Jim O’Rourke, who puts out more albums than McDonald’s does cheeseburgers, has announced that his Old News series (released through Austria’s Editions Mego) will be getting a “sixth” volume.
The new album, consisting of a massive, 70-minute, four-part song titled “all that’s cold is new again,” will be spread like Jenna Jameson across two LPs and, in a distinctly anti-CD move, will only be available on LP, the format of the future. Available on August 30, “all that’s cold is new again,” has been in the works since 2009 and was originally commissioned by Christian Zanesi for GRM’s Présences Électronique Festival in Paris, making it far more cultured than you could ever hope to be, although your attempts at dressing more adult are quite alluring.
Anyway, the album is surely to be loved by Jim O’Rourke fans, so my guess is that it makes it to at least the #15 spot in our year-end list. Finally, while I’m sure you’ve already heard, I got a perfect game of Pac-Man on May 26, 2011, but that’s just old news.
• Jim O’Rourke: http://tisue.net/orourke
• Editions Mego: http://editionsmego.com
