Jandek

[dave9199]

I was just starting to get burned out then I got the dvd & it started all over again.

[dave9199]

Hey Chaney, #39 is out! One more to go. I bet that #40 will be the live one.

[John B]

There is also an article on Jandek on Corwood in the newest issue of Signal to Noise. After scanning the article there doesn't really seem to be anything new reported in it.

(edit)

I just went back to the start of the thread and saw that the article is an old one and available through a link Chaney posted.

Edited December 31, 2004 by John B

[Guest Chaney]

Hey Chaney, #39 is out! One more to go. I bet that #40 will be the live one.

As Seth notes, the picture on the cover would seem to be the contemporary Mr. Smith. Interesting to see him again with a beard as I found myself a bit leery on whether or not the facial hair he sported on The Door Behind was real. There's no doubt now.

I've been chuckling over the doubters on the Jandek List, those seeminly unwilling or unable to accept that Sterling is nearly 60 years of age. I'd say he's looking his age in the photo above.

I've been spinning Blue Corpse and You Walk Alone this past week. Perhaps needless to say: both very tasty.

I have this fear that his live set will (as you surmise) be CD 40 and his prices will rise. No evidence, of course, that that'll happen. Know what I think I'll do? Order CDs 21 through 39 and throw in an extra copy of one I already have. (I'll sell that one on eBay.)

ON THE EDIT: Actually, I think I'll buy two copies of the new one.

Edited December 31, 2004 by Chaney

[dave9199]

I'm waiting. I like the theory someone posed about his 4 album output this year: That he's taken early retirement & has more time, hence the show also. I figure in another 2 months, #40 will be out since that's the interval he's been putting them out. That means in about 7 months time, I'll have bought 40 Jandek cds. Holy freakin' crap!

[Guest Chaney]

You, Dave, are insatiable!

[Brandon Burke]

Just finished watching the film. I tried to see it at the SXSW Film Festival last March but it would have been a serious pain in the ass. Anyway, I thought it was pretty good and well-edited. Could have been much cornier (and I was exepcting it to be just that). And, as others have already mentioned, it got me excited to hear more of his LPs.

Back to the film: Byron Coley never fails to entertain. His record reviews in Forced Exposure from back in the late 80's are absolutely priceless.

[Guest Chaney]

As I wanted to view the documentary a second time before commenting, here goes... watching, pausing to comment, watching... adding comments on the edit...

I can't say that I understand the artistic point of all the rural imagery. Desolation, I guess, but personally, what I see when I listen to Jandek, is neighborhoods, the kind that are pictured on his album covers.

The comments from those interviewed are mostly embarrassing. I don't know if I say that because it's the truth as I see it or if it's because most of what's said I've heard (read) before. Comments as to the difficulty of the music. Duifficult? Honestly, I don't want to come off as a poseur, Joe Cool, but it's often a guy and a guitar. Difficult? I don't see it.

Ah! Byron Coley. You're right, Brandon: Coley is entertaining and he's the first in the film to offer comments of any value.

Coley: It's the kind of music you can play for somebody and people will say, this is random, y'know, anybody can do this. And it's an argument that goes back as soon as people started to make a break from represenatational art, anywhere. When you can't argue about quality of technique, when you have to start saying this has a theoretical presence, and this has an intellectual basis for it that has nothing to do with a measurable technique. There's art that's going on here that's not representational and it's not supposed to be beautiful and it's not supposed to be attuned to any standard in a commercial sense.

And then to Douglas Wolk, Music Critic.

Also of value are the comments of Gary Pig Gold. A bit of a precious character, perhaps, but compared to most of the other talking heads, .

John Trubee. Billions of people on this planet and the one person who manages to interview Jandek and have it ON TAPE is... Trubee. It's a cryin' shame.

And George Parsons, editor, Dream Magazine.

Richie "" Unterberger. If only more men looked like this guy, maybe then I wouldn't find myself alone on a Suturday night doing this.

Amy Frushour Kelly, filmmaker: He tells stories and he takes pictures that are all about negative space. Negative space is like' y'know, when you have a sculpture and say the sculpture is two hands, like this, the space right in between the two hands, where there's nothing there, that's negative space. And I find it significant because his story telling very much has to do with negative story telling, leaving out very important parts and by leaving out the important stuff like who this person is and why someone did this - the motivation - all that stuff, you're just left with a sense that you're in it because you're feeling the emotion and you're not getting alot else out of it.

