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not really; i mean, as idiotic as this country often is, i think that's rightfully seen as inane & i write that as one w/almost the entire maternal side of my family lost in the war (poland and latvia). if anything, i'm offended by the very suggestion, it smacks of gross self-importance and repression. ubu, how does Thomas Bernhard read in the german? signed, a Robert Walser fan too clem, thanks for this information. That was crap indeed! But a somehow understandable over-reaction, in my opinion. I'm a HUUUGE fan of Robert Walser - not sure if I did ask you that, but going from your Bernhard question I guess you don't, but: do you read german? In my opinion (and in that of some of the few Walser fans among literary scientist or whatever you call them in english) it's the short stories, "Erzählungen", or - the best term, I think - "Prosa-Miniaturen" (you can translate that to miniatures of/in (?) prose). If you do understand german, I guess you might try! The only usable german Walser edition appears as Suhrkamp paperbacks. You sure find them all on Amazon Germany doing a search for Robert Walser and Suhrkamp. Feel free to ask more, it's kind of difficult however for me to express these things in english... I love the few books of Bernhard I read so far, but I am no expert whatsoever. Some of his books are extremely funny (you gotta love austrian literature, though, and be open to cynicism of the highest order), others are rather difficult. His basic thing is to repeat himself, create never-ending phrases and also sort of cycles in which the narration evolves, going back almost to start again, and then going a place just next to the one were the last cycle went... difficult to describe. I guess you don't loose on the structure reading him in translation, but you sure fail to experience the "sound". Should we open a new thread (in addition to this one dedicated to poetry and the "now reading" one)? ubu

congrats, rooster! have one on me: ubu

Wycliffe Gordon plays a solo on one of the two unreleased outtakes from the Herbie Nichols Project (available in the download section on the Palmetto Records homepage), that fits in perfect! I don't know Gordon well, in fact I hardly know him, but that's a great solo he plays there! Check it out! (Check out all those downloads! There's two unedited tracks that were released on Hill's A Beautiful Day available in their unedited form, some jams, and free impros, some outtakes, and three live tracks by Bobby Previte's cool "Bump the Renaissance" band recorded on their tour in Europe) ubu

Good choice (to say it again ) I will dig it out! (or get that Mosaic out of my shelf...) ubu

Hey I bought two of them! He he he... gave one to a friend for his birthday. So that way you only need 1500... and I guess there may be a dozen or two of them sitting in shelves of ridiculously prized swiss record shops... ubu

Thanks for your offer, but money is short, and x-mas coming closer... Wish you a good time in Berlin! (Have you been there before? I never was) ubu

scary stuff! ubu

good choice! John, start a new thread, and ask b3er or use3 to pin it right now! And if there are no replies, post there daily, so that all those who browse the board with "View New Posts" or "My Assistant" see that there is something happening here! ubu

Д.Д., they state that they send your order out the next day, and if something cannot be sent out by then, they would email you and you could cancel your order. So they should email you latest tomorrow night if something's not available. If you try to find HatOLOGY discs in stores here, be aware that they usually cost 38 franks, sometimes you may find some for 31-36... Yeah, Enja Weber... there would be so much good stuff there! Let's dream of a complete Mal Waldron Enja box... HELL! ubu

There's an ad for this in the latest Downbeat, too. I have read about this one somewhere, but have never heard it. Anyone can give some reviews? (The one on amazon is pretty negative) The label is Random Chance, see their website here. ubu edited to add label and website

Chaney, at this site you can buy it for 12 swiss franks (around 9 US$ currently). I am not sure they have it in stock, but it does seem they do. I don't know how much mailing to the US would cost, but certainly not more than 5US$, which would not be very expensive for a Hat disc, all together. (I guess it would not get much cheaper if I'd mail it, as they would charge 2$ to mail it to me, and then for me to mail it would probably be in the range of 3-4$.) ubu

By saying "If you can choose one..." I meant: AOTW, by the way. But post your opinion here, of course! And also if you get the Russell! ubu

John, I'd love to hear some opinions on this one! As I said, it was my original choice, but when I saw it was OOP, I thought I'd go with Hal Russell (which has not exactly been a very popular choice, alas!). If you can choose one, take this, and I'll be there! btw: who's that "?.?." y'all quote? ubu

I thought about asking, too! Not that I'd have a proposition. AOTW seems to have lost some momentum! John, why not you choose one right now, take one you think many of us have, and if someone has actually been nominated he can do the next one? ubu

Has our Russian friend seen this!?!?!?!?!? http://www.discplus.ch/results.asp?smod_sk...smod_public_id= HELL! ubu

Update? If you like. Really, the box this set comes in is nothing more than heavy paper. I've kept mine wrapped in its celophane wrap as the joints seem to be badly glued and they'll come undone if set free. Alright, as I fabricated a, well, not extremely stable, but certainly better than heavy paper box, I'll stick to it. I have only gotten an earful of the music, but I liked what I heard! Thanks very much again, Chaney! I hope you will like the VAO! The Penguin gives it a crown, if I remember correctly. I will look for the Newton disc because of your evaluations. Makes it an interesting thing again! ubu

