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Non-Music Shit / Re: Your Favorite JPEG/GIF
« on: October 17, 2013, 10:32:30 PM »
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Non-Music Shit / Re: summarize your day in ten words or less
« on: October 10, 2013, 02:16:40 PM »
The Three R's: Rainier, Reefer and Records
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Music Shit / Re: What Are You Listening To And What Do You Have To Say About it? PART VI
« on: October 06, 2013, 11:08:01 AM »
Banque Allemande - Willst...
Need more time with this one. Songs are long but they don't drag on. Probably because they are in Deutsch. Love how dialed the blown-outitude is on all the sounds. Every fuckin band tries to do this anymore but few succeed.
Dreamsalon - Thirteen Nights
http://dreamsalon.bandcamp.com/
The boys finally put out their record. Not on vinyl yet, but one 'o these days. Recordings aren't as perfect as I wanted to hear, and a couple of the tunes I prefer in the saturated haze of the demo tape recordings, but still I can't stop listening. Way more fun than the Evening Meetings LP. Made me want to revisit...
X - Aspirations
"Waiting" won't exit my head. Ultimate frustration jam.
Key - Fit Me In
Weird weird late 70's Macca worship. Turns heads at parties.
Impalers - S/T
At least someone's doing this shit the right way. Fan of the subtle but sickening phaser sound on some of the guitar leads.
Need more time with this one. Songs are long but they don't drag on. Probably because they are in Deutsch. Love how dialed the blown-outitude is on all the sounds. Every fuckin band tries to do this anymore but few succeed.
Dreamsalon - Thirteen Nights
http://dreamsalon.bandcamp.com/
The boys finally put out their record. Not on vinyl yet, but one 'o these days. Recordings aren't as perfect as I wanted to hear, and a couple of the tunes I prefer in the saturated haze of the demo tape recordings, but still I can't stop listening. Way more fun than the Evening Meetings LP. Made me want to revisit...
X - Aspirations
"Waiting" won't exit my head. Ultimate frustration jam.
Key - Fit Me In
Weird weird late 70's Macca worship. Turns heads at parties.
Impalers - S/T
At least someone's doing this shit the right way. Fan of the subtle but sickening phaser sound on some of the guitar leads.
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Non-Music Shit / Re: Do they still make those little cd-r's?
« on: October 04, 2013, 05:57:14 PM »
got one o these jammed in my car stereo as a stoned teenager.
i'd just put a piece of paper with a shortened url to a download site in the tape case
i'd just put a piece of paper with a shortened url to a download site in the tape case
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Cities / Re: Bellingham , WA or Eugene , OR ?
« on: September 21, 2013, 11:15:28 AM »
The paper mill closed down over ten years ago and Georgia Pacific sold the property to the city for $10. As far as I know all that's down there now is a rubble-strewn post industrial wasteland replete with mercury contaminated soil.
Tacoma still enjoys that exquisite pulp essence blowing up off the Sound.
Tacoma still enjoys that exquisite pulp essence blowing up off the Sound.
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Music Shit / Re: What Are You Listening To And What Do You Have To Say About it? PART VI
« on: September 17, 2013, 12:28:19 AM »
Still on the Dad Rock train here and there
Leslie West - Mountain
Tracked this down at User: Scrod Prickknee's recommendation after poo poo-ing Mountain's first record. I do like this one a bit more. Fine serving of dad rock. West's vocal performance has a lot of soul...grates on me a bit. Super dry recording, revealing the drummer to be an absolute beast. Cream wore it better.
Neu! - S/T
Yup still sounds great. Especially at high volumes. Incredible moodscape.
Stereolab - Margerine Eclipse
I think I'm supposed to hate this - I mean margerine eclipse? W-A-C-K-Y. But everything is so dialed I don't mind hearing the same song 12 times in a row. Were I to be "getting laid" ever again I'd put this on.
Friction - S/T
These guys had it figured out. Its all about havin the bass cranked. You can have all the scratchy guitars and skronky saxes and silly john lydon tongue-rolling impersonations you want as long as that rhythm section is on and the bass is way out front.
Guru Guru - Kangaru
This band represents the outer reaches of the blues for me: Acid damaged and played by Germans. I always find myself a little disappointed by them though, their music doesn't do that instant "oh yes this is making me feel stoned" thing that their friends in Duul II do. I guess they just didn't have the same lightning rod. Every Guru Guru record sounds like the band is having a great time though, and this one is no exception.
