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John Zorn/Ken Jacobs Performances
by Travis Miles 24 May '04

24 May '04

CELESTIAL SUBWAY LINES 2-4 John Zorn (Music) and Ken Jacobs (Nervous Magic Lantern) In a series of special collaborative performances, John Zorn and Ken Jacobs will create a synaesthetic experience of celestial magnitude. The Nervous Magic Lantern is an acute display of images created by manipulating the projector with filters, a cooling fan, and a spinning shutter to generate 3-dimensional landscapes with 2-dimensional flatness. These flickering, unworldly images will combine with John Zorn's characteristically atmospheric music in a rare meeting of two of New York's most idiosyncratic and seminal artists. Friday, May 28th at 8:00 Saturday, May 29th at 8:00 Sunday, May 30th at 8:00 Tickets $8 Anthology Film Archives 32 Second Avenue New York, NY

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Part I: Electric Masada in Györ
by Diego Gruber 24 May '04

24 May '04

I haven't had time to write in a while so I will make my own little digest here, hope things aren't too out of date: 1) Electric Masada in Györ: my first time seeing Zorn after years of listening to his music, so it was a very exciting moment. The trip to Hungary was rally worth it. Acoustically, I am afraid the band was too loud for the beautifully decaying synagogue where the concert took place, especially because of the two drummers. For someone with little previous knowledge of the music I suppose the melodies were difficult to decipher. But it was still a very enjoyable performance, enhanced by the location and atmosphere. Joey Baron was my star, as he has been on almost every Masada live recording I've heard. I missed a bit more of interaction between Zorn and the crowd, maybe he was in a bad mood or just tired. Or is he always like that? Before EM went on stage there was a free performance by Misha Mengelberg and Han Bennink. I suppose nothing can go wrong with their experience and sense of humour. People really enjoyed that part of the evening. For the encore they sang a duet which was pretty funny. I had Zorn and Mori sitting next to me during this, and they were really enjoying it. I did not dare to talk to them though. Oh yeah, forgot to mention an anecdotic part of the concert. At one point during the EM set a photographer lady approached the stage to take some pics from close distance. I knew that would piss off Zorn. He began waiving at her, but she didn't react. So he took a bottle of water opened it and first threw the bottle-cap at her. No reaction either. He finally started throwing water at her; that was the end of the puppet show. As usual, Zorn was also asking the crowd how to tell the lady to go in Hungarian...

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Setlists for Painkiller/Patton shows
by Andy Marks 24 May '04

24 May '04

Anybody out there have a set list for the Painkiller/Mike Patton shows from last September? A quick Google didn't turn anything up.

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Open Cobra Vol. 1: Explanatory/Participatory Cobra event in Toronto
by Misha Glouberman 22 May '04

22 May '04

I wanted to let Zorn List subscribers (especially those in or near Toronto) know about a project we're organizing here. Open Cobra Vol.1 is an evening in two parts, revolving around Cobra. The first part of the evening will be a performance of Cobra, accompanied by a thorough explanation of the rules. The second part of the evening will be a fully participatory event (no spectators) where audience members are invited to partake in a series of vocal improvisation games leading up to a participatory performance of Cobra. The event is part of an ongoing series called Room 101 Games, which investigates different ideas about games and participatory culture. The event will take place on June 13 at the Drake Hotel. You can find out more about Room 101 at www.room101games.com . And you can find out more about Open Cobra Vol. 1 at www.room101games.com/cobra/ Thanks, Misha Glouberman Room 101 Games

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trade
by Jan-wen Lu 21 May '04

21 May '04

I have extra copies of the following titles(all new): 1.Martin Tetreault/Otomo Yoshihide-Studio-Analgoique-Numerique 3x3"CD (Ambiances Magnetiques) 2.Furt-Angel (JdK) 3.Michel Doneda/Eirk M/Jean-Marc Montera-NOT (Victo) 4.Hayashi, Eiichi, Otomo Yoshihide, and Yoshisaburo Toyozumi. The Crushed Pellet. (Studio Wee) 5.Vic Rawlings/Howard Stelzer/Jason Talbot-untitled (Absurd) 6.Janek Schaefer-Weather Report (Alluvial) 7.Jon Rose/Miya Masaoka-Sliding (Noise Asia) 8.Philip Jeck-Vinl Coda IV (Intermedium) 9.V.A.-Ju-Jikan (23 Five) 10.Tetsuo Furudate/Sumihisa Arima/Pneuma-Autrement qu'etre II (DSA) 11.Thomas Lehn-Feldstarken (Random Acoustics) 12.Thomas Lehn/Markus Schmickler-BART (Erstwhile) 13.Melt-Bananan-Cactuses Come in Flocks (A-Zip) 14.Kuwayama-Kijima with Matthew Heyner::02.18.02 (Boxmedia) 15.John Butcher/Phil Durrant-Secret Measures (Wobbly Rail) 16.Mr. Bungle-California (Warner Bros.) 17.Marc Ribot-Yo! I Killed Your God (Tzadik) 18.Dave Douglus-Witness (RCA) 19.Mario Schiano/Alquimia/Peter Cusack-Fluxus (Splasch) 20.V.A.-Visions:performances from the EMIT series Would like to trade for any bootleg recordings of Otomo Yoshihide, Christian Marclay, Bob Ostertag, Dieb 13, Erik M, and etc. Jan-wen Lu

