The only good song from Consequences

Dad: Hey Josh, why can't you be more epic?
Son: Dad-uh! I'm trying to pratice economy!
Dad: Josh, you're such a pussy.
Son: I'll show you, one of these days I'm gonna be sooooo rich.

Godley and Creme's Consequences sucks.  If you're ever in a record store, and you see it for cheap, and think "but maybe it's worth it, it's their first record and it's from 1977, so it might be good..."  just stop thinking that.  It is not worth sitting through.  It's barely music.  I could tell you how upset I am about wasting my money on it, but that's my own fault.  It's obvious that Godley & Creme are indulgent, way indulgent, always.  They rarely pull it off. 

Godley and Creme - When Things Go Wrong

This song won't be that impressive unless you listen to it loudly on speakers.  Don't pussy out on me. 

This is how I feel all of the time right now

Biff Rose - What's Gnawing At Me

You don't know what's going on

Found this from the good folks over at idontcareaboutsleep.  This dude is out there.  A true mystic of the cosmos.  A real cowboy.

Exuma - You don't know what's going on

Cloudbusting

I don't know much about Wilhelm Reich, but he seems like a crazy fuck. After seeing Sweet Movie, I read up on Dusan Makavejev, and his previous film, W.R.: Mysteries of the Organism, is about Reich, among other things. Further Wikipediaing lead me to the insanity of Reich's philosophy and practices. There's too much to go into, and I really don't know that much about him, but beyond the fact that his practices are fascinatingly bizarre, I can't say that I have too much interest in him.

What is interesting, is to get a clearer understanding of Kate Bush's "Cloudbusting".  Most of her songs are so enigmatic and intelligent that I feel like I need footnotes to decipher them.

Loosely, from what I can understand, a "cloudbuster" is designed to shoot Orgone energy into the sky to create clouds, thus producing rain.  Orgones were created by Reich, and in his own words, are a "primordial cosmic energy".  Apparently anti-Orgone energy played a role in the desertification of the earth, and he used cloudbusters to fight this.  This is obviously an oversimplified description, but from what I can tell it makes absolutely no sense whatsoever.

I wanted to post a cool picture of one of these cloudbusters, but it turns out they aren't that visually impressive, so instead I'll post the cover of Bush's single, which has a very imaginative re-creation of a cloudbuster, conceived by Terry Gilliam.



To make a very long, and very weird, story short, Reich was eventually arrested by the FBI and died while imprisoned. The Kate Bush song is written from the perspective of his son.

I thought about posting the music video for this song, featuring Donald Sutherland portraying Reich, and Bush as his son, but when it comes down to it, the video unfortunately sucks.  I am already walking the fine line of posting too much questionable material in one post.  You can youtube the video if you really want to, but it's pretty disappointing. 

Kate Bush - Cloudbusting

Stay Sweet

From director Dusan Makavejev of Yugoslavia. This is a Criterion release, so it can't be that hard to get a hold of.  It's a completely out of control, full on, absurdist political farce. Tons of nudity, both female and male, and plenty of degradation. It can be a little too righteous at times. For instance, there's a very difficult ten minute scene near the end involving coprophilia and emetophilia (shit and vomit everywhere), which I personally had a hard time handling, but besides that, it's a good old-fashioned European cult masterpiece. It's a movie that does whatever it wants to do. I supposed you could argue that it lacks subtlety and is distasteful, but then you wouldn't be having any fun.

Apparently Sweet Movie is Makavejev's most unrestrained film, so it'll be interesting to see what his other movies are like. If he can create a more formulaic story and present it with a fraction of the panache that he did with Sweet Movie, I'm in for a treat. (If you know what I mean.)

 

 

Cluster - Marzipan (from Zuckerzeit)

Drivin' Juice

I recently discovered Mississippi Records. Also, I'm making mint/lime/ginger infused vodka. If it turns out well, I will put it into a big water bottle, mix it with ginger ale, and ride around on my bike while listening to these Mississippi Records releases on headphones. Hopefully I will stumble upon something beautiful. Like a brunette in a red dress. Or a turquoise convertible with keys in the ignition. This is turning into a Baby Cakes diary entry.





Two Gospel Keys: I don't feel at home in this world anymore.

Pure Electric Energy

It's good to hear another group using those Faust-esque keyboards, someone with the guts to try to reign in the sound of static. The way these crazy Italians blend futuristic prog with medieval motifs is stunning. This song sounds like a soprano that got kidnapped by the sheet-metal-monster on the way to the opera. Thanks to Ian for the suggestion.

Pierrot Lunaire - Plaisir d'amore