Catapilla - Changes
I love this garbage. Hits the both the "stoned" and "dad rock" buttons pretty good.
The Moody Blues - Days of Future Passed
Remembered that my high school physics teacher used to spin Moody Blues recs between classes on occasion. Dad Rock as hell. I found the music too symphonic and serious and not rollicking/mellow/psychedelic enough for me then. And nothing's changed. "Knights in White Satin" stands out far above the rest. I'll probably seek out the other records someday.
Santana - Abraxis
Checked another box on the Dad Rock list while at work...heard a lot of these on the radio before, of course. Cool naked lady art. Not inspired from this listen to give it another go or get deeper into the man's oeuvre. However, I maintain that his Woodstock performance is burning as hell and possibly thee musical highlight of the film.
Leslie West - Mountain
Tracked this down at User: Scrod Prickknee's recommendation after poo poo-ing Mountain's first record. I do like this one a bit more. Fine serving of dad rock. West's vocal performance has a lot of soul...grates on me a bit. Super dry recording, revealing the drummer to be an absolute beast. Cream wore it better.
Neu! - S/T
Yup still sounds great. Especially at high volumes. Incredible moodscape.
Stereolab - Margerine Eclipse
I think I'm supposed to hate this - I mean margerine eclipse? W-A-C-K-Y. But everything is so dialed I don't mind hearing the same song 12 times in a row. Were I to be "getting laid" ever again I'd put this on.
Friction - S/T
These guys had it figured out. Its all about havin the bass cranked. You can have all the scratchy guitars and skronky saxes and silly john lydon tongue-rolling impersonations you want as long as that rhythm section is on and the bass is way out front.
Guru Guru - Kangaru
This band represents the outer reaches of the blues for me: Acid damaged and played by Germans. I always find myself a little disappointed by them though, their music doesn't do that instant "oh yes this is making me feel stoned" thing that their friends in Duul II do. I guess they just didn't have the same lightning rod. Every Guru Guru record sounds like the band is having a great time though, and this one is no exception.
Catapilla - Changes
I love this garbage. Hits the both the "stoned" and "dad rock" buttons pretty good.
The Moody Blues - Days of Future Passed
Remembered that my high school physics teacher used to spin Moody Blues recs between classes on occasion. Dad Rock as hell. I found the music too symphonic and serious and not rollicking/mellow/psychedelic enough for me then. And nothing's changed. "Knights in White Satin" stands out far above the rest. I'll probably seek out the other records someday.
Santana - Abraxis
Checked another box on the Dad Rock list while at work...heard a lot of these on the radio before, of course. Cool naked lady art. Not inspired from this listen to give it another go or get deeper into the man's oeuvre. However, I maintain that his Woodstock performance is burning as hell and possibly thee musical highlight of the film.
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Music Shit / Re: Factory Floor wtf?
« on: September 12, 2013, 01:18:18 PM »
Never listened to any of the earlier stuff.
New Record strikes me as Entry Level Electronic Music. "At least it's not dubstep"
Sounds exactly like the knob twiddlings my buddy and I do over a couple campari and sodas on his wall of old synths and drum machines. For our ears only.
Old vids of live shows are kind interesting. The chaotic/noise angle seems to be a little more pronounced.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIVQmpp3ct0
Trapkit and guitar in the room...of course I like it.
In the right mood and with the right crowd I could see them bringing a real good time. I wouldn't reach for their record on an electro/disco dj nite tho. Floor clearer.
To answer your question, I don't think there's really anything forward-looking about em. Just folks doing what they like, feeding [off] the hype machine.
New Record strikes me as Entry Level Electronic Music. "At least it's not dubstep"
Sounds exactly like the knob twiddlings my buddy and I do over a couple campari and sodas on his wall of old synths and drum machines. For our ears only.
Old vids of live shows are kind interesting. The chaotic/noise angle seems to be a little more pronounced.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIVQmpp3ct0
Trapkit and guitar in the room...of course I like it.
In the right mood and with the right crowd I could see them bringing a real good time. I wouldn't reach for their record on an electro/disco dj nite tho. Floor clearer.
To answer your question, I don't think there's really anything forward-looking about em. Just folks doing what they like, feeding [off] the hype machine.
