Wednesday, March 07, 2007

dietrich's ecclecticism

Deer Hoof, from sentireascoltare.comadam sends this link to a podcast of favorite tunes by john dietrich of deerhoof, a band i've recently discovered (thru adam) and immediately like without having delved to far into the recordings.

i have to admire mr. dietrich's taste which is far more ecclectic than even my own. of the 22 artists/titles listed i have knowledge of only the following 7:
  1. fiery furnaces - i thought blueberry boat was a strange and largely unappealing uptake on 70s rock-theater.
  2. bill dixon - clearly a modern trumpet master - why are there so many saxophone gods and so few trumpet gods?
  3. us maple - noisy, right? i think i would like & need to hear more
  4. bartok - dunno what "tale" is but his 6 string quartets are some of the best music of all time
  5. satie - is it possible his reputation is far greater than the music actually warrants?
  6. marc ribot - i still know only through his masterful work on the classic mid-1980s tom waits albums - what's his one leader date to hear?
  7. patty waters - vintage ESP era improv stuff, right? never actually heard tho.
otherwise i'm stumped, any and all help appreciated...

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