Soldier of the Road: A Portrait of Peter Brötzmann

Here it is. I got mine @ Volcanic Tongue



A long overdue film on one of Germany's many musical revolutionaries. Anthony Braxton has been getting some attention as of late with his TriCentric Foundation, and it's nice to see another visionary getting at least a modicum of exposure. Well shot, edited and produced, it's very nice to see Brötzmann taking digital photos of flowers and long walks in the woods - a real human smoking cigars and taking the Wuppertal train. Especially nice to see more of is the visual art that Brötzmann has been producing throughout his life (think Franz Kline mixed with Calder, but with a focus on landscapes) - don't expect to get a detailed account of European free improvisation, cuz it's not here. If you want that, go get Mike Heffley's indispensable work Northern Sun, Southern Moon. Instead you get a quiet, almost somber look at a man's lifelong relationship with art.
[edited 11-10-2011]

INFO ROUNDUP OCT.

OCTOBER 19TH 9PM 5 BONES
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TROPICAL TRASH + SAPAT
CROPPED OUT 2011
@THE CRUMMY DEN

A mention in The Wire - both Sapat and Tropical Trash are playing on Saturday Nov.12 - TICKETS ARE CHEAP, and believe me you're not gonna want to miss this thing.
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A CHEAPASS VIDEO FOR TROPICAL TRASH COCONUT CRIMEWAVE BIG BAND (MEMBERS OF SAPAT, SOFTCHEQUE, ALCOHOL PARTY, ETC.)"NEW FLESH"
FROM THE FORTHCOMING TT/NO COPPER SPLIT TAPE
HOW MANY EGGS DO YOU SEE?

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+ SOME NICE PICS OF THE CRIMEWAVE ET AL. IN ACTION BY BRIAN MANLEY OF UR ROCKERS THE SMACKS OVER @ AMERICAN GLOAM

Wednesday, September 28th

TROPICAL TRASH
WITCH HAT [from Baltimore]
ALCOHOL PARTY

@Derby City Espresso
331 E. Market
9pm
$5

FUCK

Picked this up on recommendation from the folks @ Volcanic Tongue in Glasgow - didn't really expect this to be as blisteringly kickass as it turned out to be...BUT HOLY SHIT. Stock 50's Phil Spector bass lines meet the howling ghosts of every psych guitarist who ever lived in some of the most moving, gorgeous, badass music humanly possible. These reissues have been getting a lot of press of late, but judging from this record it couldn't be more deserved. Recorded in glorious trash-can-fi (which only serves to remove these tracks even further out of time), this 2xlp set is on some nice heavy vinyl and is well worth the price of admission.

Get it:
in the US @ Forced Exposure
in the UK @ Volcanic Tongue

CD-R #3 ACTS OF REVERSAL is now available at the excellent Monorail music in Glasgow!

Tropical Trash - Acts of Reversal [CDR #3]

1 SURE SHE WILL
2 REMOVE THE GIFT
3 PASSING THROUGH LIGHT
4 GRIP: NECKLESS POLICE [ALL AGES]

17:04

Download: TT - Acts of Reversal [2011]

Grip: Neckless Police [All Ages] [Acts of Reversal CD-R #3 2011] by Loin Seepage

@ CAHOOTS

WEDNESDAY AUGUST 10TH

THE MEN
TROPICAL TRASH
PUSSY KONTROL

1047 BARDSTOWN ROAD

TROPICAL TRASH IS GONNA HAVE SOME NEW CD-R'S

SHOULD BE A GOOD TIME
IF IT'S NOT
BLAME GOD