Keiji Haino link
 

I've found this today.I thought i should share.
http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2005/0...birthday_.html

Excellent link Nefeli.Thanks a million.

Yeah, I saw that a while ago on O'malley's site.

Those candles must be really bright, hence the sunglasses.

thanks for sharing.

Thanks a lot, I've been obsessed with all things Keiji Haino lately. Isn't he fucking great?

He sure is cool looking.
He sure can play the guitar.
He sure has some cool glasses.
He's pretty great, all right.

I remember reading on this board about someone seeing him play like a 3 hour set in the states in the past year. Or maybe that was my imagination. But either way, i'd die for that.

I have heard of 18+ hour Fushitsusha performances!

Stop it. I haven't even been born yet.

Either him or me.

David Tibet? Hahahaha

There was a four hour solo set in Newcastle last year. Which, save for two ciggie breaks, I witnessed the entireity of.

And let me assure you, it was beyond words. I was hallucinating at one point, without any drugs or drink.

And to qualify the above statement, I hate people talking about gigs in quasi-religious terms. It's ridiculous and wrong. Usually it's a rubbish>quite good rock band that are, ultimately, quite average. Ergo, my cynicism precedes me.

And i mean it!

Cynicism or not, I envy you. I would do anything right now to see him I think.

I have a friend who bears a passing resemblance to David Late Tibet.
That painting cracked me up!

Even though they don't look anything like each other,this picture always reminds me of Angus Maclaise somehow.I wonder if you guys ever listened to Angus's music.I have an mp3 of him playing with Tony Conrad that is pure bliss!

I named my new band after his soundtrack work.

thanks for the links, I too have been obsessed with haino lately, I put this thread up earlier but not many people seemed interested:

http://www.sonicyouth.com/gossip/showthread.php?t=3193

it contains a pretty cool clip of Fushitshusha at the end.

What an odd and talented musician he was.I love the story of him arriving at a VU rehearsel 1/2 an hour late and making up for that by playing for that long a time after all the others finished.

I watched that. It made me wish I knew Japanese :(

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXrPFO6uvDA

Here is a clip of Keiji Haino making a cameo appearance in Koji Wakamatsus ENDLESS WALTZ which is a biopic of Kaoru Abe. If anyone has a bootleg copy of this film....hook me up purrrleeeaseee.

Hey Iain,thanks again for that Henry Flint album you upped a few weeks ago.I've been listening to it a lot.

interesting interview with haino by alan cummings
http://www.halana.com/haino.html

interview by sayoko yamaguchi (in japanese)
http://www.mokohan.com/haino.html
i might translate this in the not too distant future.

Familiar w/ Maclise, i have several of the cds that have been released and a somewhat rare LP...

Do you know where and when this mp3 you speak of is from?

I know Tony... i've recorded some of his performances here in Buffalo...

I just ordered Keiji Haino & Yoshida Tatsuya- New Rap, The sample clips sounded awsome, I can't wait to get it!

That CD does sound awesome. I love the drums. That's next on my list of CDs to buy.

the archive label has a recording of a 7 hour long fushitsusha gig but for some reason they haven't or aren't going to put it out

I'll have to find it.It's a joy.

I'm pretty sure it comes from this album:
Brain Damage in Oklahoma City is the second installment in the Siltbreeze/Quakebasket series of music by Angus MacLise. Culled from the archives of Mr. Tony Conrad, this volume (covering the years 1967-'70) highlights MacLise's unique and intricate drumming style. Cembalum, bongos, hand drum, barrel congas -- all are majestically thumped'n'bumped for maximum orgasmic sensory satisfaction.

I think this thread should be continued, now that I'm more familiar with Fushitsusha. Been listening to them non-stop today, thanks to some recommendations by drrrtyboots. Does he tour here often?

he almost never goes on tour. sometimes he plays a few shows outside japan a year, but that's about it.

The last one i remember of was at the Garage a couple of years ago,am i right?

Haino is finally coming to Minneapolis in October to do some live soundtrack action!
I am extremely excited.

i like him. i'm not too far from minneapolis either.

I just found out about that gig.
I had heard rumblings, but nothing definite.
First time ever, and it's been a long time coming!

6 years ago, i think. i didn't go though. but i saw him play in tokyo last summer.

No i don't think it was that long a time.Four years perhaps?I meant to go but for whatever reason i didn't make it so i had to do with the not too kind review on the Wire.

Fuck you minneapolis :(

i just checked his website, the last time he played london was 2000