January 28, 2004

Spotlight on Doobie.

My friend Doobie works for Max Read (Carol "The Third Man" Read's son) selling Limited Edition Prints and Multiples. Multiples are things like Piero Manzoni's Can of Shit.

Doobie has sold a lot of Dada/Fluxus stuff to Thurston Moore and recently we were chatting on the subject of Maurizio Kagel:

"We used to have a multiple by him...it consisted of a pair of scissors, with a larger loop of metal holding the handles of the scissors apart...thus creating a necklace...nice..."

Doobie's bible is the heavyweight "Contemporary Artists" tome by Colin Naylor & Genesis P-Orridge [sic]. He's also confessed recently to stocking some 7"s by Richard Long, though he's unsure what's on them.

Anyway, he needs a hand. He's got this Canadian 7" in and wants some info on it. Better still, I guess, a price he should put it out on sale for.

Ian MacKay! Isn't that the Minor Threat/Fugazi bloke?

So drop him a line if you can shed any light on it.

Posted by Woebot at January 28, 2004 02:44 PM
Comments

mentalist!

Posted by: rewch at January 28, 2004 04:22 PM

No, that was Ian MacKaye (the e is silent).

Posted by: bingo at January 28, 2004 05:10 PM

some (not hugely informative) stuff about the label here:

http://www.canoe.ca/JamMusicPopEncycloPagesD/diodes.html

Posted by: john eden at January 28, 2004 05:23 PM

ah yes and more on the personnel (including where are they now?) here:

http://www.bongobeat.com/diodes/

Posted by: john eden at January 28, 2004 05:26 PM

john...thanks for those...had seen the first but not the second...interesting that they are not credited as the diodes...will take the disc home tomorrow & check it...report will follow

Posted by: rewch at January 28, 2004 07:19 PM

i should point out that thurston moore didn't really buy that much...in fact very little...in fact only one thing...but it was thurston moore...definitely

Posted by: rewch at January 29, 2004 12:58 AM

(whisper) doobie, you're making me look bad!

Posted by: Matt at January 29, 2004 07:44 AM

that 1st paragraph of text on the record sleeve would make for a funny bloggers manifesto. i like that kind of thing.

Posted by: luke at January 29, 2004 09:09 AM

ok first the long record...damn nice with simon childs on dobro (resonator guitar see here www.gibson.com/products/oai/dobro/) melodic jamming, with childs using bottle neck on side 2 for ry cooder-ish paris, texas-era style sound...delightful...not quite sure what long was up to, but the record was pressed for inclusion with his lapis press issued 'Dust, Dobros, Desert Flowers'...quite rare only 35 copies of the book printed, though the apparent minimum press-run for the 7" was 100, so there are 65 hors serie...

Posted by: rewch at January 30, 2004 11:51 AM

as to the raw/war 7" liked it...will try & get an mp3 at some point...very much a punk record (at least side one is)...my points of reference are a bit hüsker dü-ish & therefore 80s, but it bears comparison to early (pre-83/4, i.e. a bit of land speed record/everything falls apart/metal circus) stuff with more artistic & less pure noise tendency...side 2 is more interesting with the curse reading the manifesto-ish bit of text liked by luke, followed by 2 voices reading the second part simultaneously...the whole record therefore essentially arty & propagandist, with grand noise credentials

Posted by: rewch at January 30, 2004 11:59 AM