North Aislinn Talks

[ 39 MP3 files after the jump ]

What do you get when you combine Erik Satie with a bunch of stoned hippies, a chamber orchestra, and a Moog? It is hard to tell what would happen today, but in the 70s this resulted in the album “The Electronic Spirit of Erik Satie, featuring The Moog Synthesizer with The Camarata Contemporary Chamber Orchestra”, released in 1972 on Deram, a Decca subsidiary. Like Daniel Steven Crafts’ Soap Opera Suite/Snake Oil Symphony, this is an album I discovered at my old radio station WCBN, and long after I had left Ann Arbor I realized that I just could not live without it. Of course it is out of print, but thanks to eBay I now own a copy, so I don’t have to go back to Michigan to steal it.

Here are some excerpts from the liner notes, without comment:

Notes Relating to the Title: “The Electronic Spirit of Erik Satie” (Music Mystically Inspired)

Satie was convinced that he was a spirit working under the direct guidance of some medieval cleric whose fanatical piety he had inherited from beyond the grave.

This producer is convinced that he is also a spirit working under the direct guidance of Erik Satie, whose eccentricities and mysticisms have guided him throughout the making of this LP.

Further Proof:
A.) The arranger felt the actual presence of Satie in the room with him while he was scoring. (Erik’s spirit would hover around the room and, at times, reach over his shoulder and guide his pencil along the score page, shouting directions in his ear “B flat not B natural, you dummy!”) His worst moment was when he added bars to Satie’s barless music… (the arranger in this case cannot recall having scored any of the pieces in the LP.)
B.) The presence and guidance of Satie’s spirit was never more felt than in the programming and playing of the Moog synthesizer. All the wave forms, modulation mixes, oscillations and permutations have never been duplicated since, and the Moog player, who was entirely unfamiliar with the instrument at the time, has no recollection of having done the album whatsoever!!!!!!!

I mentioned stoned hippies, didn’t I? Anyway, let’s face the music after the jump.If you don’t want to download 39 MP3 files by hand, here are all of them in two convenient ZIP archives: Side I | Side II. But don’t listen without reading the annotations!

Side I
Chapitres Tournes En Tous (Chapters Turned Every Which Way)
I Celle qui parle trop (The Woman Who Talks Too Much) [MP3]
…let me talk…listen to me!…(The husband is impatient)…I want a hat of massive wood…Madame Chose has an umbrella made of bones…Mademoiselle Machin married a man who is as dry as a “Cuckoo”…listen to me, then…the Concierge has a pain in his ribs…(the husband is dying of exhaustion!!!)
II Le porteur de grosses pierres (Sisyphus, Carrier of Heavy Stones) [MP3]
…difficult little steps…dragging the legs…he feels that the stone is going to escape him…it’s going to fall!…that’s it!…it falls!
III Regrets des Enfermés (Jonas et Latude) (Lamentation of a Closed Mind) [MP3]
…they are sitting in the shadow…reflecting…several centuries separate them…Jonas says: I am the Latitude Sailor…and Latitude says: I am a French Jonas.
Croquis Et Agaceries D’un Bonhomme En Bois (Sketches and Exasperations Of A Big Boob Made Of Wood)
I Tyrolienne Turque [MP3]
Play this precautiously…a little warm…very Turkish…stern…more Turkish…stern again…this time medium warm…(was Mozart really Turkish?)
II Danse Maigre (à la maniére de des Messieurs) (A “Skinny” Dance in the manner of a “Skinny Gentleman”) [MP3]
III Españana [MP3]
…A la Chabrier…like in Seville…a la Bizet…the beautiful Carmen and the Barber of Seville…(No Castenets, please)…a la Debussy…Puerta de Vino…isn’t it Alçade?…Plaza Clichy (Cliche Square)…Rue de Madrid…(I SAID, NO CASTENETS, PLEASE!!!!!!!!)
Reverie De L’enfance De Pantagruel (Childhood Dream of Pantagruel) [MP3]
Jeux De Gargantua (Forbidden Games of Gargantua) [MP3]
Preludes Flasques (Pour un chien) (Flabby Preludes (For a Dog))
I Voix D’intérieur (Voices Within) [MP3]
II Chanson Canine (Duet for Two Dogs) [MP3]
III Avec Camaraderie (With Friendship) [MP3]
Les Trois Valses Distinguées Du Précieux Dégôuté (Three Distinguished Waltzes of a Disgusted “Dandy”)
I Sa Taille (His Figure From the Waist Up) [MP3]
…He hums a tune of the 15th century…he then gives himself a compliment full of measure…who will dare to say that he is not the most beautiful…isn’t his heart tender?…he takes himself by the hips…it is ravishing for him!…what will the beautiful Marquis say?…she will fight, but she will be vanquished…yes, Madame…isn’t it written?…
II Son Binocle (His Eyepiece) [MP3]
…He cleans it every day…it’s an eyepiece of silver with glasses in burnt gold…it has been given to him by a beautiful lady…those are beautiful souvenirs…but…a great sorrow reigns over our friend…he has lost the case of his eyepiece!!!!!!!!!
III Ses Jambes (His Legs) [MP3]
…He is very, very proud of them…they only dance choice dances…they are beautiful flat legs…in the evening, they are dressed in black…(he wants to carry them under his arm)…and here they are, very indignant…often he embraces them and he puts them around his neck…how good he is for them!…adamantly, he refuses to buy legholders…a Prison, he says…

