docbrown
23 years old
Milwaukee, WI
Male
About
Taco Ockerse (b. 1955, Jakarta, Indonesia) was born of Dutch parents. His grandfather was a professional pianist and artist in Indonesia. After settling in Hamburg, little Taco studied body movement, dance, and theater, and was acting in musicals by the mid-'70s. In 1979, he played Chino in a German remake of West Side Story. The following year, Mr. T -- in tails and talcum -- was working night spots with his own group, Taco's Bizz. A portion of his act involved updating nostalgic numbers like the Irving Berlin evergreen "Puttin' on the Ritz."
Late in 1981, with the aid of arranger/multi-instrumentalist Werner Lang, Taco cut "Puttin' on the Ritz" -- a 1930 chart-topper for Harry Richman -- and other reworked oldies for his debut LP, Taco After Eight (1983). Nearly a year passed before Taco's tune was tasted by the German public. "I tried everything [including acting out the song as part of a computer music program at a department store] to get it going," Taco told Cashbox. Finally, Germany, Austria, Yugoslavia, and a number of other countries took a transitory liking to Taco's take on Berlin's timeless tune.
To date, "Cheek to Cheek" and similar auditory excavations have fared poorly.
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Apr 14, 2007
the great post-rock binge of '07
I usually aim to have as much variety in my listening habits as possible, but sometimes the occasional binge of a particular artist or genre makes its way through my speakers and into my skull. Earlier today I finished up a marathon post-rock session that took place …
Movies
Citizen Kane, Battlefield Earth, Hudson Hawk, Cool As Ice, Freddy Got Fingered, Xanadu, Howard the Duck, Dumb and Dumberer, Collateral Dammage, Bio-Dome, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, the Adventures of Pluto Nash, Boat Trip, Waterworld, Spice World, Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector, Showgirls, Its Pat: the Movie, From Justin to Kelly, KISS Meets the Phantom in the Park, Norbit
Music
Tortoise, Brian Eno, David Bowie, Talking Heads, Grizzly Bear, Do Make Say Think, Boards of Canada, Tim Hecker, DJ Shadow, Akron/Family, El-P, Caribou, Madlib, Can, Talk Talk, Battles, LCD Soundsystem, the Beta Band, the Clash, Wire, Devo, Boris, .....to name a few
Television
the news, Brewers baseball, Deadwood, most documentary shows on PBS or the History Channel, all the great reality/competition shows on Bravo, Countdown With Keith Olbermann, Austin City Limits
Books
Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes From the American Indie Underground 1981-1991 by Michael Azerrad
Activities
listening to music, seeing live music, discussing music, watching music documentaries, writing about music, knitting
Interests
the thrill of opening a new cd, green tea, sarcasm, the smell of used book stores, the sound of dust crackling on a record, clear nights, yetis, satire, live music, wisdom, samurai, leftover pizza from the night before, night games at the ballpark, ambient sound, crossword puzzles, evening bike rides along the lake
Adam Robinson, Jun 16, 2007:
What's up, Doc?
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Sorry, had to do it.