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Soul Coughing at Brooklyn Steel

Performing their first hometown show in over 25 years, Soul Coughing, headlined Brooklyn Steel in Brooklyn, NY on Friday, October 4, 2024. In 1998, I saw the band perform “Circles” at a taping of “Late Show with David Letterman” during my freshman year at Fordham University but didn’t have the chance to see them do a full set as they disbanded in 2000.

The band previously declared a reunion would never happen but luckily for their fans, that sentiment changed.

I covered the show for Bowery Presents’ “The House List” and the full gallery is now available on their website here. Soul Coughing performed two back to back nights at Brooklyn Steel and did a third show at Terminal 5, which marked the end of their reunion tour run.

[rainingmusic]

Soul Coughing - $300

[cleocatrablossy]

The fact that if you smile more in life, your corpse is more likely to hold a slight smile constantly grips my mind whenever I remember Scar “You never know if you’ll wake up in the morning” Goodtimes is constantly smiling. Even before the vex stuff, which could explain it.

Maybe it’s coincidence, maybe he just wants to cut on funeral costs that little bit. Maybe he’s already dead and that’s just how his muscles tightened.

Maybe in the beginning of the infection in the crafting dead he didn’t miraculously survive, maybe all he did was come back.

A smile permanently on his face, a reminder of a life he lost.

[azlyricsdotcom]

White Girl // Soul Coughing // Irresistible Bliss (1996)

look away and she's eastbound out of sight

[musicmags]

[spilladabalia]

Soul Coughing - Super Bon Bon

[reavenedges-lies]

NHL Captains & Alternates Primer/Refresher

All teams per the NHL Rule book (Rule 6, pg 7-8) must list either One (1) Captain and Two (2) Alternate Captains or Three (3) Alternate Captains during the game line-up submissions*. There may only be Three (3) Alternates if the Captain is not in uniform or if there is no designated Captain. No Coach, Manager or Goaltenders are allowed to act as a Captain or Alternate; Goaltenders are not allowed to act as captains due to (un)intentional delay of game as per the "Durnan Rule". They must wear either a "C" or "A" about three inches (3") high and of a contrasting color in a visible spot on the front of their jerseys. Only the Captain [ or any one (1) Alternate, if the Captain is not on the ice] is allowed, if invited by a referee, to discuss interpretations of the rules**. They may not leave the bench to protest or hinder any officials in light of a call on the ice, and are subject to being given a penalty (Abuse of Officials: unsportsmanlike conduct).

Notes:

(*) Some teams have named more than the regulation two (2) or three (3) alternates and are required to rotate the designation between players. The method of choosing who gets the designation when is left to team digression.

(**) Complaints about penalties are not considered 'a discussion pertaining to the interpretations of the rules', and any skater making such complaints are subject to a minor penalty in response.

Current NHL Captains & Alternates under the cut. (per eliteprospects please take this with a grain of salt for the alternates as not every team has indicated who they are fully)

Anaheim Ducks: Captain- Radko Gudas Alternates- C. Fowler, M. McTavish, T. Terry

Boston Bruins: Captain- Brad Marchand Alternates- C. McAvoy, D. Pastrnak

Buffalo Sabres: Captain- Rasmus Dahlin Alternates- D. Cozens, M. Samuelsson, T. Thompson, A. Tuch

Calgary Flames: Captain- Mikael Backlund Alternates- R. Andersson, J. Huberdeau

Carolina Hurricanes: Captain- Jordan Staal Alternates- S. Aho, J. Slavin

Chicago Blackhawks: Captain- Nick Foligno Alternates-

Colorado Avalanche: Captain- Gabriel Landeskog Alternates- N. MacKinnon, M. Rantanen, C. Makar

Columbus Blue Jackets: Captain- Boone Jenner Alternates- Z. Werenski

Dallas Stars: Captain- Jamie Benn Alternates- M. Heiskanen, E. Lindell, T. Seguin

Detroit Red Wings: Captain- Dylan Larkin Alternates-

Edmonton Oilers: Captain- Connor McDavid Alternates- L. Draisaitl, R. Nugent-Hopkins, D. Nurse

Florida Panthers: Captain- Aleksander Barkov Alternates- A. Ekblad, M. Tkachuk

Los Angeles Kings: Captain- Anze Kopitar Alternates- P. Danault, D. Doughty

Minnesota Wild: Captain- Jared Spurgeon Alternates- M.Foligno, K. Kaprizov, J. Eriksson Ek

