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bob. · 08-13-2015, 10:30 PM

34. Masada - Live In Middelheim (1999)

as i said earlier....part of what i'm looking forward to with this is revisiting albums that i love but maybe don't pay much attention to anymore...

this is an excellent case of that....i have not listened to this album in full for at least 10 years....sure it's always on my Ipod and i love when a track appears on random....but this week i listened to it four times beginning to end

i went through a very strong free jazz phase in my early 20s....right when Masada was fresh and exciting for even the oldest of jazz snobs

in my opinion there is something especially unique about this band live....you'll see a few more live recordings and at least two studio albums later

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they are amazingly tight on this recording....and this was my real introduction to the drumming of Joey Baron....who by the way is fucking god

something i want to try to continue is a close personal reflection on why these albums mean so much to me....

this one involve driving from Reno to Sacramento over a mountain in a snow storm.....mid day so the sun was peeping through the dark storm clouds....driving 20 miles an hour cause i had chains on and it was snowing incredible hard....this album blaring through my speakers....keeping all my nerves at edge

if you've never heard Masada....please understand that this is John Zorn at a completely different level than any of his other recordings....Jewish or not i think its hard to say that there is not something magical about these recordings....especially the live ones

35. Rudimentary Peni - Death Church (1983)

While not my introduction to this band....this album solidified an unending love for them...

the music is a bit slower for the most part....but is so drenched in despondency....it matches the lyrics of coping with ones own loss of sanity and discontent and misunderstanding of human beings so perfectly

i can honestly say i would have never gotten into punk music if not for this band....this is one of the first albums where i listened to the lyrics and allowed the music to be a representation of those feelings....which is exactly what i love about punk rock.....a perfect mix of lyrical expression that matches the music perfectly

on a personal note....when i first bought this album in the mid 90s i was smoking a lot of weed....in the town i lived in weed was a very social drug and usually involved neo hippies.....i would go to their houses buy my shit but they always wanted to hand out and get high (on my weed) and talk about their music.....i would always endure their jam band 60s bullshit and then after looking through their record collection say "hey can i choose next?"...they assumed i found some incredible album....but instead i would pull mine from my bag and play this....pointing out the specifics on the song "Radio Schizo"

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bob. Still sends his reguards. Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Trying to get out of the cat town.... Posts: 5,039	34. Masada - Live In Middelheim (1999) as i said earlier....part of what i'm looking forward to with this is revisiting albums that i love but maybe don't pay much attention to anymore... this is an excellent case of that....i have not listened to this album in full for at least 10 years....sure it's always on my Ipod and i love when a track appears on random....but this week i listened to it four times beginning to end i went through a very strong free jazz phase in my early 20s....right when Masada was fresh and exciting for even the oldest of jazz snobs in my opinion there is something especially unique about this band live....you'll see a few more live recordings and at least two studio albums later .... they are amazingly tight on this recording....and this was my real introduction to the drumming of Joey Baron....who by the way is fucking god something i want to try to continue is a close personal reflection on why these albums mean so much to me.... this one involve driving from Reno to Sacramento over a mountain in a snow storm.....mid day so the sun was peeping through the dark storm clouds....driving 20 miles an hour cause i had chains on and it was snowing incredible hard....this album blaring through my speakers....keeping all my nerves at edge if you've never heard Masada....please understand that this is John Zorn at a completely different level than any of his other recordings....Jewish or not i think its hard to say that there is not something magical about these recordings....especially the live ones 35. Rudimentary Peni - Death Church (1983) While not my introduction to this band....this album solidified an unending love for them... the music is a bit slower for the most part....but is so drenched in despondency....it matches the lyrics of coping with ones own loss of sanity and discontent and misunderstanding of human beings so perfectly i can honestly say i would have never gotten into punk music if not for this band....this is one of the first albums where i listened to the lyrics and allowed the music to be a representation of those feelings....which is exactly what i love about punk rock.....a perfect mix of lyrical expression that matches the music perfectly on a personal note....when i first bought this album in the mid 90s i was smoking a lot of weed....in the town i lived in weed was a very social drug and usually involved neo hippies.....i would go to their houses buy my shit but they always wanted to hand out and get high (on my weed) and talk about their music.....i would always endure their jam band 60s bullshit and then after looking through their record collection say "hey can i choose next?"...they assumed i found some incredible album....but instead i would pull mine from my bag and play this....pointing out the specifics on the song "Radio Schizo" __________________ A kiss is the beginning of cannibalism. Reach out, pierce the fine fabric of the sheltering sky, take repose.