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...bodies of the city's residents. At one point the spirit of Nicola Tesla "screws" itself into the skull of a wino "like a genie into a bottle." The spirits of Karl Marx, Ovid, Aristotle and Albert Einstein, among many many others, also descend on the city. Almost laughable, these passages only serve to add to a growing sense of dissatisfaction with where, if anywhere, the plot is heading...
Codrescu is certainly amusing at times. Typically, he manages to find "carroty orange baby penises" in an airplane meal. Yet his obsession with breasts and genitalia often seems out of place, almost like a forced concession to the Freudian tradition and by no means necessitated by the logic of the text...
...almost cruel, to enjoy the no-nonsensecertainty of the prose in the fiction when, justthe page before, one sees the near-necrophilictendency which powers his writing...
Other pieces are remarkable in the intricacy of their patterns and contrasts. Kodo ended their performance with "Yatai-Bayashi," in which the obvious joy of the musicians and the insistency of their drums made it almost impossible to sit still. Kodo's immense rhythmic power and beautiful artistry make them welcome ambassadors of this traditional Japanese musical form...
Since Kodo leave their island to tour every decade or so, their albums are a good way to keep them in reach. Best of Kodo (Sony/TriStar) is a nice sampling from Kodo's previously released albums. Almost capturing the power of Kodo's live performance, these songs illustrate Kodo's range from the meditative to the sublime. Kodo: Sai-So-The Remix Project (Red Ink/Sony) is a funked-out, intelligent dance album that maintains the ritualistic feel of Kodo's drumming while sampling them into styles as different as disco-house and ambient...