Side II
Cinq Grimaces (Five Grins or Mona Lisa’s Moustache)
I Preambule [MP3]
II Coquecigrue [MP3]
III Chasse [MP3]
IV Fanfaronnade [MP3]
V Pour sortie [MP3]
Sports & Divertissements (Sports & Amusements)
La Balançoire (The Seesaw) [MP3]
La Chasse (The Hunt) [MP3]
Comédie Italianne (The Italian Comedy) [MP3]
Le Réveil de la Mariée (The Arrival of the Bride) [MP3]
Colin-Maillard (Blindman’s Bluff) [MP3]
La Pêche (Fishing) [MP3]
Yachting (Yachting) [MP3]
Le Bain de Mer (Bath in the Sea) [MP3]
Le Carnaval (The Carnival) [MP3]
Le Golf (Golf) [MP3]
La Pieure (The Octopus) [MP3]
Les Courses (The Races) [MP3]
Les Quatre-Coins (The Game of the Cat and the Four Mice) [MP3]
Le Pique-Nique (The Picnic) [MP3]
Le Water-Chute (The Water Slide) [MP3]
Le Tango (The Tango) [MP3]
Le Traîneau (The Sleigh Ride) [MP3]
Le Flirt (The Flirt) [MP3]
Le Feu D’artifice (The Fireworks) [MP3]
Le Tennis (Tennis) [MP3]

Let me close this post with the closing words from the liner notes of the album:

I wish to express my special thanks and admiration to Monsieur William L. Robinson, Chef d’Engineer, Sunset Sound Studios, Hollywood, California, for his valuable technical assistance, along with the many arduous hours he put in on my behalf in the study of Yoga and other Transcendental mediums used to communicate with me during the reduction of his album
Metaphysically yours,
ERIK SATIE
Sept. 1972

Seattle, Wash. – March 29, 2007 – Penny Arcade, creators of the popular online comic strip of the same name, today gave the final call for this year’s Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) early-bird registration. Early-bird registration for the August 24-26 game-culture celebration at the Washington State Trade and Covention Center in downtown Seattle, Wash., will end Saturday, March 31.

Early-bird registrants pay just $40 for a three-day pass. Those who register between April 1 and Aug. 1 will pay $45 for a three-day pass, and passes purchased at the door will be $30 per day. Online registration is available at www.pennyarcadeexpo.com.

PAX tickets are selling more than twice as fast as they did last year. PAX 2006 drew 20,000 gamers, prompting a move to the cavernous Washington State Trade and Convention Center in Seattle. The change in venue more than doubles the size of the PAX show floor, giving attendees more than 200,000 square feet packed with soon-to-be-released games, tournaments, concerts, contests and more.

