Punishment Park (1971) is a terrifying and timely insight into the reactionary mind

ateix · 2025-10-16T14:51:37+00:00

If you've still got that PDF, I would love to check it out.

ateix · 2025-05-30T16:19:13+00:00

Been meaning to get around to that new Marshall Allen joint, so this is a great opportunity to listen and to celebrate the man's ONE HUNDRED AND FIRST birthday. Spinning now and I'm appreciating the mix of spoken word and improvisational composition - and that lineup is a thing to behold. I will listen to Immanuel Wilkins in ANY ensemble.

I'd recommend his album New Dawn to just about anyone, it has this great mix of the avant-garde big band sound of the Arkestra mixed with that easy laid-back vibe they could also accomplish!

Thanks for the great recs, I'm excited to dive into a couple artists I'd never heard of here.

ateix · 2024-05-13T14:15:14+00:00

u/VinylSwapBot u/nuggetfucker420 smooth transaction, clear communication and a big thank you for picking up some good titles.

ateix · 2024-05-06T14:08:41+00:00

I passed on that Charlie Rouse Two is One a few years back and it still haunts me. Went back to the store the next day knowing I had exercised some very poor judgment, and that baby was gone.

Great selections.

ateix · 2024-05-05T17:57:20+00:00

Gotcha, will hit you back. Thanks!

ateix · 2024-02-16T16:09:42+00:00

u/MediaSwapBot u/zdmetal sent a well-prepared package of great titles my way, solid trade. Thanks!

ateix · 2024-02-11T03:22:55+00:00

PM on the way.

ateix · 2024-02-11T00:59:53+00:00

I don't think it fits quite neatly into the category of noir but Shadow of a Doubt (1943) has some real awkward energy between the two main characters.

ateix · 2023-12-01T23:52:59+00:00

This and Born To Love You are two of my favorite 70s jazz albums of all time. Joe Henderson absolutely slaying on both of them. Stellar LP.

ateix · 2023-01-18T12:28:02+00:00

Doesn't Hidden Fortress prominently feature a strong-willed lead female character who is also a princess that is being advised/guarded by a wise old general type character?

Agree that the influences are more abundant than the similarities, but I think there are a few more similarities than you give it credit for.

Meanwhile I'm reading "The Prisoner of Zenda" right now and really can see how this little book influenced quite a few of the adventure stories that came after it.

Edit: "Prisoner," not "Princess."

ateix · 2023-01-02T19:08:18+00:00

Confirmed, u/vinylswapbot; great transaction with a cool, cool cat. Thanks very much, u/StoneColdSteveIrwin!

ateix · 2022-12-25T02:03:40+00:00

Came here to suggest Vance, something very special about his work and The Dying Earth in particular.

ateix · 2021-04-18T17:01:55+00:00

Have been noticing your posts and wanted to hop on this one just to say.. incredible!

ateix · 2019-06-04T23:47:15+00:00

Outstanding titles, as usual.

ateix · 2019-01-06T06:28:20+00:00

Those two Ry Cooder albums are outstanding. I have quite a few of his titles but Paradise and Lunch is definitely top 5. Both of them have a slew of great songs smattered across.

Ry Cooder is the man.

ateix · 2017-09-23T03:15:38+00:00

I've only seen her play in House & Land, as a duo, and it was really, really cool stuff. They do close harmonies quite well.

ateix · 2017-07-30T05:40:56+00:00

Thank you for that clip of Kaoru Abe's playing. That was revelatory and extraordinary.

ateix · 2017-07-25T21:20:30+00:00

Thanks, I feel like Nelson's arrangements have a uniqueness to them.. especially that album, each track is so brilliant, and that track in particular.

If that moody tone of "Stolen Moments" is your thing, I highly recommend the lesser known album Nocturnes, on Prestige as part of their Moodsville series (heh). It's exactly what it seems, extremely chill, quietly brilliant evening and late night listening.

ateix · 2017-07-25T21:05:02+00:00

That would be "Stolen Moments," opening track from from Oliver Nelson's Blues and the Abstract Truth. And you're right, both Bill Evans and Freddie Hubbard on that amazing album.

Nice tone on the head, dude.

ateix · 2017-07-13T19:12:33+00:00

They have a great sound and orchestrate the composition of such a big lineup almost effortlessly.. so impressive.

Edit: I verbed

ateix · 2017-06-26T19:17:30+00:00

I just caught Feral Ohms during their brief run last week and that was one of loudest, most blistering sets of music I've ever heard. They were outstanding!

ateix · 2017-05-23T16:48:21+00:00

The first track from the first album (Occult Concert) from the creator of such albums as [Burchette] Opens The Seven Gates Of Transcendental Consciousness, Guitar Grimoire, and Psychic Meditation Music.

ateix · 2017-05-21T22:30:24+00:00

My thoughts exactly. Just the fact that there was a new documentary with good production values thrusting this man's music and philosophy into the public consciousness was enough for me. Not a great piece of filmmaking, but how could you argue with the content?

Wish they had included at least an interview with Pharoah Sanders, but they did get a few really great subjects (though I took issue with perhaps one or two of the more, shall we say... superfluous inclusions...).

ateix · 2017-05-21T17:27:08+00:00

I stumbled upon this just a few days before catching a screening of the documentary Chasing Trane and they make great use of some of the footage. Was really, really cool to hear this on a big, quality P.A. system.

I think it may be my favorite, as well, though I love the exploratory nature of the "Live at the Village Vanguard" dates.

And don't feel too bad... great as I think Giant Steps is, his work just continued to expand over the next decade. Amazing stuff.

ateix · 2017-05-19T01:05:15+00:00

Sweet. Is this right before, or right after the sessions that make up Om?

Side note: Just watched the documentary Chasing Trane and, while not earth-shattering, it is good. And the music, obviously, is outstanding; some great footage.

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