Museum Musica

Zhanteimi · 12-16-2018, 04:20 PM

0088 Bon Iver – Bon Iver, Bon Iver
(USA, 2011, indie folk / art pop)

Though not as delicate as Emma, this album still has all the feeling of that earlier release. Another great album to relax and have a drink to.

Zhanteimi · 12-17-2018, 09:44 PM

0089 National Health – Of Queues and Cures
(UK, 1978, Canterbury scene)

I had a lot of Canterbury scene in my collection before I ever added this band. Actually, I didn’t even know they existed until they were mentioned offhand along with four or five other bands in a prog rock documentary. These musicians know their instruments and know their scene perfectly, and the lushness of this album is in no way mitigated against by its technical complexity.

Zhanteimi · 12-18-2018, 01:37 PM

0090 Kris Kristofferson – Kristofferson
(USA, 1970, outlaw country / singer-songwriter / progressive country)

It would be easy to call this outlaw music about drinking, but it’s really more than that. It’s outcast music. It’s about the people on the fringes, not only the drunks but, more importantly, the people who, for whatever reason, refuse to play the game. And what’s the game? Everything societies are built on, like laws that only protect property, not people. This album masterfully destroys all hypocrites who expect everyone to live a certain way to build a society a certain way but do not themselves live in that way. And of course there’s the drinking, stories of which just break your heart.

Zhanteimi · 12-18-2018, 04:04 PM

0091 Slapp Happy – Slapp Happy or Slapp Happy
(Germany, 1980, art pop / progressive pop)

I’m already the kind of listener inclined to like pop, but when it’s quirky and playful like this, I just fall in love. Everything about this is musically interesting, not a dull moment. And her voice is just so charming, alternating between soft and sassy.

rostasi · 12-18-2018, 07:06 PM

Loved that band ... and Dagmar is the queen of RIO with her fabulous voice.
A while back, after a concert in Köln, I was being interviewed on stage with a Q&A afterward.
One of the guys in the audience, who asked me a question, turned out to be Anthony Moore
from Slapp Happy (and some with Henry Cow). My childhood flashed in my mind.

Zhanteimi · 12-18-2018, 07:18 PM

That's amazing! Love Henry Cow and all that RIO crap.

The Batlord · 12-19-2018, 12:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rostasi

Loved that band ... and Dagmar is the queen of RIO with her fabulous voice.
A while back, after a concert in Köln, I was being interviewed on stage with a Q&A afterward.
One of the guys in the audience, who asked me a question, turned out to be Anthony Moore
from Slapp Happy (and some with Henry Cow). My childhood flashed in my mind.

Why were you being interviewed?

rostasi · 12-19-2018, 12:53 PM

Just an after-concert interview about my work.
The interviewer was the head of music programming
at the Office of Culture for the City of Köln and so you
usually have a Q&A from audience members afterwards.

The Batlord · 12-19-2018, 01:04 PM

Look are you being annoyingly humble because this sounds to me like something other people would brag about at the drop of a hat.

rostasi · 12-19-2018, 01:25 PM

Well, I'll just mention something like this when it's some kind of special context.
You don't see Slapp Happy mentioned all that much and it just triggered this
memory of Köln 'cause I hadn't thought much about that band for many years
at the time that it happened, so, it's one of those things kinda pasted together
(whether one wants it or not sometimes). Would this be called a "mind-worm?"

12-16-2018, 04:20 PM	#1031 (permalink)
Zhanteimi Mord Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Tokyo Posts: 4,873	0088 Bon Iver – Bon Iver, Bon Iver (USA, 2011, indie folk / art pop) Though not as delicate as Emma, this album still has all the feeling of that earlier release. Another great album to relax and have a drink to. __________________ Zhanteimi LetsTalkMusic

12-17-2018, 09:44 PM	#1032 (permalink)
Zhanteimi Mord Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Tokyo Posts: 4,873	0089 National Health – Of Queues and Cures (UK, 1978, Canterbury scene) I had a lot of Canterbury scene in my collection before I ever added this band. Actually, I didn’t even know they existed until they were mentioned offhand along with four or five other bands in a prog rock documentary. These musicians know their instruments and know their scene perfectly, and the lushness of this album is in no way mitigated against by its technical complexity. __________________ Zhanteimi LetsTalkMusic

12-18-2018, 01:37 PM	#1033 (permalink)
Zhanteimi Mord Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Tokyo Posts: 4,873	0090 Kris Kristofferson – Kristofferson (USA, 1970, outlaw country / singer-songwriter / progressive country) It would be easy to call this outlaw music about drinking, but it’s really more than that. It’s outcast music. It’s about the people on the fringes, not only the drunks but, more importantly, the people who, for whatever reason, refuse to play the game. And what’s the game? Everything societies are built on, like laws that only protect property, not people. This album masterfully destroys all hypocrites who expect everyone to live a certain way to build a society a certain way but do not themselves live in that way. And of course there’s the drinking, stories of which just break your heart. __________________ Zhanteimi LetsTalkMusic

12-18-2018, 04:04 PM	#1034 (permalink)
Zhanteimi Mord Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Tokyo Posts: 4,873	0091 Slapp Happy – Slapp Happy or Slapp Happy (Germany, 1980, art pop / progressive pop) I’m already the kind of listener inclined to like pop, but when it’s quirky and playful like this, I just fall in love. Everything about this is musically interesting, not a dull moment. And her voice is just so charming, alternating between soft and sassy. __________________ Zhanteimi LetsTalkMusic

12-18-2018, 07:18 PM	#1036 (permalink)
Zhanteimi Mord Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Tokyo Posts: 4,873	That's amazing! Love Henry Cow and all that RIO crap. __________________ Zhanteimi LetsTalkMusic

12-18-2018, 07:06 PM	#1035 (permalink)
rostasi . Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 4,026	Loved that band ... and Dagmar is the queen of RIO with her fabulous voice. A while back, after a concert in Köln, I was being interviewed on stage with a Q&A afterward. One of the guys in the audience, who asked me a question, turned out to be Anthony Moore from Slapp Happy (and some with Henry Cow). My childhood flashed in my mind.

12-19-2018, 12:53 PM	#1038 (permalink)
rostasi . Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 4,026	Just an after-concert interview about my work. The interviewer was the head of music programming at the Office of Culture for the City of Köln and so you usually have a Q&A from audience members afterwards.

12-19-2018, 01:25 PM	#1040 (permalink)
rostasi . Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 4,026	Well, I'll just mention something like this when it's some kind of special context. You don't see Slapp Happy mentioned all that much and it just triggered this memory of Köln 'cause I hadn't thought much about that band for many years at the time that it happened, so, it's one of those things kinda pasted together (whether one wants it or not sometimes). Would this be called a "mind-worm?"