WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?! Ray's Review Blog

After a hiatus of several years, German art rock vocalist Dagmar Krause made a special live appearance at this year's Avantgarde-Festival, performing with the amazing Peter Blegvad Trio. Here's a video link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGW7CuBS10I

Glad to have you back, Ms. Krause! You were sorely missed.

Ray

Check out this Jandek show--his first ever in his hometown of Houston, TX--at Rudyard's!!  Far from being the somber intense shows he's played in the past--here he looks like he is having ALOT of fun. People are DANCING!!   He's smiling, and he even talks to an audience member after the show!

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acLwiYpSTFE

 

Rock on Jandek---you da man!!

 

 

FINALLY...some amazing rare live video of Henry Cow circa 1976 is available online viewing at YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaBptCea3yA. 

 

I believe this video is taken from the dvd which is currently available with the just released Henry Cow box set, released through Recommended Records in the UK: http://rermegacorp.com/, and also through ReRUSA: http://www.rerusa.com/.

 

This incredible ensemble featured Dagmar Krause (my favorite German chanteuse!) on vocals, Fred Frith on guitar, Chris Cutler on drums, Georgina "Georgie" Born on bass, Lindsey Cooper on bassoon and Tim Hodgkinson on keys and sax.  This is a cover of an old Phil Ochs song, and they definitely do it justice.  Just watching these folks is a sight to behold, especially drummer Chris Cutler, who is all over his drum kit.  I had the pleasure of meeting Cutler several years ago and he was a real sweetheart.

 

Now if I could just afford that Henry Cow box set...

Myke Weiskopf is a multi-instrumentalist, producer and sound artist based in Hollywood, CA.  Since the late 1980s he has recorded and released his own fascinating brand of electro-pop, first with the critically acclaimed Science Park, and now as a solo artist.  He currently scores for film, telelvision and dance.

 

He is also the one responsible for the previously mentioned up and coming cd release AT THE TONE, as well as the fantastic music blog Shortwavemusic (shortwavemusic.blogspot.com).  There are several examples of his ambient pop sound-art at www.mykeweiskopf.com.  My personal favorites are  Wonderful, (18), Interlude 2: Faders, Radio Tone Piece (very Laurie Anderson-esque), and Ascension Island, which is a great pop song!  You can also buy his best-of, 30: A RETROSPECTIVE 1976-2006, at CDBaby.

 

Drop by and give his tracks a listen, then visit him on his MySpace and Facebook pages!

As readers of this blog (all three of you ) know, I am not only a (*ahem*) musician, and a fan of underground pop music, but I also have an interest in bizarre sound recordings, especially in the world of shortwave radio.

 

This forthcoming CD release is even more off-the-wall then The Conet Project, the infamous 4-disc set of anonymous numbers broadcasts.

 

Without further ado, go here: http://www.mykeweiskopf.com/ATT-Temp.htm.

 

Happy listening. 

 

Ray