"It was always with Jim [Randall] that the questions got asked, that everyone's authentic need for what music does, incongruously dissonant from the fatuous inflations that pass for public artistic self-declarations, got recognized, that the urgency of radical reconstruction of one's own self-deluding expressive behavior needed to be confronted and enacted."
Benjamin Boretz - "Unconnecting the Dots" from "inside in . . . / . . . outside out" Open Space Publications, 2020
Texts
From Recent Arrivals
March 18, 2022
I Found a Boy - Adele [from 21]
odd vowel pronunciation
mock-country drawl?
People Get Ready - Aretha Franklin [from Lady Soul]
in her native tongue
genuine vowels
Support - Bad Cop/Bad Cop [from Not Sorry]
that is a lot of compression dudes
something's going on inside that
mess?
Your Man My Man - Betty Davis [from Betty Davis]
more genuine vowels
right from somewhere
Recorded
Toccata, Fvb 95 - Giovanni Pichi - Claudio Columbo [from The Fitzwilliam Virginal Book]
in a slow four
crammed with curlicues and bold lines
of ever so
exact tetrachordal placement
Hodie Beata Virgo Maria - Peter Philips - The Tudor Consort, Peter Walls [from Cantiones Sacrae Quinis Vocubus]
a great whale in the wide sea
every note
affects the shape
of the architecture
inside the space
accommodates
as
it is illuminated
Goldberg Variations - Johann Sebastian Bach - Vladimir Feltsman
plays loose with the register
fair game?
why not
if it's
done with sensitivity
it actually could help illuminate
what would
have been
a notable timbre shift
from register to register
on harpsichord
it is also
a common gambit
in music
of the time
it can open up the counterpoint
like organ
voicing
always a new thing
to catch the ear
ever forward
Variation XV takes it all apart
sticky as it is
one voice
will suggest a figure
to another
takes a lonely
long
time
on the slower variation
and between the repeated
sections
of those
the Aria
is a believable lullaby
Sonata in C minor, Op. 112 - Ludwig van Beethoven - HJ Lim
drifting out of key
turning back
beset by occasional forces
bum rushed
each successive
finer
triple
subdivision
in the variations' progression
increases the
potential
for more subtle internal cross rhythms
at an alarmingly
fast pace
Valse in A-flat Major, Op. 34 #1 - Frédéric Chopin - Alfred Cortot (1943)
dancers
take your places
phrases that echo twice
find doubt
in the second iteration
complications
Grandpa's Spells (take 2) - Jelly Roll Morton and His Red Hot Peppers [from Jelly Roll Morton and His Red Hot Peppers, Chicago Days]
celebration dance
shaken off
old ways
La Veeda - Columbia Saxophone Sextet [from Evans 78s]
individual progressions
may have tonal-like motions
but they stay
put
don't imply
nor really transform
anything
outside
the segment
Ornithology - Charlie Parker [from The Complete Savoy and Dial Master Takes]
discourse concerning birds
it is danceable
but were these played
in dance clubs?
Were there such things
as Bebop Dance Clubs?
Bernadine - Pat Boone [a Rescued Record]
back up sighs
doo doo doo doopdewah
literally
the male gaze
gazing
at all the separate parts
Twisted - The Ventures [from Walk Don't Run]
patterns all add up into fours
can't have things get tricky to count now
you'll trip the teeny dancers
Baby, Won't You Be My Baby - Bob Dylan [from A Tree with Roots]
a roots rock
song may as well be from the early 50s
certainly
boorish enough
using a lyrical style of playing in this cut
structures built
of
species
of compositional/improvisational stances
within the
performer
as imparted
by whatever score
these may be of
In Freundschaft - Karlheinz Stockhausen - Marcus Stockhausen
playful and clear
my new favorite Stockhausen
finally a human
sized piece of music
Senses Working Overtime - XTC [from Fossil Fuel]
stage-y
like The Who
in that sense
a bit of Brechtian
decadent camp
as well
but the chorus goes on and on
and on
the dance will never end
What Can I Say - Bonnie Guitar [from Dark Moon and other Country Favorites]
devotion
of a distinctly old-fashioned sort
forever dear
March 15, 2022
Banned Rehearsal 315 - John E, Karen Eisenbrey, Keith Eisenbrey, Aaron Keyt [December 18, 1992]
bammo
my favorite of John's toddler words
guitar
toy bammo
some fipple flute sounds
and Funmaker
this is our terrain
(terra)
lunain (luna?)