And silly sod Phil Milstein, curator, American Song-Poem Archives, and a Jandek fan since before he was known as Jandek, still, TO THIS DAY, files his Jandek collection under 'U', for The Units. Why not under 'T', for The? Shouldn't be too rough on Phil as his contributions go over pretty well.

(Liking Jandek On Corwood quite a bit more on this second viewing.)

Gotta love when the film takes a dark turn, with speculation as to the mental state of Jandek. On my first viewing - as I encountered this middle section - I thought, well here goes, here's the Jandek as loon material, as expected. This section really seems so very silly once you get to the Jandek interview material. (Could be that was the intention of the filmmakers.) THEN you see that he's really just an average guy trying to express his feeling through his music. (Expressing them is another venue, in the interview, obviously is beyond the mental capacity of Mr. Smith. Don't get me wrong! Seems like a really nice guy but his brain power, sadly, doesn't impress. Or I might mean to say that his ability to verbally express his thoughts is not great.)

(Taking a rice pudding break. Mmmmmm...)

Into the second part of the film, Coley gives a good breakdown of the different eras of Jandek's career.

If you want a recap, it's really sort of a... the first batch of records are these incredibly wierd, hermetic, acoustic records. Then there's these kind of explosive, electric records that seem to be the idea of turning outward, to not have to compress all this stuff anymore. And then the bottom kind of falls out and it's back to the more morose original material but still using other people, using some of the techniques that were evolved in the second portion. And then you get into those a cappella records. Those to me are particularilly bizarre. Some of them seemed like creepy messages left on an answering machine, in a way. And I thought they were... y'know, I thought these were really powerful but I found it... not... entertaining to listen to at all. And they sort of stand by themselves as a trinity of... I don't know really what.

The interview portion of the disk... well, I'll not go into its content. I learned some things I'm glad to have learned and some things I'd rather not have known. (It was my main interest in buying the DVD so NOT listening was not an option.)

The DVD really isn't too bad. I can see it enticing a few into the fold as it can serve as a nice Jandek primer. If you've heard a bit of the music or own one or two disks, it could lead you to yearning to buy more. That being said, if you've read all the information available on the Internet and already own -- and have listened to -- a goodly number of Jandek CDs, I feel that Jandek On Corwood is unnecessary, although its appearance was no doubt inevitable.

By the way, if anyone can walk me along the secret path to finding the 'easter egg', I'd appreciate it.

Edited January 2, 2005 by Chaney

[dave9199]

Does this mean you're gearing up for some more reviews Chaney?

[Guest Chaney]

Does this mean you're gearing up for some more reviews Chaney?

Yepper.

[Guest Chaney]

A review of Jandek on Corwood by Mark Athitakis from FilmCritic.com.

The history of popular music is littered with strange obscurities, but few come quite so strange – and none so willfully obscure – as Jandek. Since 1978, a man operating under that pseudonym has been recording and releasing albums that are singular in both their dark mood and their nearly complete rejection of traditional ideas about songcraft. It's likely that if you were left alone for a while with an out-of-tune acoustic guitar, the knowledge of (perhaps) a chord or two, and a broken heart, you’d produce something fairly Jandek-like – a dark, primitive minimalist blues-howl that, though hardly lovely, would be in its own way musical. As one fan asserts early in the documentary Jandek on Corwood, “the man isn’t talentless.”

You could produce something Jandek-like, yes. But what you likely wouldn’t do is what Jandek has done: Through the Corwood Industries record label, he has released 37 similarly melancholic albums in 26 years. During that time, the man behind Jandek has managed to almost completely hide himself from public view. He may or may not be a man named Sterling Smith (who signs Corwood Industries’ checks), who may or may not live in the Houston area (where Corwood keeps a P.O. box), and may or may not look like the gentleman pictured on the covers of various Jandek albums with titles like Shadow of Leaves, Blue Corpse, and Telegraph Melts. (Seth Tisue’s "A Guide to Jandek" is an excellent place to start exploring the myth in detail.) Everything about Jandek is pretty much a mystery -- and from such mysteries, cult figures are made.

