# Wierd Music You Love **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 17, 2000, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wierd-music-you-love/25825 "2000-07-17T12:04:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Profane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47774/32.png) [@Profane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Profane)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2000, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wierd-music-you-love/25825/61 "2000-07-24T16:10:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ricepad \* > \*\*“Detachable Penis”, by Green Jelly (formerly Green Jello) \*\* BTW, this song was originally done by King Missile. ---
**Author:** ![Moe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moe/32/2972_2.png) [@Moe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moe)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2000, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wierd-music-you-love/25825/62 "2000-07-24T17:55:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Robot Arm \* > \*\ ***dorkbro** , Uncle Bonsai is not completely defunct. They’ve done a few reunion concerts over the last couple years, and released two new CDs, _Doug_ and _Sponge Boy_. Andrew Ratchin still performs and records as The Elecrtic Bonsai Band, and he also has a group called Mel Cooleys, which now includes Arni Adler from UB. Check out [http://www.yellowtailrecords.com](http://www.yellowtailrecords.com) Beat me to it. But wow! other Uncle Bonsai fans. BTW I was coming in here to mention Laurie Anderson. But of course, I’m too late for that as well as Glass’s “Einstein on the Beach”. I never really like the word “wierd” with music, but a particular interesting guy is (IIR [the name] C) Charles Amirkanian. He creates 3-D soundscapes, very clever and very interesting, where you actually feel yourself moving through this imaginary space. Has Steve Reich been mentioned? Again, I don’t want to say wierd, but he has created some very interesting sounds in minimal music. I personally like him better than Philip Glass, though I think Koyanisqaatsi (sp?) is one of the most amazing pieces of art ever created. Trilok Gurtu, virtuosso percussionist, often fuses classical indian music with jazz, amazing stuff! and on a related note (ba dump \<\\>), I think Oregon might be avant-garde enough to be considered wierd by some. I mentioned Zappa, but I’m surprised I forgot to mention Krystov Penderecki, one of Zappa’s influences. Far out classical stuff, very abstract and dissonant (some of it that is). ---
**Author:** ![Moe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moe/32/2972_2.png) [@Moe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moe)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2000, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wierd-music-you-love/25825/63 "2000-07-24T17:58:10Z")
If a Mod happens to see this, could you please take out the bolding of my last post and delete this one? Thanks 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2000, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wierd-music-you-love/25825/64 "2000-07-24T18:34:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Moe \* > \*\* > Beat me to it. But wow! other Uncle Bonsai fans. > \*\* It gets better. Your profile says you’re in Brooklyn, and Uncle Bonsai is doing two shows in New York on November 26th. I’ll be there, and I’m thinking of starting a thread to see if I can convince some more Dopers to join in. > [@](#): > > **Has Steve Reich been mentioned? Again, I don’t want to say wierd, but he has created some very interesting sounds in minimal music. I personally like him better than Philip Glass, though I think Koyanisqaatsi (sp?) is one of the most amazing pieces of art ever created.** I haven’t seen Reich in the thread yet, but I heard some of his stuff back in college. I had a roommate who listened to a lot of 20th Century, avant-garde classical. The thing I eventually realized about pieces like _Come Out_ is that to me it’s almost more interesting to hear a description of the techniques than to hear the actual piece. I think it’s fascinating that someone like Harry Partch can take his originality down to absolute first principles of music, like devising his own 43-note scale. But it’s so far removed from everything else that I just don’t have any aesthetic grip on it. I just saw a review of a Kronos Quartet show. They seem to be one of the few groups that specialize in recent classical music. At this show they came out for an encore and did _Miserlou_ by Dick Dale (the King of the Surf Guitar). Man, I hope somebody got a recording of that. ---
**Author:** ![Moe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moe/32/2972_2.png) [@Moe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moe)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2000, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wierd-music-you-love/25825/65 "2000-07-24T18:43:18Z")
WHAT? Uncle Bonsai in NY? WHOOPPPEEEEEE!!! I’m so there! Start that thread! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wierd-music-you-love/25825.md?page=3)