RECENT LISTENING #6

Fripp & Eno, Rivener, Possible Humans, Jerry's Kids, Jaimie Branch, Velvet Underground, Ahmoudou Madassane

FRIPP & ENO (No Pussyfooting) LP (ANTILLES) No one’s gonna argue with this underground progressive classic (although some, including me, prefer their second album Evening Star). On tonight’s second listen, my first listens for a few years, Fripp’s endless guitar and Eno’s endless treatments have got me deep in thought about the tiny invisible incremental spaces within the vastness of inner space. When you close your eyes, and nothing is seen and nothing is said. No images, no words. What do you see when nothing is seen? What do you hear when nothing is said? What do you see when your eyes are closed, but you’re peering more closely than ever? While track one “The Heavenly Music Corporation” blasts and pulses around me, I close my eyes and find myself looking upon a concrete alley, illuminated by a single streetlight. The bulb is clearly cheap and substandard, only creating a small cone of light that clashes with the swallowing night around it. Just beyond and below the light, some sor…