It’s a damn small cult, though; a film that unmasked Jandek would be a meaningful event to tens, perhaps dozens of record label owners and rock critics. So Jandek on Corwood director Chad Freidrichs deserves credit for using the Jandek story to make a much more interesting film: A story about the way fans struggle to make sense of an artist without the usual assistance from the artist himself. The Jandek fans who speak on camera – record label owners, rock critics, and Dr. Demento, among others – all seem to suffer from various degrees of sensory deprivation. They all admit that Jandek’s obscurity is part of his music’s appeal, but the lack of information about Jandek has made them suspicious about the motives of their hero. Perhaps it’s all a hoax, they wonder; maybe Corwood Industries is a well-hidden subsidiary of some Bechtel-style conglomerate; maybe all the albums were recorded years ago and Jandek’s long since dead; maybe he’s spent serious time struggling with mental illness; perhaps he still does. His fans tend to imagine him as anything but a normally functioning human being, so when Jandek does something that demonstrates typical socialization – like work with a female vocalist on a truly gorgeous song titled “Nancy Sings” – everybody registers a seismic shock.

The Jandek myth is inherently fascinating, which gives Jandek on Corwood some immediate depth. But Freidrichs’ construction of the film makes it more than scraps of filmed record-geek chatter. For one thing, Jandek’s own music is in the background of nearly every minute of film, which gives it a slightly off-kilter, foreboding feel (in this context, Jandek’s music doesn’t sound so very different from the incidental music in horror films). And the establishing shots echo the shadowy, ghostly quality of the Jandek record covers – ill-lit rooms, a seashore on an overcast day, dilapidated houses in empty fields are all given to us as we move from subject to subject. Watching the film feels, appropriately, conspiratorial.

For the hard-core fan, the final 10 minutes of Jandek on Corwood might qualify as a careful-what-you-wish-for moment: A peek into Jandek’s identity that’s simultaneously more illuminating and more mundane than anybody would ever have expected. The lesson may be that the knowledge that’s being hungered for won’t actually change anybody’s interest (or disinterest) in the music. But regardless of how you come down on Jandek’s music, it’s hard not to be fascinated by the enigmatic world he both inhabits and cultivates. Every music documentary is about the cult of personality; in Jandek on Corwood the personality lacks a person, but the results are compelling nonetheless.

The Jandek on Corwood DVD includes a wealth of extras, including a commentary track, essays and articles, song samples, an extended commentary on Jandek album covers (!), expert interviews held during a 24-hour “Jandek Orgy” aired by Harvard’s radio station in 2003, and the Jandek Holy Grail: a 49-minute audio interview with the man himself (the only one known to be recorded), conducted in 1985 and excerpted in the film.

Jantastic!

[Guest Chaney]

Oct 2 2004, 07:21 PM you are both in for a treat when you get to Blue Corpse.  As soon as the first song started, I was captivated.  His voice is quite different from 1978.  I hear Charlie Patton, Ian Curtis, a hint of Jim Morrison all mixed in there.  He has definitely progressed quite a bit (both vocally and on guitar) since the first album.

The 5 and a half minute harmonica solo is a trip, too.  I really enjoyed it.

Oct 3 2004, 11:17 AM There's been some talk about whether it's Jandek singing or another person who plays guitar with him on some albums. Blue Corpse is next for me & I've heard it's great. I've held off from reviewing so John B can contribute. His electric stuff is even more untamed than the acoustic.

Oct 24 2004, 09:36 PM This is usually agreed upon as the best Jandek album so far, Blue Corpse, album #15. John B, I know I said I liked You Walk Alone better at first, but I think because I listened to this with an expectation the first time. When I listened again, I liked it a whole lot more & agree with you're comment. The reason this album can be called possibly his best (or at least one of his best) is because...wait for it...it is. Let's walk through it together alright?

I haven't talked about the covers of his albums, but this has a black & white in motion shot of him walking outside (shirtless, no less), but what looks odd is the possibly evil looking grin he has and the blurred right part of his face which looks like his face is extented. It's a creepy shot.

This album has only two players: Jandek (vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica & drums) & Eddie (acoustic guitar, vocals). Great albums start with great songs. I Passed By Your Building has Jandek on acoustic & Eddie singing the lyrics. His voice is lower & can search for notes just like Jandek, but finds those notes more easily. Yet when he searches for those notes, it adds to the feeling of this song. It's a breakup song and I wonder if Eddie maybe wrote the lyrics because when someone else sings a Jandek song, Jandek will usually redo it later on with himself on vocals, but I don't have all the cds yet.

