More Pynchon-related music

[rich]

sorry, allen not alan. d'oh!

rich

On Wed, Jan 19, 2022 at 10:42 AM rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:

> some good stuff there, Alan.
>
> fwiw, I kinda thought the kooky wonderful English singer-songwriter
> Richard Dawson was a Pynchon fan. Below a pic of him looking for the spirit
> of Mr J Dixon from his twitter feed. confirmed I guess
>
> His latest record with my fav band, Circle, is quite a trip:
> https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/richard-dawson-circle-henki/. a
> terrific collaboration
>
> The eccentric English songwriter and the prolific Finnish rock group
> collaborate for an album that routes ancient plant life into deeply human
> stories of toil, tragedy, and the afterlife.
>
> https://twitter.com/richarddawson12/status/1323327279074811904
>
> rich
>
> On Wed, Jan 19, 2022 at 10:14 AM Allen Ruch <quail at shipwrecklibrary.com>
> wrote:
>
>> More Pynchon and music for you:
>>
>> http://shipwrecklibrary.com/the-modern-word/sl-music-high-mountain-tempel/
>>
>> Their second album is named “A Screaming Comes Across the Sky.” Heavily
>> influenced by Acid Mothers Tempel, LaMonte Young, and Father Yod and the
>> Source Family. Sadly, you have to work to actually hear the album—it’s only
>> sold through their label’s Web site—but it’s pretty good, and these guys
>> are die-hard Pynchon fans. While I didn’t formally interview them, they had
>> some pretty effusive things to say about ol’ Tom.
>>
>> Hat-tip to Christian Hänggi for turning me onto these guys,
>>
>> —Quail
>>
>> PS: I have two more Pynchon/Music interviews coming up: electroacoustic
>> composer Steven Ricks, and Sam Shalabi from Land of Kush. If you haven’t
>> heard these guys, really, their music is great. The first studied
>> composition under Sir Harrison Birtwistle, the second makes music that
>> sounds like the answer to a story that begins: “Umm Kulthum, Sun Ra, and
>> Captain Beefheart walked into a bar…”
>>
>> http://shipwrecklibrary.com/the-modern-word/sl-music-steven-ricks/
>>
>> http://shipwrecklibrary.com/the-modern-word/sl-music-kush/
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