roachboy

o my.
there are many.
another day, the list would be different too.

in no particular order:

captain beefheart: trout mask replica
mothers of invention: freak out, we're only in it for the money
john coltrane: a love supreme, impressions (india in particular)
art ensemble of chicago: nice guys
eric dolphy: out to lunch
stockhausen: klavierstucke 1-11
john cage: sonatas for prepared piano, imaginary landscape 4 (for 12 shortwave radios)
eliane radigue: adnos
john carter: nightfire, castles of ghana, ghosts
erik satie: vexations
chris watson: weather report
genesis: the lamb lies down on broadway
fripp and eno: evening star
my bloody valentine: loveless
fela anikulapo kuti: kalakuta show, zombie, black president, original sufferhead
sun ra: space is the place, concert for the comet kahotek, cosmis tones for mental therapy, out there a minute
george russell: the african game

i forgot about roxy music--they were a really big deal to me when i was in high school. just the idea that another way of doing things was possible, with that level of glam degeneracy--turned a new hampshire boy's head all around.

actually, there's tons of stuff.
i have had my brain rearranged by a number of performances as well, and these not necessarily by folk who are particularly well-known--just that particular night in my particular state of mind etc...

music will fuck you up.
it's lovely that way.

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a gramophone its corrugated trumpet silver handle
spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear

it make you sick.

-kamau brathwaite