Montreal Canadiens: Captain- Nick Suzuki Alternates-

Nashville Predators: Captain- Roman Josi Alternates- R. O'Reilly

New Jersey Devils: Captain- Nico Hischier Alternates- J. Hughes, O. Palat

New York Islanders: Captain- Anders Lee Alternates-

New York Rangers: Captain- Jacob Trouba Alternates-

Ottawa Senators: Captain- Brady Tkachuk Alternates- T. Chabot, C. Giroux

Philadelphia Flyers: Captain- Sean Couturier Alternates- T. Konecny, S. Laughton

Pittsburgh Penguins: Captain- Sidney Crosby Alternates- E. Malkin, K. Letang

San Jose Sharks: Captain- Logan Couture Alternates- M. Ferraro, B. Goodrow, M. Granlund, L. Kunin, T. Toffoli

Seattle Kraken: Captain- Vacant Alternates- J. Eberle

St. Louis Blues: Captain- Brayden Schenn Alternates- J. Faulk, C. Parayko, R. Thomas

Tampa Bay Lightning: Captain- Victor Hedman Alternates- N. Kucherov, R. McDonagh

Toronto Maple Leafs: Captain- Auston Matthews Alternates-

Utah Hockey Club: Captain- Clayton Keller Alternates-

Vancouver Canucks: Captain- Quinn Hughes Alternates- J.T. Miller, E. Pettersson

Vegas Golden Knights: Captain- Mark Stone Alternates- J. Eichel, W. Karlsson, A. Pietrangelo

Washington Capitals: Captain- Alexander Ovechkin Alternates- J. Carlson, T. Wilson

Winnipeg Jets: Captain- Adam Lowry Alternates- J. Morrissey, M. Scheifele

[aflyingcontradiction]

23 books in 2023

I was tagged by @nikita-not-nikola to list 23 books I read in 2023. Fortunately I keep track of all the books I read so here's 23 books I enjoyed! (Some of these are re-reads because I've been slowly re-reading all the books on my shelf to determine whether to keep them). So in no particular order here it goes:

L'Odyssée d'Hakim by Fabien Toulmé (technically 3 books but I'm going to treat it as one)

Comfort Me With Apples by Catherynne M. Valente

All the Living and the Dead by Hayley Campbell

Maus by Art Spiegelman

Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi

Girl, Woman, Other by Bernadine Evaristo

The Raven Tower by Ann Leckie

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

Smoke gets in your eyes by Caitlin Doughty

Die unendliche Geschichte by Michael Ende

Dark Lord of Derkholm by Diana Wynne Jones

A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin

Quicksand House by Carlton Mellick III

Railsea by China Miéville

Defying Doomsday (a multi-author anthology)

The Waterborn by Greg Keyes

How not to be a boy by Robert Webb

Strange Beasts of China by Yan Ge

The Witch's Heart by Genevieve Gornichec

The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson

Help Fund My Robot Army (another multi-author anthology)

Dracula by Bram Stoker

Emotional First Aid by Guy Winch

Honourable mentions to The Unicorn's Beard, Running with Rats and To Clear the Air by Malcolm Schmitz, which are all short stories, so I didn't feel like putting them in the main list was quite right, but they are still all really excellent.

Going to tag @lovethatcoat, @soryualeksi, @bakomglaset, @ante--meridiem, @dachkammermusik, @octopuscato, @titaniumelemental and anyone else who feels like doing this!

[themenendezbrothers]

Article from 1996 - Menendez Jurors Sure of Their Decisions

Forget about the allegations of incest and child abuse in the Menendez household, the weeks spent on gruesome crime scene reconstructions, and just about everything the expert witnesses said.

Five of the jurors who decided the guilt, and then the fate, of Lyle and Erik Menendez said none of the evidence that the lawyers emphasized most meant much to them as they convicted the brothers last month of first-degree murder and conspiracy, and as they spared them last week from execution.

They said they trembled, and some of them cried, as they decided Wednesday that Erik, 25, and Lyle, 28, should spend the rest of their lives in prison. They knew their decision to spare the brothers from the death penalty might be second guessed. But each juror was convinced that they had done the right thing.

