At first glance she was a nice old lady, but when you got to give her another look you saw right away that she was weird. Something about her walk, perhaps? The way she nodded her head from side to side or kept glancing back at the passing cars? There was nothing immediately wrong about the way she was dressed. Cal could see colours on these new closed circuit screens, still hadn't got used to it; rust colour to her print skirt, maroon cardigan hanging from her shoulders, draped. Looking closer he could make out strong leather shoes, hair permed [...]
He led them over to a Scorpio Auto on the other side of the car park. Blue job with black leather inside. Norman checked through the window to make sure there was some sound equipment inside. Using his bent coat hanger he had the thing open in about ninety seconds. "How do you do that?" the youngest wigger asked. Norman locked the car again and fitted his wire hook down inside the window frame. He fiddled for a moment, said, "Now you try." The youngest wigger took hold of the coat hanger and jiggled [...]
Sam went to the men's group because it was winter and cold in the flat, and because he was off the booze, and because another marriage had gone bust. There's this place runs groups of all kinds, every night of the week. It cost ninety pence to get in, and that particular night Sam had the choice of Esperanto or the men's group or going back on the booze. He walked in on them and sat down in the circle. They were talking about fairy stories and Iron John and about how women were in touch with the earth and [...]
It's always nice to hear a different side to djs. People tend to forget that to be able to understand music in a way that allows them to work a dancefloor on a Saturday night you need a deep-understanding and knowledge of music that most often stretches way beyond the genres they're confined to in clubs. Hence, we love Damian Lazarus' Lazpod series which allows him to explore the less commercial side of his record collection. Damian Lazarus - Lazpod (Episode 17) [...]
It's always nice to hear a different side to djs. People tend to forget that to be able to understand music in a way that allows them to work a dancefloor on a Saturday night you need a deep-understanding and knowledge of music that most often stretches way beyond the genres they're confined to in clubs. Hence, we love Damian Lazarus' Lazpod series which allows him to explore the less commercial side of his record collection. Damian Lazarus - Lazpod (Episode 17) [...]
Mix: Cosmic Tones 4 Mental Therapy Vol.1 (not in order) GB, Flying Lotus, Hudson Mohawke, Kutmah, Matthew David,Smegma,Mono/Poly,Misel Quitno,Peter B,Professor Cantaloupe, La Voz Sabia De Los Cosmos, Pudge,Sun Ra, Pharoah Sanders, Mr Oizo,John Baker, Warner Jepson, Carlos Nino & MIguel Atwood Ferguison, Lady Oblivia, Bama,Ta` Raach,…………..Ras_G http://www.brainfeedersite.com /
When I asked the very intelligent and capable talent buyer Eli Anderson of the soon-to-be-reopened Crocodile Cafe, I was expecting a list of ten records he liked. Instead, he had sent me several well-written lists and deserves countless bonus points because he even showed his work. read more
I'm a ferocious insomniac. Anything can keep me awake. The credit crisis, an upsetting Prime Time report, the smell of my own farts, cheese, the hag, existential dread, the anticipation of my alarm going off, the torturous replaying of alternative versions of humiliating incidents from earlier in the day, credit card bills, peaking oil stocks and how long it will be until we are all scrabbling through the post-apocalyptic ruins of the IFSC splintering our fingernails on unopened tins of Whiskas in the nuclear half-light. Y'know, all the usual sort of stuff. To make matters worse my bedroom [...]
Check out Coldcut performing a very special 45-minute dj/vj mix with the BBC Radiophonic Workshop as part of the Electric Proms series. http://www.bbc.co.uk/electricp roms/2008/artists/coldcut/ Tracklist: Jam Part 1 Step Doctor Who Radiophonic Funk Radiophonic Workshop Vespucci Hi Tek Effex
BBC Radiophonic Workshop composer John Baker (1937-1997) is the subject of two volumes of electronic music released this month by Trunk Records . Though his name might not ring any bells, his work is immediately identifiable from any childhood memory of strange programming produced in the UK and sold to corresponding educational television services around the world, like TVO in Canada; and the charming melodies of the jaunty blips present a sort of nostalgic return to exotic 70s English culture for those of us born abroad. Think of the space age of your childhood, [...]
John Baker - The John Baker Tapes Volume 1 BBC Radiophonics Rare and Unreleased recordings 1963-1974 (Trunk Records) John Baker - The John Baker Tapes Volume 2 Soundtracks, Library, Home Recordings and Electro Ads 1954-1985 (Trunk Records) How far do we need to consider the context of something that we are reviewing? It might seem ridiculous, whether on a humble blog such as this or in a broadsheet newspaper to give background information, but it can shed some light into how the music came into being. True, many reviews may get sidetracked around certain details -the [...]
'Twas the night before the night before Christmas and all though metro northwest Boston not a creature was stirring....unless you count the hordes of last-minute shoppers clogging the surface roads and making the simple task of picking up a 12-pack of Dr. Pepper and some trashbags from Target a maddening ordeal. At this point I'd be content to just flop down on the bed and snooze straight through to Boxing Day. ("But Americans don't celebrate Boxing Day," I hear some of you saying. My point exactly.) John Baker - Christmas Commercial (from [...]
Inveresk Street Ingrate
The Beat!
SMASHCARTEL
Three Imaginary Girls
Asleep on the compost heap
nothing getting past
17 seconds
Armagideon Time
Antony and the Johnsons - "Rise"
Santigold – The Keepers (Duke Dumont Remix)