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Music Shit / Re: What Are You Listening To And What Do You Have To Say About it? PART VI
« on: September 04, 2013, 12:50:32 AM »http://ironlungpv.bandcamp.com/album/n-v-n-v-n-v-lp
These boys put on a hell of a show. They make my eyes sink deeper into my skull a few more mm every time. Not so sure if I enjoy the album. Nightmare fuel
Mega Bog - Gone Bananas
http://megabog.bandcamp.com/album/gone-banana
Also friends of the fever trip program. I'm biased, naturally, but the recordings turned out better than I had anticipated. Love the Ayers worship, the title track kills me.
Deux - Golden Dreams
Romantic and nauseating. In the good way.
Sub Dub - s/t
Futuristic American dub reggae music from the past. Miraculously avoids sounding as dated as it should. I dig the near-industrial metallic clanking contrasting with the wiggly delayed fx. The massive bottom end on this thing is probably what saves it from seeming oldfangled. Great late nite tunes
Buffalo - Volcanic Rock
This one makes up for my misguided foray onto Mountain last week. Good and loud and dumb.
Caravan - s/t
...the Softer Machine. Still into it tho. It was 1968 in Kent and the acid was good. Its now 2013 in Kent (...WA) and the drugs they cook anymore aren't.
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Music Shit / Re: What song was stuck in your head when you woke up this morning?
« on: September 02, 2013, 11:23:23 AM »
the yodel from Focus' Hocus Pocus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4ouPGGLI6Q
something about this dad rock phase I'm going thru...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4ouPGGLI6Q
something about this dad rock phase I'm going thru...
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Music Shit / Re: Check out this new expensive record cleaning system
« on: August 28, 2013, 02:51:06 PM »Quote
Slip an LP into the Audio Desk's slot, which is lined with soft rubber lips; on the left side, the slot widens into a vat. Push the Start button and the record begins to slowly rotate (it sometimes required a nudge). Fluid stored in a chamber below begins to fill the vat as four bidirectional microfiber drums adjust their proximity to the disc, then begin to rotate themselves, to spread cleaning fluid on the record.
anyone else crank one off to that?
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Music Shit / Re: What Are You Listening To And What Do You Have To Say About it? PART VI
« on: August 28, 2013, 12:32:35 PM »What, you don't like Stone Temple Pilots?
You kiddin? Every morning I blast Purple over the TV while I do six run-throughs of 8 minute abs
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Music Shit / Re: What Are You Listening To And What Do You Have To Say About it? PART VI
« on: August 27, 2013, 10:55:41 PM »
Mountain - Avalanche
This thing is loaded with fuzz so I should have no problem liking it. I've been reaching hard for the dad rock after coming home from the bar as late. Yet this album does nothing for me. The musicians are too good. Not enough danger. The cover of "Satisfaction" is absolutely dire. Way to take thee most direct song of all time and shit it up with your twin slide guitar overdubs and assorted bombast. The song's tempo is molten metal slow but somehow they fail to make it druggy. Yuck
Urinals - Negative Capability
Just my kinda trash. Here's the danger I was seeking. surprised me with the great cover of the Soft Machine's "Why are we sleeping."
Go - Go (1976)
70's cheese supergroup album featuring Stomu Yamashta, Klaus Schulze, Steve friggin Windwood, Rosko Gee (who played on a few Can albums), the guitarist from Return to Forever, and the fuckin kid who was fryin on acid on the trapset in Santana's band at Woodstock.
Nothing on here surprises, synthy cinematic movements segueing into string-punctuated 70's lite funk. Cool dissonant synth drones building up and simmering down over the whole mix. Track sequencing left me a little cold.
Interested in investigating what Yamashta's albums are like
Schibbinz - Livin Free
100% Magic
Raspberry Bulbs - whatever
ha! nope!
Miles - Faint Hearted
I don't listen to a lot of this kinda stuff. Cool artwork. Seems like a lot of these tracks are exercises in taking a genre influence (dub, garage/jungle, the various houses, many other things I'm unfamiliar with, etc) and subverting it, warping it till its only barely recognizable. Lots and lots of funny delay tricks. How do these guys make this stuff? Is it computers and miles and miles of plug ins? Expensive samplers? Drum machines and guitar pedals? Do they make money? Do they do live shows? Can you dance to this? So many questions. I like this more than the Demdike Stare album I listened to a few years ago. Left no impression on me.
