Visiting This Planet...

Check this out! I know I tend to obsess over Mr O'Rourke (goddamit, I've got a link section dedicated to him) but have a look at this, a page tucked away on the Domino site. Wish he'd/they'd have kept this one up...

26/11/03 » Jim O'Rourke
Jim O'Rourke's old favourites that get him excited to go to work...
sparks -propaganda
claudio rocchi -volo magico no.1
juan hidalgo -rrose selavy
geino yamashiro gumi - oserezon
talking heads - more songs about buildings and food
roberto cacciapaglia - sei note in logica
souled american - frozen
supersister - spiral staircase
neil young - on the beach
jackie o motherfucker - the magick fire music

03/06/03 » Jim O'Rourke
ten top tunes turning on the turntable of mr jim o'rourke
cockney rebel "cavaliers"
alex harvey band "action strasse"
jan garbarek "blow away zone"
jay ferguson "thunder island"
tubeway army "listen to the sirens"
tisziji munoz "visiting this planet"
billy mernit "i'm open"
lady june "the letter"
sweet "yesterday's rain"
whitehouse "you don't have to say please"

30/01/03 » Jim O'Rourke
Jim O'Rourke's Current Listening
jan dukes de gray "sun symphony"
conlon nancarrow "etude no. 20"
merzbow "puroland"
michael schumacher "room piece 24"
masayuki takayanagi "variations on a theme of qahafi"

30/01/03 » Jim O'Rourke
Some Of Jim O's Favorite Songs
something in the air - thunderclap newman
rawhide - scott walker
davy the fatboy - randy newman
thank god it's not christmas - sparks
the all golden - van dyke parks
somewhere in hollywood - 10cc
half a chance/where i belong - gerry rafferty
achilles last stand - led zeppelin
lifemask - roy harper
it - genesis
dancing queen - abba
the kiss - judee sill
the man - patto
laughing - david crosby
i'm so confused - mick softley

And if that wasn't enough for all you O'Rourke freaks out there (what? that's just me? oh, ok...) look at this!!!!! Another hard-to-find page tucked away on the Amazon.co.uk site. Mr O'Rourke's fave albums. Here's a snippet regarding Van Dyke Parks: Song Cycle:

I thought for once I'd keep this off a list, but, I'm a good boy, so it's time to do penance at the altar of the greatest album ever made. Yes. EVER. No, I still haven't changed my mind. This is still so ahead of it's time, it'll be some work for some folks, and that's cool and all. Everyone I know who loves this, myself included, finds a new association, a new layer, a new lyrical twist every time. A richer album you can not find. And it's probably only 10 bucks! If there's an Edsel CD, get that one, they did a better job transferring the tape. Shame on you Warner Bros!