From: piovanel@ghost.dsi.unimi.it (marco piovanelli)
Subject: Re: Nurse With Wound: "Chance meeting..."
Organization: Computer Science Dep. - Milan University
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 12:12:17 GMT


nivekogr@athena.mit.edu (Christopher M Teixeira) writes:

>In article <1992Jul16.133922.24211@einoed.in-berlin.de> alh@einoed.in-berlin.de (Adrian Le Hanne) writes:
>>jaa@po.CWRU.Edu (Joseph A. Ambrose) writes:
>>
>>>Nurse with Wound is beautiful.
>>>Check out sucked orange.
>>>Sylvie and Babs is also excellent.
>>
>    I'd say you made a bad choice starting your NWW collection with
> 'Chance meeting...' although I'm sure the cover caught your attention.  
> Of the NWW stuff I have I'd say I probably like this release the least
>(bonus points for those who know what the title is an allusion to...HINT:
> he's dead)...  I'd say NWW's stuff can be crudely categorized into two

This isn't really a difficult quiz. One of the source texts from which
Stapleton and Tibet got a lot of inspiration (and a lot of excerpts)
is also one of the books the Surrealists found deeply impressive.
(Are you tree, Maldoror? Are you stone, Maldoror?)
Yet I will not spoil this question with an answer (what were the bonus points,
BTW?)

> groups, long pieces that slowly evolve and envelop you and (eventually)
> makes you hope it will never end, and shorter pieces that are usually much

Just an example of this first category: 'Soliloquy for Lilith' might be
considered a very long, evolving piece, on a 3LP boxed set (!).
BTW: what speed would you play it, Chris?  I'm for 33 RPM.

> more 'active' and thus more easily engaging.  I'd suggest you start with stuff
> from the latter group.  Most of these shorter pieces
> can be found on compilations that NWW contributed to and can be hard to
> find.  BUT there are two NWW albums 'Automating Vol.I' and 'Automating Vol.II'

I wouldn't suggest a compilation. Why wasting your money for a few
minutes of NWW contribution when NWW has a vast discography including
excellent (and longer) items of both categories?

> that are collections of the NWW compilation contributions.  'I Was No
> Longer Is Dominant' is on one of these, probably Vol.I.  'Sucked Orange' has
> very short songs but, to me, seems as though it was a joke album.  Kind of

Yep, 'A Sucked Orange' was a playful joke. I'd recommend it to any NWW fan
that already has at least 5 hrs worth of NWW recordings, so you can
exercise your memory with a 'when did I hear this tape before?' kind of game.

> a 'guess the origin of the snippet' game for NWW fiends.  I don't suggest
> this as your next (or anywhere soon) purchase.
>   I don't think the 'Automating..' things are out on CD yet, you can get
> tape copies from RRRecords for $7 each.  After these I'd suggest
> 'Homotopy To Marie' and 'Alas The Madonna Does Not Function' which are
> both out on CD now I think.  After ruminating on this stuff if you STILL

What??? 'Alas the Madonna...' on CD?? Are you sure? 

> haven't been stung by the NWW bug I'd say give up.

Wait: one more thing: 'Spiral Insana' is also great. Then give up and
consider 'upgrading' to the Hafler Trio.

>>
>>BTW, is someone here into John Waterman? The Hafler Trio (hi marco)? 
>>                                                          
>  As for John Watermann, I have the 'Coca-Cola' album and was moderately
> impressed but not enough to buy anything else by him.  How does his
> other material compare the above album?

> -Chris Teixeira

-- Marco Piovanelli
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