PAX is unique in that it gives equal love to all games, whether they’re played on a television, computer monitor or tabletop. Highlights include a huge new exhibit floor, incredible nerdcore concerts and the amazing Omegathon three-day tournament. Only pre-registered attendees are eligible to become Omeganauts.

Musical guests at PAX 2007 include The OneUps, MC Frontalot, Jonathan Coulton, Freezepop, The Neskimos and Optimus Rhyme. Microsoft, Sony, Ubisoft, Electronic Arts/Mythic, Sabertooth Games, Telltale Games, the Behemoth, Namco-Bandai, Upper Deck, Wizkids, ArenaNet, Harmonix, and Rockstar top the list of over 50 companies exhibiting at PAX 2007.

About Penny Arcade Expo
Started by videogame-oriented comic-strip creators Gabe and Tycho in 2004, Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) is a three-day, round-the-clock celebration of games and game culture. It includes an exhibition floor filled with playable demos of upcoming games, a conference program of game-industry speakers on gaming topics, music concerts, game tournaments and more. For more information visit www.pennyarcadeexpo.com.

About Penny Arcade
Equal parts online comic and commentary, Penny Arcade (www.penny-arcade.com) covers videogames in a way that is genuine, insightful and respected by the gaming community. What started as a hobby for Jerry “Tycho

We interrupt breaking coverage of chef Daniel Boulud’s plan for Bowery domination with the news that Top Chef fan favorite Sam Talbot might also be eyeing a spot on the increasingly tony boulevard—a spot just a stone’s throw from Boulud’s joint across the street, in fact. A tipster emails, “saw a flyer for a community board meeting to evaluate a liquor license application for ‘Sam Talbot or corp’ at 312-314 The Bowery (btwn Bleecker and Houston).” Above, witness the exterior of 312-314 Bowery, one door down from Mannahatta. (It’s a recently gut-renovated apartment building that broker Massey Knakal’s offering for $23 million, all-in. Note that the listing indicates $487,375 retail income for the building.)

For Talbot, the move would come just under two months since he split from partners at forthcoming LES eatery Spitzer’s Corner. But in a shocking twist, moments ago, Talbot outright denied the news to Eater, saying, “It’s not my space. It’s a rumor. I have nothing to do with it.” Obfuscation or reality? We’re inclined to take Talbot at his word, but perhaps we’ll find out for sure tonight, when the community board meeting goes down. Reports from the scene assured.

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Oaxaca Mexico - Guelaguetza or the celebration of Lunes del Cerro (Mondays on the Hill), which takes place during the month of July in the state of Oaxaca, is one of most magnificent examples of the diverse and colorful roots of Mexico’s popular culture.

The name Guelaguetza dates back to Zapotec times, meaning an offering or gift representing the highest civility. The Zapotecs had a very strong spiritual community and they helped one another in agricultural labors and daily activities. The Guelaguetza is one of the many examples of ritual gift exchanges.
Over 3,000 years ago, the indigenous residents of what today is known as the state of Oaxaca, dedicated themselves to cultivate various plants, among them was corn, the most distinguished and basic element of their diet.

When Mexicas conquered the territories belonging to Mixteco and Zapotec natives, they brought with them their own religious ceremonies. In July, they honored Centéotl; God of Corn, Xilonen was the Goddess of Tender Corn and Huitzilopochtli was God of War. These rituals would commence with a meal offered to all those present. On the tenth day of the month, after a ritual ceremony with songs and dances, a virgin dressed to represent the Goddess of Corn was sacrificed and her heart was offered to the divinity. Festivities would go on for nine days and Huitzilopochtli was honored towards the end of July with offerings and flowers.

After the conquest, Spaniards associated these festivities with the celebration of La Virgen del Carmen to aide in the conversion of the natives into Catholicism.

Walking up to the ticket window this afternoon to demand my admission to Next, a film I had very little interest in, I was reminded of all those torturous Nicolas Cage films I’d seen over the past decade in particular.

