tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3784321928448406790.post8890168579902687019..comments2023-10-03T06:33:02.701-07:00Comments on AARON TURNER ART AND MUSIC: Dec. 04 pt. 2Aaron B. Turnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10874617882962729652noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3784321928448406790.post-59938443191026660042008-06-01T18:44:00.000-07:002008-06-01T18:44:00.000-07:00i could listen to pilgrimage forever.i could listen to pilgrimage forever.alteredcourserecordshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03255876773062581157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3784321928448406790.post-49947969647196314422007-12-12T16:33:00.000-08:002007-12-12T16:33:00.000-08:00The PhoenixHoly Dreadby James parkerIn Reagan’s Am...The Phoenix<BR/>Holy Dread<BR/>by James parker<BR/><BR/>In Reagan’s America, to generalize wildly, the music of cultural resistance was hardcore: shrill, witty, hasty, aimed straight at the forehead. In Bush World, for reasons I will leave to the socio-musicologists, the rebellion is downward-tending: the kids are hurling themselves into the low end, abandoning their intellects to a shadow-metal roar and a churning, tunneling mysticism. OM, the unbelievably intense unit comprising bassist Al Cisneros and drummer Chris Hakius (both formerly of stoner legends Sleep), are a sort of apocalyptic prayer machine, and this past Sunday at the Middle East upstairs they bulldozed a packed house into noise nirvana, and then beyond.<BR/><BR/>Earlier in the evening, the burly Jack Rose had beguiled us with a short set of his beautiful roots-raga acoustic plucking, and Grails, from Portland, Oregon, had laid down some heavy Can-meets-Godspeed atmospherics. But the dominance of OM was established in the instant that Cisneros stamped on his distortion pedal and feedback reared like a dragon behind him. The riffs are punishingly simple, on the bluesy side of Sabbath, but repeated until they detach themselves from time. Cisneros shudders, screams, puts his hands together in prayer: Hakius, shirtless and mega-bearded, plays as if he were chopping wood, but with a Bonham-esque lilt in the clang of his ride cymbal. Their shared concentration looks at times like the fiercest face of worship.<BR/><BR/>The night ended, appropriately enough, in chaos: OM wouldn’t stop, houselights shuddered on and then off again, attempts were made to eject the audience, and a Middle East management unwilling to interfere in the raptures of a too-high-to-die Al Cisneros could only stand by as he defied the curfew with rants, chants, stop-start riffs, and a big joint billowing the smoke of the assassins. For a moment or two, all sorts of things seemed possible, and bouncers twitched as the air adrenalized around them. A riot in the nervous system, on the point of being a riot for real.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3784321928448406790.post-15778857497794319942007-12-09T18:28:00.000-08:002007-12-09T18:28:00.000-08:00I'll try to check this playlist when I have time. ...I'll try to check this playlist when I have time. By the way, great photos and artwork.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3784321928448406790.post-56845376102074028102007-12-07T07:18:00.000-08:002007-12-07T07:18:00.000-08:00playlist of the week:neurosis - given to the risin...playlist of the week:<BR/>neurosis - given to the rising<BR/>konono nr 1 - congotronics<BR/>lento - earthen<BR/>mgr - wavering on the cresting heft<BR/>wolves in the trone room - two hunters<BR/>tesa - nekad<BR/>skip james - early recordings<BR/>teeth of lions rule the divine - rampton<BR/>gnaw their tongues - reeking...::Andre::https://www.blogger.com/profile/05151213376306544897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3784321928448406790.post-32867356599839991432007-12-06T15:56:00.000-08:002007-12-06T15:56:00.000-08:00I also like to see the playlist postings, I think ...I also like to see the playlist postings, I think I've discovered some of my favorite albums through artist/band playlists...<BR/><BR/>This is sort of a geeky question maybe, but, what type of camera do you use, or would you recommend? Thanks for any info!Jakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08032556858233582060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3784321928448406790.post-35734564204422214602007-12-05T02:50:00.000-08:002007-12-05T02:50:00.000-08:00Hmm...to bad that the only photos worth publishing...Hmm...to bad that the only photos worth publishing form Poland are nightmarish one (The polish highway and now the bathroom). I hope that during the visit to my country You've found at least a tiny piece beauty and You'll publish it here. If not, next time during the Isis visit, ill try to show You that its not so bad here after all ;).<BR/><BR/>On the other hand maybe I should be glad that there was something in here that got Your attention.Michal Popielnickihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01061629015007621105noreply@blogger.com