[Jandek] RE: My First Corwood 20

[Feigin Boris]

Heyy:)
 
Welcome to Jandek, brother! In terms of bass albums, I would probably go with Raining Down Diamonds. I do have to admit, I have listened to more older stuff than newer stuff. Living in the Moon So Blue is good and the songs on it are shorter so it feels more varied. I would also get Later On...I prefer than one over Six and Six (hopefully, no-one bites my head off for saying this:)).
 
Happy exploration,
 
Boris
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That's very funny.> From: doesabearwoof at hotmail.com> To: jandek at mylist.net> Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 18:31:14 -0400> Subject: [Jandek] People speaking to Jandek, and a feeble joke> > > People have occasionally, on this list, mentioned speaking briefly to Jandek before shows, like the one in the middle of nowhere in Toronto when he was walking in. I'm not so sure about after.> > As to the people saying Jandek is three dimensional - if ever a skinny boy were closer to TWO dimensional, it would be the Rep. ;)> > Tim> > > "...men may become hairy as bears, if such is their fancy, without fear of excommunication or deprivation of their political rights." Charles Mackay> > _________________________________________________________________> Try Chicktionary, a game that tests how many words you can form from the letters given. Find this and more puzzles at Live Search Games!> http://g.msn.ca/ca55/207> _______________________________________________> jandek mailing list> jandek at mylist.net> http://mylist.net/listinfo/jandek

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--Forwarded Message Attachment--From: fatehi at berkeley.eduSubject: [Jandek] glasgow friday lyricsDate: Tue, 20 May 2008 17:25:56 -0700To: jandek at mylist.netHey all, Here's my transcription of Glasgow Friday. There's not too much that Icouldn't figure out, actually -- that surprised me. One interesting note about "These Kokomos": There appears to be both aKokomo Lane and a Maynard Street in the town of Bastrop, TX. Bastropis itself one of the oldest towns in Texas, if you can believe themunicipal web site: http://www.bastroptexas.net/history/bastrop.htm I wonder what the connection is to Corwood, or if it's just acoincidence. Anyway, I enjoyed this album quite a bit. It sounded like the Rep washaving a lot of fun -- you could hear a wry smile in his voice hereand there -- and Richard Youngs's bass riffs even made a tangent tomelody every once in a while... Sherv    Walking Blues I'm going get up [sic] this morning,put on my walkin' shoes.I'm going get up this morning,put on my walkin' shoes.I'm gonna walk all over this city.Oo, mama, I got these walkin' blues. I got these walkin' blues, mama.I'm gonna walk all day long.I'm gonna walk to the east,then walk over to the west.I'm gonna walk to the north,and then walk down to the south. I'm going get up this morning,put on my walkin' shoes.I'm going get up this morning,put on my walkin' shoes.I'm gonna walk all over this city.Oo, mama, I got these walkin' blues.   Goodbye Today Goodbye, today.I won't be missing you.It's always tomorrow,no matter what I do.I'm going there,always on the way.I can't stay here,not a minute longer. Goodbye, today.I won't be missing you.It's always tomorrow,no matter what I do.I'm going there,always on the way.I can't stay here,not a minute longer. It's a short, fast shot,way out of here.Goodbye, today.I won't be missing you.   This Wasted Life This wasted lifeI'm stumbling through.These stupid mistakesthat keep me from you. I destroy myselfand hurt all over.And when I wake up,I see you protected me. Why, why, why,why can't I do this?Why can't I stopthis wasted life? Please take my freedom.I can't use it right.Make me a moronwho doesn't knowthis wasted lifeI'm stumbling through.   Slave of the River Slave of the riverbeating down wild land.The path is through thinking.Don't worry 'bout the rest. You can go there on Sundays,walk in the cathedral,develop that purity,make everything beautiful. Slave of the riverwinding down the double-u [?].Pine needles all around me.It's soft to the step. Just get the low-down branchescut down to the ground.Slave of the river,sitting, watching it go by. The bugs jumping on it.The wasp at the shore,sandy and clear.Slave of the river,slave of the river,slave of the river...   