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Actually, the Dream Syndicate was Tony Conrad's band with Lamonte Young, John Cale, and others. Hence "Outside the Dream Syndicate" for Conrad's record with Faust. The mid-80's (?) L.A. band was the second to use the name. -Jesse -----Original Message----- From: Chuck Zwicky <chuck.zwicky@wavefront.com> To: Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com <Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com> Date: Thursday, April 23, 1998 2:05 PM Subject: Re: Current Listening, once againnnnn... >I was just reading a book called "Rock Names" about the origin of band's >names. >"The Dream Sydicate" got there name from a Tony Conrad album...... > >At 04:05 PM 4/21/98 -0700, you wrote: >>Dave Trenkel wrote... >>So, I'm currently listening to what has to be the sickest loop CD I've >>heard in ages: Tony Conrad's Early Minimalism. 4 discs of overdubbed, >>looped, atonal violin drones. the piece "Four Violins" was recorded in >>1964, and it's 32 minutes of multitracked overdriven harmonics, sharp >>enough to peel paint at moderate volume. Fantastic stuff! >> >>MB: Wow Dave. Pretty tricky of you to take this in another direction. Do you >>have kids? Can you say redirect? >> >>I forget who mentioned it but the Czukay/Walker disc "Clash" is pretty >cool. Not >>my usual listening, but disc 2 is really interesting. Are there any >guitarist >>types doing this sort of thing? In dance clubs? Any suggestions would be >most >>welcome. >> >>I also have been listening to the Nels Cline Trio, "Ground" and that's a >nice >>blend of straight ahead free jazz, with a heavy dose of Sonic Youth style >noise >>injection. Nels and Thurston Moore also have a disc out called "The >Pillow >Wand" >>which is also interesting for aggressive ambience types. >> >>I listen to Terje Rypdal "EOS" (duo with cellist David Darling) at least two >>times a week... >> >> -Miko >> >> >> > >