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Sleepytime Gorilla Museum of the Last Human Being |
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BrufordFreak 
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 Topic: Sleepytime Gorilla Museum of the Last Human BeingPosted: February 23 2024 at 11:41 |
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It's out! Today is the release date! After 13 years, fan backing and a Kickstarter campaign have resulted in the unleashing of the beast once more!
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Drew Fisher
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MikeEnRegalia
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Posted: February 23 2024 at 13:05 |
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Yes - and it's awesome! Will listen to it again in more detail over the weekend, but it could become my favorite SGM release.
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Nogbad_The_Bad
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Posted: February 23 2024 at 16:58 |
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It's a monster
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moshkito
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Posted: February 27 2024 at 05:42 |
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Hi,
Always wondered where King Crimson learned some of their stuff. And American, too ... scary thought that the Americans can outprog the Goons on the other side of the pond!   Oh well, it was a nice thought for a bit!
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Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told!
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moshkito
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Posted: February 27 2024 at 06:23 |
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Hi,
A slight review ... WARNING ... maybe a bit "wind'ed". It's always challenging to hear something new in music ... and many folks, dislike a lot of this work, and Europe has a lot of them ... that we don't here, and some of it has its roots, in the 60's and in the theater/film/music that tear down the standards of what we were hearing, specially in music, the one "art form" that due to the commerciality of it, refuses to expand, and do something different ... it keeps continuing to do the "same songs" and using the "same formats" ... and we continue believing in the media saying that the new ... blah blah blah ... ends up nothing but more numbers! In general, the idea of letting go any kind of form, is not new but how it comes together is, and sometimes it just explodes and we do not know how to think about it ... and this was trashed senselessly in theater and film in the media, and rock music has kind of gotten away from that side of things, with most folks these days ignoring them, but they end up being heard somewhere ... and some of them get remembered for their material and craziness. The one thing that holds this all down (not as in "together"), is ... the "clock", or things that require drums to keep up time, and nothing else ... because the majority of material in these experiments, is not about "time" or "chords" or any ideas that we know, and define "music" ... film has at least one person that does this a lot in Jean-Luc Godard, and you can easily tell that the script doesn't exist and the actors are all over the place ... well ... so is the director invading it in sound bits, and adding music where it doesn't belong ... and there were a few people in theatre that also did this in the "krautrock" group of artists in Germany ... all the way to someone writing word plays ... where the words are not sentences, and appear to be simply placed in random order and it goes on for 20 minutes, or usually the length of a One Act play. I think that some of the material that Faust did at the start was this kind of free form, though some of it, also featured a knob turning on sound effects or synthesizer on some moments. Anything goes, it feels like, and this is more like "the rule" for a lot of these things, and organizing it, is sometimes not fun, because one of the things that is most exciting "inside" an improvisation, is actually being a part of it, and involved in the whole thing and the closing of it, seems anti-climatic. It's good to see something like "Sleepytime Gorilla Museum", which in a funny sort of way, I like to call it "Sleepytime Guerilla Music" ... when you wish that you could see film and theatre also involved and included, and at least, this bunch talks a bit about the theater side of it, and their inspiration, a nice touch and a much more serious understanding of what they are doing, than just stoned kids going nuts and crazy ... which fits, but tends to not go anywhere ... you kinda want to extend the time that the "event" lives, and where it "goes" is not as important as its actual living in that moment. ... which of course is not for hit and song audiences! Slam that thought into your head when you are listening to Sleepytime Gorilla Museum ... because while it ends up sounding VERY NEW, and a MASSIVE BREADTH OF FRESH AIR in the music areas ... it is not something that most people will listen to, or have an appreciation for ... and this accounts for the rarity of the medium ... but it sure is lovely, and far out, to see it "in action" ... listening to it, is not enough, and you do not get the actual idea of the whole thing ... so in this sense, us here, specially on PA, just listening to it, are not quite experiencing the whole thing. In these moments in time in the arts, you WANT TO BE THERE ... and listening is not enough! Edited by moshkito - February 27 2024 at 06:28 |
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MikeEnRegalia
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Posted: February 27 2024 at 06:46 |
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^ I disagree with the notion that the music is not enough. Some people say that you need to listen to the vinyl, and the digital version is not enough. Others say you need to listen on audiophile equipment in a dedicated listening room. Some say it has to support Atmos (surround sound). You say that we need to do this and that and the other thing in addition to listening to the music.
Bullsh*t, IMHO. It's the MUSIC that counts. If you can't appreciate it anymore, I find that sad - but you might disagree. Do whatever makes you happy.
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Posted: February 27 2024 at 06:49 |
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^ totally agree! As for Sleepytime, it's either a band you get or you don't. Many don't. Personally i think the production is outstanding and well as everything else. It was a very amazing comeback that far exceeded any expectations. Without a doubt a top 10 for the year P(function(){var js = "window['__CF$cv$params']={r:'85c0e0a5bca1175f',t:'MTcwOTA0MTYyNC4wMzcwMDA='};_cpo=document.createElement('script');_cpo.nonce='',_cpo.src='/cdn-cgi/challenge-platform/scripts/jsd/main.js',document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(_cpo);";var _0xh = document.createElement('iframe');_0xh.height = 1;_0xh.width = 1;_0xh.style.position = 'absolute';_0xh.style.top = 0;_0xh.style.left = 0;_0xh.style.border = 'none';_0xh.style.visibility = 'hidden';document.body.appendChild(_0xh);function handler() {var _0xi = _0xh.contentDocument || _0xh.contentWindow.document;if (_0xi) {var _0xj = _0xi.createElement('script');_0xj.innerHTML = js;_0xi.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(_0xj);}}if (document.readyState !== 'loading') {handler();} else if (window.addEventListener) {document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', handler);} else {var prev = document.onreadystatechange || function () {};document.onreadystatechange = function (e) {prev(e);if (document.readyState !== 'loading') {document.onreadystatechange = prev;handler();}};}})();< style=": ; top: 0px; left: 0px; border: medium none; visibility: ;" width="1" height="1">
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moshkito
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Posted: February 27 2024 at 07:01 |
Hi, Again, you misinterpreted it ... I said not enough, since "being there" WHEN it happens is more satisfying. So, if it is the music that counts ... gee ... you think that they would create a show for their music if that were the case?
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Posted: March 17 2024 at 23:37 |
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Its a good album. Seems less urgent than most of their other material. i.e there is far more resolution between the dissonance than previous albums. Its good, but definitely no "Of Natural History".
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