D. Shostakovich

I checked out the inaugural Wordless Music Series concert on Monday night at Good-Faith Shepherd Church featuring Glenn Kotche, Nels Cline, Jenny Lin & Elliott Sharp. It was mighty good -- Glenn Kotche, in particular. If you have not listened to his solo album Mobile yet, then I would highly recommend that you take the time to do so. The man is an incredible percussionist -- calling him a drummer would be a bit of sin. His technique is impeccable, and he plays more instruments than many so-called "multi-instrumentalists" have ever even set their eyes upon. Here's a track from Mobile called "Monkey Chant." Apparently, it's based on this, but all I know is that it made me want to play drums more than anything I've ever witnessed.

Glenn Kotche - Monkey Chant

The rest of the show tried to reach this apex but never quite achieved it. Elliott Sharp seems like a phony, but that Jenny Lin can play piano for me any time.

And now for something totally different. Hot Snakes, perhaps the greatest rock band ever, released a live album recently, and, my God, it is fucking killer. I posted this track a long time ago, but here is the live version of it, which reminds me of weekends and California even more than before.

Hot Snakes - Plenty For All

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Woot Wooh

Ahh...a day off. I quit working at The Strand yesterday. Well, I just didn't show up in the morning. I just couldn't take it - the dust, the mindlessness, the asshole employees (not everyone but more than a few). ***For some laugh-inducing Strand hatred, go here.*** So now I get a few days off until I start up full-time pulling espresso shots for crazy rich people living in the Upper East Side. But things could be worse - I could be doing what this guy (Chat With A Detroit Corpse Collector - NYT) does.

Moving on, I've just recently gotten back to listening to the stockpile of MP3s I have stored away that haven't been listened to yet, and I also just recently got my stereo set up. It's actually the only thing that I have set up in my room now - that and the bed. I don't even have a chair. So I can finally start getting some tracks back up on here.

First off - another one from Anja Schneider & Sebo K. I know I just posted the Magda remix of "Side Leaps" a few days ago, but this one's really great too. This is the B-side to "Side Leaps" that came out on Mobilee. The background noises in the beginning sound like missles raining down on a city in an old Nintendo game. I can't think of a particular title but the memory is there.

Anja Schneider & Sebo K - Rancho Relaxo

Up next is a track from the new My My 12" out on Playhouse and this one is every bit as good as their prior release for Playhouse w/ the excellent "Serpentine." I couldn't decide whether to put up the A- or B-side but went w/ the B because those synths sound eff-ing tough.

My My - Brown Lily

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Please Excuse The Lull In Service

Things have been hectic. I'm working seven days a week right now, and I haven't had any Internet access at my apartment here. But that will change tomorrow and then I will be able to bring all you dearies some more songs in 4/4.

Here's one for the wait.

Anja Schneider & Sebo K - Side Leaps [Magda Remix]

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