Its Jandek Monday.....don't worry, nearly finished.Only another 18 albums to go.Not counting this one, which is another Jandek double CD, recorded live at The Firehouse Theater,in 'Waltons Country' Richmond, Virginia,on March 11th, 2007.
Long running prime time depression era drama series, "The Waltons" was set around Virginia.The bible bashing, goody goody characters were often seen driving to Richmond for various forgettable reasons.
Jandek could easily pass for one of the Waltons distant cousins.The ginger hair, the inbred looks, with that slight hint of hillbilly.He could easily have played the role of Jason Walton, the musicianly one with the big ears; but a Jason Walton after he'd accidently dropped some real bad acid down at the 'Dew Drop Inn'.
Of course for the 'normal' person out there, none of these Waltons references will mean diddly-squat. My advice is to keep it that way, unless you like cynical American folk propaganda of the sickliest sweet variety.
Frequently, especially when soldiers entered the vacinity of a Nazi Death Camp, the odour of decomposing corpses were described as having a 'Sickly Sweet' bouquet. That's 'The Waltons'. Representative of the rotting corpse of the American Dream, or indeed, the American Lie, the 'Big Lie' as Goebbels christened it. The USA is the equivalent of a capitalist Auschwitz but with everyone fenced in to keep the legions of willing volunteers out???
Hands up who wants to be gassed?
Imagine a death camp where the victims fight and scramble to be first in the gas chamber as if it was a 100% off sale at Macys.Thats what the USA is doing to us all. Turning us all into grasping Turkeys gobbling up each others crap to vote for Christmas.
America will eat itself,and all the other little americas will eat what is left.Then all that remains is for us all to eat ourselves.
And we're sleepwalking towards this oblivion.
Its a kind of Holocaust Denial for the coming age......not that anyone ever thinks about tomorrow.
In Jandeks Waltons, also known as 'the Real World', John Boy is in the KKK, Mummy Walton is hooked on Valium and receives frequent beatings from an alcoholic John Walton. Grandad is abusing Elizabeth, the Church Minister is abusing Jim Bob,and Mary Ellen is a backstreet abortionist. Erin is a prostitute, Ike Godsey sells pornography,Ben Walton is secretly Gay,Grandma hung herself in the barn,and Jason Walton is..well..Jandek!?
Anyway if you luckily have no clue what, or who, the Waltons were,here's a clip from one of the most absurd episodes, where Elizabeth is haunted by a Poltergeist. One of the TV moments that rank up there with Fallon being abducted by Aliens in Dynasty, and the Bobby appearing in the Shower scene in Dallas, where the whole of the previous season was a Dream!?.....Click HERE for the jaw dropping Poltergeist episode.
All that aside, you probably wanna know what the music sounds like on this CD?
All that aside, you probably wanna know what the music sounds like on this CD?
Its more free improvisation, with saxophone, but that don't mean its Jazz kids. There's a funky drummer called Brian Jones, who could easily be the missing Rolling Stone after faking his death to escape fame......in fact for the sake of clouding the Jandek myth further, it IS Brian Jones on drums. Its the Funky bits that give it away.
Tracklisting:
1-1 This Dream 25:04
1-2 Another Mystery 27:40
1-3 What She On 15:50
2-1 Girl With The Pink Bag 19:00
2-2 Standing There 14:12
2-3 The Ditch 11:23
Tracklisting:
1-1 This Dream 25:04
1-2 Another Mystery 27:40
1-3 What She On 15:50
2-1 Girl With The Pink Bag 19:00
2-2 Standing There 14:12
2-3 The Ditch 11:23
3 comments:
I wish I'd known about this show in the day. Richmond is just a couple of hours away and it would have been worth the drive, to me at least. I believe the Firehouse is in Richmond’s Fan District, sort of the art ghetto of the city. Back in the eighties, the was a marketing fad for the various sections of Richmond that involved bumper stickers with snotty elitist phrases like “The West End - For Members Only”, “South of the James - By Invitation Only” and so on. The Fan’s read “The Fan - Who Invited You?” All grime and anti-social behavior, just my cuppa tea! I rekken by that time, the Corwood rep was in his sulky black hat and clothing phase, so I can’t imagine any of the locals gave him a second look. Just another in that neighborhood. Only 18 left? I guess I’ll just roam the wasteland aimlessly after it’s all done.
Christ you remember the characters' names?......jeez. that's pretty fucked up. I'm an old american and John is the only name I can remember. Same for the MOVE family...John Africa is the only name I remember. Oh wait! there was a kid named Birdy Africa! Don't you feel bad accusing america of all this horror and evil and stuff? I feel pretty bad after I read it. Or at least a bit irritated. Thanks for all the jandek. After all these years of listening, He finally irritated me. On one of the lps you posted he sounded smart alecky, and it wasn't flattering
I'd hate to think Mr Sterling was 'Smart Alecky', but it wouldn't surprise me in the least.He may even think he's a genius....but i'll overlook these possibilities as the man is NEVER bigger than the myth.....or the music.
Yes, The Waltons was force fed us as kids, my mother liked it, and there was only three tv channels in those days....it was either that or Songs of Praise on BBC1 it being sunday'n'all. Watcjing it again as adults we could now fill in the spaces between the lines, and improvise new dialogue involving real redneck shit like child sexual abuse and lynchin' colored folk. Maybe one day some bright spark will make a Reality Waltons?
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