[Jandek] Nine-Thirty

[Lauren Ciechanowski]

I would put Worthless Recluse in my top 5, for sure. If a friend getting
into Jandek were more into poetry, then I would definitely recommend it.
When recommending new music to a friend I always cater to their own tastes
and not my own, so I guess it would depend on what they liked in the first
place.

Which, in most cases, would take Jandek off my recommendations list in the
first place. Ha!

Lauren

> I wasn't saying those CDs are bad- they're fascinating and lyrically some
> of the most interesting stuff he's ever done- but even so, they were
> really a detour, important in their own way but not terribly vital to an
> overview collection, which was the original subject of my post. Would
> anyone on this list honestly put one of the a capellas in their top five
> Jandek albums, or would anyone reccommend one to a new fan as one of his
> first purchases? (of course now someone's going to respond and give me a
> big shpiel about about how Jandek's albums are so complex and his ourve so
> vast that the very notion of being able to name a top five is stupid, but
> I'm prepared).
>
> summersteps at aol.com wrote:
>   Hi,
>
> I agree that the acapella CDs get short shrift. Granted they are
> difficult, but the lyrics are pretty amazing.
>
> -Eric
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lauren Ciechanowski
> To: jandek at mylist.net
> Sent: Thu, 2 Mar 2006 18:32:53 -0600 (CST)
> Subject: [Jandek] Nine-Thirty
>
> Hey, six-month-old fan here, first time poster.
>
> Nine-Thirty is a real sleeper album...doesn't get a lot of discussion
> here, does it? I really love the lyrics on the album.
>
> 'when the skin comes tied to your bone
> there's no stopping the bell'
>
> I just really like the imagery.
>
> I think part of the reason why I like Jandek is the echoey recording and
> the sparseness of it all - doesn't it really sound like what happens in
> between your ears sometimes? I don't know, that's what it makes me think
> of, is all.
>
> And no, you certainly can't discount his a capella period as an
> aberration
> at all. What he does with his vocal inflections is really interesting,
> and
> you can't call the lyrics anything short of beautiful, if haunting. But
> then, isn't that what he's all about?
>
>
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