Jason Boog wrote:
<<Zorn supposedly has a tribute to Mickey called
"Spillane." I guess it
follows some book, musically, or something.>>
According to the liner notes, this is what Spillane is based
on:
"After choosing a subject, in this case the work of Mickey
Spillane, I
research it in detail: I read books and articles, look at
films, TV
shows, and photo files, listen to related recordings, etc.
Then,
drawing upon all of these sources, I write down individual
ideas and
images on filing cards. In this piece, each card relates to
some aspect
of Spillane's work, his world, his characters, his
ideology."
It really is a nice piece of music and, at least for Zorn,
very
approachable. The piece also features the voices of Mike
Hammer and his
conscience (John Lurie and Robert Quine), as written by Arto
Lindsay,
featuring pseudo-Spillanisms such as:
"You kill ten guys one of them is bound to come back. He
doesn't know
how dead he is. He runs after you and grabs your gun. You
better wake
up."
"The gun bucked back like she did. She didn't have room for
any
pockets. There was a party of bullets going on in her
shirt."
"There are only so many ways a woman can undress. I thought
I'd seen
them all."
Both of these CDs seem to be in print, both are listed by
cdnow.
Mark
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