Now Is Jim Dorling

Now Is Jim Dorling

On August 6, 2017, Ben Remsen and Jim Dorling spent a couple hours in the former's living room in the Lakeview neighborhood of Chicago, listening to Jim's former band Town & Country and a few influences.

To find out more about Town & Country, check out their page at the Thrill Jockey website.

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Music

Intro: “Going to Kamakura”
Town & Country
from C‘mon (2002)
available from Thrill Jockey Records

The players on all T&C tracks are Joshua Abrams, Jim Dorling, Liz Payne, and Ben Vida. Listen to the interview to find out who's playing what.

Outro: “Old Fashioned”
Town & Country
from 5 (2003)
available from Thrill Jockey Records

“Sleeping In the Midday Sun”
Town & Country
from 5 (2003)
available from Thrill Jockey Records

“Crossings”
Town & Country
from Town & Country (1998)
once but not no longer available from BoxMedia Records

“That Old Feeling”
Town & Country
from It All Has to Do With It (2000)
available from Thrill Jockey Records

“Bookmobile”
Town & Country
from C‘mon (2002)
available from Thrill Jockey Records

“Field and Parks of Easy Access” / “Cloud Seedling”
Town & Country
from Up Above (2006)
available from Thrill Jockey Records

“Four Violins”
Tony Conrad
from Four Violins (rec. 1964)
once but no longer available from Table of the Elements

Tony Conrad, violins

“Lifestyled”
Town & Country
from 5 (2003)
available from Thrill Jockey Records

“Patterns in Chromatic Field”
Morton Feldman
from Patterns in Chromatic Field (recorded 2007, composed 1981)
available from Aeon Records

Arne Deforce, cello
Yutaka Oya, piano

“Give Your Baby a Standing Ovation”
Town & Country
from Decoration Day (2000)
available from Thrill Jockey Records

“Juana”
John Fahey
from Womblife (1997)
once but no longer available from Table of the Elements

“So That I May Come Back”
Town & Country
from Town & Country (1998)
once but not no longer available from BoxMedia Records