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Upcoming Shows/Tours/Events / Re: Return of the New York Singles Scene Thur Oct 12

« on: October 08, 2017, 08:07:23 AM »

Great. Please say hello.

Already getting people asking about joining in the future. Hope this one goes ok and if so will consider doing it monthly, or perhaps seasonally. Or maybe annually. Or maybe stick to once a decade.

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Upcoming Shows/Tours/Events / Return of the New York Singles Scene Thur Oct 12

« on: October 03, 2017, 06:08:28 PM »

https://www.dropbox.com/s/4p18ag2964fqyqy/NYSS.jpg?dl=0
https://www.facebook.com/events/117731522257500/

For insertion into this weeks personals section, desperately seeking the return of the pseudo-legendary New York Singles Scene. Originally taking place periodically at the actually legendary Plant Bar at the dawn of the 2000s, NYSS is a DJ gathering with a simple rule: only 7" singles from the mid-70s to the mid-80s are allowed. Primarily punk, post-punk, new wave, indie, DIY, KBD, minimal, synth, rough trade, desperate bicycles and other records with cheap fold out stapled xerox sleeves, rubber stamped labels, rub-down letraset typography, small runs and small impact. Or power-pop one-hit wonders.

This retro revival takes place at the retro-futuristic Jupiter Disco, known for fantastic drinks, snacks, vibe and sound system, sound that is way overkill for these terribly recorded and pressed singles.

The DJs/collectors/selectors Dan Selzer with Aileen Brophy and Chris Matheson will try to rise to the challenge of playing a series of records many of which are well less than 2 minutes long. If you think beatmatching 12 minute machine-programmed club "trax" is a challenge, you haven't lived on the edge like a punk rock DJ.

This is purely a happy hour event so don't show up at 9:45 and get mad when we're packing up at 10pm to go home and get ready for bed. Come promptly after work like an adult. It is easy, it's cheap, come and do it.

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New Releases For Sale/Distro Updates / Re: NEW RELEASES! AMAZING SPACE FROGS & DISCO ZOMBIES (Paramecium Records)

« on: May 07, 2015, 06:15:50 PM »

I think they took my promo copy, translated it and edited it and translated it back! In any case, they did a great job, I got copies and some other singles to boot (Cigarettes!)

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Music Shit / Re: Electronic/"Dance" music thread

« on: May 07, 2015, 06:11:48 PM »

my records out digitally finally. iTunes, spotify etc. Bandcamp soon. New York Endless-Strategies EP

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Non-Music Shit / Re: Ebola in NYC

« on: October 23, 2014, 09:41:47 PM »

The Gutter actually.

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Music Shit / Re: Electronic/"Dance" music thread

« on: October 14, 2014, 10:58:47 PM »

Really sucks. Frequencies came out in the US licensed to Tommy Boy, as did 808 State's Utd State 90 and they had a big impact on me, when I though techno was a european thing.

Strangely enough, just a few days before I posted this great vintage doc about the Sheffield/Warp scene to my tumblr:

http://danecdotes.com/post/99686509809/link-from-billy-caldwell-before-artificial

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Music Shit / Re: Electronic/"Dance" music thread

« on: September 29, 2014, 10:07:02 AM »

here's some electronic/"dance" music for you:

http://www.piccadillyrecords.com/prod/NewYorkEndless-StrategiesEP-GolfChannel-97884.html

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Music Shit / Re: What are your thoughts on Soul Jazz's Punk 45 comps?

« on: September 29, 2014, 10:03:26 AM »

Got a royalty statement today, for what that's worth. Some of these bands are going to see money for the first time due to these releases.

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Music Shit / Re: Better than the released version

« on: September 29, 2014, 09:57:15 AM »

my two commonly stated opinions regarding this is that both Monochrome Set and Au Pairs Peel Sessions beat the LP versions.

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Music Shit / Re: Lifetones - For a Reason reissue

« on: June 02, 2014, 09:07:40 PM »

thank god

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Music Shit / Re: What are your thoughts on Soul Jazz's Punk 45 comps?

« on: May 23, 2014, 10:52:06 PM »

Burning Ambitions was big for me in high school, but the Cherry Red Seeds compilations were what really turned me onto collecting obscure 7"s.

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Music Shit / Re: What are your thoughts on Soul Jazz's Punk 45 comps?

« on: May 22, 2014, 03:59:43 AM »

Relatively, yes -- easy. He/they didn't go that deep.

Remind me where you could find imPLOG in 2003 without paying 40+$ on used vinyl.

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Music Shit / Re: What are your thoughts on Soul Jazz's Punk 45 comps?

« on: May 21, 2014, 08:37:10 PM »

Rudimentary no wave comps? Like it was easy to go into yr average record store and pick up a CD with Boris Policeband, imPLOG!, Snatch, Ut, Don King, Red Transistor, The Bloods, The Dance etc in 2003 prior to the New York Noise series?

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Non-Music Shit / Re: Approaching an artist you really really like about doing a reissue or release...

« on: April 18, 2014, 09:48:48 PM »

Some artists will be surprised anybody cares about that old shit that they don't even care about any more. Other artists will be happy that they will finally sell the millions of records they always deserved. All of them will want you to release their new music instead. It helps to have a track record. It also helps to not wait a year or two to follow up with them after initial discussions. Some will become friends, some enemies, some will just be complicated relationships, but I suppose all business involvements work out that way.

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Music Shit / Re: Swans

« on: March 19, 2014, 09:38:15 PM »

I like the middle period best. The early brutal stuff is cool but not something I listen to often. By Holy Money they had a few catchy numbers but still only something I'd put on occasionally. After that came Children of God which is great and balances a culmination of the early period/slightly more songy version of the intense stuff with the new Jarboe/piano "pretty stuff". Engineered by Rico from the Lines, btw. Also from that time was the World of Skin album which is even more ethereal/Jarboe. This was followed by The Burning World, which is better than everyone says. They let Bill Laswell go all wordly studio musicians and it's pretty stuff, a nice version of Can't Find My Way Home with tablas. Sounds a lot like Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds actually. The next album, White Light from the Mouth of Infinity was epic, more psychedelic than the Children of God. They kind of left the sparseness for a more wall of sound version, almost shoegazery at times.

The next album, Love of Life, I've read as being leftovers from White Light, but in my eyes and ears, it's my favorite album by leaps. It's got all these beautiful and creepy tape interludes while the songs do the usual back and forth between intensity and beauty, but I think more than in the past, often in the same song? There's a good live album from this era called Omniscience. There's actually good live albums from each era. Public Castration is a Good Idea, Feel Good Now, Kill the Child, Real Love etc.

After Love of Life was The Great Annihilator which I remember thinking was a step backwards. Sonically it's a bit more conventional but it's probably as good as anything. Then Swans v.1 ended with the double CD Soundtracks for the Blind. By then Jarboe and Gira split I think and the band basically ended until Gira brought it back without Jarboe after Angels of Light.

I have most of this stuff Nate and can give it to you next time I see you if you remind me.