Monthly Archives: February 2009
Finish Line
Beware Your Only Friend – Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy The moment we’ve all been waiting for. A moment of completion, Of release. A time to evaluate the build up. Deconstruct the hype. Understand and question exactly what it was we waited … Continue reading
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Freezing Rain
Wrong Ride – Growing Lens Around – Growing A man is walking down the street. Black coat, black umbrella. There are faded salt stains on his boots, from here they look like leather. Unpolished. The road is wet, every car … Continue reading
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Want a Dube?
Am I a Nice Guy? – Shit and Shine Yeah man, Rock on. Excellent. [I'm really a sucker for the eight minute short story narrated over a noisy jam. I think I'll try and write one.]
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You Know the Euro, Kicking Uncle Sam in the Who-Know.
Money Feat. David Byrne, Chuck D, Ras Congo, Seu Jorge, & Z-Trip – N.A.S.A. Spacious Thoughts Feat. Tom Waits & Cool Keith – N.A.S.A. I don’t even know what to say. Pseudo political hip hop, featuring an amazingly diverse group … Continue reading
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Test Patterns
Drone Machine Test – Dorian Scheidt For the past several several days, I’ve been building a machine. Connecting the parts. Putting things together. Comparing interactions, detailed analysis. Creating synthetic wind, harmonic structure. Route, Oscillate, Ramp Up, Ramp Down. Complex filter … Continue reading
This Room
Borderlands – Tim Hecker I’m having trouble with the lighting in this room. A single bulb, a two bulb fixture. The shadows are all wrong, failing to stabilize. The dust is moving too fast, I can’t focus. All these colours, … Continue reading
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Falling off the wagon
Articulate Silences, Pt. 1 – Stars of the Lid Articulate Silences, Pt. 2 – Stars of the Lid Take a walk. It’s snowing, I think. I can’t quite tell, every colour in the sky is blending together. Every breath fills … Continue reading
Red Wine
Sand Dunes – Tape It’s dark out, but the streetlights are reflecting off the blanket of clouds, casting an orange glow over everything. A federal police SUV rolls past. Some college students holler at each other in the distance. It … Continue reading
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Drive
My Mind is a Muffler – Arab on Radar Birth Control Blues – Arab on Radar List: Forward. Perpetual motion machine. Constant revision. Constant innovation. Fight stagnation. Accomplish. Continue to lend credence to the belief that you are worth being. … Continue reading
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Live to Air
Last night, I made my radio debut. It’s interesting the kind of things you end up saying and doing between 4 and 6 am when you decide to forgo preparation of any kind. Small Studio, Big personalities. I can see … Continue reading
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