The jurors have shed light about their thoughts and described what went on inside the jury room in a series of interviews since Wednesday.

Unlike the jurors at the first Menendez trials, which ended two years ago in deadlock, these jurors didn’t break into cliques.

Because Superior Court Judge Stanley M. Weisberg ordered them sequestered during the day, they ate together, laughed to relieve the tension and watched videos in the jury room on the days that they cooled their heels while the lawyers wrangled over legal issues. They began to feel like family.

There was never any division, never any dissent, and not a single holdout, the jurors said. None of them believed the defense theory that the brothers killed because they were afraid. And no one believed that the brothers killed solely to get their hands on their parents’ millions.

Jurors methodically discussed the elements of the crime, and some said they were surprised when they concluded that they had no choice but to find the Menendez brothers guilty of first-degree murder.

“We looked at how much planning they did,” said Ted Doughty, a retired school principal from Encino. “There was so much planning, deliberation and conspiracy--all those legal terms fit right in. It became very clear in a legal sense that they had committed first-degree murder.”

Jurors already had decided the brothers’ guilt and expected to return verdicts the next day, when forewoman Leigh Valvo of Chatsworth suffered a heart attack and a pregnant juror was dismissed for medical reasons. Although they had to start over with two alternates, they finally closed a case that had stumped two previous juries--something that the retrial jurors find hard to believe.

“I’m amazed that the first jury, if they had the same evidence we had, could not reach a verdict,” said Joann Owensby of Northridge.

Jurors said that while some of them believed that the brothers might have been sexually abused, it never played a significant role in their decision-making.

“There were a few people who strongly believed that there was not sexual abuse; there were probably a couple that favored that there was,” said Lesley Hillings, a postal worker from Arleta. “I think the rest of us aren’t sure, and we’ll never know.”

Jurors did believe that the parents psychologically abused their sons. “We felt the parents were very controlling, demanding, that [the brothers] didn’t have a normal type childhood,” Hillings said.

Most felt that simple hatred, or the desire to free themselves from suffocating parental pressure, compelled the brothers to kill.

“I don’t think we’ll ever know what the actual motivation was,” said Bruce Seitz, a postal worker from Sylmar. “There is something about them wanting to be free.”

*

The most convincing evidence of the Menendez brothers’ guilt, several jurors said, were their own voices captured on tape as they spoke about their parents’ slayings with police and with a Beverly Hills psychologist. During deliberations, they played the tapes several times, listening intently.

“When Lyle calls 911, he’s so real and so anguished,” Hillings said. “You’re sitting there listening to it, knowing he’s lying, but he’s so real.”

Some jurors also were disturbed by Lyle’s comment to Beverly Hills therapist L. Jerome Oziel that he missed his parents, adding, “I miss having my dog around, if I can make such a gross analogy.”

Lawyer Andrew Wolfberg of Santa Monica said: “It was a very cold statement, and I’m sure he regrets saying it. It really affected me. It was about the coldest thing I could hear someone say.”

A few jurors were prepared to give Lyle the death penalty, but Seitz persuaded them to choose life because Lyle was young and lacked a prior criminal record.

While jurors were more sympathetic toward Erik, they found enough holes in his 15 days of testimony to cast doubt on the molestation tale.

In the end, Hillings said, “It didn’t matter whether it happened,” because jurors found enough evidence of Erik’s premeditation on the tapes to lead them to first-degree murder.

The prosecution’s slick computer-generated reconstruction of the Aug. 20, 1989, shotgun slayings of Jose and Kitty Menendez--and the defense’s debunking of it as junk science--occupied three weeks of the trial but “about five minutes” of the deliberations, Hillings said.

The psychiatric experts also had little impact, jurors said.

Several jurors said they still consider Lyle, who did not testify, an enigma. And what occurred in the wealthy family that led to parricide will remain a mystery for jurors long after they resume their normal lives.

“The parents almost prepared them to kill them, lie about it and get away with it,” Wolfberg said.

“They taught them to win at all costs, and the more the defense said that, the more I realized it was a double-edged sword for them,” he added. “If you’re going to win at all costs, it doesn’t matter if you’re going to claim your father was a sexual predator.”

