for nico. by dd
for nico. by dd
funny enough everyone i have met from brown is either too rich, or too pompous, to be considered remotely cool, at least in my book… and if i may add i did write the book. half of the brown grads i knew unfortunately committed suicide (when you have everything, the world can look rather dull) and the other half are trustafarians on a mission to be considered cool… eternal writers without a book, and club promoters to the desperadoes.
now who would have thought brown could spit out such an anomaly? this young boy from NY who’s passed his early days in santiago de chile, currently resides at the “crumby dorms” of brown university, and has been playing out of my speakers for the past few days and he aint going away.
passed on to me this xmas by a young architect of extremely similar appearance, jaar got me when I learnt he was haunted by mulatu astatke and eric satie (I was sold). its quite nice stuff i must say. not all the jam they say he is at the guardian UK, but he is unique in a world of similar beats were he manages to strike a rather sensitive groove that actually resonates. hearing him on his interview on ‘beats in space’ he seems rather genuine and unpretentious which is quite refreshing. so far so good, lets hope he doesn’t loose his shit with the fame that awaits him… ladies and gentleman heres nicolas jaar. unfortunately no relation to jean michel, or alfred eeeey : / by dd
‘tv party’ was a punk cable show hosted by andy warhol’s associate glenn o’brien as well as chris stein (blondie’s guitarist). here we have blain (violin) and steven (keyboard) peter (bass). you can get the series on dvd or on netflix, just search for TV party and then sit and wonder what happened to our music where we’re left with so much shit that some of us actually think lady gaga is not that bad. by dd
godstar by psychic tv, you know, the nutritious genesis p-orridge. anyways, close your eyes. it’s good. by kl
interpol and assange rap well done. go gail sorronda… by dd
great people tend to leave us all too quickly… maybe it’s ’cause we all suck so bad? by dd
one genius interpreting another…of course i’m talking about bach and richter. on the other hand, gould sounds rather academic and self conscious; like a 50’s newscaster, but we can forgive him as he’s another genius altogether. now if you have any, keep your recordings of richter, a single CD copy of “richter in prague” goes for a meager $380. by dd
nothing goes better with coffee than some good riffs. by kl
en studio… for the man and the myth. the world is indeed divided in two, love and money. i wish it was otherwise but it ‘aint… by dd