I Passed by the Building

I passed by the building you were working in

I wanted to step inside it

I wanted to lie in your arms again

I passed by the building that you live in

And I wanted to die

I just stood there and cried

For then the way I felt

For the way I was gonna cry

For loving you

I passed by the building where you sleep

And I wanted to sigh

At the sweet smell of your loving

But I just weep at the morning

I just weep

Even with Jandek strumming a tuned guitar & playing it all open, the vocal & lyrics carry this song. The next 2 songs also feature Eddie on vocals; C F has Jandek playing an actual C chord through it! Definately improvised, but enjoyable. Variant has Jandek on a G chord and is as enjoyable as the last song. The songs aren't great, but Eddie's voice is soothing. They then switch and Jandek is on vocals which, unfortunately, drown out the acoustic guitar a lot more. Part II is the next song and sounds like a jam in progress. Actually it sounds like a earlier try of a later song (& highlight) on the album.

Your Other Man sits along side any of Jandek greatest & most heartaching songs.

Your Other Man

Well, I guess your mind’s made up

Well, I guess there’s not much left to do

Go on, see your other man

Walk up the stairs

That’s where the stars are

Go on, see your other man

Well, you wouldn’t believe it tastes like candy

Gimme a fork, yeah a gimme a fork

Eat some potato

Shades are falling

Shades are falling

This songs mainly revolves around a chord progression of Em-D-C & with heavily reverbed vocals creates a perfect feel, especially when Jandek moans. Not a usual long, lingering moan, but a moan of frustration or even resignation at the topic of the lyrics. Long Way is a :58 second jam that actually breaks the mood with a bit of laughter, and it's placement actually works! Down At The Ball Park has Eddie working in mostly an E7-A7 progression & Jandek free associating over the top. This is where we find out Eddie's name as Jandek says: "Take it Eddie". You know it's a great album when on it is a 5-and-a-half minute song called Harmonica that is just that, and it still can not take away from the stronger songs. Phew! Again, like Long Way, the playing feels more nostalgic or at least sentimental when in the context of the best songs on this album. If it were on another album, I might not look at it like this. Eddie strums quietly in the background. Next is (as far as I know) Jandek's only released cover song, House Of The Rising Sun. If you didn't know it, you wouldn't realize it's this song. Jandek sings the lyrics in a slow, dragging improvisational way against Eddie's strumming which he puts his own spin on. I didn't know it was this song until the guitar drops out & Jandek sings the last verse a cappella. Fits the feel of the whole album. Next is the biggest highlight of the album; Only Lover.

Only Lover

You never smoke a cigarette when you are doing something

Only when your are half doing it

You are a teenage runt with a lot of cream, sparky

Gone floating down a river to Madrid

And a car pull in softly

Waiting for the footsteps

How has as she followed me here?

The tent I went to wasn’t mine, it was a cantaloupe’s

Cantaloupes are so good to eat

When you dream of your ??? in a shower

Gone floatin’ down a river to Madrid

I love you my lady

I love you like I do

Why you make me so blue?

A-kill me, kill me, kill me

Achilles, kill me

I think I’m a goner

When I see one of your shoes

Gone floatin’ down a river to Madrid

You’re the reason I live

You’re the cause of my death

I love what I can’t help

You took my success

Will you take my failure?

After Arny (?) took a pill from the bottom

He wasn’t n’er the same

You ought to be gone floatin’ down a river to Madrid

I hear you bought a new dress

A red the color of your kiss

Darlin’ are you with me now?

A-kiss me, kiss me, kiss me

Ahh it’s my time to die

When I think of your black lips

Gone floatin’ down a river to Madrid

Found a painted pony in your breast

Can I tell you the rest?

I love you goddess

Listen mister, can you be my monkey?

Feel my pulse take a stab at my arm

I was meant to have a garden

Gone floatin’ down a river to Madrid

Jezebel, you’re my favorite — in your country I roam

Listen to me now, lady

Worst I had to tell you was I followed you here

First you made me promise that I wouldn’t leave

Then I found my freedom

Gone floatin’ down a river to Madrid

Lost some lovely on the way

You gave them back I heard you say

You’re my only lover

Like a kangaroo I’m only half doing what I do

Jesus stares at me from the wall

And I think I like your bosom

Aww gone floatin’ down a river to Madrid

Ahh, you hear my music

Oh, lord I think it’s hard to tell how she followed me here

At 10-and-a-half minutes this songs gets more intense as it goes along. Jandek on vocals & drums at the very end, Eddie on acoustic. The concensis on the Jandek board is it's about a break up with Nancy#2. I agree since the words River To Madrid get repeated a few times recalling the song of that title, which is aka Spanish In Me, both done with Nancy #2. The best songs are all about that same thing. This song hits it's peak 7-and-a-half minutes in with Eddie doubling the tempo of the same Em-D-C chords used in Your Other Man and Jandek tapping his foot with heavy reverb. This part is used in the trailer to the documentary & looped to great effect. Quinn Boys comes next and is done to better effect on a later album. The album ends with One Minute and starts with Eddie saying, "Looks like about a minute to me." Jandek then proceeds to bash away on drums until the tape runs out with Eddie saying the following:

