#thirlwell

[jgthirlwell]

Video of JG Thirlwell + Ensemble performing 'I'll Meet You In Poland Baby' at the March 1 2019 concert at National Sawdust in NYC. While checking it out subscribe to the Ectopic Ents YouTube channel. More to come!

JG Thirlwell -vocals Simon Hanes - acoustic guitar Evan Allen - piano Leah Asher - viola Mia Theodoratus - Harp

[grimconversations]

Venture Bros Playlist! 

My favorite tracks mixed in with some other good beats: Todd Terje, Mocean Worker, Ginger Runner

(link here for those of you that don’t like the app)

[cursegoat]

I guess owning this makes things official #157/200

[lordforeskin]

ACHE by You've Got FOETUS On Your Breath

this was originally one of my least favorite Foetus albums, along with Deaf (Nail being my absolute favorite.)

While Nail is still my favorite Foetus album, and favorite album of all time, Ache has grown to be a favorite of mine too. Get Out of My House is a manically catchy tune and J.Q Murder is one of the funkiest and most bizarre tunes Mr. Thirlwell has produced.

The thing setting Ache on higher regards from its predecessor is that almost every song is packed to the brim with actual MUSIC! Deaf was filled with bizarre noise experiments, and the few actual songs had such hilarious sounding keyboards that it was impossible to fully take in J.G Thirlwell's still incredible lyrical talents. This issue has been all but fixed here, as while you'll still hear some goofy casio keyboard noises, the production is so full and complete that it never truly takes away from the song.

One thing of note is that Ache was produced in 1982, which listening to it, is absolutely STUNNING. Here is "J.Q Murder" off of Ache

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEtndZuh6qE

For the record, "Mad World" by Tears for Fears was released the same year.

Ache is definitely a step up from Deaf and certainly shows how he evolved to the brilliance of Hole and Nail in such a short time period. Definitely a great starting point for early Foetus.

[reallyfoggywinter]

Ist eine Übersetzung Fluch oder Segen?

"Sie ist eine merkwürdige Kunstform. Denn jeder große Romanexistiert in Gestalt einer Übersetzung. Kunst tut das nicht. Wenn ich mir die Mona Lisa ansehe, ist es dieselbe, die auch ein Franzose sieht. Wenn er allerdings Madame Bovary liest, stimmt nicht ein Wort mit dem überein, was ich lese. Und trotzdem reden wir von demselben Buch. Das erscheint mir die grundsätzliche Absurdität, mit der wir seit 500 Jahren leben." - Thirlwell

[musicdeli]

Sick Man - Scraping Foetus off the Wheel - apparently written about Nick Cave

Lurchin' round the parking lot, a man possessed (of not a lot) Skin and bones and rings and crown, legs reach right down to the ground Swivel hips and loose lips. Stab the dagger, turn it round His life's an open book scribbled in his own blood His constant companion is always at hand Makin' entries in his diary... the diary of SICK-MAN Overcome by waves of lechery - one for you sixteen for me Kill the monkey on his back/he kisses BIG, he kisses BLACK Profile of Neanderthal/leaves his debris in the hall Pushover furniture-barroom brawls... takin' notes from toilet walls His victim screams - he has a ball THE BIGGER THE HEAD THE HARDER THEY FALL He lives a life of luxury, he lives a life of misery The entries in his diary are the entries of SICK-MAN His constant companion always at hand Makin' entries in his diary... the diary of SICK-MAN His pen's as mighty as his sword. Bites off more than he can afford The torture-meister relishing - intimidating everything Typewriter rhythms drowning the newly acquired insecurity Gets in fights/stays up nights/rends and mends companion's tights Forcin' symptoms of his own disease A BOY FOR YOU, BLACK PLAGUE FOR ME His constant companion always at hand Makin' entries in his diary... the diary of SICK-MAN His constant companion always at hand Makin' entries in his diary... the diary of SICK-MAN Blackheaded Blackguard with a blackjack Laced his coffee with spoons of RATSAC Hangs his trophies on walls of his place - hangs his carrots in front Of his face Lust and greed has swallowed him - tearing limb from hymn to limb He's worries how - he got a gun swallowed in his clammy hams All he got for Christmas was a chip on his shoulder And a constant reminder Left companion in pool of blood - she had tried to make him taste his Own medicine Gone down dead end alleyway HEY SICK-MAN SUCK THIS, SICK-MAN, EAT HOT LEAD... HE'S GRINDING - SHAKING - DANCING DEAD Illegal entries in his diary... diary of SICK-MAN His constant companion was always at hand... now she's an entry in the diary he diary of SICK-MAN His constant companion always at hand... makin' entries in his diary The diary of SICK-MAN Illegal entries in his diary... DIARY OF SICK-MAN SICK-MAN... SICK-MAN... SIIIIIIIIIICK ---- MMAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNN!

[ozkar-krapo]

FŒTUS IN YOUR BED "Industrial go slow" (1982)

From the compilation LP "An afflicted Man's Musica Box" edited by United Dairies (UN 012).

[special-interests-magazine]

J.G. Thirlwell (featured in Special Interests #9 focusing on Foetus and his more experimental works)