Whisper-Core, Moe Tucker, whyte boots, the Tronics, TV-Ps, Sir Drone, the Tighten Up, Francoise Hardy, Roky Erickson, Greg Sage, Irma Thomas, Young Marble Giants, Marine Girls, P.P. Arnold, the plight of the Painter Man, the Legend of Chico's jacket, George Harrison's knee bends, Nico, Modern Lovers, Gloria Jones, Monroe Brothers, Fred & Toody, the Raincoats, Medway sounds, the Sonics, the Monks, Comet Gain, Mary Weiss, the first Black Flag single.
Sounds Like
fingers on strings, hands on skins. whispers, screams, ice on fire. "our music is striped with polka dot flashes" -james maeda, 5 AM, after hours, living room.
Tritonia1 to the Muse attention lends:
Who both her Verse, and iust revenge commends. Then said t' her selfe: To praise is of no worth:
Let our revengefull Powre our praise set forth.
Intends Arachnes ruine. She, she heard,
Before her curious webs, her owne preferr'd.
Nor dwelling, nor her nation fame impart
Vnto the Damsell, but excelling Art.
French-born artist Louise Bourgeois' sculpture of a giant spider, "Maman 1999," stands outside the Tate Modern in London. An exhibition of Bourgeois' work opens at the Tate Modern on Oct. 10. The River Thames, St. Paul's Cathedral and the Millennium Bridge are seen background.
