The Continuing Exploits of R.STEVIE MOORE & KRYSTYNA OLSIEWICZ

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The Continuing Exploits of R.STEVIE MOORE and KRYSTYNA OLSIEWICZ

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NEWARK STAR-LEDGER Friday, December 31, 1999 The Ticket, page 10, POP/ROCK
R. Stevie Moore
WHERE: Maxwell's, 1039 Washington
St., Hoboken
WHEN: 9 p.m. Thursday
HOW MUCH: $6. Call (201) 798-0406
By Jay Lustig STAR-LEDGER STAFF
>>>>Decades before the stubbornly independent >>>>singer-songwriter Ani DiFranco started her own >>>>record label and Guided By Voices began recording >>>>albums in their basement, R. Stevie Moore had the >>>>territory covered.
>>>>Over the course of his 30-year career, various >>>>record labels have signed him, briefly, and he has >>>>received glowing reviews in Rolling Stone and >>>>Musician. But this singer-songwriter and >>>>multi-instrumentalist, who performs in Hoboken on >>>>Thursday, has put out most of his music himself >>>>with little fanfare.
>>>>At last count, he had written more than 1,000 >>>>songs in genres ranging from power-pop to country, >>>>folk and electronica. Most of the songs--which are >>>>by turns painfully honest and frustratingly >>>>cryptic, soothing and grating, zany and >>>>sentimental--are available only on the 250 or so >>>>cassette-only albums he has distributed via mail >>>>order.
His latest album, a German label's >>>>compilation of songs recorded between 1975 and >>>>1998, is called "The Future Is Worse Than The >>>>Past." But the Internet is actually making his >>>>future look bright, as his Web site >>>>(www.rsteviemoore.com) is helping him get his >>>>music out to the public.
>>>>The Internet works for him "in the same way it >>>>works for Bill Gates, only smaller. Much, much >>>>smaller," says Moore, 47, who grew up in >>>>Nashville, spent most of his adult life in >>>>Montclair and now lives in Bloomfield. "I'm >>>>delighted that, unlike five or six years ago, I'm >>>>now getting orders and queries from arond the >>>>globe instantaneously. Wannabe fans can click >>>>on--right into my living room, right into my >>>>family history scrapbook, right into info about >>>>the recording I did last night."
>>>>The Web site also keeps fans informed of new >>>>developments and quirky trivia. Wanna know how >>>>Moore got hired to play two faux Beatles songs at >>>>a Beatles convention this spring? The story is >>>>there on the Web site. Wanna read about his recent >>>>collaboration with XTC's Dave Gregory, his >>>>contributions to a compilation released by Weird >>>>N.J. magazine, or the recent CD rerelease of his >>>>1976 "Phonography" album? That's there too.
>>>>The site also promotes his rare concerts, such as >>>>his Maxwell's gig Thursday. Most of the material >>>>will come from his '70s albums, Moore says. But >>>>there will also be newer songs, spoken-word >>>>segments and obscure covers.
>>>>Chris Bolger, Moore's longtime musical partner, >>>>will be on bass. Chris Breetveld, leader of the >>>>Breetles, will play drums. Also joining Moore, who >>>>will sing and play lead guitar, are rhythm >>>>guitarist Bob Brainen (best known as a disk jockey >>>>on WFMU-FM) and keyboardist Tim Korzun, who has >>>>played with The Punsters and Duf Davis.
Moore >>>>booked the show, he says, "because I've suddenly >>>>built the band of my dreams--old friends, good >>>>players. We got together for a one-off gig in >>>>Boonton at the Darress Theatre back in September. >>>>Both rehearsals and the show itself went so well, >>>>that we naturally decided to stay with it."
>>>>He'll preface the band set with a short >>>>solo-acoustic set--an abbreviated version of the >>>>solo shows he's presented in New York and >>>>Nashville this year. "Alone, the act is >>>>unpredicatable stream-of-consciousness, dozens of >>>>incomplete songlets and zany mayhem," he says. >>>>"The band presentation, however, is fully >>>>structured."
>>>>Strangely enough, Moore had strong ties to the >>>>music-industry mainstream at the beginning of his >>>>career. His father, Bob Moore, backed Elvis >>>>Presley, Roy Orbison and other stars of the '50s >>>>and '60s, and had one hit of his own, "Mexico" >>>>(1961). In his Nashville days, R. Stevie did >>>>session work in the early '70s for artists such as >>>>Perry Como and Earl Scruggs.
>>>>He never felt at home in the conservative >>>>Nashville recording community. He was more >>>>inspired by the baroque experiments of the Beatles >>>>and the Beach Boys, the confrontational craziness >>>>of Frank Zappa, the previously unheard sounds Jimi >>>>Hendrix was able to make with his guitar.
He >>>>has pursued all of his obsessions, on his own >>>>terms and at his own pace. Even with his recent >>>>spate of activity, he's not exactly threatening to >>>>escape the underground.
>>>>"I'm still clueless at vigorously pursuing booking >>>>agents, managers, career advisers, etc., which is >>>>always what makes me retreat back to hiding in my >>>>studio for years at a time. It's too competitive >>>>and back-stabbing phony. Do I have an audience? >>>>Unknown. Should I concentrate on building one? >>>>Ha!"