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Re: Monk November Twenty
"Joshua M. Neds-Fox" <jnedsfox at moody_edu> sez:
>hello all--
<everyone> Hey, Joshua M. Neds-Fox!
>Took in my first Monk show. I'm a latecomer to the whole OTR family, so
>I'm afraid I never saw Ric live with the band (except on the serpents and
>gloves video I got with GDBD). I was impressed; pleased to hear a reworked
>(and in a lot of ways more compelling) Circle of Quiet. And who doesn't
>like Jimi's Little Wing? Plus a fun almost-hard-rocker called This Train
>(I'm sure you Monk devotees are already good friends with this and other
>songs).
Oh yeah! Did you buy the CDs? How long did he go out into space
during 'Little Wing'?
>Overheard Ric saying to a friend, conspiratorally and with a little mischief
>in his voice, that he was "scheming" to play an Emery show in December. I
>imagined that he was referencing this current proposed show. Looks like it
>is on his mind...
Yeah, tonight I'm going to forward all the email his suggestion
generated. So...if you haven't sent me your vote for the proposed
Monk christmas show, send me an email at cemery at iwaynet_net with the
subject header: "Monk makes my thighs Quiver"
>As for the suggestion that Monk is like a cross between FSOL and Eno, well,
>I'd have to disagree. Not like that at all; the drumming is too funky.
I said that specifically in reference to _Hush_, which is an all
ambient instrumental album very much in the vein of the artists
mentioned above. I still stand by that statement.
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