Sunday 2 April 2023

Jandek – "Northern Ireland July" (Corwood Industries – CORWOOD 0857) 2023


More recordings from 2009?...was that the year he died?.....don't worry Jandek Saddoes,I'm only speculating. I'm sure he's real......and by all accounts rather good at this spontaneous music malarky.
Northern Ireland is too important a hotspot to only get individual concerts released on corwood.This is a whole Tour in a box!?
This ain't Outsider music, but it is made by an outsider,that being the  ginger post-reclusive Richard Smith.
He does indeed look like a member of the Real IRA, but is too pale to be in the continuity IRA, and too Ginger for the INLA. Most of these IRA splinter groups consisted of no more than minus one to one nationalist idiot as a rule, rather like all the so-called 'Groups' on Bandcamp. Its like the USA labelling the UnaBomber a terrorist group.
Maybe Bandcamp should be labelled a terrorist group too?
But,Nothing gets on British peoples Tits more than some senile American getting involved in things they don't,can't,won't understand....like Joe 'I'm Irish Me' Biden. 
Hopefully Jandek's lack of interest in this crass stupidity will help cancel out Irish Americans once and for all.
Good stuff this maybe,but the drummer sounds like he was recruited from an Orange Order marching band......yeah,its gonna happen.....on Drugs....Hahahahahaha.
I'm so funny.
Americans can't really get involved,mainly because most of them think Northern Ireland is somewhere in the Bronx,and native Americans are restricted to outdoor concentration camps called Reservations for their own good.Then they start slagging off China for doing what they were doing.
Its seems wrong to label Jandek an American,but there is no other place on the planet that he could have possibly come from.

Tracklist:

1. Larne Sunday 1:15:50
2. Bangor Monday 1:07:09
3. Belfast Tuesday (Afternoon) 23:13
4. Belfast Tuesday (Evening) 1:15:48
5. Londonderry Wednesday 1:13:55

5 comments:

Shaun said...

A quick look at Discogs informs us that the aforementioned sticksman is none other than...David Keenan, purple-prosed refugee from The Wire, and now trying-too-hard novelist. Is there no beginning to his talents?

RabidRabbit said...

I've received this from Corwood just last week. I was much looking forward to it as it was the same lineup I saw in Sydney in 2010. Not much in terms of lyrics with the Rep repeating the same line (different for each show) through the performance. However, "I love shoes more than death" is an awesome line so no complaints.

Thoroughly enjoyed this overall...in terms of live stuff I feel like I prefer rockier material over piano/jazzy type one.

Also, I LOVE the idea that Jandek played at HMV!

I think this might be the first time the Rep has done something that could be described as a tour. Thank you for the Jandek coverage! :)

Anonymous said...

He looks NOTHING like any member of any faction of the Ir1sh Republ1c4n 4rmy.

Pat M'Groin

Anonymous said...

....it wouldnt be called Londonderry Wednesday if he was a RA man either ya bin-lid.

Jonny Zchivago said...

Don't be a twat....i won't explain it to you.