The reviews are not necessarily copied verbatim from the original. Usually, small apparent typos are corrected & obsolete addresses are removed. In some cases, I may choose to leave misspellings, misinformation, etc intact to demonstrate how sloppy the reviewer is. Of course, there may be times when the original packaging was confusing (deliberately or otherwise) which may effect the reviewer's comprehension. The more recent the tapes are, the less likely this is to be the case. Most of the recent tapes provide fairly extensive liner notes. In some cases, reviewers whose native language isn't English may be writing in English anyway for the sake of 'internationalizing' their reviews. Obviously, this may lead to what strikes native English speakers as 'bad' English. Hopefully, equally obviously, this should not be interpreted as a lack of intelligence in the writing. Editorial notes may be inserted into the reviews in [brackets]. In many instances, I (tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE) replied to reviews that I disagreed with strongly. These replies are included here. In some cases, I may add additional retrospective comments.
Vaudio
- edited by tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE
- w/ selections from: John Ellsberry/Crab Feast;
tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE & t he booed usicians;
Monty Cantsin performing with White Colours;
Something That Dissolves The Shadow Of Something That Was Next To
Something That Combusted Twice. Once.; etc..
- $20.00 - (2 hours)
From: "Factsheet Five" #38 - us@
VAUDIO A series of 11 shorts assembled by infamous bizarro tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE. The collection includes works spanning from 1980 to 1989. Quite a range of snapshots into a very strange mind indeed. A few shorts seem to supply apt visual accompaniment to self-named "booed usic" by adding excrutiating visual noise to ear piercing free form improvisations. If you don't like it, wait five minutes and you'll witness such highlights as a concerto for chopsticks and wok (complete with fried rice cadenza). Another favorite is tENTATIVELY wearing only a Donald Duck mask attempting to communicate cross-species to a confused seal off the coast of England ["Tent's Muir"]. Strange. Interesting. (KL)
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