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Lädt ... Unstrung: Rants and Stories of a Noise Guitarist (Original 2021; 2021. Auflage)von Marc Ribot (Autor)
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. Diese Rezension wurde für LibraryThing Early Reviewers geschrieben. An interesting walk through the life and mind of avant-garde guitarist Marc Ribot. I found the collection a bit disjointed on subject matter but overall engaging and enjoyable. Diese Rezension wurde für LibraryThing Early Reviewers geschrieben. Ribot came to my notice through his work with two musicians I follow: Tom Waits, Sam Phillips (the younger singer-songwriter, not the Sun Records producer). I was curious about his approach to "noise", I found it creative, melodic, and seemingly devoid of ego on the tracks I'd heard. Somehow I'd never got around to tracking down his own recordings, so this book seemed a fittingly sideways opportunity to learn more about him, his creativity.I posed a question via a virtual event in support of the book, as to whether his enjoyment of noise came more for an affinity for transgression (of whatever kind), or from an appreciation of beauty (which only seems "noisy" to others). Ribot offered a metaphor by way of answer. Noise is "one of the tubes of paint" available to him, as are atonality, polytonality. It's an element of sound, a part of the process in making music. "I make noise, and something crawls from the wreckage." Asked if any essay in the book was linked to a musical piece, Ribot noted there was a lyric on a Ceramic Dog album from "The Activist", and concluded: "So yes, sometimes." The essays and stories in this collection were a fast read, but not slight. There was a lot here that wasn't about music, but it was easy (for me) to draw parallels to musical creativity, and tonal texture, and other aspects of music that I was looking for in Ribot's style. Against all expectation, though, the most remarkable piece here has very little to say about guitars, musicians, touring, noise, or music. "Putting Your Arms around a Memory" muses on Jewish identity, and Ribot's time spent on Manhattan's Lower East Side. I'll seek out his albums, now. And -- the Zorn Arcana series to which Ribot contributed gets nudged up on my wish list. // Virtual book-signing seemed to clarify he pronounces his name REE-bo, not ree-BO. Diese Rezension wurde für LibraryThing Early Reviewers geschrieben. I quit at the halfway point which I never do when I receive books free from the publisher. Honestly I suspect almost every person I know could put together a more interesting memoir. I respect Ribot's music, Rain Dogs is one of my favorite albums ever in part because of his guitar work., He has blurbs from Elvis Costello, John Zorn, and others so clearly he has the respect of his peers, but I just could not engage with a single anecdote. Also, as a writer Ribot makes a good guitarist. Sorry Marc and Akashic books! Diese Rezension wurde für LibraryThing Early Reviewers geschrieben. Unstrung: Rants & Stories of a Noise Guitarist is a fascinating read. Marc Ribot is a great writer with a vast vocabulary. I had to resort to looking up a few words but it didn’t ruin my enjoyment of the text. Ribot is dealing with many subjects as he switches from essays to stories to what he terms “film mistreatments”. I am so happy with this book I am going to go find Marc Ribot’s music. This is a fascinating and entertaining book.keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
Throughout his genre-defying career as one of the most innovative musicians of our time, iconoclastic guitar player Marc Ribot has consistently defied expectation at every turn. Here, in his first collection of writing, we see that same uncompromising sensibility at work as he playfully interrogates our assumptions about music, life, and death. Through essays, short stories, and the occasional unfilmable film "mistreatment" that showcase the sheer range of his voice, Unstrung captures an artist whose versatility on the page rivals his dexterity onstage. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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As a fan I enjoyed it, I felt it brought me closer to understanding this amazing artist and has that quality of listening to someone riff a little about stuff and tell a couple stories. For a reader coming in cold, I am afraid it doesn't really hold up the whole way through, enough that I would recommend it to someone who isn't already familiar with his work.