![]() ![]() this paired with the relative unpredictability of his recorded output gives him a reputation as an ‘eccentric’ but when i say genius i don’t mean ‘eccentric genius.’ just normal run-of-the-mill genius who happens to live in tokyo. fans imagine themselves hanging out with thurston moore and can’t conceive of themselves getting tired of that so they can’t conceive of anyone else doing so either. ![]() o’rourke was born in chicago and grew up there and then moved to new york and he spent a long time palling around with people who music nerds lionize and then in 2005 he turned his back on all that and moved to a small apartment in tokyo and so now he has an air of mystery about him that informs features about him and interviews with him. Jeff tweedy has called jim o’rourke “ a true genius ” and lee ranaldo has called him “ our eno ” and oren ambarchi has called him “ a really important artist ” and if the opinions of these luminaries aren’t enough to convince you of the importance of his eno-like genius well then i’ll throw my two cents in and also say that he’s a genius.
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