And by way of part self-aggrandizement and part awe, what follows is the text of my contribution on learning via
J.K. Hodgman's blog, the aptly titled "
Good Evening", about an ongoing
project focused on drawing 700
hoboes, an idea that began after the said Mr. Hodgman undertook to compile and read
700 hobo names. The said hobo post has produced a number of insightful comments and debates such as whether the plural of hobo is hobi or hoboes, and the distinction between hoboes and cats. I suggest you harry over and read, discuss, ululate. I mention this here because I have now commenced a project to compile and post the perfect HOBO ART EXHIBITION SOUNDTRACK. Wikipedia has a list of
hobo songs,
of course, but I believe I can capture the mood of an art exhibit without overly relying on songs by fammous hoboes or song names with the word hobo. Remember, it's all about atmosphere. Leave a comment if you have a suggestion on what song(s) should make this list.
Sort Of Is A Country In Love (Peel Session) 90 Day MenTeenage Kicks (Peel Session) AshNew England '96 (Peel Session) Billy BraggWhere Is John (Peel Session) Blonde RedheadGeheim (BBC Session) CanC'mon In My Kitchen (Peel Session) Cat PowerWonderwall (Peel Session) Cat PowerRebed Yell (BBC Rock Show Session) Dilinger Escape PlanLike A Rainbow (Peel Session) FuckHey Joe (BBC Session) Jimi HendrixHound Dog (BBC Session) Jimi HendrixChocky (Wingding Session) MogwaiLike Herod (The Extra Mile) (Wingding Session) MogwaiPolly (BBC Rock Show Session) NirvanaBecause The Night (BBC Session) Patti SmithGloria (BBC Session) Patti SmithMy Beautiful Leah (Wingding Session) PJ HarveyAll I Want (BBC Session) Skunk AnansieCorporate Ghost; Rubens Beard (BBC Session)
Sonic YouthMajor Label Chicken Feed (BBC Session) Sonic YouthAutumn Sweater (Wingding Session) Yo La TengoI Heard You Looking (Wingding Session) Yo La TengoIt Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry (Wingding Session) Yo La TengoShadows (Wingding Session) Yo La TengoThe Hodgman Comments
"One has to wonder at the precise moment in history hoboship (dare I qualify it this way?) became a central vestige of modern civilization. Certainly, some disdain has to be attributed to my elementary school teacher who encouraged the rote learning of this sentence: "As I was descending from a high decivility, I suddenly lost my centre of gravity, and was precipitated into a state of machamadised thoroughfare." Or unfortunately still: "The architectural monopoly of the Italian Peninsula was not achieved in one rotation of the earth." Such is the penmanship and eloquence of hobo scholars. I say carry on hobodrawers, we must consume this plague, take the fowls, intricate them, in the hope that when the sun sets, we shall be rewarded for our amiable hospitality.
...and just so you know (or, least I forget), nigerian hoboes are probably mentally unstable. I happen to have personal experience of this, but I still wonder if Mr. Hodg-man's world view would offer a more informed reading of the facts? In fact, legend has it that the key to riches lies in coitus with a female hobo, complete with raggedy clothing and rastafarian locks. Please leave comments if you have been so opportuned to fortune as I will return here to digest that piece of information, with much glee. Of course, the theory of hobo-coitus-riches has not been tested elsewhere, I inform by way of caveat.
Good evening.
Forgive my persistence with this topic, but here's an age old question. In my last comment, I clearly referred to female hoboship. Is this phenomenum possible?"
- Pierre Elliott Trudeau
So I finally find a live bootleg that represents the new live Chan, and the sound recording is not the best. Still worth a listen, if you own an ipod or some other unworthy mp3 player and some solid earphones (Sennheiser PX100 recommended). Just about any medium but your cranky old pc without external speakers. The flacs for this are not any better so don't leave me nasty comments about lossless files. Yes, they do exist but I don't post flacs - go find them if you want them. Gosh, I am so uptight this morning - all this pre-emptive overreaction. I am so Isreal right now.
