Jandek - Bristol Wednesday & Chicago Wednesday '2010

Tracks list

:: TRACKLIST ::

Bristol Wednesday

Set One
01. Only Twenty Two 24:28
02. All I Had 9:05
03. Your Plan 10:45
04. Wrap It Up 11:38
05. More Than I Was 19:37

Set Two
01. Mermaids Calling 16:22
02. Not To Die 16:58
03. Another Vista 15:40
04. Hello To You 13:24
05. The Lesson 9:13

Much-anticipated issue of both sets from Sterling Smith’s performance
with Chris Corsano and Mick Flower at The Cube in Bristol on May 17th 2006. Both
sets have an odd compulsive energy which is almost at odds with the characters
of the players involved. Corsano seems to be more ‘inside’ the
tracks than really propelling them, knocking them sideways and subtly deforming
them while Flower’s playing is more in the pulse style that he brings to
his work with MV & EE. The second disc is more overtly ‘explosive’,
with Flower switching to Japan banjo, and the resultant tangle of strings is
beautifully complex. But despite both musicians’ innate iconoclasm, the
show is really Sterling’s, commanding the group with a quiet confidence,
wrapping his tongue around the lyrics and getting into some cranking guitar
breakdowns.

Chicago Wednesday

1-1 Bad Times 13:18
1-2 Red Skirt 12:01
1-3 Land Of God 11:18
1-4 The Lost Ruse 11:20

2-1 Blue Plastic Mat 11:48
2-2 Let Me Go 11:17
2-3 My Vow 13:54

If jandek came from the trendier parts of New York,or even, Chicago.He would be
hailed as an improv noise genius, like Arto Lindsey, or Lee renaldo, among many
others. In fact he was doing this, even less commercially, before theyd even
played their first gig.
Jandeks live appearances, as The Corwood Representative , are probably the most
accessible and conventional stuff in the Corwood oeuvre. A sort of No Wave for
the 21st century,reminding one strongly of a funkier DNA, a more consistent
Golden Palomino’s or a jazzier Sonic Youth.
Basically, its Jandek with guitar, backed by very capable improv-savvy
musicians, and it works.

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