[delirantesko]

Tag do N-O-M-E

Indique um livro para cada letra do seu nome ou usuário

+ marque 1 mútuo para responder também! :)

Despossuídos, Os - Ursula K Leguin

Entrevista com o Vampiro - Anne Rice

Let's Eat Grandma's Pills - David Thorne

Ismael - Daniel Quinn

Rita Lee - Outra Autobiografia

Assombro - Chuck Palahniuk

Novelist as a Vocation - Haruki Murakami

The Storytelling Animal - Jonathan Gotttschall

Escrever para não Enlouquecer - Bukowski

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes - Caitlin Doughty

Karma Cola - Gita Mehta

O Médico e o Monstro - Robert Louis Stenvenson

Consegui, mas faltaram vários outros livros e autores.

[dustedmagazine]

Personal Trainer — Still Willing (Bella Union)

Photo by Tomvan Huisstede

Having pushed play on track one of Personal Trainer’s new album without reading any notes, its hyper specific Melbourne referencing title “Upper Ferntree Gully” had me expecting to hear a sardonic Aussie voice either celebrating or bemoaning their outer suburban upbringing. Instead, a Dutch woman speaks “Dat klinkt ook heel lekker natuurlijk, Upper Ferntree Gully, haha!” Personal Trainer is Amsterdam musician Willem Smit, and his mother is bemused and delighted that he is writing a song about her birthplace. It’s a singularly apt beginning of an album on which Smit explores growing up and reflects on how the assumption of responsibility grants perspective on relationships with both family of birth and family of choice. It’s a strain of ambivalent nostalgia reflected in the music. Smit seems to have absorbed a bunch of 1990s indie albums especially Beautiful Freak and Irresistible Bliss. He shares the genre fluid mix of seriousness and exuberance of Eels and Soul Coughing and his words combine E’s acutely observational lyrics with M Doughty’s beat poetry.

When “Upper Ferntree Gully” takes off, it’s to the sort of easy midtempo riffs that once made Billy Corgan listenable, with a soupçon of Mascis noise thrown in for good measure as Smit builds an intergenerational metaphor from a kangaroo pouch. It sets the scene for an album of sharp twists that owes its success to the personality and wit of Smit’s omnivore genre jigsawing. The opening vocal of “Cyan” has a similar distortion to Eels’ “Susan’s House” before shifting into a bass heavy Rube Goldberg hip-hop adjacent rhythm familiar to fans of Soul Coughing. Saxophonist Nick Bolland adds the jazz and Lena Hessels the vocal counterpoint to Smit’s musings about love and doubt. Smit goes full E on the self-deprecatory “New Bad Feeling” singing “Hold me tight/And summon a bravado from the chasm that I really am” and the title track, a cri de coeur for identity forged in youth, “I wonder who I used to be/I wonder what we had for drinks in the evening/The boys are drifting off in different directions/But I remain.” The crowning glory of comes at the end. “What am I supposed to say about the People and Their Ways” is a weary parable about creativity that provides a summation of Smit’s Beckettian world view. With The Klittens on backing vocals, Smit questions his ability to influence his world with words. He needn’t worry.

Andrew Forell

[open-hearth-rpg]

Open Hearth Video Roundup - April 12, 2024

Welcome to the weekly Open Hearth Gaming video roundup!

These recorded sessions represent only a portion of the games we play every week, and anyone is welcome to join the fun! If you'd like to play in games like these, join our Playabl community and click on the "Calendar" tab to sign up for upcoming games. To browse our entire library of session videos, please visit our YouTube Playlists page.

Open Hearth Gaming Calendar

Orbital (Session 3 of 3) Donogh runs for Mark and Puckett Cash Only rushes to get those star-crossed lovers out of their hunter's crosshairs. Rye calls up one of her regulars to spirit them away, thanks to the best smuggler in the sector! Meanwhile Hemlock sits down with Calla to come to an arrangement. But every scheme is sidelined by the awakening in the depths of the station, something in motion thanks to that surprise nuke...

Eotenweard: The Old North (Session 4) Alun R. runs for Dom, Dominik M., and Pawel S. Amid the smoking aftermath of the Ogre's rampage our Heroes agree the solution to the ills that beset Stenholm (and a missing hawk) must lie within the nearby Treacherous Forest. There's evidence that someone got there before them, a grisly dismemberment, and a revelation of who is to blame. Then...the Heroes discover they have been misled; must identify the real villain; and confront that embodiment of the Darkness...

