[Jandek] RE: jandek Digest, Vol 55, Issue 129

[alex langer]

most of the reviews from magazines say "he cant play, but..." basically they 
like they carnt admit The Corwood Representitive knows what hes doing but 
they still like it.

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>Date: 10 Jun 2007 21:00:24 -0700
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>    1. Boston Herald claims Jandek wears leather pants (Seth Tisue)
>    2. Live photos by John Pham (Seth Tisue)
>    3. Re: JANDEK LIVE AT THE ICA in BOSTON (jodi shapiro)



>From: Seth Tisue <seth at tisue.net>
>To: jandek at mylist.net
>Subject: [Jandek] Boston Herald claims Jandek wears leather pants
>Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2007 00:02:22 -0500
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>http://theedge.bostonherald.com/musicNews/view.bg?articleid=1005657


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>From: Seth Tisue <seth at tisue.net>
>To: jandek at mylist.net
>Subject: [Jandek] Live photos by John Pham
>Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2007 09:42:07 -0500
>
>Jandek live @ Boston ICA:
>http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnpham/sets/72157600330168702/


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>From: jodi shapiro <jodi at samuraiphotog.com>
>To: jandek at mylist.net
>Subject: Re: [Jandek] JANDEK LIVE AT THE ICA in BOSTON
>Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2007 20:03:16 -0400
>On Jun 9, 2007, at 12:06 PM, Spencer Graham wrote:
>
>>And anyway, his bass playing was pretty cool, even if he didn't  quite 
>>seem to know what he was doing in the way the other musicians  clearly 
>>did- and gratefully, his bass playing isn't nearly as  grating as his 
>>current guitar playing.
>
>I disagree. Like I said about the Manhattan show, he plays his  instruments 
>in a very idiosyncratic way (I don't think I have ever  seen anyone play 
>any bass, much less a fretless, with their middle  and ring fingers), but 
>in a way that seems to be of total comfort and  confidence for him. 
>Fretless bass is difficult to play, but I found  his playing pretty 
>effortless.
>
>>That's a damn cool bass...I gotta get me one o' those.. it sounded  the 
>>most like a stand-up bass of any electric bass guitar I've ever  heard.
>
>IIRC, Godins are made specifically to sound like uprights.
>
>Jandek's lyrics are getting darker and more sarcastic. Me like. I was  a 
>little bummed that with all the whirlpool imagery he didn't bust  out a 
>Scylla/Charybdis reference, but perhaps he realized that he  should let 
>Sting have it.
>
>- jodi
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>jodi shapiro
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>jodi at samuraiphotog.com
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