tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post3183774669804670070..comments2024-03-27T21:46:11.188+01:00Comments on Die or D.I.Y.?: Gary Wilson – "You Think You Really Know Me" (Self Released) 1977Jonny Zchivagohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09859740264284241032noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post-31152480721030118502015-07-21T23:50:48.850+02:002015-07-21T23:50:48.850+02:00Real glad you dig!
I could have carried on posting...Real glad you dig!<br />I could have carried on posting acres of Drone epics,and believe me they will resurface, but I have to keep myself interested.Basically I like strange music,especially when its done outside(there's that word again) of the system. Always been an outsider myself,but being good at sport kept me accepted by the normals,the insiders. Luckily I have stayed outside the system for my entire adult life so far.....highly recommended.<br />Should I post The Shaggs? Or The Legendary Stardust Cowboy? Or are they too obvious?Jonny Zchivagohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09859740264284241032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post-15034272161545447632015-07-21T17:06:06.008+02:002015-07-21T17:06:06.008+02:00That was the part that was giving me a headache - ...That was the part that was giving me a headache - those artists who desperately want to be "inside" but because of perceived "lack of commercial talent", "rudimentary" musical skills or a personality that just doesn't fit the mould, they remain forever outside the corporate machine.<br /><br />Also I think if you are a bit of an "outsider" yourself, then this kind of music has a resonance beyond the mere "ironic" - not that a fully integrated, successful, functioning member of society cannot love music like this - but an identification with other "outsiders" occasionally makes you more, shall we say, receptive to this kind of music... or not.<br /><br />Anyway, I "dig" the snakes and ladders journey DIEORDIY2 is taking us on through the musical landscape and its more obscure outlying territories (jesus, I was about to say 'liminal zones', now that would have been embarrassing for everyone concerned).the saucer peoplehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16680580618942851108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post-12021953810819465202015-07-21T01:30:31.184+02:002015-07-21T01:30:31.184+02:00I suppose being an outsider is a question of choic...I suppose being an outsider is a question of choice.You are an Outsider if you do not choose to be an outsider.....for Burroughs,for example, it was clearly a choice.For Gary Wilson,he would have loved to be an 'Insider',but he had no choice.....he was Outside whether he liked it or not. Jonny Zchivagohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09859740264284241032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post-36560560127391315982015-07-20T13:11:19.381+02:002015-07-20T13:11:19.381+02:00Before I forget - me likey these 320 rips.
Not co...Before I forget - me likey these 320 rips.<br /><br />Not come across Gary Wilson before, which is clearly an unforgivable oversight on my part and why I visit DIEORDIY2 of course. Yeah, this is excellent - at times like Suicide go lounge and I love the way the seventies porno-groove of You Keep On Looking is followed by the 6.4=Make Out.<br /><br />I totally agree about the ridiculousness of calling Sun Ra, Syd or Beefheart, or indeed The Residents, outsider music - Of course, 'outsider music' is in the ear of the beholder, but I think often it is the way the character and life-story of the person making the music seems to seamlessly and effortlessly reflect the music and lyrics they create.<br /><br />I remember a Burroughs interview from years ago when he made the point that he would still have a need to write, even if he was alone on a desert island for the rest of his life - that the audience was irrelevant (which I guess is an analog of N. Senada's theory of obscurity) - that for me is the mark of true 'outsider music'.<br /><br />PS> Couldn't find an online copy of the Gary Wilson documentary, which sounds splendid, but did find this interview and clips of contemporary performances - the flour throwing during one set reminded me of a horrific time when I went to the Sheffield Leadmill in the early eighties only to discover it was a King Kurt concert and discovered throwing bags of flour over each other was what the fans did - try getting a taxi after that!<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQRGqmIHt98the saucer peoplehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16680580618942851108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post-67788164969858790862015-07-18T14:32:02.885+02:002015-07-18T14:32:02.885+02:00ah haha ta very much!
:Dah haha ta very much! <br />:Ddee_seejay https://www.blogger.com/profile/09343731363959003167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post-86266292521664408502015-07-18T08:10:29.103+02:002015-07-18T08:10:29.103+02:00Whoops! A small oversight......Link now worky. Whoops! A small oversight......Link now worky. Jonny Zchivagohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09859740264284241032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post-15785100031320103892015-07-18T06:01:09.639+02:002015-07-18T06:01:09.639+02:00..."HERE" no worky...."HERE" no worky.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12568408482345518809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post-48612236972033120092015-07-18T05:59:30.369+02:002015-07-18T05:59:30.369+02:00An all time favorite. The troops NEED this one!An all time favorite. The troops NEED this one!Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12568408482345518809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post-56242827472957738342015-07-18T03:15:18.370+02:002015-07-18T03:15:18.370+02:00No link.No link.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com