Sorry, Kasper, about crediting you as the source of
the _Real Gone_ comments here. Somebody mentioned
it....
Candice
--- kasper salonen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I don't think I even mentioned 'Real Gone',
> Candice...?
>
> 'Mule Variations' is such a cool title for the album
> that it's reason
> enough for me to buy it
>
> KS
>
> On 04/07/07, MC Ward <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > Hi Kasper,
> >
> > I think you overestimate _Real Gone_, the weakness
> of
> > it probably due to the fact that Waits let his
> kids
> > get in on the act and work on production.
> >
> > Casey is a good drummer, but Kellysimone and
> Sullivan
> > are not, shall we say, professionals--yet.
> >
> > And yes, _Frank's Wild Years is great, but I like
> > _Mule Variations_ better. When it came out I read
> an
> > interview with Waits in which he said that Robert
> > Johnson spoiled American music. Once he got a car,
> > farm animals were doomed.
> >
> > Candice
> >
> >
> > --- kasper salonen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> > > "ah the young"? I'm not sure what that means
> Peter.
> > > taste not being
> > > absolute, I think a remark about a person's
> opinion
> > > based on the
> > > person's age (not musical education, sharpness,
> > > experience, or plain
> > > old personal taste) is a bit uncalled-for.
> > >
> > > 'Asylum Years' I've seen in varous record shops,
> > > will have to see
> > > about its position on my long must-acquire list.
> > >
> > > KS
> > >
> > > On 04/07/07, Peter Cudmore
> > > <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > > > Ah the young... Frank's wild years is ok, but
> Rain
> > > Dogs is a classic, and
> > > > the more recent Real Gone is superb too. The
> > > Asylum Years compilation makes
> > > > for a good resume of his early stuff.
> > > >
> > > > P
> > > >
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics
> > > [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> > > > > On Behalf Of kasper salonen
> > > > > Sent: 04 July 2007 14:56
> > > > > To: [log in to unmask]
> > > > > Subject: Re: "No Outlet"
> > > > >
> > > > > Candice a good friend of mine who is a
> > > professional musician recently
> > > > > bought 'Frank's Wild Years' & said it's the
> > > greatest album (out of
> > > > > hundreds) that he's ever heard. me I've only
> > > listened to 'Rain Dogs',
> > > > > 'Alice' & the vhs "operachi romantico" of
> his
> > > live show 'Big Time',
> > > > > acquired by my parents in the 80s. next on
> my
> > > list are the remaining
> > > > > two of his 'trilogy', 'Swordfishtrombones' &
> > > 'Frank's...'.
> > > > >
> > > > > KS
> > > > >
> > > > > On 03/07/07, MC Ward <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
> > > > > > His new album has _three_ CDs (titled
> > > "Bawlers,"
> > > > > > "Brawlers," and "Bastards") consisting of
> 60
> > > songs,
> > > > > > most of them Waits' own, but also a few
> covers
> > > such as
> > > > > > "Sea of Love" and a couple of Ledbetter
> songs.
> > > Despite
> > > > > > a few weak numbers, it's a brilliant
> > > collection, in my
> > > > > > estimation.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I used several of his lyrics as epigraphs
> to
> > > my poems
> > > > > > in my chapbook. I know what you mean by
> the
> > > "serrated
> > > > > > edge"--an excellent description of his
> style.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Candice
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > --- kasper salonen <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > folk singer?? now there's a monicker
> I've
> > > never
> > > > > > > heard attached to him.
> > > > > > > I'm surprised to meet a(n adult) person
> who
> > > hasn't
> > > > > > > heard Tom Waits.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > no specific song, & really it's only a
> > > passing
> > > > > > > resemblance for me; it
> > > > > > > smacks of his sort of vast but
> > > > > > > individual-song-confined narratives,
> > > > > > > just without the serrated edge. it was a
> > > compliment
> > > > > > > :)
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > KS
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > On 03/07/07, Frederick Pollack
> > > > > > > <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > > > > > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > > > > > From: "kasper salonen"
> > > <[log in to unmask]>
> > > > > > > > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > > > > > > > Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2007 6:38 AM
> > > > > > > > Subject: Re: "No Outlet"
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > this is like Waits but delicate.
> > > wonderful read
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > KS
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Kasper, thanks --- you mean Tom Waits,
> the
> > > > > > > folk-singer, I suppose; I don't
> > > > > > > > know his music at all, and am very
> > > curious: which
> > > > > > > song especially? Best,
> > > > > > > > Fred
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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