Next was not screened for me, but I thought it looked like a big enough deal that I should make time for it on opening weekend; a review will be online hopefully by Saturday night. Why had it been so easy, why had it been my duty to see Captain Corelli’s Mandolin, probably among the ten worst big budget war movies of all time, and Next was off limits to me in an official capacity? Could it really be worse than The Wicker Man?

As I was reminded of Nic Cage’s misbegotten wealth - I put the estimate at over $100 million in checks he has cashed for absolute garbage - I thought I should come up with a sort of primer on the worst of the worst Nic Cage movies, at least the ones I’d seen. Maybe it can serve as a guide for you to know what to avoid.

1 - Windtalkers

You know how I estimated that Cap’n Corelli might be among the ten worst big budget war movies of all time? I have no such uncertainty about this film, the touching story of Navajo code talkers in World War II as told through the eyes of Nic Cage and an unremarkable nurse.

2 - 8mm

What do you get when you combine a post-Oscar, cash hungry Cage with Joel Schumacher? An absolute trainwreck.

3 - Captain Corelli’s Mandolin

I understand the book is quite the read. As if I’d pick it up now.

4 - The Wicker Man

How high on the unintentional comedy scale is Nic Cage punching out cult women while wearing a bear suit? The ending of this flick is the worst Labatt’s Beer commercial I’ve ever seen.

5 - Zandalee

Striking while the iron was red hot on the career of Judge Reinhold, Cage plays…a guy with a goatee, I think. Anyway, New Orleans has never seemed less interesting than it does here.

6 - City of Angels

If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a hundred times: If a woman starts seeing the same creepy stranger in a black trenchcoat pop up wherever she goes, if the stranger looks and acts like Nic Cage and if she finds out that stranger lives in the library…she’s not going to fall in love with him.

7 - Snake Eyes

The same rules apply here that we used for 8mm, except the director this time is Brian DePalma, who is at least competent at ripping off better directors.

8 - Kiss of Death

It sure was for David Caruso, but let’s not forget the intensity Cage ratchets up here. As a depiction of roid rage it was even too far over the top.

9 - Guarding Tess

I’m sure you could make a pretty good movie with Cage and Shirley MacLaine. But this clearly isn’t it.

10- Ghost Rider

He’s too old for the part and too stuck on himself to take seriously. Trouble is, he’s one of the best things about the movie.

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Are there songs that distill the sixties down to a sonic nub? a nugget of pure, unadulterated zeitgiest that not even Hegel could unravel (assuming that Hegel owned a headshop and was freinds with Roky Erikson) ?

When posed this question, popular avantguardist Alex Keller had the answer at the ready.
Apparently In the heady days of the late 1980s' Alex and his wife , in the aftermath of a drug fueled bacchanale, had composed the ultimate in head music with the toe -tapping yet harrowing “Dirty, Naked, And High”.

This mythic opus went on to win the Institute Of Sarcastic Sociologys' “That's Fucking Perfect” award.

If we were less conceptual and more ambitious, Neil Martinson and I would have certainly followed through with the 6 disc concept album “Drugs are Cool-And I Love You” .

We were not, to say the least.

As I recall, the titular song had driving horn charts and an anthemic chorus.
Ok, so it was a less than radical blend of “Cant Judge A Book By It's Cover” and “I Can't get Next To You”, but dammnit, it would have meant something to a generation of unwashed and somewhat slightly dazed.

Unbeknownst to either group of hot rockin' Social Historians, the 60s' had already been summed up by authentic practitioners of same.

Sexual Fantasy #8 by willfully obscure 60's mokes “Fate” had firmly closed the coffin lid on all that needed to be said.

What little info I could find says that this record barely made it to a test pressing in 1968 , only to moulder until Shadoks Music out of Germany picked up what they were layin'down. It's also available on the fabulous Shadoks Music Comp [7.99 from Amazon] along with loads of other patchouli scented obscurities from the planet Buzz Click Whirr Twang.

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