ALISON KNOWLES - Sounds from the Book of Bean LP Weird Folk I savored that book and

I savored that book and bought AGW on iTunes and would listen on repeat while I ate my suppers

and the tanpura drone of Moki

the final piece seems squelched straight from the cosmos

Artwork by Chaz Hewitt

The wild riffing is still there so is the seamless rhythm section backing one of the most energetic voices in current hardcore punk

ALISON KNOWLES - Sounds from the Book of Bean LP Weird Folk I savored that book andThe first vinyl LP release from Fluxus pioneer Alison Knowles (b. 1933). Sounds from the Book of Bean is an assemblage of noises and texts related to The Book of Bean (1982), Knowles 8 foot tall walk in book constructed at Franklin Furnace in New York. This recording, the sounds of making the big book, was continually played back inside of the installation. Echoes of Yoshi Wada hammering together the circular spine of the book, other collaborators