Just relax folks, just relax

That’s right, settle back in your chair

Listen to the music

Close your eyes and watch the pretty colors dancing around in your hair

Follow the music

The tape cuts off and with that one of the best Jandek album ends. Yeah, I think this beats Chair Beside A Window. What makes this album is it's packed with feeling lyrically & that comes across musically just as much. Seth Tisue, who runs the Jandek site, said to Irwin Chusid in his book Songs In The Key Of Z that he's listened to all of the albums at least 20 times, but has listened to Blue Corpse 100+ times at least. Well, now you know why. What's amazing is that an album that has 7 out of 12 songs under 2-and-a-half minutes with 2 of those songs being things being literal throwaways (Long Way & One Minute) and and 5-and-a-half minutes of Harmonica, this is still an incredibly strong album. Without having heard the next 20 or so albums, I'd wager if you want only one Jandek album, get this one...NOW!

Blue Corpse

Fabulous album.

Blue Corpse is accessible and features what I'd consider three classics: I Passed By The Building, Your Other Man and Only Lover. Only Lover is (as you note, Dave) especially good; absolutely brilliant vocal, excellent guitar work, and some truly bizzare lines. (Like a kangaroo I'm only half doing what I do. )

Funny, though: as I had taken a break from listening to Jandek, I'm now very confused as to who is singing and who is playing guitar. Here's what I jotted down while listening: While I could see listing this as a favorite, as Jandek plays so little of the instruments, to me it's not quite a Jandek album, at least not in the way as others that feature Jandek alone. I guess it's not pure Jandek, is what I'm trying to say.

I then read Dave's full (and excellent!) review above and then had my doubts as to what I'd heard.

Honestly, my (most likely erroneous) feeling is that Jandek plays very little guitar on Blue Corpse, if any at all. He does play the harmonica and bashes the drums on a couple tracks, but that seems to be it. I'm not even convinced that Jandek is not singing the tunes which we might assume are sung by Eddie or another person. Very difficult to tell. (I suspect it's not Jandek but I've been wrong in the past.)

As usual, lots of mysterious background noise on most tracks. (One of the things from the Smith interview from Jandek on Corwood that I'd rather not have known is that this noise is not purposely added; it's simply there due to errors in either the recording process or storage of the tapes.) (It'd be nice if this board supported spoiler tags.)

Considering that many feel this to be Jandek's best, it's surprising that there are so many errors in the transcribed lyrics on Seth's site. C'mon Seth!

On to You Walk Alone.

Edited January 9, 2005 by Chaney

[dave9199]

Alright, Chaney's back! 15 down; 5 more to go (until the next 20).

[dave9199]

WHERE FOR ART THOU, CHANEY???

[Guest Chaney]

I'll try and post my thoughts (such as they are) on You Walk Alone today. (Last time I listened to this one I got a headache; probably not a good sign.)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I just finished listening to You Walk Alone, which follows Blue Corpse in the Jandek discography, for the first time.  While not quite as strong as BC, it is still a solid album.  I could do without the drums, but they are a minor annoyance.

