Podcast appearances and mentions of kaoru abe

Il progetto Music Without Images di Ramona Ponzini per POLVERE è Immagine. Suono. Suoni fruiti attraverso le immagini. Field recordings in cui il “field” corrisponde al campo visivo. Un collage, un mix di musica ascoltata attraverso uno schermo, attraverso immagini precise, erotiche, filosofiche, spirituali, fonte di nutrimento onirico bidimensionale, dalle quali partire per tornare a ritroso alla fisicità e alla corporeità del suono stesso e della vita, come in un rituale.L'esordio di Ramona Ponzini risale al 2005 col progetto Painting Petals On Planet Ghost, incentrato sulla poesia giapponese come fonte privilegiata di testi musicabili, che approda su PSF Records, etichetta nipponica di culto di artisti quali Keiji Haino e Kaoru Abe. Negli anni collabora con figure del calibro di Lee Ranaldo dei Sonic Youth, Tom Greenwood dei Jackie-O Motherfucker, e con il percussionista industrial Z'ev. Il progetto solista, sviluppato a partire dal 2016, consiste in inusuali Dj set contaminati da interazioni vocali e in collage sonori. Sempre nel 2016 fonda insieme al curatore Matteo Mottin, Treti Galaxie un art project con il quale produce mostre di giovani artisti emergenti. Nel 2018 è resident dj alle OGR di Torino nell'ambito della mostra Dancing is what we make of falling, curata da Samuele Piazza e Valentina Lacinio. Nel 2019 realizza un vinile e una performance sonora dedicati all'opera di Salvo, presentati dalla Galleria Norma Mangione. www.ramonaponzini.com

All day I had the words "this world over" floating in my head, and only after doing this show did I remember that's a song title on my least favorite XTC record.* So it was left out of this impromptu apocalyptical set. A few months ago while reading about Kaoru Abe, I learned about his exploitative biopic. At the time, I joked that I should try to get the movie and play it on the air. And then I found the movie, and the Grouse stands by his word. It's a "Sid & Nancy for the free jazz set." The Lady Katie, listening from Shaw, asked if the movie was just sex and crying; and indeed it is. But also a few dust-ups, an amputated toe (for love's sake), and some blistering improv. As far as I can tell, the real Keiji Haino and Fushitsusha play themselves, on and off stage. My knowledge of the Japanese free jazz scene is extremely limited; with the exception of the lead actor, they all looked like real players giving semi-real performances. The entire movie audio was broadcast on 97.5 FM on 12.20.12. The entire audio is again presented here... because, what the hell. The full video is out there if you're really interested. Good luck finding subtitles! While on the air, I did my best to live tweet some visuals, and I've collected them at the bottom of this post. While typing these notes, I learned that the director of "Endless Waltz," Koji Wakamatsu, died in October. Let's just pretend, ex post facto, that this whole thing was a belated tribute to a director I'd never heard of. For podcasting purposes, I cannot link to anything above my audio link below. But click on his name in the playlist for the New York Times obituary. Rest in peace, Koji. The original plan for today was 1:44 to "Endless Waltz," 4 minutes to a late tribute to Ravi Shankar (the appropriate "I Am Missing You"), and 4 minutes for Bird's rendition of White Christmas. I hadn't planned to give in to the zeitgeist and do an end of the world set. But then the Lady Katie requested the Ted Leo track that we open with. I also showed up early for the first time in a great while, so bonus world-ending radio for all! *It would have made a good segue piece in this set too; from XTC to Seagulls Screaming Kiss Her Kiss Her (the band, named after the XTC song on "The Big Express"), to Kaoru Abe. Download | Podcast Ted Leo & the Pharmacists - "Last Days" (from The Brutalist Bricks) Talulah Gosh - "My World's Ending" (from Backwash) Jenks "Tex" Carman - "End of the World" (from Chippeha! (1947-57)) Ohm-A-Revelator - "World's End" (from Windswept Trees & Houses) Silmaril - "Song of the Apocalypse" (from The Voyage of Icarus) Grouse introduces this ridiculous episode. And proceeds to screw everything up. Sun Ra - "Mayan Temple" (from The Singles) Charlie Parker - "White Christmas" (from Charlie Parker - Archive of Folk & Jazz Music) "Endless Waltz" (Koji Wakamatsu, 1995) Ravi Shankar - "I Am Missing You" (from Shankar Family & Friends) Heading to the @radiocpr underground bunker now. Here's a little preview of tonight's show. #endlesswaltz twitter.com/KingGrouse/sta…— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 20, 2012 I believe we're starting in the future, and this is Kaoru and Izumi's daughter. #endlesswaltz