My Plan It's my plan to answer no.It doesn't matter where you go.If I want to do something,it's my plan to answer no. A bell, fair ringer, [?] not for me.Where I am, there is no sound.But events that do transpireare for another, not for me.If I want to do something,it's my plan to answer no. It's my plan to answer no.It doesn't matter where you go.The birds that eat the things they find,the men who think the words they read... The voices I hear in the dark,they tell me never to embark.So I'll stay here and deny you.It's my plan to answer no.   If I Could Be with You If I could be with you,oh god, I'd give anythingif I could be with you. If I could live with you,right here in this rainy city,if I could live with you... It would be so niceto be by your side.It would be so nice. If I could be with you,oh god, I'd give anythingif I could be with you. You make me feel so goodI forget my past.You make me feel so good. If I could hold you closeand be with you,If I could hold you close. If I could live with you,right here in this rainy city,if I could live with you... You make me feel so goodI forget my past.You make me feel so good. It would be so niceto be by your side.It would be so nice. If I could be with you,if I could be with you...   Out and About I listened to your messageabout ten times.I called you the next dayfive times,and the very next dayI called you once.No one answered the phone.Are you alive? But you remind me of me.I don't pick up the phone.Here but I'm two hours a day [?]when I'm away. I'm out and about.I got some things to do.I'll get real pure.I'm working on that,and, when I'm there,you'll be there, too. I listened to your messageabout ten times.I called you the next dayfive times,and the very next dayI called you once.   These Kokomos They shake me upevery time,these Kokomos.I'm rattlin' my bones.They shake me up,these Kokomos. And these Kokomos,oo, they shake me up.I explode.Oo, they shake me up,these Kokomos,these Kokomos. And I'm walking on Maynard Street.These Kokomos can't understand.So I walk to the street,I stay off their sidewalk,I learn the alternatives toMaynard Street. They shake me up every time,these Kokomos.I'm rattlin' my bones.They shake me up,these Kokomos. And these Kokomos,oo, they shake me up.I explode.Oo, they shake me up,these Kokomos,these Kokomos.   Something New I'm going to give you something new.It's something that I feel for youfrom the bottom of my heart.Something happened from the start. I see you walking in the streetin all the faces that I meet.I'm gonna give you something new.It's something that I feel for you. I want to be with you todayin each and every way,and, as the rain comes falling down,the cheerful people all around... I'm grateful for the love you give.It really makes me want to live,and I love to live with you,and I know you love me, too. I'm going to give you something new.It's something that I feel for youand I'm feeling every timewhen you're here with me. >From the bottom of my heart:Something happened from the start.I see you walking in the streetin all the faces that I meet.I'm grateful for the love you give.It really makes me want to live.   Arms of a Stranger As I fall into the arms of a stranger,I feel as though I have found my way home, a long-lost joy and precious quiet.It seems a secret that I always knew. I want to give and takeall the good things I know about life:All the children, innocent and pure,all the love we could share... Don't matter [sic] the business of everyday life.There's a time for all the things that must be. As I fall into the arms of a stranger,I feel as I [sic] found my way home. I take all what I have [sic], then.They are all what I have, and [?]here with you, on this beautiful day,my stranger, in your arms I stay. A long-lost joy and precious quiet:It seems a secret I've always known. I want to give and takeall the good things I know about life. As I fall into the arms of a stranger,I feel as though I found my way home.   
--Forwarded Message Attachment--From: deeeecraig at hotmail.comSubject: [Jandek] My first Corwood 20.Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 20:39:20 -0400To: jandek at mylist.net

