When Free Radicals Become Free Agents

[rich]

fwiw...

can't wait for the new Miles 6cd box On the Corner Sessions

re:  SY--I think Sister is a fine record (maybe Pynchon's fav song is
Catholic Block--it's practically mine)

rich

On 9/25/07, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
> I've never really paid enough attention to SY to have an opinion.  And
> since they've had such a large following, that tells you all that I've
> been mostly out of the loop for "indie/avante/noise" music in general
> (not a good thing).
>
> I think that's because New Orleans is sort of anti-electronic (or
> noise, or...?) music in general, having such an identity with the
> Blues/Jazz tradition, and especially brass street-bands a la the Jazz
> funeral type, that the City is a bit resistant to such.  WWOZ, the
> founding radio station for the N.O. Jazz & Heritage Festival is open
> to new/experimental music only very late at night, and as a result
> ultimately becomes a bit hide-bound.  And having only one college
> radio station (WTUL) here, my exposure here is very limited.
>
> So, Henry, who would you consider SY's "betters?"
> And what would you consider SY's best music?
>
> David Morris
>
> On 9/25/07, Henry <scuffling at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I hope TRP is NOT a fan of Sonic Yute.  I've been listening to noise/avant-garde music, self-styled or otherwise, most of my life; I've heard SY live (Wash. DC's 9:30 club), and I wasn't, and I'm not, impressed. To me, they're the "Lost in Translation" of music, i.e. they impress the hell out of people who haven't heard their betters, and who think that they now have an appreciation of indie art.  A-and I don't think they're fun, either!  Naked, naked, naked!
>