Trail of Cthulhu: Fearful Symmetries: Arc Two (Session 6) Lowell Francis runs for Alun R., Paul Rivers, Sherri, and Will H The characters arrive at Mathers Hall in Norfolk and Willford discovers the geography has changed in the two weeks since he last visited. They meet some of the guests-- a strange mix of folks deep in the secrets of magic, as well as staff who may be invested as well. The doctor receives a ride from Verity Dyse and becomes wary. Dinner and after reveals more secrets...and then a missing guest!

Trail of Cthulhu: Fearful Symmetries: Arc Two (Session 7) Lowell Francis runs for Alun R., Paul Rivers, Sherri, and Will H The morning of the shoot at Mathers Hall opens with a missing guest that few comment on. Paired up with fellow guests, the magicians learn more about their personalities and agendas. Richard skips the hunt, instead learning more about the origin of the mysterious Pascale Dumont. The investigation continues, with the good Doctor turning the tables on their host by admitting in private to the murder of Lord Bradbury. But then Lord Portmore's associate vanishes and there's an attempt on Verity Dyce's life which goes awry.

Dreams and Machines: Red King's Slumbers (Session 1) Lowell Francis runs for Eliot, José Feito, Kevin M, and Vince Session Zero and inciting incident for a short series of Dreams and Machines, a new setting inspired by Horizon: Zero Dawn and other sci-fi post-apocalyptic games. We create our characters, build bonds, and start things out so the players can begin to get used to the mechanics of this version of 2d20.

Dreams and Machines: Red King's Slumbers (Session 2) Lowell Francis runs for Eliot, José Feito, Kevin M, and Vince In the wake of their battle against the Thralls, our heroes discover an ancient cache containing a potentially dangerous technology, but decide to bring them along. They reach New Mossgrove and find out that recent attacks have changed the balance of power within the town...

Girl by Moonlight: On a Sea of Stars (Session 1 of 5) Donogh runs for Ian, Matthew Doughty, and Sabine V. Having awoken vengeful Gods with their meddling in time travel - a last branch of humanity hurtles through space in an interstellar ziggurat, hunted by the Leviathans. Our group of Pilots, chosen by their congregation to be doomed martyrs, is the only thing that can protect them - but it it only out there on a sea of stars that the pilots and their Engines feel whole, with an intimate bond and control over their own fate that the rest of humanity can barely imagine...

Girl by Moonlight: On a Sea of Stars (Session 2 of 5) Donogh runs for Ian and Sabine V. We are introduced to two of our pilots: Jet/Apogee the Outsider goes outside the Ziggurat to do some post asteroid-strike repairs, but returns to polish the Engine Shamash to its full glory. Cordelia the Enigma, living a double life as a maintenance worker who as Red Shift sneaks into the hangar bay to take the Engine Tezcatlipoca out on an unscheduled foray.

Godbound: Sundered Cycles (Session 32 of 33) Lowell Francis runs for Dan Brown, Ethan Harvey, Patrick Knowles, Sherri, and Tyler Lominack Interacting with the new pantheon our gods joined to their own, they work to learn more about the looming Draconic and Elemental Evil threats. Threadless builds her dragon, though there remains a flaw at the heart of it. Random speaks with his bride about their future. Tasos considers expanding his nightmare realm. Darius finds both a kindred spirit and a solution. And Ordevi takes his leave from the pantheon, heading out to spread word of the new gods via a knowledge aqueduct.

Godbound: Sundered Cycles (Session 33 of 33) Lowell Francis runs for Ethan Harvey, Patrick Knowles, Sherri, and Tyler Lominack The final session of the campaign.

Damn the Man, Save the Music! Donogh runs for Casey T, David Adrian Randall, and Thomas Manuel The employees of Revolution Records are (not) prepping for the imminent arrival of Mr Maestro! Jake J the local rockstar is desperately seeking a band, Brags the space case is trying to find the lost cat, Apple the overachieving temp is looking to reconnect with a cute skater boy! And they're wondering what Yu's beef is with the big shot and what exactly Purple means on the DEFCON scale...

Star Wars Saturday

Fellowship Rich Rogers runs for Cody Eastlick, Greg G., Kae, Steven Watkins, and Tyler Lominack The Fellowship of the Dilligent Spark travel to Dathomir to discover the sinister plot of Taron Malicos, then rush to face him and his Nightbrother band.