Input wanted.  Since youze guys are Jandek experts, critics, and documentary interviewees, with more insight into the ways of the Rep than am I, could you please help me with my very first "Box of 20" order to Corwood Industries? I already have: Ready for the HouseChair Beside a WindowInterstellar DiscussionGlasgow Sunday DVDGlasgow Monday/The Cell  My list so far:   1. Your Turn to Fall2. Foreign Keys3. Follow Your Footsteps4. Modern Dances5. Blue Corpse6. You Walk Alone7. On the way8. The Living End9. Somebody in the Snow10. One Foot in the North11. Lost Cause12. Twelfth Apostle13. White Box Requiem14.  The End of It All15. Glasgow Sunday CD (because I wanna "get rrreeal wieeld")16. The Myth of Blue Icicles Anything I should omit?  Any additions?  What I am looking for is a good cross-section of the Rep's Oevure, with emphasis on his more adventurous music.   That being said, I'm not yet ready for the a capella albums(I prefer exploring his instrumentation right now).  What "bass album" should I consider?  What newer albums are "Musts?" Thanks in advance. 

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--Forwarded Message Attachment--From: burningc at sdf.lonestar.orgSubject: Re: [Jandek] My first Corwood 20.CC: jandek at mylist.netDate: Wed, 21 May 2008 16:30:19 +0000To: deeeecraig at hotmail.com > Anything I should omit?  Any additions?  What I am looking for is a > good cross-section of the Rep's Oevure, with emphasis on his more > adventurous music.   That being said, I'm not yet ready for the a > capella albums(I prefer exploring his instrumentation right now).  What > "bass album" should I consider?  What newer albums are "Musts?" I find it hard to imagine a Jandek collection without _Six and Six_, tho of all the ones I've heard it may be _the_ most depressing and upsetting (not necessarily a downside for me). +-----------------------------------------------------+Glenn Becker - burningc at sdf.lonestar.orgSDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org+-----------------------------------------------------+  
--Forwarded Message Attachment--From: knievelperu at hotmail.comSubject: RE: [Jandek] Jandek adviceCC: i.short at homecall.co.uk; jandek at mylist.netDate: Wed, 21 May 2008 11:39:28 -0400To: fatehi at berkeley.edu

Very interesting response, and typically cryptic.If he had no intention of releasing the spoken word albums, then what was the intention of recording them?Perhaps they're a byproduct of his song writing technique.Also, are there more?> CC: knievelperu at hotmail.com; i.short at homecall.co.uk; jandek at mylist.net> From: fatehi at berkeley.edu> Subject: Re: [Jandek] Jandek advice> Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 19:06:05 -0700> To: fatehi at berkeley.edu> > On May 8, 2008, at 1:49 PM, Shervin Fatehi wrote:> > On Thu, May 8, 2008 12:23 pm, jesus kenievel wrote:> >> For some reason I find it hard to believe that he's released > >> everything> >> that he's recorded over the years. But like all things Jandek, > >> who the> >> hell knows?> >> Personally I'd love to have Corwood release some more of the > >> spoken word> >> albums. I know that a lot of people don't like them, but I love them.> >> > How 'bout that! I just sent off an order for the Manhattan Tuesday > > DVD and> > Glasgow Friday today, and the one question I had for the Rep this > > time out> > is whether he ever intends to release another spoken word album. > > It's a> > long shot question as far as getting an answer goes, but, hey, > > we'll see!> > I received an answer to this question today, after a fashion: "No > intentions \ Didn't intend then \ or now."> > Interesting, no?> > I also got Glasgow Friday. Maybe I'll sit down and transcribe it some > time.> > Sherv


--Forwarded Message Attachment--From: ratanx at gmail.comSubject: Re: [Jandek] My first Corwood 20.Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 12:10:11 -0400To: jandek at mylist.netD. Craig Wasson wrote:>  > That being said, I'm not yet ready for the /a > capella/ albums(I prefer exploring his instrumentation right now). Well, I thought the same thing, but when I bought a box of 20, I was glad I did go with an a capella album. Since you're getting everything 50% off, you might as well. With 20 new CDs to listen to, you can always buy one and save it for last. By the time you listen to the other 19 (especially with 5 already under your belt), you should be ready for the hou--, err, a capella stuff. just my .02,Ratan  
--Forwarded Message Attachment--From: Milhouse481 at aol.comSubject: Re: [Jandek] Jandek adviceDate: Wed, 21 May 2008 13:35:07 -0400To: jandek at mylist.net

In a message dated 5/21/2008 12:44:16 PM Eastern Standard Time, knievelperu at hotmail.com writes:
Very interesting response, and typically cryptic.If he had no intention of releasing the spoken word albums, then what was the intention of recording them?
I think the response just meant that he didn't have any intention (then or now) to release any more of the spoken word albums than he already had.
 
