RE: (TV) joanna newsom--interview in stomp and stammer

["Jim Kauffman" <jkauff@verizon.net>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: tv-owner@obbard.com [mailto:tv-owner@obbard.com] On
> Behalf Of Maurice Rickard
> Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 10:45 PM
> To: tv@obbard.com
> Subject: Re: (TV) joanna newsom--interview in stomp and stammer
>
> Good point.  I'm not saying it's bad--now, her voice is part
> of the hook for me.  But it wasn't something I responded to
> right away, for whatever reason, and my wife will wearily
> testify to my tolerance--nay, love for--music sung by unusual voices.
> --
>
> Maurice Rickard

Ys grows on me with every play. The key is, I think, to listen in total
darkness, or with eyes closed, or with headphones. "Ys" is an apt title,
because the songs belong to their own world. This is Joanna Newsome's vision,
as purely as many Verlaine solo efforts are, and you've got to go there
(Clichi Head-Off: "You want to travel with her, and you want to travel
blind").

A comparison that I haven't seen yet is to Nico's Marble Index. Nico didn't
have the chops on her harmonium that J.N. has on her harp, but I hear the same
stunning setting (sub VDP for Cale) of an irregular jewel.

-Jim K.
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