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Jen

@jspacewoman.bsky.social

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Portland, Oregon jazz and avant garde | the beauty of the mundane mom of two boys | cat woman | enthusiast I love finding records and listening to them 🖤 https://bandcamp.com/lunaonthegrass

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Jen @jspacewoman.bsky.social · Nov 17

What’s on the record shelves? Music I love to share. Most of you know already, but for new folks..
✨✨✨✨ Free jazz Kosmische Avantgarde Deep Listening French folk/pop Italian minimalism Brazilian  David Berman  Arthur Russell Music made by nuns Sahel Japanese ambient Cosmic country/folk and more ✨✨✨✨

Jen @jspacewoman.bsky.social · 19h

I bet! lol

Jen @jspacewoman.bsky.social · 1d

I was just listening to the Necks! 🙌 youtu.be/UMueDWG86JU?...

The Necks NTS Live at Cafe Oto

YouTube video by NTS

Jen @jspacewoman.bsky.social · 1d

I totally get that. 💜 And there are parts of it that I can never stop thinking about. But my brain can’t help comparing it to Altman’s Short Cuts in terms of character development (mostly) and I know that’s not fair or right but I think that’s why I don’t ever fully get on board with it

Jen @jspacewoman.bsky.social · 1d

Ooh nice! I don’t know the Blue Lake project, but the Borges and Riley are big favorites. Glad you’re enjoying all of those!

Jen @jspacewoman.bsky.social · 1d

12/12/R

“Carambolage never set out to be a "girl band" but they were one of the first German new wave bands whose members were all female. The punk alliance comprising Britta Neander, Elfie-Esther Steitz and Angie Olbrich emerged organically from the environs of Ton Steine Scherben, friends united by a common interest in musical experimentation. Britta's passion for the drums ignited in 1974 in Fresenhagen, North Frisia, where she played percussion for Ton Steine Scherben. R.P.S. Lanrue's little sister Elfie-Esther was an obvious candidate. Angie, a child from the streets who joined the commune in 1972, completed the line-up. Carambolage surfed on their very own "North Frisian Wave" -- an epithet dreamed up for their distinctive sound. Shortly before her death in 2004, Britta was interviewed by music journalist Tine Plesch and described how the "girls gang" gave them the freedom to experiment and come up with "these really funny, filthy lyrics". There is a childish, subversive charm to the songs, emboldened by the realization that "we could fool around as much as we wanted." Their sound was not the only aspect of the group which resulted from experimental tinkering. Keen to have their own space, away from a male-dominated environment, they used cardboard and carpets to build their own practice room inside an old grain silo.

Jen @jspacewoman.bsky.social · 4d

Heading east through Hollywood, there are always points in which the Harvest Moon appears to be gigantic. It’s one of my favorite things. People on walks have stopped to photograph it. I’ve pulled my car over to sit for a while and gaze upon it. So beautiful. 🌕

Jen @jspacewoman.bsky.social · 4d

A few years after we graduated I was randomly window shopping at a music store in Manhattan and recognized him. He worked there. We caught up for a few minutes and he invited me to come hear him play, which was right at the beginning of that part of his life, I think. Funny, in a city of millions.

Jen @jspacewoman.bsky.social · 4d

Why am I just seeing this? Agh. I love the sound of all of that music.

Jen @jspacewoman.bsky.social · 4d

Love it

Jen @jspacewoman.bsky.social · 4d

I really want to see it again too! I revisited Magnolia the other night, which I’ve done twice now since release. I love its cinematics, but I just do not like it for so many other reasons. Cannot stand JM’s performance, for example. Lol, so sorry to say that. But generally I adore PTA’s films.

Jen @jspacewoman.bsky.social · 4d

Thank you and same to you! Welcome back ✨

Jen @jspacewoman.bsky.social · 5d

Hello! 🎉

Jen @jspacewoman.bsky.social · 5d

It’s a beautiful day and my favorite season, “fall of the leaf”. Let’s start here this morning..

Defiance
Album by Dead Moon ‧ 1990

Jen @jspacewoman.bsky.social · 8d

Loved it

PTA’ One Battle After Another, in 70mm, at the Hollywood Theatre

Jen @jspacewoman.bsky.social · 8d

One thought led to another and here I am

Lost in Space is the fourth album by the American singer-songwriter Aimee Mann, released in 2002 on her own label, SuperEgo Records.

Jen @jspacewoman.bsky.social · 8d

lol, I call them his pantaloons

Jen @jspacewoman.bsky.social · 8d

Tall boy 🧡

Orange cat, standing, looking out of the window.

Jen @jspacewoman.bsky.social · 10d

Alert.. @funkentechno.bsky.social

Jen @jspacewoman.bsky.social · 11d

This has turned out to be perfect while enjoying a few last minutes of quiet as I look out on a vast grey sky. 🌧️

Draw Near by Aux Meadows
https://eiderdownrecords.bandcamp.com/album/draw-near

Jen @jspacewoman.bsky.social · 11d

I was friends with Neel Murgai in college. We were in the same major. Funny where life takes us!

Jen @jspacewoman.bsky.social · 11d

Sir Rick

Hillbilly Ragas by Sir Richard Bishop
https://sirrichardbishop.bandcamp.com/album/hillbilly-ragas

Jen @jspacewoman.bsky.social · 12d

🙌

Jen @jspacewoman.bsky.social · 12d

No way! I was just about to listen to this!

Jen @jspacewoman.bsky.social · 13d

Oh nice! I got my little Alice Coltrane there years ago! Love it

Jen @jspacewoman.bsky.social · 13d

Saturday morning gaiety 💙

When in Rome... is a 1989 live album by the Penguin Cafe Orchestra, and was recorded at The Royal Festival Hall, London, on 9 July 1987. It was produced by Simon Jeffes and published by E.G. Records. The cover painting is by Emily Young.