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14:52 10-22-2023
EsaJii
Henry suiten Cancelled Holiday Plans sanat ovat nyt jokseenkin selvitetty. En minä, mutta täällä: https://genius.com/Wigwam-fin-cancelled-holiday-plans-lyrics
15:55 10-18-2023
EsaJii

Current favourite song:

Surfin' Pumpins Every Little Thing
Kävin läpi Rick Chafenin lähettämiä Pembroke äänitteitä. 2000 jälkeen Jim ehti tehdä joitakin keikkoja Tolosen kanssa, nimellä "cover project." Soittivat covereita. Ei niissä kovin hyvä äänitys ole. Mutta sitten hämmästyttävän hyviä Surfin' Pumpkins äänitteitä. Kitaran lisäksi soolosoittimena saksofoni. Jonkun tarttis käydä kaikkia noita läpi, ja kyllä niistä yhden live albumin saisi kokoon.
15:45 10-18-2023
Pertti

Current favourite song:

Barbra Streisand: Woman in love
Eilinen (17.10. 2023) Tavastian-keikka Wigwam Revisitedilta oli paras näkemäni - niitä on tullut puolen tusinaa todistettua. Erinomainen settilista lähinnä vanhempaa Wigwamia ja Pembroken soolopaloja. Mm. "A Better View" kulki komeasti. Rintanen ja Gutsi olivat hyvässä iskussa, komppi toimi ja erityisesti ilahdutti Puka Oinosen tyylikäs ja taitava kitarointi.
10:20 10-02-2023
TimoV

Current favourite song:

Lost Wihtout A Trace
Youtubessa reaktiovideo Pekka Pohjolan Visitation albumista, aika hienoa.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGdR_ism850
16:56 09-19-2023
JouniM

Current favourite song:

Pasi K & Hurmos: Americano
Samana vuonna tuon taltioinnin kanssa ilmestynyt Fanfare on mainio levy. Muita en ole kuullut. Pitääkin itseasiassa tsekkailla.
15:16 09-14-2023
EsaJii
Tuo American Songwriter kuvaushan siis oli vähän "väärin" joten katsoin itse mitä Wilsonin tuotantoa oli esillä. Ihan summittain klikkailemalla löytyi tämä live esitys, ja tuohan oli ihan hyvä. https://youtu.be/1Ghow9gOYec
14:59 09-14-2023
EsaJii
Kukahan lienee Jonathan Wilson? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Wilson_(musician), Jaha, onhan siellä albumeja. Neljä niistä on jotenkuten linkattu selostukeeen. Mutta siihen sitten verraten, kukahan on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Pembroke Tähän löytyi pitempi vastaus. Tosin sooloura on vähemmmän kuvattu, mutta herra Jim kuukui johonkin bändiin nimeltä Wigwam, ja tuosta siellä on oikein merkittävät kuvailut erillisinä artikkeleina. Herra Wislonon tekeleet sen sijaan ovat siinä sivussa tehtyjä, onhan hän lähinnä tuottaja. Gentle Spirit sai aika paljon kiitosta. Mutta ei tätä nyt oikein vielä voi kutsua uraksi siinä mielessä kuin esim. Wigwamia voi.
11:50 09-12-2023
Mikko Meriläinen
Vakavasti otettavia suunnitelmia Wigwam-kirjan kääntämisestä englanniksi ei ole ollut.
22:51 09-09-2023
Ville

Current favourite song:

Do Or Die
Ajattelin kysäistä tietääkö ken, onko Meriläisen Wigwam-kirjan kääntämisestä englanniksi ollut vakavasti otettavia suunnitelmia koskaan?
13:02 09-08-2023
MZ

Current favourite song:

Minstrelmental
Kuunteluvinkki - Jonathan Wilson – Eat the Worm (2023)

It’s safe to assume that even fans of the multi-talented (singer/songwriter/producer/arranger/studio owner/Roger Waters’ music director) Jonathan Wilson were not expecting the rather drastic transformation in musical direction that Eat the Worm, his first release since 2020 and fifth overall, displays.
The backstory is that Wilson chanced upon an obscure European named Jim Pembroke, who recorded a few hard-to-find albums. Wilson considered his output “genius-level strange” which one spin of any of Pembroke’s circuitously experimental and unequivocally non-commercial releases will confirm. That created in Wilson a spark to “break out of any and all comfort zones I may have lapsed into…” as he says in this set’s promotional notes.