twitter.com/KingGrouse/sta…— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012 Izumi is having sex in the bunkbed below her. #endlesswaltz twitter.com/KingGrouse/sta…— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012 But not with Kaoru, who is apparently watching. #endlesswaltz twitter.com/KingGrouse/sta…— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012 Early in the relationship, these two have a lot of sex. And a lot of naked post-coital hangouts. #endlesswaltz twitter.com/KingGrouse/sta…— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012 Kaoru invades shower time. #endlesswaltz twitter.com/KingGrouse/sta…— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012 Missed this one a bit earlier... Kaoru playing under the bridge. #endlesswaltz twitter.com/KingGrouse/sta…— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012 Dramatic close-up. #endlesswaltz twitter.com/KingGrouse/sta…— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012 I think that was a comparison to Jimi Hendrix & Janis Joplin? #endlesswaltz— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012 This band is playing a set... then Kaoru just walks in from the back of the room. #endlesswaltz twitter.com/KingGrouse/sta…— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012 And jumps on stage, but they seem to be getting along. #endlesswaltz twitter.com/KingGrouse/sta…— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012 The other sax player does have this look of "wtf man, this is my set!" #endlesswaltz— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012 Dude, Kaoru, she's drunk off her ass. Drunk sex is not consensual sex! #endlesswaltz twitter.com/KingGrouse/sta…— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012 Oh look they're moving in together. That was fast. #endlesswaltz twitter.com/KingGrouse/sta…— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012 Is this look meant to evoke...a drummer I'd have to guess. But he looks like one of my Vietnamese uncles. #endlesswaltz twitter.com/KingGrouse/sta…— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012 This handsome devil is not your typical alto player. #endlesswaltz twitter.com/KingGrouse/sta…— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012 Hippies. #endlesswaltz twitter.com/KingGrouse/sta…— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012 What's with the satchel/school boy look? Going for the AC/DC of free jazz or something? #endlesswaltz twitter.com/KingGrouse/sta…— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012 Kaoru gave this book to some guy trying to sound erudite for a lady after his set. #endlesswaltz twitter.com/KingGrouse/sta…— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012 Hi guy. #endlesswaltz twitter.com/KingGrouse/sta…— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012 Wait, who is this guy and why is he beaten on the floor of their hallway? #endlesswaltz twitter.com/KingGrouse/sta…— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012 He's got a story to tell Izumi and the other hippie chick. #endlesswaltz twitter.com/KingGrouse/sta…— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012 They have a fight, Kaoru runs out to pour his pain into his sax. Eyes rolling back: foreshadowing? #endlesswaltz twitter.com/KingGrouse/sta…— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012 Oh shit! pre-seizure. #endlesswaltz twitter.com/KingGrouse/sta…— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012 And post-seizure. #endlesswaltz twitter.com/KingGrouse/sta…— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012 Recovering with some Van Gogh. #endlesswaltz twitter.com/KingGrouse/sta…— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012 Another fight, but now Kaoru's made it up to playing on top of the bridge. #endlesswaltz twitter.com/KingGrouse/sta…— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012 Oh, there was some mutual hair-pulling in that last fight. #endlesswaltz twitter.com/KingGrouse/sta…— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012 Izumi can't stand him practicing in the apt, so she fights back with pop radio, causing another seizure. #endlesswaltz twitter.com/KingGrouse/sta…— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012 While Izumi's out, Kaoru reads her writing, and she is none too pleased. #endlesswaltz twitter.com/KingGrouse/sta…— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012 And the row that erupts is loud enough to have the neighbors call the cops on them. #endlesswaltz twitter.com/KingGrouse/sta…— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012 Better times, though they both seem high. #endlesswaltz twitter.com/KingGrouse/sta…— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012 