Jeff Buckley: Live at Sin-é (Big Cat)
Gavin Martin, New Musical Express, 9 April 1994
TALENTS sporting the imprint of famous genetic forbears inspire suspicion and derision in equal measure; look no further than Julian Lennon's career for elucidation.
Jeff's dad — the exuberant, libido-crazed, free-form funkateer and jazz stylist Tim Buckley — was a unique force; since his death, few have approached his highwire daring and adventure.
Now comes the son he hardly knew, holding court in a boho New York singer-songwriter showcase cafe, bearing an astonishing physical and aural resemblance to his father.
Elongated acoustic workouts, coaxed into being by vocal moans, cries, curves and yowling volleys. Big swooping diversions counterpointed with angelic gasps and gleeful tail-kissing departures — it's all a little uncanny, unsettling; eyebrows are raised, questions asked. This four-track EP — counted as an album, due to its length — is a bet-hedging work-in-progress introduction to the Buckley Jr groove thing. Though bristling with dynamic interplay between voice and guitar, it veers to the histrionic, making prospects for his future career seem both tantalising and daunting.
On 'Eternal Life', his highflying conceits narrow and harden into a simplistic new aquarian worldview, cheating the performance of the emotion it aims for. 'Mojo Pin' raids the Led Zeppelin ballad blues style to good effect, but his ten-minute scat rework of Van's 'Young Lovers Do' is a pointless and ponderous exercise in grandstanding.
Buckley is certainly a talent of his own making; Edith Piaf's 'Je N'en Connais Pas La Fin' is both focused and totally disarming. Live At Sin-é captures Buckley still shaping his identity, hopefully the promise it displays will come to fruition on his forthcoming (real) album. (6)
© Gavin Martin, 1994
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is the fandom still alive?? sorry y’all, mama has been going THRU it!
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I unironicly like Bass Martin,,, (and the "Bass Class" episode too)
LIKE HEY??¿¡¡ he's so goofy,?? idk uh stupid fihs /pos
Pls tell me I'm not the only one who like it
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Me falta solo Jimmy del equipo, pero como no me siento con el animo de dibujar ahora mismo, lo dejaré para después
Ahor el porque esta Gavin aquí, muy fácil. Verán cuando es el desafío de los gimnasios los líderes se tienen que quedar en sus pueblos a la espera de que entrenadores lleguen lo que deja al equipo kratt en pare, ya que Chris y Martin son líderes del 4° y 5° gimnasio y Aviva es la profesora de la región así que nesesita de un entrenador que recolecte la información de los pokemon, y ya que en esta au Gavin esta en la edad de ser entrenador pokemon (14 años en esta región) Gavin se unió a los wild kratt de forma "oficial" ya era pero ahora ayudara con las investigaciones.
Tengo más o menos su equipo, y se unirán otros dos miembros del equipo kratt Kids, pero es el menso planeado de todos
También tanto Koki como Jimmy son asistentes de laboratorio aunque también siguen teniendo los mismos papeles que tienen en la serie (no se si me explico)
Por sierto, cuando termine a Jimmy Z mostrare los equipo de toda la tripulación kratt y luego les mostrare los villanos
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