Anyone else use the Satellite Eyes app for their laptop? It's pretty cool. Finally, my Codeine 'When I See The Sun' box set arrived yesterday. I listened to the remastered 'Frigid Stars' (meh! sounds about the same!) and the outtakes/demos disc (great acoustic version of "Pea" and a couple of songs that would have sounded [...]
Feeling slightly better this morning (my fever broke in the middle of the night, which is always a weird feeling - waking up in a pool of your own sweat but cooler and somewhat relieved) I donned my Sunday Best and drove out to Topanga State Park for my dear friends Fawn and Brian's wedding. [...]
Here's something from the Finnish collective's 2006 album Heartcore . I love the way you're never sure exactly what you're getting with Kiila. On Verbranntes Land it's a strange blend of folkloric elements, overblown electronics, and pomp. There's an interesting console game called Brutal Legend, and apparently one of the design considerations for the gameworld was that it could be paused at any moment and your screen would look like a heavy metal album cover. Well Verbranntes Land is a little like that. It may be stylistically diverse, but if [...]
Work was not fun today. Not even "Subway Sunday" could brighten my mood. Oh well, it happens, I guess. I have a busy week ahead of me. I think. Right now I'm looking forward to my days off. I'm very tired. Of course, I have to take my car to be serviced early Wednesday morning, so I won't have an opportunity to sleep in on that day. Curses! Hey, how about a mix tape? RULES for uninitiated noobs : With roughly 100MB of webspace, I give birth to a weekly Mix Tape to be [...]
My dear friend (and industry insider!) Nat was kind enough to share with me the final artwork for the forthcoming Alejandro Jorodowsky DVD boxed set , which will include Fando YLis , El Topo , and Holy Mountain . For a full-sized view, just click the image: Also, it's Sunday. Time for a new compilation. RULES for uninitiated noobs : With 100MB of webspace, I give birth to a weekly Mix Tape to be deposited on your iPods or Zunes or [...]
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Things Change And So Do We (I)
