Line Out Music & the City at Night

  |  

Thursday, December 1, 2011

Sex / Death Yaqui (Ipecac) Way of Knowledge

Posted by on Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 2:22 PM

Look East.
  • Look East.
Someone got in my car, heard Adele on the radio, and said, “Is this that unreleased Amy Winehouse stuff?”

Long story short, the person thought Adele was Amy Winehouse. He is Suzuki, a complete head. Suzuki has no idea what plays on the radio and hasn’t in five years. He’s unfettered. Suzuki likes to stare at his Koi fish and attempt to make bass sounds that are outside the human range of hearing. He listens to junky South American electronica, Sleeper, Hella, Tomahawk, and Charles Mingus. He’s antisocial and his headphones are practically growing into his skull.

Suzuki is like a sonic Carlos Castaneda and Ipecac Recordings is his Yaqui Way of Knowledge. Listening sessions with him are a training. I take notes when I’m with Suzuki and date them 1962:

After lunch, the man put water into my canteen, and two pieces of fresh wheat bread into my knapsack. Instructions: Walk on the road for about a mile, cut through a field, and in two hours there will be foothills standing south of town. Southpark? The I.D? Leschi? Climb to a clearing, press play on Miles Davis' “Rated X” off Panthalassa. Look East. Spit into dirt. Sky to cave in, or droop. Snake tongue.

I remember when I first heard Adele. I thought it was Amy Winehouse, too.

 

Comments (8) RSS

Oldest First Unregistered On Registered On Add a comment
1
Adele is totally Amy Winehouse.
Suzuki is totally Mike Patton.
Mike Patton is totally Miles Davis.
Posted by adele on December 1, 2011 at 2:59 PM
Rinelle Boomtown 2
It is true, Ipecac is the way. That Hella is crazy.
Posted by Rinelle Boomtown on December 1, 2011 at 6:43 PM
Masi 3
Somehow I am getting Matmos mixed up with a Patton album. Don't hate me. What was the Patton album and band that had the album where the art was pictures of surgeries? I know there is a Patton album like this.
Posted by Masi on December 1, 2011 at 7:53 PM
Masi 4
Suzuki and Moorman are not the only ones. The Adele-Winehouse thing got me too. Adele should call her next album "Amy Winehouse - Live After Death."
Posted by Masi on December 1, 2011 at 7:55 PM
Rinelle Boomtown 5
You are thinking of Fantômas - Delìrium Còrdia. One long song. Yepp, surgery with no anesthesia.
Posted by Rinelle Boomtown on December 1, 2011 at 8:06 PM
Rinelle Boomtown 6
I might buy Winehouse Live After Death. Maybe it could come out on Ipecac. Mike do like death you know.
Posted by Rinelle Boomtown on December 1, 2011 at 8:08 PM
Masi 7
oh yea that is it. Fantomas. That was going to bug me all night.
Posted by Masi on December 1, 2011 at 8:13 PM
8
Mike Patton has to be one of the more over rated musicians of out time. I respect him but have never understood the hype.
Posted by Sorry on December 2, 2011 at 12:19 AM

Add a comment

 

Want great deals and a chance to win tickets to the best shows in Seattle? Join The Stranger Presents email list!


All contents © Index Newspapers, LLC
1535 11th Ave (Third Floor), Seattle, WA 98122
Contact Info | Privacy Policy | Terms of Use | Takedown Policy