at headquarters
last session of 1992
peaceful doings
no matter what Aaron spouts
John says bammo
doggy
baby
let us march
Euchabibilla Bayou
little baby cheeses
brrrrrcold
lionroar
first to go
plat form
tabula rasa
world toward us
tangled springs
for tots
BAMMO BAMMO! beneath a strum liquid guitar sound rolling whale bodies of reverberant bells roil Aaronsbundler Whale}
To Know Him is to Love Him - Moe Tucker [from I Feel So Far Away - Moe Tucker Anthology 1974 - 1998]
a 40 year old song
at the time of this recording
nearing 65 now
addressed to a teen crowd
now in their 80s
"Mrs. Ramsay rose. Lily rose." - Keith Eisenbrey - Keith Eisenbrey [recorded live at University Temple United Methodist Church, Seattle, on February 23, 2002]
rhythmic straight lines
curved lines
disjunctures
and
recontinuations
composed out stretches
and bunches
understated throughout
never lingering really
Waiting - The Hope [from In The Deep]
a strange dark Weimar vibe
What's Wanting For (draft: Karen vocal) - Your Mother Should Know [recorded at the Tintinabulary, May 20, 2012]
personally
I think Karen puts this song across most effectively
still not sure how that old preacher got in there
We Are Watching - The Deadrones [from We Are Watching]
so heavy
a so weary load
we are watching
but we are moving
very slowly
so slow
so much to drag
Banned Telepath 81 Toad Hall - Aaron Keyt [February 17, 2022]
begins with a demonstration of clear thinking
bare bones
18th
Century style
and like such
it complicates quickly
start
again
further along
loyal to his seed
change of subject
NOT!
we root for the seed to root
these are the internal
metabolisms of the cells
these are the cosmic rays that heat the boilers
a long silence
a sudden sprout of seed
another!
new
tricks
each arranged separately
kept apart
they sprout
now high
and low
this track is a fine thread within Banned Rehearsal 1045, but is also 20 plus minutes of amazing all on its own
Praeludium Toccata, Fvb 96 - Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck - Claudio Columbo [from The Fitzwilliam Virginal Book]
around a polyphonic composition
a composition of decorations is inked
not all parts
are parts of the whole
within every layer
Sonata in B-flat Major, Kk. 172 - Domenico Scarlatti - Pieter-Jan Belder
any step along the way
consists of several parts
variously
amendable
Christ Arose - Sheffield Quartet [from Goodbye, Babylon]
blend achieved
by more-or-less common regional accent and ear
Chlo-E - Art Tatum [from Classic Early Solos]
something late Beethovenish about the opening of this
the twists and
disjunctures of goingness
he holds this one together well
Chicken Crowing for Midnight - Lead Belly [from Where Did You Sleep Last Night, Lead Belly Legacy, Volume 1]
I wonder if this one ended up in the Seeger collection?
a fun little
Christmas tune
Ain't That Love - Ray Charles [from Ray Charles]
tambourine clap and upright bass
all one needs for a rhythm section
testimony song
It Takes Two - Marvin Gaye and Kim Weston [collected from Dave Marsh's The Heart of Rock & Soul]
preaching advice
The Letter - Harry Partch - Harry Partch, Danlee Mitchell, Elizabeth Gentry
complete with comments and pantomimicry
goes in alarming directions
your pal Pablo
Everybody's Happy Nowadays - The Buzzcocks [collected from Nancy's Mix]
the song parts
suitable for insertion
at any point
never
stray from the notes provided
Little Demon - Screamin' Jay Hawkins [from Frenzy]
mumble scat
it's so nice to smoke in French
verbal conversation
is on the left
as I am sitting
there's those grooves again
a man
totally naked
saying Mademoiselle!
and I ran and I ran and I
ran and I ran
is Bach watertight
or
would Webern make a
halfway decent loincloth
the world needs to know
the grooves are
fun
all the way from Laguna Hills to Glendale
for the broadcast
today
the Voice of Americanism
why long gas lines
are coming
back
and definitive biography of Nikolas Tesla
gifts of gratitude
a purse
a trumpet
a cornet
springy explosion
in
a long singing
tweeeet! toooot!
a two toned toot
sing along
with Tibetan monks
for fun and frolic
monks chant
radios
chatter
each incessant
separately
now ceased
what's in
their stomach?
