[Jandek] Amazing article.

Jonathan Brodsky brodskyjonathan at hotmail.com
Mon Nov 16 15:48:16 PST 2009


Yay, my blog gets its due!
The Hidden Reverse thing is great, too.

> Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:08:50 +0000
> Subject: Re: [Jandek] Amazing article.
> From: lars.spurious at gmail.com
> To: jandek at mylist.net
> 
> http://shortmusic.blogspot.com/2009/08/no-box-today-but.html
> 
> http://shortmusic.blogspot.com/2009/09/more-corwoodrespondence.html
> 
> Two posts about Corwood correspondence.
> 
> An old favourite from The Hidde Reverse (I'm sure this has been linked
> to before):
> 
> http://thehiddenreverse.blogspot.com/2009/08/into-wild.html
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 11/16/09, Jonathan Brodsky <brodskyjonathan at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > One of the reasons that Jandek is mentioned in those credits is because it
> > is a matter of public record that the rhythm section for the Rudyard's show
> > was provided by him: however, now that we know that Corwood was, for at
> > least some albums, mixing and mastering, one must now take into account
> > these additional costs that Sterling Smith has poured into this most
> > eclectic but truly unprofitable venture.
> > That being said, here's (http://music.rice.edu/facultybios/bradley.shtml) a
> > page on him with an email address. I'm sure that his affiliation with
> > Corwood is quite informal as it is, but I'd be curious (though I won't do it
> > myself) to contact him with some questions about what records he was
> > involved in and if he had any roles in terms of some elements of production:
> > I'd be curious if the Rep ever tracked at anything resembling a pro
> > facility.
> > Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:22:45 +0000
> > Subject: Re: [Jandek] Amazing article.
> > From: lars.spurious at gmail.com
> > To: jandek at mylist.net
> >
> > http://houstoncalling.net/2009/09/29/sugarhill-studios-celebrates-andy-bradleys-25th-anniversary/
> >
> > Amazing post. Look at the list of people Andy Bradley (mentioned in the
> > conversation) has worked with:
> >
> > Past recording credits include: Little Joe y La Familia Renunsacion (1985),
> > Arnett Cobb/Dizzy Gillespie Showtime (1988), Tab Benoit, Nice and Warm
> > (1990), Elsa Garcia Ni Mas Ni Menos (2005), Johnny Bush Kashmere Gardens Mud
> > (2007) and the upcoming Nelson, Ray Price, Johnny Bush collaboration, Young
> > at Heart. Other notable clients include saxophonist Grady Gaines, German
> > conductor Christoph Eschenbach of The Houston Symphony, blues trumpeter and
> > former B.B. King bandleader Calvin Owens, Italian mezzo-soprano opera singer
> > Cecilia Bartoli, violin virtuoso Itzhak Perlman, American soprano Renée
> > Fleming, gospel singer Cynthia Clawson and avant-garde folk artist Jandek.
> >
> >
> > Quite an eclectic guy.
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 2:02 AM, Jonathan Brodsky
> > <brodskyjonathan at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > Found this while web surfing.
> >
> >
> > http://andrewkarnavas.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/a-conversation-with-jandek-sterling-smith/#comments
> >
> >
> >
> > The idea of our (presumably) deeply religious and mostly reserved hero
> > saying 'fuck the world' is more than enough to fill me with glee. I feel
> > like this is one of the bigger glimpses (everyone's individual personal
> > correspondence aside) that we get into the mindset of what Sterling does...
> > it's interesting to apply a philosophical bent to the relative ineptitude of
> > the musicial proceedings. Plus, now we know that at least some some of these
> > albums were/are mixed and mastered at a proper facility... i.e., someone had
> > to make these things sound 'good'. Oh, boy. I love this stuff, but can you
> > imagine being that engineer back in 1978? 'Hey, my name's Sterling. Here's
> > my record for mastering, I think I have a good thing going with it... do you
> > think pressing 1,000 copies will be enough?'
> >
> >
> >
> > Food for thought.
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