And this week's #JukeBoxFridayNight has the theme #BodyParts - which could be worrisome.
Gonna start with I Gave Myself To You by Snakefinger's Vestal Virgins.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5k2c03kHbQ
The single from this, his final album, was There's No Justice In Life and was released the day after his death (heart attack, age 38) in July 1987.
Gravity is a 1980 solo album by English guitarist and composer Fred Frith. It was Frith's second solo album, and his first since Henry Cow disbanded in 1978...Gravity has been described as an avant-garde "dance" record that draws on rhythm and dance from folk music across the world.
Gravity ...featured Frith backed by Swedish Rock in Opposition group Samla Mammas Manna on the first side of the LP and by American progressive rock group the Muffins on the second side. Additional musicians included Marc Hollander of Aksak Maboul and...Chris Cutler.
In a 1980 review in Sounds magazine, John Gill described Gravity as an album of "wonderfully stateless music", a blend of jazz, rock'n'roll, chamber, European ethnic, and New York City soul and Hispanic. With a reference to Frith's former bands, Henry Cow and Art Bears, Gill added "[a]nd this time, folks, you can dance to it!" -Wikipedia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeMTTr3CpyM
#fredfrith #henrycow #SamlaMammasManna #themuffins #ralphrecords
#theresidents #ralphrecords #theradioisbroken #wfmu #drummerstream
The Records That Wrecked Me: The Residents - Satisfaction https://youtu.be/-tptxeeOD_U?si=NQJ79rfMNX9UYsGm via @YouTube
MX-80 Sound “Why Are We Here” (1981) #RalphRecords https://youtu.be/tIHBehzE5l8
MX-80 Sound - Why Are We Here?
#ThrowbackThursday #80s #PunkRock #RalphRecords #music #existentialism
Schwump “You’re a Martian” (1976) #RalphRecords #space https://youtu.be/tjcyS83RE8E
The Residents “Laughing Song” (1978) #RalphRecords #LaughingSongs https://youtu.be/nA1tCI63ycY
Renaldo & the Loaf “Extracting the Re-Re” (1987) #RalphRecords https://youtu.be/xBP0vxP80N4
More #FredFrith, tonight. Some marvelous bits including a lengthy performance of the original #SkeletonCrew lineup of #Frith and Tom Cora. I was fortunate to have seen one of their gigs at Northwestern around '83 if I recall correctly. The show had a lasting impact and permanent influence. Being introduced to #ArtBears, Frith and the whole #RalphRecords catalogue at a young age really expanded my musical palate.
Fred Frith & Friends Step Across The Border DVD Bonus