OH GOD. I THINK SHE JUST CUT OFF HER TOE TO PROVE SHE LOVES HIM. #endlesswaltz— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012 Face of toe cutting. #endlesswaltz twitter.com/KingGrouse/sta…— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012 I won't show you the gory fake cut off toe, but here is the aftermath. #endlesswaltz twitter.com/KingGrouse/sta…— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012 Trail of blood. #endlesswaltz twitter.com/KingGrouse/sta…— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012 passing out from blood loss (Kaoru knocked a bunch of TP down from a cabinet and is trying to clean up) #endlesswaltz twitter.com/KingGrouse/sta…— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012 Showing the toe to his friends. #endlesswaltz twitter.com/KingGrouse/sta…— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012 Good for you Izumi, kick him out using the same knife you used to cut off your own toe for him. #endlesswaltz— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012 I like Kaoru's new musical partner, who's equally abrasive, just a capella. #endlesswaltz twitter.com/KingGrouse/sta…— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012 Oh and it looks like he's in some sort of metal-noise band. Pretty edgy for the mid-70s, huh? #endlesswaltz twitter.com/KingGrouse/sta…— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012 aww look at the fat baby. #endlesswaltz twitter.com/KingGrouse/sta…— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012 for some reason kaoru switches to harmonica for the kid. #endlesswaltz twitter.com/KingGrouse/sta…— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012 shacking up with another lady, is horrible to her too. twitter.com/KingGrouse/sta…— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012 Now it seems that paranoia is plaguing poor Kaoru. #endlesswaltz twitter.com/KingGrouse/sta…— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012 Time for a nice family stroll on the beach. #endlesswaltz twitter.com/KingGrouse/sta…— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012 Did he bring her some sort of dead bird as a peace offering? #endlesswaltz twitter.com/KingGrouse/sta…— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012 basically twice the man that kaoru is, because he can play a bigger sax AND a clarinet at the same time. #endlesswaltz twitter.com/KingGrouse/sta…— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012 how can kaoru and everyone else resist dancing to this amazing beat? #endlesswaltz twitter.com/KingGrouse/sta…— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012 He literally cannot follow them. Bows and walks off without playing. #endlesswaltz twitter.com/KingGrouse/sta…— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012 uh oh, it's the pills mixed with booze part of the movie. #endlesswaltz twitter.com/KingGrouse/sta…— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012 which inspires a mean harmonica solo! #endlesswaltz twitter.com/KingGrouse/sta…— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012 I thought this was gonna be the big one. Also thought he swallowed his harmonica at first. #endlesswaltz twitter.com/KingGrouse/sta…— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012 Shaky feet. Maybe he's just cold and you should cover them up, Izumi. #endlesswaltz twitter.com/KingGrouse/sta…— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012 Oh wait, that was the big one. And now a reprise of the movie's opening cheesy harmonica rendition of Amazing Grace. #endlesswaltz— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012 His funeral has an unholy sounding duet on St. James between a harmonica and a sax. #endlesswaltz twitter.com/KingGrouse/sta…— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012 I like free jazz, but I feel bad for the people who have to attend this funeral. #endlesswaltz— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012 Oh, that opening scene... Kaoru wasn't watching her have sex. Imaginary Dead Kaoru was watching in Izumi's mind. #endlesswaltz— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012 Fat baby is all grown up, and she's all Izumi's got left. #endlesswaltz twitter.com/KingGrouse/sta…— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012 Don't do it Izumi, you've got a daughter to raise! #endlesswaltz twitter.com/KingGrouse/sta…— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012 Also, who hangs themselves by leaning into a noose? Unless, say a prison door knob is involved #endlesswaltz #dangelobarksdaleneverforget— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012

