 2019 17:59 (five years ago) link
lol that has to be tricky to explain
new o'rourke here: https://boomkat.com/products/side-a-side-b
― tylerw, Thursday, 28 February 2019 18:17 (five years ago) link
She is in this phase where she pulls records off the shelf and is convinced she wants to listen to them based on the cover, which...we usually make through about a minute before she tells me to turn it off.
― chr1sb3singer, Thursday, 28 February 2019 18:25 (five years ago) link
xp i might have to bite the bullet and pay for shipping, those excerpts sound great
― flappy bird, Thursday, 28 February 2019 18:45 (five years ago) link
xpost
at least you don't have to explain "halfway to a threeway" to your kid!
― affects breves telnet (Gummy Gummy), Thursday, 28 February 2019 19:52 (five years ago) link
"Dada let's listen to the frog record!"
― chr1sb3singer, Thursday, 28 February 2019 20:26 (five years ago) link
read that as "frogs record" which would be at least as awkward
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5QhPPYMKtI
― affects breves telnet (Gummy Gummy), Thursday, 28 February 2019 20:42 (five years ago) link
For posterity, re: the cover of Insignificance
STEREOGUM: You’ve collaborated with so many accomplished musicians — what was it like suddenly working with kids?O’ROURKE: It wasn’t like a music job at all, it really was a film job. I mean, the fun part was getting to be on set, meeting Mr. Linklater. If you get me talking about film you can’t shut me up, so I probably was annoying, but talking to the crew, just asking them technical things and talking to them about their jobs was really fun. I generally don’t like being around kids, so that was interesting. The kid who played guitar and the kid who played keyboards, they were really nice and genuinely very talented. I liked working with those two a lot. It’s funny because the guitar player kid [Joey Gaydos, Jr.] kept asking me, “Man, I want one of your records.” And I was like, OK. So actually the last day I saw him, they were at that place where they, the last scene where they’re playing at the, what do you call it?STEREOGUM: A battle of the bands?O’ROURKE: Yeah, they were setting up and it was my last day before I had to go on tour, and I brought a copy of Insignificance on CD for him. And I handed it to him and then I looked at the cover and remembered the pictures inside. And I said “Hey, you know what, I’m gonna sign this or something for you and get it back to you later.” And I took it back and then I left and went on a plane and never saw the poor kid again. But oh my god, if he had opened that, the parents and the film. They would have gotten sued or something.
― flappy bird, Thursday, 28 February 2019 21:56 (five years ago) link
I generally don’t like being around kids,
this is the most jim o'rourke thing ever
that reminds me of the time my next door neighbor, a single mom w/ a 10-year-old kid, got locked out of her apartment and asked me, a guy in his early 20s, if i could watch her son for an hour while she went and got another pair of keys from the landlord. i forgot i had a copy of this cover
https://img.discogs.com/IZfwT15IWDd8vFsJmviYc7emh6g=/fit-in/594x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-694755-1150110298.jpeg.jpg
lying around on the table and this kid, whose mom was a devoted catholic, picked it up and his eyes went wide. not quite an octopus fucking a fat man but you know.
― affects breves telnet (Gummy Gummy), Thursday, 28 February 2019 22:05 (five years ago) link
Haha that O'Rourke story is classic.
― chr1sb3singer, Thursday, 28 February 2019 22:21 (five years ago) link
the second half of "the workplace" is absolutely sublime and i wish it went on forever
― J. Sam, Friday, 1 March 2019 02:06 (five years ago) link
Here's a Bandcamp link to the Not Waving/Jim O'Rourke release: https://notwaving.bandcamp.com/album/side-a-side-b-diag049
― EvR, Thursday, 14 March 2019 08:34 (five years ago) link
I'm seeing Bastro/GastrDS tonight for the first time sans JimO.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 14 March 2019 17:32 (five years ago) link
A video clip with live footage from the latest Haino/Ambarchi/O'Rourke release:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3XLRp-cx0A
― EvR, Wednesday, 21 August 2019 11:58 (five years ago) link
Got some gossip tonight from a mutual friend:
Since moving to Japan, Jim had not left the Japan until earlier this year! Eiko Ishibashi (his musical & ? partner) toured Europe and convinced Jim to come with her, which he did and kept it low-key.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 3 October 2019 05:18 (four years ago) link
Wow
― flappy bird, Thursday, 3 October 2019 05:30 (four years ago) link
Jim O’ROURKE – “to magnetize money and catch a roving eye”4xCD boxset, Preorder
>> Preorder – Shipping from Nov. 5th, 2019. <<
A 4+ hours labyrinthine work, previously unreleased. Recorded at Steamroom 2017-2018.