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Eyvind Kang+ Fantomas show in Barcelona Pt. 1
by Efrén del Valle 21 May '04

21 May '04

Hi, I've been trying to send the e-mail below since yesterday morning. I cut it in two now. As I mentioned, I'd like to share my thoughts on this show in the event someone's hesitating about attending or not. This is a MUST SEE! Kang opened accompanied by a keyboardist called Jessica (sorry, can't remember her last name, Â¿Jorge maybe?) and some strange Scandinavian film from the 20s in the background, dealing mostly with medieval imagery and akelarres (witches gatherings in the Galician region of Spain) and some Goya paintings (probably from the black or absurd series). Kang used electronics and laptop during the first theme, a dark, droning piece accompanied by some truly disturbing B&W images of a ghostly woman. The second track was more in the "Live Low to the Earth..."-vein, minimal violin lines over repetitive keyboard chords. The third track was the most accessible and the one that the audience enjoyed the most (many of them were basically talking, drinking and wondering what that guy was doing and how gratuitous the whole thing sounded- no comments). It was again a repeating series of violin pizzicato notes over a sheet of soft electronic beats. The melody was absolutely gorgeous and Kang shifted to bow on several segments, in which you could perceive his Indian-style inflections. __________________________________________ Correo Yahoo! - 6MB de espacio Â¡Gratis! http://correo.yahoo.es

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Mimicry
by Efrén del Valle 21 May '04

21 May '04

Hi there, The guys at Web of Mimicry have finally refurnished their website. Not that good-looking but has a lot more information than it used to, including a Q&A section with Spruance and some albums and book reviews. I second the Jorge Luis Borges recommendation there, by the way. I already ordered "Book of Horizons". I'm eager to listen to it. All the best, EfrÃ©n del Valle ______________________________________________________________________ Correo Yahoo! - 6MB, mÃ¡s protecciÃ³n contra el spam Â¡Gratis! http://correo.yahoo.es

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Fwd: Eyvind Kang+ Fantomas show in Barcelona Pt. 2 (last try)
by Efrén del Valle 21 May '04

21 May '04

--- EfrÃ©n del Valle <efrendv(a)yahoo.es> escribiÃ³: > Fecha: Fri, 21 May 2004 10:11:56 +0200 (CEST) > De: EfrÃ©n del Valle <efrendv(a)yahoo.es> > Asunto: Eyvind Kang+ Fantomas show in Barcelona Pt. > 2 > Para: zorn-list(a)lists.xmission.com > > On the background, alternating > Middle-Ages woodblocks, another recurrence in Kang's > imagery. To finish with, the duo embarked on a wild > improvisation, some sort of noisy dialogue with very > low notes on keyboards and screeching bowed violin > that regained the audience's attention. Truly > amazing. > Jessica finished the performance with some > ear-perforating screaming. > After the concert, Kang told me this was their first > performance. It's incredible how these guys can > offer > such a complete and perfect show with these very few > elements. By the way, Kang's such a charming guy. > Don't hesitate to approach him and you'll get a lot > of > food for thought out of your conversation. > I guess almost everyone here has seen Fantomas > before, > so I'll be brief. I saw them during the "Director's > Cut" tour and I even have a bootleg from their first > live show in SF and things have changed. Even if it > seemed they couldn't get any better, they sound > tighter!! They performed some sections from "DC", a > selection of "Director's Cut" and the s/t album, the > usual "Simply Beautiful" and some compositions I > couldn't recognize. I assume they're from unreleased > album, and they sounded much closer to the > fast-paced > changes of the first recording, although they were a > bit longer and perhaps more developed (if possible). > The audience was incredibly responsive, and so was > the > band, with Patton using his heavily accented Spanish > to address himself to us. > > Sorry about the length of this e-mail, but it was an > unforgettable night, to the extent that I'm falling > asleep at the office. I'll write "decent" reviews of > this in Spanish and English in short. > > All the best, > > EfrÃ©n del Valle > n.p: Sun City Girls "Box of Chameleons- disc 3" > (Abduction) > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Correo Yahoo! - 6 MB, antivirus y antispam Â¡gratis! > RegÃstrate ya - http://correo.yahoo.es > ______________________________________________________________________ Correo Yahoo! - 6MB, mÃ¡s protecciÃ³n contra el spam Â¡Gratis! http://correo.yahoo.es

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Test (ignore)
by Efrén del Valle 21 May '04

21 May '04

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RE: fela kuti
by Sean Murphy 20 May '04

20 May '04

what he said....and don't sleep on the '69 Los Angeles Sessions'...very tasty and atypically succinct jams. essential. -----Original Message----- From: Nudebruno(a)aol.com [mailto:Nudebruno@aol.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2004 6:59 PM To: zorn-list(a)mailman.xmission.com; jasontors(a)yahoo.com Subject: fela kuti all I have is a fela kuti greatest hits record, any suggestions for essential Fela albums to check out? Personal faves include Sorrow, Tears and Blood, Zombie, ITT and Coffin Head of State. Most of the albums are doubled up on CD, which helps, but Fela put out a lot of product over the years. Its all consistently high in quality, but, and don't get me wrong this is not a criticism, variety is not the key. The Wire did an excellent overview on him last year (Issue 234) which is worth checking, rule of thumb is that more essential his work the greater consternation it caused the government.

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