I feel like we haven't done a show this... stable?... in more than 6 months. Planning is caring, for my own sanity and for the ears of the discerning radio listener. The seed of this show was leftovers from the previous week (the dreaded 5th to 1st Thursday no-gap!). But toss in the unfortunate death of Dave Brubeck and some choice new material, and we get a program far superior--far more structurally sound--than the previous week. And then for the next show, December 20, we're returning to anti-radio! Download | Podcast Bold text indicates relatively new releases (including reissues and comps). The Dave Brubeck Quartet - "Blue Rondo a la Turk" (from Time Out) The Nice - "Rondo" (from The Thoughts Of Emerlist Davjack) Le Orme - "Blue Rondo a la Turk" (from L'Aurora Delle Orme) James Cotton - "Midnight Creeper" (from Midnight Creeper (Live in Montreal 1967)) Grouse discusses the Blue Rondo Formula of prog rock songwriting The Dave Brubeck Quartet - "Strange Meadow Lark" (from Time Out) The Dave Brubeck Quartet - "Unsquare Dance" (from Time Further Out) Van Shipley - "Jan Pahechan Ho" (from Bollywood Steel Guitar) M. Geddes Gengras - "Air Solo" (from Beyond the Curtain) Daphni - "Cos-Ber-Zam Ne Noya (Daphni Mix)" (from Jiaolong) Karthala 72 - "Delores" (from Dans Le Coeur Du Feu) Kaoru Abe - "1972.1.21 Alto 1" (from Another Day's Dream) The Pyramids - "Ancient Funk!" (from Otherworldly) Kalaimamani Kadri Gopalnath - "Kangalidyatako" (from Gem Tones) Mulatu Astatke - "Gubèlyé (My Gubel) " (from Ethiopiques 4 - Ethio Jazz & Musique Instrumentale 1969-1974) Dr. John - "You Lie" (from Locked Down) DJ Kentaro - "Big Timer (f/ MC Zulu)" (from Contrast) Bunji Garlin (f/ Nigel Rojas)- "Differentology" (new single) Las Malas Amistades - "Lamento" (from Maleza) Le Marchand du Soleil - "Laila Je T'Aime" (from Laila Je T'Aime) I'm running out of snarky things to write about Grouse; he's actually sounding somewhat professional now that he has a real radio audience. No fun! Ike Bennet & the Crystalites - "Illya Kuryakin" (from Trojan Rocksteady Box Set) Mr. Confuse - "Lookout Weekend" (from Feel the Fire)

A sentence begun and interrupted on 10.04.12 is finished (and slightly restated) in this program. Seeking proposals for anti-radio stunts to close out 2012. Please phone (READ-GROUSE on the dial) or email them to your friendly neighborhood Grouse. Download | Podcast Bold text indicates relatively new releases (including reissues and comps). Adolfo Echeverría & Su Conjunto - "Sabroso Bacalao" (from Sofrito: Tropical Discotheque) Joe Bataan - "Too Much Lovin'" (from Subway Joe/Gypsy Woman) The one time this Pennsylvania Grouse doesn't default to a near-open front unrounded vowel (ae), is the one time it would have been appropriate (Joe Bataaaaaaaan). The Mar-Keys - "Bush Bash" (from The Complete Stax/Volt Singles: 1959-1968) Kaoru Abe - "Sopranino Improvisation No. 1" (from Mort à Crédit) Getatchew Mekuria - "Tezeta" (from Moa Anbessa) Joe McPhee & Chris Corsano - "For Fred Anderson" (from Scraps And Shadows) Chris Corsano - "Fed Ex'd Gorilla" (from Cut) Kelan Philip Cohran & The Hypnotic Brass Ensemble - "Spin" (from Kelan Philip Cohran & The Hypnotic Brass Ensemble) Golden Dawn - "Evolution" (from Power Plant) Can - "Dead Pigeon Suite" (from The Lost Tapes) Sun Araw and M. Geddes Gengras Meet the Congos - "Invocation" (from FRKWYS Vol. 9: Icon Give Thank) This Heat - "Cenotaph" (from Deceit) Frente Cumbiero - "Pitchito" (from Sofrito: Tropical Discotheque) King Grouse can't wait for the show where he just plays "Endless Waltz" on the radio. Ike Bennet & the Crystalites - "Illya Kuryakin" (from Trojan Rocksteady Box Set) King Tuff - "Anthem" (from King Tuff) Ty Segall Band - "The Bag I'm In" (from Slaughterhouse) The Intelligence - "Fidelity" (from Everybody's Got It Easy But Me) King Tuff - "Wild Desire" (from Wild Desire 7") The Hive Dwellers - "The Dignity of Saint Judy" (from Hewn from the Wilderness) Tronics - "TV On in Bed" (from Love Backed By Force) Gandalf - "Julie (The Song I Sing Is You)" (from Gandalf 2) Tim Hardin - "You Upset The Grace Of Living When You Lie" (from Tim Hardin 2) Ty Segall & White Fence - "Scissor People" (from Hair)

hour one: "tranesonic" (alternate take) john coltrane "suck" yuka honda "big fat baby" (live) lazy lance + the longhorns "soprano sax improv" (live) kaoru abe "monkey" dim stars "fuck rock & roll" (live) television "I'm back" lazy lance + the longhorns hour two: "malcolm saw richard hell" wormwood subs "richard hell's kitchen" cannibal galaxies "richard hell" the shut-ups "amen of richard hell or what u" tio oli ora - brother matt's spin cycle - hour three: jack flanders in "the white castle" (part eleven of twelve) "demon lover" barrett martin "cactus" lazy lance + the longhorns "jackie says" mono