John Zorn is a fucking GENIUS, man...

[derby378]

Stephen Colbert just showcased his work on the show tonight. Yeah. Suck on that, Britneyites and Simpsoids!

Better yet, see if you can dig up one of those Naked City CDs. I recommend starting with either Naked City or Radio, although the more adventurous might want to try Grand Guignol instead.

[Elidor]

1. dang, I'll have to catch it online

good stuff.

[samsingh]

2. yes he is.

[cemaphonic]

3. Wow, I've gotta see that.

Colbert is even cooler than I thought, and I love him.

Agree that the first Naked City album is probably the best generic recommendation, although my favorite Zorn album is probably his first film score collection.

[bif]

4. Bill Frisell is a fucking Genius!

Have you heard "East-West"? The guitar playing on Shanendoah blew me away.

[HughBeaumont]

5. Their best is .. .

And as for Zorn - get

[derby378]

8. The thing about TORTURE GARDEN is that it's mostly GRAND GUIGNOL

With a little bit of Naked City's first album thrown in for good measure, natch. With a slightly better mix job, too, IMHO. Not quite so thick on the 16KHz.

[Rabrrrrrr]

6. He IS a fucking genius! I was so excited to hear that he got the award!

it's too bad that the White House doesn't celebrate people who win awards that matter, who are doing things that matter to humanity's evolution, and only honors the superbowl winners and other athletes, or half-baked hate-based fundamentalist Christians.

[tigereye]

7. he's amazingly talented

and very diverse in his approaches....