[Jandek] Jandek Listening Party

[Feigin Boris]

Thank you for this email...that was quite moving. Hmm...are there any other Jandek fans in Australia who would like to get together for a Jandek listening party?:)
 
Cheers,
Boris Feigin
From: jandek-request at mylist.netSubject: jandek Digest, Vol 55, Issue 245To: jandek at mylist.netDate: Sat, 10 Nov 2007 21:00:21 -0800
Send jandek mailing list submissions to	jandek at mylist.net To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit	http://mylist.net/listinfo/jandekor, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to	jandek-request at mylist.net You can reach the person managing the list at	jandek-owner at mylist.net When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specificthan "Re: Contents of jandek digest..."
--Forwarded Message Attachment--From: visioninapark at hotmail.comSubject: [Jandek] THE JANDEK LISTENING PARTY RULESDate: Sat, 10 Nov 2007 13:42:20 -0500To: jandek at mylist.net

Well, it all started back four years ago.  My best friend and band mate BJ Brown had just recovered from one of his many bouts of Cancer.  He was a huge fan of Jandek just like myself and we decided wouldn't it be a great time if we were to gather our friends together and try to listen to all the albums in a row, non stop.  We put crazy restrictions, in fact the first listening party there was no food, no water, no bathroom breaks, no sleep, no leaving the room.  By the end of that one, BJ and I were the only ones left, of course that was four years ago and a lot of material has been released since.   I have learned that doing this listening and reading the lyrics along and getting rid of such actions as eating and sleeping makes you really enter into the world, the frantic, starving solitude that we all seem to enjoy in Jandek's music.  The delirium that ensues is amazing.  By the time you get to Interstellar Discussion you are already on the verge of hallucination.  It is a birthing process, it is a cleansing of sorts.  I would really recommend it to anyone.   I ended up winning the collection money this time and we didn't even make it through all the albums... everyone quit before me and we had only gotten as far as "The Humility of Pain".  I was the last one standing.  I have had a ton of experience doing this though, so I know how to pace myself. I think that the Corwood catalog is so vast and so colorful that anyone could find comfort in some aspect of it, it is the most human music I have ever come across.  It's like sitting down to dinner with Robert Frost and Antonin Artaud.  I love it.  It has moved me in ways that no other music has.  It is real and it is honest and I feel that most people that create music find that showing yourself as that honest or vulnerable may be too scary of place.  When I create my own music, I adore showing parts of me that I would never show someone in just a conversation. Music is lifeMusic is death LONG LIVE JANDEK As a side note my friend BJ passed away from his cancer on February 18th, 2006.  He managed to travel with me to New York to see the first show there.  He was in the audience with me during the Manhattan Tuesday album.  It was his last concert, and very soon after it he started his spiral downward.  He was so deeply touched by the Jandek material and I know with all my heart that he appreciated his opportunity in this world to make music for people to hear. 

Help yourself to FREE treats served up daily at the Messenger Café. Stop by today!
_________________________________________________________________
What are you waiting for? Join Lavalife FREE
http://a.ninemsn.com.au/b.aspx?URL=http%3A%2F%2Flavalife9%2Eninemsn%2Ecom%2Eau%2Fclickthru%2Fclickthru%2Eact%3Fid%3Dninemsn%26context%3Dan99%26locale%3Den%5FAU%26a%3D30288&_t=764581033&_r=email_taglines_Join_free_OCT07&_m=EXT
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://mylist.net/archives/jandek/attachments/20071112/14dc3685/attachment.htm