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--Forwarded Message Attachment--From: fatehi at berkeley.eduSubject: Re: [Jandek] My first Corwood 20.CC: jandek at mylist.netDate: Wed, 21 May 2008 12:11:36 -0700To: deeeecraig at hotmail.comOn May 20, 2008, at 5:39 PM, D. Craig Wasson wrote:> Anything I should omit?  Any additions?  What I am looking for is a  > good cross-section of the Rep's Oevure, with emphasis on his more  > adventurous music.   That being said, I'm not yet ready for the a  > capella albums(I prefer exploring his instrumentation right now).   > What "bass album" should I consider?  What newer albums are "Musts?" I would add: Living in a Moon So Blue. I listen to it more than almost any other  Jandek album. I don't know why, even, but I just keep picking it back  up. The harmonica that breaks in on "Alexandria Knows" is probably  part of it. Put My Dream on This Planet. I know you expressed your reluctance  about the spoken word albums, but I think Ratan X's point would be  well taken -- you'll have had 19 other CDs to warm you up further to  Jandek's sensibilities before you would need to give it a listen. Brooklyn Wednesday. It's a scorcher! For later albums to consider, lots of folks like Khartoum (or  Khartoum Variations) and Raining Down Diamonds, or so has been my  impression. I have weaker feelings about the newer stuff just by  virtue of the fact that I haven't listened to it as much (I also find  the newer albums more homogeneous internally and disc-to-disc, so I  haven't found them as rewarding to explore). Sherv  
--Forwarded Message Attachment--From: fatehi at berkeley.eduSubject: Re: [Jandek] My first Corwood 20.CC: jandek at mylist.netDate: Wed, 21 May 2008 12:14:01 -0700To: deeeecraig at hotmail.comOn May 20, 2008, at 5:39 PM, D. Craig Wasson wrote:> Anything I should omit?  Any additions?  What I am looking for is a  > good cross-section of the Rep's Oevure, with emphasis on his more  > adventurous music.   That being said, I'm not yet ready for the a  > capella albums(I prefer exploring his instrumentation right now).   > What "bass album" should I consider?  What newer albums are "Musts?" Oops! I forgot to mention The Beginning. It's the first inkling of  Jandek's attention turning to new instruments on a solo basis, and  the title song makes for an interesting comparison to Glasgow  Monday / The Cell... Sherv  
--Forwarded Message Attachment--From: gotitundercontrol at hotmail.comSubject: RE: [Jandek] glasgow friday lyricsDate: Wed, 21 May 2008 16:47:35 -0400To: jandek at mylist.net

