Jandek – "Mankato Saturday" (Corwood Industries – CORWOOD 0873) 2025

Jandek has a female family member? A sister? Does she denies knowing of his existence?Anyway......

Recorded at The Elias J. Halling Recital Hall, Minnesota, way back when on October 20th, 2012.Where we find ourselves trapped inside a seething throng of the unwashed Proletariat (aww Bless 'em).Confused stares abound, this sounds like the kind of sophisticated improvised Art that those outside the intelligentsia elite can only dream of understanding. OMG! They're making this up as they go along one thinks privately to one's self,without letting on that one has no explanation as to what the flying fuck is actually going on here!?

Don't worry, neither does Jandek, and nor do the dozens of chin stroking art lecturers who can be heard applauding the Corwood rep during the parts that stop before they start again, espousing something very similar when the applause stops.

It does however have its charm.Mainly through the Knowledge that Sterling Richard Smith hasn't a clue what he's doing. He has his defenders of course,who have even threatened your trusty scribe with keyboard warrior violence to avoid looking like the pretentious Twats they undoubtedly are. Rarely do I ever quote Cobain,Kurt,but here goes, and don't judge me on that,well you can if you want to...., "Jandek isn't Pretentious,but his followers are"...Tah Daaa who's a clever boy then? As awful as Nirvana were,their leader was never adversed to a bit of an outsider Vibe,even if it often revealed a bunch of Insider Art Students were behind it all, like The Raincoats for example.

Instead of martyring himself on the altar of Corporate Rock, he could have replaced his backing band with Jandek and a couple of Raincoats.Then we could have seen if he meant it or not.

Track Listing:

1-1 Preface 8:54
1-2 One 13:12
1-3 Two 11:13
1-4 Three 15:32
2-1 Four 15:03
2-2 Five 12:25
2-3 Six 10:33
2-4 Seven 13:55

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