I'm not going to pretend to know anything about Charles Mingus, or jazz even. Now watch as I do what I just said I wouldn't. I took a class in college once. I'm completely qualified. I think I got a B.
I can recall reading about Mingus a little bit in Miles Davis' autobiography, and I think he disliked white people. Or maybe that was Miles. The problem with reading is that you have to be able to comprehend what you've read. Stupid reading.
Anyway, today's first track is from "The Complete Town Hall Concert", and album of a live show that apparently went way wrong. As far as I can remember, people were playing wrong parts at wrong times, the audience had no idea what was going on, and the japanese invaded half way through the show and forced the band to spell really difficult words.
I like this track because the horns (and I don't know a french horn from a croissant) sound huge. It also sounds like whoever is recording is moving all over trying to get the best sound from whichever instrument is soloing, or something along those lines. The recording is fucked. But not in a way that makes the song unenjoyable. I'd say it almost works in a way that makes the song more enjoyable.
I really had to exercise restraint to not but the word "more" in italics in that sentence.
Secondish today is a track by Happy End called Kaze Wo Astumete, which in Japanese means "a whale's vagina".
Big ups if you got that one.
This track is from the Lost In Translation soundtrack. I'm going to Japan in less than a month. These two things are completely unrelated.
I like this song because it's a good happy sorta thing. And you should too, because.
Remember when I wrote ok? That was great. Now I suck.
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