Album #16; You Walk Alone starts with a very melodic 2 chord instrumental on electric guitar (no acoustic on this one) called Lavender. Extremely enjoyable. With the usual reverb, it's got that mid-60's guitar sound which I always love. Jandek on drums and, I believe, Eddie on guitar. The album then steers to the actual blues with Time & Space. There's a guitarist playing a blues riff, another guitarist playing enhancments off the chords & Jandek singing & playing drums. He sounds like he's enjoying himself singing. It really does sound very Velvet Underground, especially with the lyrical content. As a VU fan, I really enjoy this song also. The Cat That Walked From Shelbyville is a quieter song that has a similar feel to VU's Here She Comes Now off of White Light/White Heat. The lyrics are actually a song done on Follow Your Footsteps (#13) called For Today. Next is another version of Quinn Boys from Blue Corpse originally, called Quinn Boys II. It's the same riff as the last song, but a bit faster with Jandek on drums, using only one drumstick, moving the song along. I like this version better than what sounded like a rough try out on the last album. The next song, The Way That You Act, has an interesting guitar bit that flips between major & minor which give an interesting color with the second guitar around it. Jandek gives some good inspired screams in this one. Not the creepy kind, but the into-it kind, very Iggy Pop circa The Stooges. I Know The Times is the weakest song on the album. It's a slow blues riff with Eddie on vocals. I think what makes it weaker is there's only one guitar on it so there's no intertwining guitars like on previous songs which really added to them. It's also the shortest song. The next song is called When The Telephone Melts and is the first downbeat (i.e. minor key) song on an almost entirely upbeat album. The lyrics & singing style would've fit onto Blue Corpse easily. For some reason it brings The Rolling Stones more bluesier & slower songs to mind, but I can't think of any song in particular. Maybe a faster Angie crossed with the vocal style of Monkey Man? I think Sister Morphine might be what I'm thinking of. Definitely good. War Dance, a minor key vamp, ends the album.

This is another great album. I would recommend this to anyone who wants to dip their toe in the water of Jandek. Very enjoyable, upbeat &, yes, melodic. Not crazy at all.

After listening to You Walk Alone the other day jumping back into Jandek with Telegraph Melts was a real mindf@ck.  I like this album quite a bit, but I'm still having trouble adjusting to the ensemble albums. As much as I enjoy these tracks I do prefer the solo stuff.

You Walk Alone

I pretty much agree with you on this one, Dave, but it sounds as though you're quite a bit more enthusiastic over it than I am. Actually, reading your review, it sounds like we're on the same page until you write, This is another great album. Can't agree that it's a great album; lots of nice guitar work and sometimes effective drumming, when it's not being simply intrusive. (Jandek on drums works when he's either buried in the mix or simply accenting and not attempting to drive the music forward. Honestly, he plays as if he were drunk. DWI: Drumming While Intoxicated.

I don't know if I'll try guessing who's playing guitar and who's singing as I'm usually wrong. But... I'd guess that Jandek is heard on guitar quite a bit and that it's Jandek, and not Eddie, singing I Know The Times.

Standout tune: When the Telephone Melts. Nice that this tune, as compared to the others, is less lyrically opaque. Not that the others are bad; often fascinating but I find myself missing the more straightforward storytelling.

This would be an easy one to recommend to a Jandek beginner as it's all fairly accessible / conventional. That, though, could also spell dull.

[dave9199]

I hope I can keep you going for the next 4. I won't bug you on the next 20 as you might be entirely sick of reveiwing them. Not a great album??? (Maybe if I call your reveiws into question, you'll keep doing them). You are WRONG, WRONG, WRONG you no talent hack! Can't wait for the next one!

[Guest Chaney]

[dave9199]

Is that your review of The Living End? Isn't On The Way before that one?

Edited February 3, 2005 by dave9199

[John B]

Is that your review of The Living End? Isn't On The Way before that one?

It is a link to a french radio broadcast of Jandek.

[dave9199]

Chaney! (Lassie music starts) Chaney! Where's your next review Chaney?

[Guest Chaney]

Chaney! (Lassie music starts) Chaney! Where's your next review Chaney?

I've been busy in the Funny Rat thread.

[John B]

A new Jandek album available for "pre-sale" on ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...ssPageName=WDVW

[Guest Chaney]

A new Jandek album available for "pre-sale" on ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...ssPageName=WDVW

Needless to say, very strange.

John: Didn't you promise us that the live CD/DVD would be release number 40?

[John B]

A new Jandek album available for "pre-sale" on ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...ssPageName=WDVW

Needless to say, very strange.

John: Didn't you promise us that the live CD/DVD would be release number 40?

As I am not a "representative of Corwood Industries" my promises are meaningless here.

That was, however, the rumor after the Scotland gig.

[Guest Chaney]

BUT YOU... :whimper: ... P R O M I S E D!

If release 40 turns out as that eBay seller claims, it would appear that the seller has some sort of contact with a "representative of Corwood Indistries." Unless he simply asked a question of ROCI -- in writing -- and received a written response.

Boy, doesn't take long for me (and other Jandek devotees) to begin speculating, eh?

Now listening to: On The Way (Corwood 0755)