When Julian Cope first put together his definitive Krautrock book, Krautrocksampler, it was to organize and make sense of all the great German music that was lazily lumped in with all the other "prog" crap that people despised. Since then, Krautrock has become something much more established and celebrated the world over. Case in point: 14 years after the release of Cope's book, a documentary a...
If you had only 3 wishes and 1 of them was to ask Julian Cope anything, what would it be? From the macabre to the mundane, Uncut magazine wants to know. Uncut will be interviewing the musical mage for a feature article, and they'd like input. NME is helping promote it:Our sister magazine UNCUT is interviewing Julian Cope for their An Audience With... feature in their next issue, and they're ...
Fascinating.A blogophere search for Julian Cope lead me, breadcrumb by breadcrumb, to the mogosphere. Insert toe in pond, prepare to dive in headfirst. Unsure of all around me, take time to get acclimated. Track songs I listen to, cool, except I don't listen to songs directly from my computer, I dove into the Internet radio broadcasting pond years ago. Still, I guess I could have another co...
I was going through my cd's and came across 2 of which you moggers should pick up. I can remember buying these in the long boxes, and I have gotten every cent out of them. If anything, its a great reminder of the days of MTV when they played good music. If you can find them, they are called "Nevermind the Mainstream, Best of 120 Minutes", volumes 1 and 2. They both have solid track listings, an...
Its back, and its big, for anyone like me, entwined in the latest wave of "strange folk", take the opportunity to re-sample, a much over-looked gem - the stone-hugger general's krautrock pastoral masterpiece from '92 "Jehovahkill" - re-issued as a 2 CD deluxe edition.LINK
It's great to make a new discovery but a little perplexing when it's someone who's been around for decades. How is it that I've never heard of Julian Cope before? The name was scribbled down on the list I keep of things to get and people to check out but I had no idea of who he was or what kind of music he does. I got a selection tonight of a sampler of tracks from his various albums and I like...
Want to hear something nice? Check out Jan Michael Looking Wolf's "Native Blues," and in particular, the song "2 Hawks." (the link is somewhere below). The quote below is from the website.Native Blues"Native Blues contains a beautiful blend of native flute with classical blues and jazz -fusion. Looking Wolf is an established blues guitarist and vocalist - vintage guitars, ancient drums, tradi...
I was going through my cd's and came across 2 of which you moggers should pick up. I can remember buying these in the long boxes, and I have gotten every cent out of them. If anything, its a great reminder of the days of MTV when they played good music. If you can find them, they are called "Nevermind the Mainstream, Best of 120 Minutes", volumes 1 and 2. They both have solid track listings, an...
Last week I heard/saw Dead or Alive's video "You Spin Me Round(Like A Record" on Lizziegreeneyes New Wave wars post. I hadn't seen that vid in ages. They were quite a trip back in the '80s & influenced other artists as well.I was listening to Julian Cope's "20 Mothers" 1995 album since I had bought it a few months ago & hadn't really listened to it properly. As I was listening, the above song c...
If you had only 3 wishes and 1 of them was to ask Julian Cope anything, what would it be? From the macabre to the mundane, Uncut magazine wants to know. Uncut will be interviewing the musical mage for a feature article, and they'd like input. NME is helping promote it:Our sister magazine UNCUT is interviewing Julian Cope for their An Audience With... feature in their next issue, and they're ...
Want to hear something nice? Check out Jan Michael Looking Wolf's "Native Blues," and in particular, the song "2 Hawks." (the link is somewhere below). The quote below is from the website.Native Blues"Native Blues contains a beautiful blend of native flute with classical blues and jazz -fusion. Looking Wolf is an established blues guitarist and vocalist - vintage guitars, ancient drums, tradi...