Switzerland is not yet a russian colony, yes? Or did I miss something? ubu

not to hijack this thread, I like poetry a lot, but I wonder, has the "no poetry after Auschwitz" debate hit the US, too? Some of my favorite poets of more recent years include: Ingeborg Bachmann Ilse Aichinger Günther Eich Raoul Schrott couple of older favorites: Georg Trakl Else Lasker-Schüler Gottfried Benn August Stramm Kurt Tucholsky Kurt Schwitters Ball, Arp, Huelsenbeck, Tzara etc (big fan of the dada movement) I guess it would not make too much sense to post german poems here, otherwise, please tell me and I'll try to find the time to type out some. ubu

That it? I would be faaaar too lazy to figure out such stuff! Hell, those americans do get up late in the morning! ubu

me too! keep going strong, Jim, in real life and a little bit over here, in our nice little internet haven... ubu

Д.Д., those link, are they of any use? Chaney: re. Newton and laughing... well, I guess on disc it might work a little bit less cripey (?) than live... is FILIGREE OOP? I guess so, I think it was one of the very first HatOLOGies, no? ubu

You killin' me, Chaney! Half of my weekend was filled creating my own box for the copies of the Brötz box... and now this!! Do I need to update?!? John and Д.Д. (damn I got to copy-paste your fucking handle everytime! Can you tell me how I can type it FAST myself?): grab a copy of Minimalism of Satie - that would have been my first choice AOTW, but I realized it was OOP and thought nobody had it (which might be true, as even you two don't have it...). It's a great disc. Practically only the VAO's horns, accompanied/supported by Woody Schabata on vibes and percussion. This was a two LP set originally, but I think everything has made it on the CD. Side one includes Rüegg's arrangements (part one of each track) of Satie compositions (piano pieces mostly or all - I have not yet thoroughly explored Satie) and embellishments/variants (part two of each track), including some improvisations/solos. Side two is three duets, all with Schabata, the soloists being Newton, Roman Schwaller (a very good swiss tenor saxophonist, who was a mainstay of the VAO for many years, and has then been replaced by the other very good swiss tenor man, Andy Scherrer, who's been with the VAO for some ten years now, too), and the great Wolfgang Puschnig. This is certainly an adventurous and probably controversial disc, however I love it! ubu

Chaney, I did close my eyes and try to fix on the music from time to time, but I did not grab me much more either. I have not heard FILIGREE, well, I did get an ear full several years ago at a store, but cannot comment on it. I like Newton's contribution to the Vienna Art Orchestra's Minimalism of Erik Satie, however, but that's about the only thing of her I really know. ubu

belly still hurting... My dear Russian friend, the concerts I did mention all took place as part of that little festival. I don't know any particular website, but here's some information: http://www.moods.ch - the site of one of the better jazz locations in Zurich. write an email to this address fredi.bosshard@bluewin.ch and ask to be put on the mailing list (they mail out information - in german, but you'll get the most important parts, otherwise ask me for translation - on concerts/festivals taking place at the "Rote Fabrik", an alternative location here in Zurich - they hosted the unerhört festival, and they also host Taktlos, a free jazz/improv festival, as well as hosting their own series of concerts. If you're interested in jazz festivals, there are some in: Bern (mostly US-mainstream), Basel (Off Beat, some good concerts), Schaffhausen (mostly presenting swiss musicians, always some good stuff), Willisau (you sure know that), and Zurich (jazznojazz) - do the google thing for "Jazzfestival XXX" and you'll get their websites. This then: http://www.nzzticket.ch/index.jsp is the website of the Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ) weekly event calendar. Use the search function (Musik, ganze Schweiz). The friends section of the Intakt homepage might be useful, too: http://www.intaktrec.ch/friends-a.htm And here's the homepage of a rather small swiss jazz magazine, go to the "Hot Links" part and you'll find the web addresses of all the festivals I've mentioned, of some swiss record labels, clubs etc. I'll write you an email if find some other useful sites. I mostly go from newspaper ads etc. Re. Altrisuoni: was that one of Claudio Pontiggia's discs? I have one of the trio discs he made (the red covered one), and recently got the sextet disc he made with Andy Scherrer and others. Knowing your tastes a little bit better than I might have at the time I did recommend this CD, I think it might not be very much to your likings. Don't buy it unheard. It's beautiful and very melodic music, but faaaaar from being free in any way. The larger ensemble, actually, is a modern mainstream unit. What makes it interesting is Pontiggia himself and the rather unusual line up (french horn, tenor/soprano sax, piano, vibes, bass, drums). ubu

That's what I thought about when I started to look through my rarities (broadcasts) bag to get some ideas what I could include in my upcoming disc (some months to go; I don't even have a CD-burner yet). Sure, put in some rare recording by some well-known artist is a good thing, too! (Hey Rooster, I'll have some nice stuff for you... you know, from the guy whose music sounds like a flushing toilet ) I guess at least parts of my BT will provoce reactions as Jim's does (I have not yet received the CDs, but I look forward to them very much!) Jim's explanation re. his inclusion of non-jazz material is good with me. (only I wonder what that "artist whose "status" as a jazz artist is a matter of constant debate" could be - Jim, you did not include some Kenny G, didn't you? ) ubu