You asked for it. I don't know a lot about John Zorn, other than that 1) he rules, 2) he is quite prolific, and 3) he does albums of Judaica (of his own special brand, sometimes, but yes), and that I laughed at a friend who hails from a distant land once because he exclaimed incredulously, "John Zorn is JEWISH?!?!?!?" (Granted, this was the same friend who had somehow given me a similar spit-take with "Leonard Cohen is JEWISH???" not long before, so please forgive my rudeness.) The John Zorn incident led to me verbally making a list of awesome musicians who are Jewish (Chuck Schuldiner was near the top) while laughing uproariously. Anyway, I am having a terrible week, so I appreciate this assignment... it has led me to believe that my miserable heart may be soothed by a balm of Naked City albums. Eh, it's worth a shot.
this is the coolest thing i will ever say (and it is true).... i was once at tonic in new york city watching a silent film with accompaniment by some artist whose name i don't remember. the night before i was at the knitting factory getting trashed and watching thurston (moore, that is) play an acoustic set (that i recorded). i'd also seen marc ribot that weekend, but don't really remember it. anyway... at tonic that night was mr john zorn, sitting at a table, surrounded by three beautiful, buxom, long haired blonde women who were all over him. it was unsettling, and i acted all creepy about it, just staring at them pretty much the whole time, though they only stayed for about an hour or so. it was similar to the time i watched "the big lebowski" in a theater in london with jeff bridges, but i didn't follow mr zorn. and i was lying about getting wasted. the first time i visited NYC i was too terrified (and underage) to drink.
this is the coolest thing i will ever say (and it is true).... i was once at tonic in new york city watching a silent film with accompaniment by some artist whose name i don't remember. the night before i was at the knitting factory getting trashed and watching thurston (moore, that is) play an acoustic set (that i recorded). i'd also seen marc ribot that weekend, but don't really remember it.
ReplyDeleteanyway... at tonic that night was mr john zorn, sitting at a table, surrounded by three beautiful, buxom, long haired blonde women who were all over him. it was unsettling, and i acted all creepy about it, just staring at them pretty much the whole time, though they only stayed for about an hour or so.
it was similar to the time i watched "the big lebowski" in a theater in london with jeff bridges, but i didn't follow mr zorn. and i was lying about getting wasted. the first time i visited NYC i was too terrified (and underage) to drink.