they Canadianize it
rouge rouge rouge rouge
(the red gun)
rouge claire
cornet snore
snornet core
Fantasia on Greensleeves - Ralph Vaughan Williams - English String Orchestra, William Boughton [from Meditations for a Quiet Night]
wallowing in Englishness
the clueless
isle-bound
colonialists
no thought abrades
but we don't get the whole
thing
reduced to pop song attention
a mercy
March 17, 2022
Banned Rehearsal 467 - Isaac E, Karen Eisenbrey, Keith Eisenbrey, Anna K, Aaron Keyt, Neal Kosály-Meyer [September 27, 1997]
striking objects
(bow drawn)
bells drums
strum strings
bearing taken
down to business
efforts are made
but we
don't get far fast
we inch across
it involves
throwing
objects into cans
scribbling on the surface
with guitars
scraping
radio
delicate touches
we put most of it in a
machine
for cleaning
shape begins to form
fitfully
gets big
a wee bit too big for the levels
calms down some
after some sharp yelling
swimmy
we can hear European from
here
rumble drums
back at camp
evening chores
guiro
snores
bells ring
home blessing
Isaac is on a fuss loop
settling down for the night
with intrusions
of not so doing
we are entertained mechanically
recorded at a low level onto DAT so the transfer picks up some system noise but not too bad a couple of minor glitches 20 minutes plus or minus in as it gets loud after piano note perhaps fixable moving from place to place accumulating a sense of place rather than constructing a drama as wholes they are vast landscapes cities of sound in other words the result of people being together in social interaction is an artifact for like that other]
What I Found Last Year - Anorak [a Rescued Record]
pillow talk vocals
quite peaceful
Consider the Birds 4 - Keith Eisenbrey [February 3, 2007]
three minutes of little tootles and taps
Alabama Mama - Camarones Orquestra Guitarristica [from Live in Natal]
head bang dance
driving guitar chugs
suitable for action sound
track
Banned Rehearsal 930 - Karen Eisenbrey, Keith Eisenbrey, Steve Kennedy, Aaron Keyt, Neal Kosály-Meyer [March 13, 2017]
soars
scattery activity
at ground level
shifts occur
like breezes
whence come
whither gone
known
neither not
activities
are the nearest equivalent
to individuals
but at this remove
it is anybody's guess
who is what
for the greater part
guesses might be made
based on
typical known behaviors
we are digging through our collective small noise duffle
looking for something
the signal recedes
almost 5 years to the day
before our latest session
Part 001 - Claire Lodge - Claire Lodge [from Seconds]
built up song
with segregated instrumental functions
rhythm chord
melody
in four
grouped in phrases of four
astringent
decoration is everything
music is a display
a decorative art
here then
Second-Hand Blues - Margaret Johnson [from Allen Lowe's Really The Blues]
quite a cheerful accompaniment
as blues go
and certainly without
regard to the words
the harmonica is nearly singing like a bird all on
its own
second handed shoes
Preachin' Blues (Up Jumped the Devil) - Robert Johnson [from The Complete Recordings]
check in
with the parts of his guitar
then begins in earnest
does not round off
decorative lickety splits
like Warrock and co?
sort of
but
in an age where individuality counts
A Foggy Day - Billie Holiday [from Songs for Distingué Lovers]
tells the same story twice
once pre miracle
then after miracle
the solos
are decidedly post-resurrection
up-side down
Green Onions - Booker T. and the M.G.s [collected from Dave Marsh's The Heart of Rock & Soul]
to school for cool
two's cool for school too
walking down the street
what is one's oyster
commercial big band
for big money party
Well (Baby Please Don't Go) - John Lennon and Yoko Ono [from Live Jam]
not any greater a blues song
than many another
but the band is all
in
sounds like somebody is dragging their guitar across the stage
face down
In Session at the Tintinabulary
Banned Telepath 83 McGrath, AK - Aaron Keyt
you can ask Aaron if he traveled to acquire these sounds
Banned Telepath 83 Magnuson Park - Jennifer Chung
Pacific Chorus Frogs at Magnuson Park recorded by Jennifer
Banned Telepath 83 Echo Land - Steve Kennedy
Banned Telepath 83 Tintinabulary - Karen Eisenbrey, Keith Eisenbrey
Banned Rehearsal 1047 - Jennifer Chung, Karen Eisenbrey, Keith Eisenbrey, Steve Kennedy, Aaron Keyt
March 18, 2022
Anybody's Fingerbook 5x5 (transpositional) A B C - Keith Eisenbrey
Joshua Tree Prelude 6 - Aaron Keyt
almost, but not quite
Rounds for Aaron (second bit) - Keith Eisenbrey
Prelude in D Major - Keith Eisenbrey
Preludes 21-24 - Lockrem Johnson
Postscripts
Skaldmud's Doodle Gallery
more doodles from 1987
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