Stars in the Dark: Stars in the Dark II (Session 6) Anders runs for Marc Majcher, Mark (they/them), Rich Rogers, and Steven Watkins KABOOOM!

Off-Calendar Highlights

The Between: Stars and Suns, Season Two (Session 9) Madelancholy runs for Jack, Mike, Sarah W., and Steph "Coming and Going" - In an attempt to find out more about the Slugger, Ernest gets more involved in Bout Club, to his dismay. Sir Atticus listens to La Hortencia's story after fending off interference from a familiar acquaintance. Dame Georgie allows himself to be a temporary vessel to the Abbey's demonic presence, only to be betrayed more than once. Liat makes several tempting offers.

Trophy Gold: Hissing Darkness: In the Wake of Secrets (Session 1) Madelancholy runs for Dom, James, Jazy, and Mike Ferdinando The first of two concurrent series of this Rooted in Trophy (Gold) incursion, the characters wake too early in a Ship warped by perfect darkness…survival a priority.

Trophy Gold: Hissing Darkness: Whispers in Exile (Session 1) Madelancholy runs for Amanda/iamatrex, B, Jonn, and Marc Majcher The second group to find themselves in the strange eerie darkness of the Ship, the survivors make their way out of Cold-Sleep, finding terrible things in the next Set...

Trophy Gold: Hissing Darkness: In the Wake of Secrets (Session 2) Madelancholy runs for Dom, James, Jazy, and Mike Ferdinando The survivors manage to battle their way out of the Cold-Sleep Warrens...but now they find themselves in the twisted, warped halls and vents of The Maze, stalked by something deadly, even as the Dark calls out to them: Reunion. Rebirth. Remake. And one of their number does, succumbing to their urge to consume and be consumed...

Trophy Gold: Hissing Darkness: Whispers in Exile (Session 2) Madelancholy runs for Amanda/iamatrex, B, Jonn, and Marc Majcher Deep within The Maze, the survivors encounter the strange warping of the Ship and more signs of that which hunts them. Memories come unbidden and are made real, and calls from the Dark tempt further connection...

Paranormal Inc (Session 9) Madelancholy runs for Brent and Michael D. Down by the Haunted Riverside - What could go wrong on a day-long cruise of teambuilding/employee party fun-time? Rumours abound as strange occurrences plague their trip - is it the boat, the river, or the Very Good Boat Cruise Company themselves?

[wormyorchids]

Welcome to the blind contour garden! 💐💐💐

Not up on my shop- I’m down for trades, but the best way to get it (and all my future zines) is my super cool mailing list!

[sweetdreamsjeff]

John Zorn's "COBRA" live at The Knitting Factory

Cobra was recorded at the Knitting Factory, NYC, throughout 1992. John Zorn acted as conducter for the monthly impromptu jams, which were recorded and are dated according to month.

Jeff Buckley participated in April's recordings. Buckley contributed voice (tenor) to track 4, "Taipan," and track 5, "D. Popylepis."

@crudecube

2 years ago (edited)

Setlist for anyone trying to find a particular artist from the Knit.

0:00 - "Hemachatus Haemachatus" (Track 1)

2:12 - "Naja Naja Atra" (Track 2)

5:52 - "Many-Banded Krait" (Track 3)

16:19 - "Taipan" (Track 4)

17:49 - "D. Popylepis" (Track 5)

18:29 - "Lampropeltis Doliata Syspila" (Track 6)

21:01 - "Boomslang" (Track 7)

32:08 - "Maticora Intestinalis" (Track 8)

38:21 - "Acanthopis Antarcticus" (Track 9)

42:21 - "Hydrophiidae" (Track 10) > (Abrupt cutoff @ 44:51) ================[CUTOFF]=================

I may have got some wrong since they're so difficult to distinguish, with the ambient noise and faded transitions and all. If my approximations are correct, that leaves 4 tracks missing, which would get it to about an hour in length.

