Comments on: Matt Maranian: Still Naked After All These Years http://www.losanjealous.com/2006/05/02/matt-maranian-still-naked-after-all-these-years/ 2013 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:10:30 +0200 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 By: bortmechanic http://www.losanjealous.com/2006/05/02/matt-maranian-still-naked-after-all-these-years/#comment-212731 bortmechanic Wed, 09 Jan 2008 15:33:42 +0000 http://www.losanjealous.com/2006/05/02/matt-maranian-still-naked-after-all-these-years/#comment-212731 Little Dragon-Little Dragon
Spooky grooves from Gothenburg, Sweden. Fab gear.
Like certain moments of Can, Bootsy or Sly & The Family Stone, Little Dragon’s Test initially makes no sense but is instantly arresting and tough to shake off. You need to keep listening to work out what it is and how it’s put together.Japanese-American singer Yukimi Nagano’s impressionistic lyrics and funky phrasing fuel the pleasingly askew mood. A look at the video on YouTube confirms they can match this visually. Test is a prime moment on their brilliant debut album of minimalistic, parallel-universe soul music. It opens gently with an ethereal, slinky ballad, Twice, based on just two piano notes, and covers space-age jazz (Turn Left, Constant Surprises), dub (Forever, Test) and warped pop (Place To Belong, Wink, Recommendation), hanging off Erik Bodin’s tight, spare drums, the superb bass of Fredrik Kallgren and Hakan Wirenstrand’s subtle keyboard colours. Clever, sexy and addictive.
Jim Irvin

]]> By: After the Rain: Highland Park http://www.losanjealous.com/2006/05/02/matt-maranian-still-naked-after-all-these-years/#comment-211480 After the Rain: Highland Park Mon, 07 Jan 2008 16:12:15 +0000 http://www.losanjealous.com/2006/05/02/matt-maranian-still-naked-after-all-these-years/#comment-211480 [...] local landscape back in October [witness the head’s installation at LA Observed]. Following a discussion with Matt Maranian in 2006 I got in touch with owner Amy Inouye and was told this resurrection was in the works, but [...]

]]> By: Mr B http://www.losanjealous.com/2006/05/02/matt-maranian-still-naked-after-all-these-years/#comment-8770 Mr B Wed, 26 Jul 2006 22:26:13 +0000 http://www.losanjealous.com/2006/05/02/matt-maranian-still-naked-after-all-these-years/#comment-8770 excellent stuff. That book gave me the best holiday of my life. MM is a brilliant writer, and that was a fantastic interview. Thanks.

]]> By: Jack Gould http://www.losanjealous.com/2006/05/02/matt-maranian-still-naked-after-all-these-years/#comment-3122 Jack Gould Thu, 11 May 2006 04:06:51 +0000 http://www.losanjealous.com/2006/05/02/matt-maranian-still-naked-after-all-these-years/#comment-3122 You made me miss Matt so much, but reading the interview made me feel like I was in the room with you two waiting for a polaroid to develop while working on PAD 3 (which seems like it actually may happen, finally). I have been hard at work at my first solo photo book project. It’s called People and Things. It’s an exploration and investigation into the relationship between us folks and the stuff we have that we collect, covet, obsess over, freak out about, have to have, etc…. The germ of the idea began to formulate in my mind while thinking about the two times in my life where I lost almost everything I owned. While getting robbed in ’89 and then becoming homeless in the ’94 earthquake, certainly sucked, there was a strange sense of liberation that came from being without things. Well now it’s 12 years later and I am back up to my eye balls in things. WHat I have been doing is photographing a portrait of a person, separate picture of their thing and then I briefly interview them about their relationship top their thing. So far I’ve shot about 50 People and Thing pairs. Everything from electric wheel chairs and oxygen tanks to hated guitars and hand carved wooden masks and then theirs the 40 foot high compost pile in Pasadena…

To get people in the mood, I came up with four arbitrary categories. They are: The Most Useful Thing You Have, The Most Interesting, Shocking or Bizarre Thing You Have, The Thing That Gives You The Greatest Pleasure, and Something You Have That You Really Really Don’t Like But You Can’t Live WIthout It. I am still looking for subjects, so please disseminate this information far and wide. My telephone numbers are 323 464 4684 home and 323 854 1512 elsewhere. Thanks for helping to spread the word,
Jack
jackgouldphoto@earthlink.net
http://www.altpick.com/jackgould

PS: I am also VERY VERY VERY available for paid assignment work so feel free to spread the word about that too.

]]> By: Cathy http://www.losanjealous.com/2006/05/02/matt-maranian-still-naked-after-all-these-years/#comment-2361 Cathy Fri, 05 May 2006 04:01:52 +0000 http://www.losanjealous.com/2006/05/02/matt-maranian-still-naked-after-all-these-years/#comment-2361 The picture with Chicken Boy is precious!

]]> By: Emmanuelle http://www.losanjealous.com/2006/05/02/matt-maranian-still-naked-after-all-these-years/#comment-2350 Emmanuelle Thu, 04 May 2006 19:35:16 +0000 http://www.losanjealous.com/2006/05/02/matt-maranian-still-naked-after-all-these-years/#comment-2350 This interview is precious: thank you so much! I cherish my signed copy of L.A. Bizarro bought 8 years ago and it’s a treat to have all these behind-the-scenes anecdotes.

]]> By: that_owl http://www.losanjealous.com/2006/05/02/matt-maranian-still-naked-after-all-these-years/#comment-2335 that_owl Wed, 03 May 2006 18:03:13 +0000 http://www.losanjealous.com/2006/05/02/matt-maranian-still-naked-after-all-these-years/#comment-2335 Rock solid informational and funny interview! Well done.

]]> By: peter m http://www.losanjealous.com/2006/05/02/matt-maranian-still-naked-after-all-these-years/#comment-2326 peter m Wed, 03 May 2006 05:58:19 +0000 http://www.losanjealous.com/2006/05/02/matt-maranian-still-naked-after-all-these-years/#comment-2326 Nice one! I’m currently planning a trip to LA in July and now I know which guide book to hunt down. Thanks muchly.

]]> By: Will Campbell http://www.losanjealous.com/2006/05/02/matt-maranian-still-naked-after-all-these-years/#comment-2320 Will Campbell Wed, 03 May 2006 00:41:53 +0000 http://www.losanjealous.com/2006/05/02/matt-maranian-still-naked-after-all-these-years/#comment-2320 Brilliant interview Ryan!

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