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Info: Biography, Pictures, Discography of all CDs & DVDs |
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| The Lounge Lizards are a jazz group formed in 1978 by saxophone player John Lurie; they should not be confused with country satire group the Austin Lounge Lizards.Initially a tongue in cheek "fake jazz" combo, drawing on punk rock and no wave as much as jazz, The Lounge Lizards have since become respected for their creative and distinctive sound.The record received positive reviews, with one scribe noting "while there's definitely great respect shown here for the jazz tradition, the members are obviously coming at it from different backgrounds."Especially notable is Lindsay's noisy guitar: He had earlier honed his distinctive, untutored and unconventional technique with the band DNA.Their sole record, 1983's Live from the Drunken Boat, remains the only Lounge Lizards album never to have been issued on compact disc.New York jazz scene: Roy Nathanson (saxophone), Curtis Fowlkes (trombone), Marc Ribot (guitar), and Erik Sanko (bass guitar), Dougie Bowne and EJ Rodriguez on drums and percussion.The Luries formed a new version of the Lounge Lizards in the early 1990s; prominent members included Steven Bernstein (trumpet), Michael Blake (saxophone), Oren Bloedow (bass guitar), Dave Tronzo (guitar), Calvin Weston (drums) and Billy Martin (percussion).All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards is a computer game first released in 1987, the first part of the Leisure Suit Larry series.It used the Adventure Game Interpreter (AGI) engine.An important part of the game is that the player has to take care of his money, which is spent whenever he travels by taxi or buys things.Details
Because of the adult nature of the game, it featured an age verification system, which consisted of a series of questions to which the authors reasoned only adults would know the answer.As the questions were U.Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards is believed to be one of the most widely pirated PC games of the late 1980s.Curiously, although the game never sold in Russia, a few copies slipped through the Iron Curtain and soon many thousands of illegal copies were circulating, with students playing it on university PC's and exchanging hints on how to progress through the game.Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards created quite a stir among computer users," according to Space Quest designer Mark Crowe, who contributed to the game's design.Chuck Benton, the creator of Softporn Adventure, is mentioned in the Larry credits, because the entire layout and the puzzles of the game are the same as in Softporn Adventure; the jokes, however, are Lowe's.Trivia sections are discouraged under Wikipedia guidelines.The article could be improved by integrating relevant items and removing inappropriate ones.Larry (perhaps mistaking him for a fire hydrant) when he stands immobile for some time.In the fall of 1988, a virus contained in pirated copies of the game affected computers in Switzerland, West Germany, The Netherlands and Great Britain.British reviewer wrote: "The trouble is, while some of the questions are there just for laughs, many are directly concerned with American history and culture.Would you know who Mr Greenjeans was or who Calvin Klein is married to?All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.Minutes() * 60 + newCurrentTime.Minutes() * 60 + currentTime.Day Shipping at checkout.See all 4 customer reviews...Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?Try our music sampler to hear song samples from this album.Of("To view this content") !"Embedding code will be displayed here."No one has tagged this product for Amazon search yet.Drummer Anton Fier's style sounds a bit more rock than jazz, which also adds to the punkiness.Later incarnations of The Lounge Lizards saw Lurie adding more and more horns, then other instruments and eventually creating a more layered sound, which incorporated some elements of classical and African musics (among countless others).All of their work has been great, but this, their debut album still remains the most fresh and exciting.Your vote will be counted and will appear on the product page within 24 hours."Glad to see this is still available in some form; I bought this in '81, and still go back to it when I need to remember what experimental jazz can sound like when a sense of humor and history are present.Was this review helpful to you?Was this review helpful to you?SONG IS ALWAYS BETWEEN MY FAVOURITES SONGS .Tom Waits' Favorite Records: A list by R.Find out in Music You Should Hear, where these and other artists tell you about the music they love.Using your checking account at Amazon.After viewing product detail pages or search results, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in.Their
extensive range of musical references, diverse musical backgrounds and
high levels of musicianship has helped the Lounge Lizards to create their
own unique brand of Rocking Rhythm and Blues.HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ONE AND ALL FROM THE AUSTIN LOUNGE LIZARDS!LIZARDS MUSIC ON THE SILVER SCREEN!It is also available (along with all our other Austin Lounge Lizards' fine merchandise) through our website.Copyright 2004 Austin Lounge Lizards
www.The Lounge Lizards is the oldest collegiate a cappella group at UC Davis.LOUNGE LIZARDS
It's hard to believe, but the Lounge Lizards will soon turn twenty.And while Lounge
Lizards leader John Lurie has long been the very personification of downtown
cool, his music has a clear spirituality, making for an exhilarating blend
of transcendence and street savvy.It's
all on ample display on the Lounge Lizards' stunning new album, Queen
of All Ears."But is it for the recipient or for the
given?"In the studio you go for something more elegant, more refined."It's kind of
like opening and closing the record with a prayer", Lurie says.Circus" (besides being an outstanding
composer, John Lurie also has the best song titles in the business)."And more than that, they have to have the capability of loving
each other.Then after about three years we tried to
take it seriously and it was a disaster.Lurie had
one of many musical epiphanies when he was in Morocco for the filming of
"The Last Temptation of Christ" and jammed with some local Gnawan musicians.Lurie became a favorite of some of the world's foremost directors,
appearing in "Paris, Texas" (Wim Wenders, 1983), "The Last Temptation of
Christ" (Martin Scorsese, 1988) and "Wild At Heart" (David Lynch, 1989).And Lurie's screen time continues as he writes, directs and stars in
his own TV comedy series "Fishing with John".Lurie travelling the globe with the likes of Tom Waits, Dennis Hopper,
Willem Dafoe, Matt Dillon and director Jim Jarmusch (the fearsomely, eclectic
soundtrack is also upcoming on Lurie's label, Strange
and Beautiful Music).Jarmusch movies came out", Lurie says.What they're all drawn to is the undeniable magic to a Lounge Lizards
show."We
work hard on this intricate thing and we perform it almost like it's a
religious rite", says Lurie.Does that make Lurie some
sort of downtown Jim Jones?Lurie is unafraid of either traditional
beauty or the mix of intelligence and pleasure".Lizards alumni include Arto
Lindsay, Marc Ribot, slide guitar virtuoso
Dave Tronzo, Bob Dylan musical director Tony Garnier, Skeleton Key's Erik
Sanko, Elysian Fields' Oren Bloewod, Billy Martin and John Medeski of Medeski,
Martin and Wood."There's
nothing like this stuff, nothing like it", Lurie agrees. |
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