The result is a sprawling, 12-song, 51-minute opus that, at least occasionally, will test the most open-minded listener. Wilson, who plays most of the instruments along with a few guests, slips into a laid-back voice similar to that of Harry Nilsson at his most reflective, singing lyrics—lots and lots of them—over music that shifts from Burt Bacharach’s easy-listening tempo to a Zappa-esque concoction. The laconic lope and askew concepts of “Charlie Parker,” where Wilson name-checks the Wright Brothers, jazz singers Kurt Elling, Al Jarreau, and even basketball player Larry Bird, beckons us into a harmonious fever dream (complete with scatting sax referencing the titular musician) of strings and changes from sweet to distracting.

For “Bonamassa,” (which does mention the blues-rocking guitarist), Wilson begins by talk-singing over stuttering beats. That dissolves into a dreamy string segment, after which he introduces a Jew’s harp as he recites the words weekly cheeky load (referring to the contents of Rolling Stone magazine), 12 times until the song fizzles out.

These are just a few examples of the sporadically psychedelic, always creative, frequently elaborate, and certainly bizarre soundscapes Wilson delivers with his usual attention to aural detail. Since he owns a studio, he has unlimited time to tweak these songs—many might be described as pieces—by layering “sonic palettes” (his words) over them. Reading along with the voluminous lyrics brings another dose of weirdness where the concepts are as oblique and often disjointed as the music.

None of this is sonically abrasive but it’s all challenging and a little goes a long way. At over 50 minutes, it’s a heavy lift that may confuse some but also intrigue others.

Let’s call it an acquired taste then, best appreciated by those without any predispositions or expectations about what they’ll hear when they push play. Kudos to Wilson for having the guts, ambition, and vision to create vistas outside the bounds of anything he has previously released, inspiring himself and his listeners as he traverses and explores original territory. — AmericanSongwriter
15:35 09-07-2023
EsaJii
Huomasin että tieto alkaa jonkun verran kadota Jimin kohdalla netistä. Onhan ne kenen vaan tulostettavissa mutta esimekiksi Tegelamnin haastatelu (SELVIS) on vain Webarchive muodossa esillä: http://web.archive.org/web/20090104055203/http://www.elvisry.fi/042003/pembroke.html
04:23 08-04-2023
EsaJii
Ei tullut sitten vastalauseita. Muualla yks fani tykkäsi kovasti Next Breakfastistä. Ei se vieläkään mulle toimi, mutta siirisn nyt muutaman kuuntelukerran jälkeen Crystal Ball siirrettiin kelvollisten kasaan.
15:57 08-02-2023
EsaJii
The list of Rechardt albums in the discography is missing Taivaantemppeli from 1973. https://www.ksml.fi/paikalliset/2561557 explains it in Finnish. You can find the tracks from the Liisankatu series in Youtube. https://youtu.be/Rgs50eYGkLU
05:25 08-02-2023
EsaJii

Current favourite song:

Absalom
Going through older material. Light Ages. Most of us dismissed it. The musical part is OK. Nothing spectacular, nice full keyboard sound. But the songs are just below par for lyrics. Most of the time there is a feeling or overall impression left by Jim's songs. Not so here with the new songs. Take Next Breakfast. It is just strung together lines. No theme. Crystal Ball (aside from the title being rather worn as a phrase) comes closer to the normal Jim. Borders To Be Crossed has a few good lines. I always welcome the redone songs, and certainly Hard Top Lincoln stands out as a worth while effort. The criticism of the last two albums for Jim's part has been similar. But there the majority of the songs manage to tell a story. I would maybe criticize Rekku more. I don't have rally memorable guitar parts from those albums.
14:20 07-30-2023
EsaJii
My blog entry on Jim's book has some updates. it appears that he made several trips to the US, and Kansas City, before settling there. I should have looked at the gig lists here for that. But all in all there is not much in the book about 1985-1993. Link: https://esajii.blogspot.com/2022/10/just-my-situation.html
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