https://www.sonoris.org/product/jim-orourke-magnetize-money-return-roving-eye/
― cheese canopy (map), Wednesday, 16 October 2019 19:32 (four years ago) link
nice
― EvR, Thursday, 17 October 2019 06:24 (four years ago) link
I think you could make the case, that not only is The Visitor his greatest album, it's not even close
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 30 October 2019 05:01 (four years ago) link
The Master pic.twitter.com/r5tzQYvVMG— John Kolodij (@highaurad) October 30, 2019
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 31 October 2019 01:55 (four years ago) link
I gave Yankee Hotel Foxtrot a listen today for the first time in years and his mix work on that is just excellent.
― akm, Thursday, 31 October 2019 02:59 (four years ago) link
There was a 38-minute free download on the Steamroom Bandcamp page the other day called "great addition to the music server collection- but not that satisfying as listening session material" but now it's gone...
― EvR, Thursday, 2 January 2020 12:10 (four years ago) link
Shit did anyone grab it??
― flappy bird, Thursday, 2 January 2020 18:33 (four years ago) link
I did.
― EvR, Thursday, 2 January 2020 19:18 (four years ago) link
I gave Yankee Hotel Foxtrot a listen today for the first time in years and his mix work on that is just excellent.― akm, Wednesday, October 30, 2019 7:59 PM
a ghost is born has its moments as well.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Thursday, 2 January 2020 21:30 (four years ago) link
some nice footage of Jim in this (he was a musical consultant on the film)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_xo2R-ozqA
Now that I think about it, this must've been when I saw Jack Black in a small video game store in the financial district in December 2002. They shot this on Staten Island iirc.
― flappy bird, Sunday, 12 January 2020 01:11 (four years ago) link
The rehearsals from 5m23s - 9m02s were shot at Echo Canyon (51 Murray St, Tribeca) formerly Sonic Youth's studio from 1996-2006. Jim lived there for a few years, probably during the filming of that movie.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Monday, 13 January 2020 19:27 (four years ago) link
I found this *free* Bandcamp compilation today, it features a 19-minute JOR track: https://schwebung.bandcamp.com/album/scale
― EvR, Thursday, 2 April 2020 08:03 (four years ago) link
The album he recorded for/with Cynthia Dall is a bit of a mystery to me but I keep coming back to it. Lovely to hear Jim singing on Holland.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGrxW6gkyzI
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Thursday, 16 April 2020 17:57 (four years ago) link
That is her former boyfriend Bill Callahan on vox there.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 16 April 2020 17:59 (four years ago) link
He also sings on "Grey & Castles" from that record.
And she sings on a ton of his (Bill's) songs from that period: "Renee Died", "Wine Stained Lips", "Prince Alone In The Studio" & (my favorite) "Lize":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMAs_-DsXno
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 16 April 2020 18:03 (four years ago) link
I totally assumed it was Big Jim. What a beautiful song.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Thursday, 16 April 2020 18:21 (four years ago) link
Was wondering if anyone bid for this in the recent Cafe Oto auction:
https://www.cafeoto.co.uk/auction/covid-19-fundraiser-auction/jimorourkesingleeditionalbum/
― Ward Fowler, Thursday, 16 April 2020 18:51 (four years ago) link
Once Upon A Time In Yamanashi
― Cysteine Chapo (Craig D.), Thursday, 16 April 2020 20:20 (four years ago) link