Coincidoise
Talk about a pleasant surprise: My friend Bob Burnett was busy reviewing Tortoise's A Lazarus Taxon
for our music site when he realized that he had been the cameraman for some of the sequences on the DVD. And in the review he talks a bit about the photography the band used for the packaging, and I realized we had blogged about Arnold Obermatt here on T.O.P. a while back. And when I say we I mean Oren.
What it signifies when you emblemize your band with pictures of car crashes, I don't really want to speculate about, but A Lazarus Taxon is a collector's item waiting to happen—if you don't know the band, really fascinating easy-to-listen-to instrumental music in beautifully recorded audiophile-grade sound. At less than $15 for three CDs and a DVD in premium packaging, it's all but free at the moment. Run-don't-walk recommended. Partly for the Obermatt, of course (gotta stay on track...). I bet it will be $150 on the used market in just a few years, if not more. What you call a window.
([Even more] shameless plug:) And while you're at it, check out my little essay on Billie Holiday. (It comes after the Tortoise piece.) Protect yourself from Satin ignorance! (Can you tell I have strong feelings about this?)
Tortoise, by Saverio Truglia
Posted by: MIKE JOHNSTON
for our music site when he realized that he had been the cameraman for some of the sequences on the DVD. And in the review he talks a bit about the photography the band used for the packaging, and I realized we had blogged about Arnold Obermatt here on T.O.P. a while back. And when I say we I mean Oren.What it signifies when you emblemize your band with pictures of car crashes, I don't really want to speculate about, but A Lazarus Taxon is a collector's item waiting to happen—if you don't know the band, really fascinating easy-to-listen-to instrumental music in beautifully recorded audiophile-grade sound. At less than $15 for three CDs and a DVD in premium packaging, it's all but free at the moment. Run-don't-walk recommended. Partly for the Obermatt, of course (gotta stay on track...). I bet it will be $150 on the used market in just a few years, if not more. What you call a window.
([Even more] shameless plug:) And while you're at it, check out my little essay on Billie Holiday. (It comes after the Tortoise piece.) Protect yourself from Satin ignorance! (Can you tell I have strong feelings about this?)
Tortoise, by Saverio TrugliaPosted by: MIKE JOHNSTON
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6 Comments:
You'll never guess who I was listening to when I came across this post. Mind-bending.
I browsed through the articles on your music site, and, well, let's just say we have very different tastes in music. But I did enjoy being exposed to some album cover art that I had never seen before. I'll pop into that site now and then, if only to see what new album covers are there. Good stuff!
Hi Mike,
I do photography only as a hobby, but it has become difficult for me to assess whether or not my pictures had some selling potential or not. I hope it is not too much to ask if you could just take a quick look at the picture section from my blog, where I publish at least some of them, but I understand that this might be the wrong time and place to ask. Thanks anyway!
Charel,
If I knew what sells, I'd be selling more. In any event, your link doesn't work for me....
--Mike
Well, aside from the fabulous cover art of A Lazurus Taxon, the music certainly doesn't disappoint. A great, great package for a Tortoise fan and, as you mentioned, an incredible steal at the $15 price. An interesting review on music site as it was done mainly from the perspective of the visual impressions. Certainly a different take on the work than most music reviews of this box set.
Guess the compiler changed the link to avoid linking to an outside blogspot site, I'm sorry. Maybe you got me wrong, I realize of course that there is no way of telling what people are going to buy, but there is a line between the pictures you like and the pictures you consider to other people to find interesting. http://www.betz.lu/index.php/a
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