Friday, March 22, 2013

JANDEK ON CORWOOD (2003)



i can't believe this came out 10 years ago already. soon after this documentary was released jandek made his first ever live appearance, kicking off his most prolific period yet (he's self-released over 60 albums at this point). he still performs regularly all over the world, including a show in vancouver in 2009 (which i didn't go to because i'm clearly a complete moron). the music/cover art is disturbing and haunting and strangely beautiful. taken as a whole, truly one of the most amazing works of self-referential (self-conscious?) "outsider" art ever. sometimes there's only one kind of music that's appropriate to listen to when you're in a certain kind of sleep-deprived, self-destructive, hearing voices/talking to yourself, total creepout mood: jandek music.

Sunday, March 17, 2013

FAREWELL TRANSMISSION

The whole place is dark
Every light on this side of the town
Suddenly it all went down
Now we'll all be brothers of the fossil fire of the sun
Now we will all be sisters of the fossil blood of the moon
Someone must have set us up

Now they'll be working in the cold grey rock,
Now they'll be working in the hot mill steam,
Now they'll be working in the concrete
In the sirens and the silences now all the great set up hearts -
All at once start to beat

After tonight if you don't want us to be a secret out of the past
I will resurrect it, I'll have a good go at it
I'll streak his blood across my beak and dust my feathers with his ashes
I can feel his ghost breathing down my back

I will try and know whatever I try, I will be gone but not forever
I will try and know whatever I try, I will be gone but not forever

The real truth about it is no one gets it right
The real truth about it is we're all supposed to try
There ain't no end to the sands I've been trying to cross
The real truth about it is my kind of life's no better off
If I've got the maps or if I'm lost

We will try and know whatever we try,
We will be gone but not forever
Come on let's try will try and know whatever we try,
We will be gone but not forever

The real truth about it is there ain't no end to the desert I'll cross
I've really known that all along

Mama here comes midnight with the dead moon in its jaws
Must be the big star about to fall
Mama here comes midnight with the dead moon in its jaws
Must be the big star about to fall

Long dark blues
Will o the wisp
The big star is falling
Through the static and distance
A farewell transmission
Listen

Friday, March 15, 2013

AT YOUR BEST (YOU ARE LOVE)



this is for the steppers...