How do you play John Zorn's COBRA

The BBC documentary series On the Edge: Improvisation in Music (1992) includes a short segment of Zorn explaining and conducting two versions of Cobra.[8] His goal with Cobra, Zorn said, was to "harness" the creative developments in improvisation and extended techniques by New York City's downtown scene musicians in a semi-structured way, but "without hindering" their performances; he was interested in telling the musicians when to play, and with whom, but without telling them what to play. Plus-Minus (1963, 1974) by German composer Karlheinz Stockhausen was a key inspiration for Zorn, inspiring him to develop methods play with or against each other and in response to his cues but without dictating specific notes, sounds, or other formal structures. Though Cobra can be performed by any number of musicians plus a prompter who handles the cards, Zorn has stated that at least ten musicians are ideal, with care taken in selecting the musicians based on their improvisational skills and personalities.[7]

Release Date 1992

Duration 01:00:50

Recording Date 1992

Recording Location Knitting Factory

Jeff Buckley Guest Artist, Tenor (Vocal)

ALL MUSIC REVIEW

Live at the Knitting Factory Review by Scott Yanow

Calling this set of performances bizarre would be an understatement. John Zorn inspired (through obscure game playing that is not explained anywhere on this CD) these 14 eccentric "tributes" to different types of cobras. Because many of the performances utilize samplers and voices (in addition to conventional instruments and miscellaneous devices), the wide range of sounds attained from the 87 musicians (heard in different combinations) is impressive, if often quite unlistenable, ranging from humorous interludes to very obnoxious noise. For a few examples, "Cobra 4" has a man screaming over and over again, "Cobra 2" features a sound collage with a male opera singer repeating the same four notes continuously, and "Cobra 5" has, among its many vocal noises, a man imitating a dog barking. There are some colorful segments, but in general, these self-indulgent performances would be much more interesting to see in person than to hear on record. Taken purely as a listening experience, one is surprised that this material has even been released.

JOHN ZORN'S COBRA LIVE AT THE KNITTING FACTORY

Knitting Factory Works release date: 1995

CD#: KFW 124

Cobra was recorded at the Knitting Factory, NYC, throughout 1992. John Zorn acted as conducter for the monthly impromptu jams, which were recorded and are dated according to month. Jeff Buckley participated in April's recordings. Buckley contributed voice (tenor) to track 4, "Taipan," and track 5, "D. Popylepis." Credits for both track 4 & track 5: Jeff Buckley (voice, tenor) M. Doughty (voice, tenor) Judy Dunaway (voice, mezzo-soprano) Mark Ettinger (voice, tenor) Gisburg (voice, soprano) Cassie Hoffman (voice, soprano) Nina Mankin (voice, mezzo-soprano) Chris Nelson (voice, baritone) Juliet Palmer (voice, alto) Wilbur Pauley (voice, bass) Rick Porterfield (voice, baritone) Eric Qin (voice, baritone)

[queer-boo-radley]

hi :) 4, 10, 15, 22, 27, & 49

Hiiii :)

4.) which television series do you use as a form of escapism? Depends on my mood. Usually it's Law and Order: SVU, Cold Case, or Criminal Minds, but if I want to force myself to be happy and laugh then it's an old show like M*A*S*H*, Golden Girls, or the OG Roseanne series. 10.) what’s one book you’d suggest every person should read? Smoke Gets In Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin Doughty. Has to deal with how we as a culture have become so disconnected from the process of dying and death, and how important it is to develop a healthy relationship with the concept of your own inevitable death.

15.) name one musical album that greatly impacted your life? why? This took a Moment to think of. For some reason I forgot the name of every album in existence ever. But it was definitely the album Toxicity by System of a Down. I was a super angry, angsty 14-year-old when it came out, and it was angry music, but the lyrics also had a LOT of deeper themes about things like mass incarceration, the CIA, the environment, police brutality, drug addiction, and scientific reductionism. I ended up reading the lyrics and then doing a lot of online independent learning while listening to that album front to back on repeat. 22.) what was your first cell phone? Oh god, some cheap little plastic thing I picked up a few weeks before I started college. 27.) your latest obsession? and why? I'm kind of in between obsessions at the moment. Do people in general count? I found this Youtube channel called The People's Profiles that does hour long docs about various infamous people throughout history, the good and the bad ones, and I've just been streaming through them. 49.) name a public figure you find to be overrated? why? Jared Leto. I just think, that for an actor who goes so unnecessarily hard on the in-character stuff, the characters that he plays should at least be good. But I feel like it's always just Jared, playing himself, playing a character. If that makes sense? TLDR Actor can't act imo.

[musicmags]