And if you're driving to Austin from Houston via I-10 & Hwy 71, you pass by Bastrop about 35 miles before you reach Austin. -RickTexas > Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 17:25:56 -0700> From: fatehi at berkeley.edu> To: jandek at mylist.net> Subject: [Jandek] glasgow friday lyrics> > Hey all,> > Here's my transcription of Glasgow Friday. There's not too much that I> couldn't figure out, actually -- that surprised me.> > One interesting note about "These Kokomos": There appears to be both a> Kokomo Lane and a Maynard Street in the town of Bastrop, TX. Bastrop> is itself one of the oldest towns in Texas, if you can believe the> municipal web site:> > http://www.bastroptexas.net/history/bastrop.htm> > I wonder what the connection is to Corwood, or if it's just a> coincidence.> > Anyway, I enjoyed this album quite a bit. It sounded like the Rep was> having a lot of fun -- you could hear a wry smile in his voice here> and there -- and Richard Youngs's bass riffs even made a tangent to> melody every once in a while...> > Sherv> > > > > Walking Blues> > I'm going get up [sic] this morning,> put on my walkin' shoes.> I'm going get up this morning,> put on my walkin' shoes.> I'm gonna walk all over this city.> Oo, mama, I got these walkin' blues.> > I got these walkin' blues, mama.> I'm gonna walk all day long.> I'm gonna walk to the east,> then walk over to the west.> I'm gonna walk to the north,> and then walk down to the south.> > I'm going get up this morning,> put on my walkin' shoes.> I'm going get up this morning,> put on my walkin' shoes.> I'm gonna walk all over this city.> Oo, mama, I got these walkin' blues.> > > > Goodbye Today> > Goodbye, today.> I won't be missing you.> It's always tomorrow,> no matter what I do.> I'm going there,> always on the way.> I can't stay here,> not a minute longer.> > Goodbye, today.> I won't be missing you.> It's always tomorrow,> no matter what I do.> I'm going there,> always on the way.> I can't stay here,> not a minute longer.> > It's a short, fast shot,> way out of here.> Goodbye, today.> I won't be missing you.> > > > This Wasted Life> > This wasted life> I'm stumbling through.> These stupid mistakes> that keep me from you.> > I destroy myself> and hurt all over.> And when I wake up,> I see you protected me.> > Why, why, why,> why can't I do this?> Why can't I stop> this wasted life?> > Please take my freedom.> I can't use it right.> Make me a moron> who doesn't know> this wasted life> I'm stumbling through.> > > > Slave of the River> > Slave of the river> beating down wild land.> The path is through thinking.> Don't worry 'bout the rest.> > You can go there on Sundays,> walk in the cathedral,> develop that purity,> make everything beautiful.> > Slave of the river> winding down the double-u [?].> Pine needles all around me.> It's soft to the step.> > Just get the low-down branches> cut down to the ground.> Slave of the river,> sitting, watching it go by.> > The bugs jumping on it.> The wasp at the shore,> sandy and clear.> Slave of the river,> slave of the river,> slave of the river...> > > > My Plan> > It's my plan to answer no.> It doesn't matter where you go.> If I want to do something,> it's my plan to answer no.> > A bell, fair ringer, [?] not for me.> Where I am, there is no sound.> But events that do transpire> are for another, not for me.> If I want to do something,> it's my plan to answer no.> > It's my plan to answer no.> It doesn't matter where you go.> The birds that eat the things they find,> the men who think the words they read...> > The voices I hear in the dark,> they tell me never to embark.> So I'll stay here and deny you.> It's my plan to answer no.> > > > If I Could Be with You> > If I could be with you,> oh god, I'd give anything> if I could be with you.> > If I could live with you,> right here in this rainy city,> if I could live with you...> > It would be so nice> to be by your side.> It would be so nice.> > If I could be with you,> oh god, I'd give anything> if I could be with you.> > You make me feel so good> I forget my past.> You make me feel so good.> > If I could hold you close> and be with you,> If I could hold you close.> > If I could live with you,> right here in this rainy city,> if I could live with you...> > You make me feel so good> I forget my past.> You make me feel so good.> > It would be so nice> to be by your side.> It would be so nice.> > If I could be with you,> if I could be with you...> > > > Out and About> > I listened to your message> about ten times.> I called you the next day> five times,> and the very next day> I called you once.> No one answered the phone.> Are you alive?> > But you remind me of me.> I don't pick up the phone.> Here but I'm two hours a day [?]> when I'm away.> > I'm out and about.> I got some things to do.> I'll get real pure.> I'm working on that,> and, when I'm there,> you'll be there, too.> > I listened to your message> about ten times.> I called you the next day> five times,> and the very next day> I called you once.> > > > These Kokomos> > They shake me up> every time,> these Kokomos.> I'm rattlin' my bones.> They shake me up,> these Kokomos.> > And these Kokomos,> oo, they shake me up.> I explode.> Oo, they shake me up,> these Kokomos,> these Kokomos.> > And I'm walking on Maynard Street.> These Kokomos can't understand.> So I walk to the street,> I stay off their sidewalk,> I learn the alternatives to> Maynard Street.> > They shake me up every time,> these Kokomos.> I'm rattlin' my bones.> They shake me up,> these Kokomos.> > And these Kokomos,> oo, they shake me up.> I explode.> Oo, they shake me up,> these Kokomos,> these Kokomos.> > > > Something New> > I'm going to give you something new.> It's something that I feel for you> from the bottom of my heart.> Something happened from the start.> > I see you walking in the street> in all the faces that I meet.> I'm gonna give you something new.> It's something that I feel for you.> > I want to be with you today> in each and every way,> and, as the rain comes falling down,> the cheerful people all around...> > I'm grateful for the love you give.> It really makes me want to live,> and I love to live with you,> and I know you love me, too.> > I'm going to give you something new.> It's something that I feel for you> and I'm feeling every time> when you're here with me.> > >From the bottom of my heart:> Something happened from the start.> I see you walking in the street> in all the faces that I meet.> I'm grateful for the love you give.> It really makes me want to live.> > > > Arms of a Stranger> > As I fall into the arms of a stranger,> I feel as though I have found my way home,> > a long-lost joy and precious quiet.> It seems a secret that I always knew.> > I want to give and take> all the good things I know about life:> All the children, innocent and pure,> all the love we could share...> > Don't matter [sic] the business of everyday life.> There's a time for all the things that must be.> > As I fall into the arms of a stranger,> I feel as I [sic] found my way home.> > I take all what I have [sic], then.> They are all what I have, and [?]> here with you, on this beautiful day,> my stranger, in your arms I stay.> > A long-lost joy and precious quiet:> It seems a secret I've always known.> > I want to give and take> all the good things I know about life.> > As I fall into the arms of a stranger,> I feel as though I found my way home.> > > _______________________________________________> jandek mailing list> jandek at mylist.net> http://mylist.net/listinfo/jandek

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--Forwarded Message Attachment--From: maurice at mac.comSubject: Re: [Jandek] glasgow friday lyricsDate: Wed, 21 May 2008 18:44:20 -0400To: jandek at mylist.netRick Hall wrote:> And if you're driving to Austin from Houston via I-10 & Hwy 71, you pass > by Bastrop about 35 miles before you reach Austin. Bastrop is also a notorious speed trap, for what that's worth, or at least it used to be.--  Maurice Rickardhttp://mauricerickard.com/   |   http://onezeromusic.com/  
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