Re: bozzio + ISHAM

["David Kirkdorffer" <vze2ncsr@verizon.net>]

I might add that the day I received a myspace friend request and a really
kind comment on my music from Mark Isham was quite a special day for me.
:-)   Isham's 'Vapor Drawings' is a very special collection of music for 
:me.

David

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Kirkdorffer" <vze2ncsr@verizon.net>
To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2007 1:59 AM
Subject: Re: bozzio +


> Wow.  This brings back a happy memory.
>
> I saw The Mark Isham Band when they played the Somerville Theatre in
> Cambridge MA at David Square, Wednesday Oct 12th 1988.  Terry Bozzio and
> Mick Karn were in that band.  Bozzio had black cymbals as I remember it.
He
> was perched over his drums ready to whack them if they should move.
Another
> percussionist / multi-insrumentalist was in the band as I remember it.  
>It
> was an   a m a z i n g   show and has always stayed with me as one of the
> best shows I have *ever* seen.  Maybe I was just in the right place in my
> life, but few shows have had such a glow about them for me as this one.
>
> Searching on line, I found this:
> http://www-tech.mit.edu/archives/VOL_108/TECH_V108_S0733_P011.pdf
>
> It seems that night I also had opportunities to see The Titanics across
the
> street at Johnny D's, The Stray Cats at Axis, The Radiators at The
Channel,
> or John Cage lecturing earlier in the day at Harvard University!  What an
> amazing selection!
>
> David
>
> P.S. I'm still offering ambient music 'n' downloads at
> http://www.myspace.com/undomusic
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mech" <mech@m3ch.net>
> To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2007 2:33 AM
> Subject: Re: bozzio
>
>
> > At 10:35 PM -0500 12/3/07, David Beardsley wrote:
> > >Daryl Shawn wrote:
> > >>My favorite playing of his is with the loop-heavy David Torn record
> > >>"Polytown", with the bassist Mick Karn. All those different cymbal
> > >>colors, pitched toms, etc., is really well suited for that trio.
> > >>Karn's playing has that indefinite "world/middle-eastern" kind of
> > >>feel, and Torn often goes that way too, which fits in great with
> > >>Bozzio's instrument(s). I listen to it all the time.
> > >
> > >When I heard those guys, they were called the Mark Isham
> > >Group. At least I think they were. I'm pretty sure this was pre-
> > >Polytown.
> >
> > I'm not sure, but it sounds like you might actually be referring to
> > Group 87, perhaps?  Group 87 was Bozzio with Mark Isham, Patrick
> > O'Hearn, and Peter Maunu.
> >
> > I remember picking up "A Career in Dada Processing" when it first
> > came out on vinyl.  Loved it.  That woulda been... oh f*ck, like 1984
> > or thereabouts?!?  Geez, now I feel old.
> >
> > Great group.  If that's the lineup you saw, I'm envious.  :)
> >
> > --m.
> > -- 
> > _____
> > "the wind in my heart; the dust in my head...."
> >
>