Not bad for "Future Music"
This thing is loaded with fuzz so I should have no problem liking it. I've been reaching hard for the dad rock after coming home from the bar as late. Yet this album does nothing for me. The musicians are too good. Not enough danger. The cover of "Satisfaction" is absolutely dire. Way to take thee most direct song of all time and shit it up with your twin slide guitar overdubs and assorted bombast. The song's tempo is molten metal slow but somehow they fail to make it druggy. Yuck
Urinals - Negative Capability
Just my kinda trash. Here's the danger I was seeking. surprised me with the great cover of the Soft Machine's "Why are we sleeping."
Go - Go (1976)
70's cheese supergroup album featuring Stomu Yamashta, Klaus Schulze, Steve friggin Windwood, Rosko Gee (who played on a few Can albums), the guitarist from Return to Forever, and the fuckin kid who was fryin on acid on the trapset in Santana's band at Woodstock.
Nothing on here surprises, synthy cinematic movements segueing into string-punctuated 70's lite funk. Cool dissonant synth drones building up and simmering down over the whole mix. Track sequencing left me a little cold.
Interested in investigating what Yamashta's albums are like
Schibbinz - Livin Free
100% Magic
Raspberry Bulbs - whatever
ha! nope!
Miles - Faint Hearted
I don't listen to a lot of this kinda stuff. Cool artwork. Seems like a lot of these tracks are exercises in taking a genre influence (dub, garage/jungle, the various houses, many other things I'm unfamiliar with, etc) and subverting it, warping it till its only barely recognizable. Lots and lots of funny delay tricks. How do these guys make this stuff? Is it computers and miles and miles of plug ins? Expensive samplers? Drum machines and guitar pedals? Do they make money? Do they do live shows? Can you dance to this? So many questions. I like this more than the Demdike Stare album I listened to a few years ago. Left no impression on me.
Not bad for "Future Music"
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Music Shit / Re: What song was stuck in your head when you woke up this morning?
« on: August 20, 2013, 08:11:57 AM »
"New Age Hippie" by Dreamsalon which is a song I've only heard them do live a couple a times and also on an in studio radio performance
tune's got some staying power. hope its on the LP
tune's got some staying power. hope its on the LP
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Music Shit / Re: What song was stuck in your head when you woke up this morning?
« on: August 14, 2013, 08:04:39 AM »
^ that shit would make a fortune
all i got was "Dance the Mutation" by Simply Saucer and a pair of glued-shut eyes
all i got was "Dance the Mutation" by Simply Saucer and a pair of glued-shut eyes
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Music Shit / Re: What Are You Listening To And What Do You Have To Say About it? PART VI
« on: August 08, 2013, 01:03:39 PM »
Don Cherry Brown Rice this one came up in this thread a bit ago...thought i'd "check it out check it out check it out." Only had prior exposure to the Don Cherry/Albert Ayler collabs. The whispered vocals and some of the textures on the title track strongly recall Can's Future Days. Not really Jazz or fusion or Afro-futurism or new age dogcrap or whatever people were trippin' on at the time, just kind of its own weird thing. There aren't enough records like this one.
T. Rex Tanx Couple a stinkers: some of the arrangements are "too much" or bolan's lyrics too insipid (sayin' a lot for this guy!) for the song to take flight. But there are a few tracks ("Electric Slim..." , "The Street and Babe Shadow") where Visconti nailed the mix and that smoky, ballsy, drugged magic of the previous two albums comes rushing back...only to fade out with the song.
Karl Blau Beneath Waves Haven't visited Karl in a while. Homespun folky grunge. Idiosyncratic playing and arrangements. I think he gets high and just starts over- (and under-)dubbing stuff till it makes sense in his garage studio world. Can't help but think if he had is shit together a little more they'd be featuring his records on NPR. Not to say that's necessarily a measure of success. Regardless, a skagit/whatcom treasure even if he can never remember my name.
T. Rex Tanx Couple a stinkers: some of the arrangements are "too much" or bolan's lyrics too insipid (sayin' a lot for this guy!) for the song to take flight. But there are a few tracks ("Electric Slim..." , "The Street and Babe Shadow") where Visconti nailed the mix and that smoky, ballsy, drugged magic of the previous two albums comes rushing back...only to fade out with the song.
Karl Blau Beneath Waves Haven't visited Karl in a while. Homespun folky grunge. Idiosyncratic playing and arrangements. I think he gets high and just starts over- (and under-)dubbing stuff till it makes sense in his garage studio world. Can't help but think if he had is shit together a little more they'd be featuring his records on NPR. Not to say that's necessarily a measure of success. Regardless, a skagit/whatcom treasure even if he can never remember my name.
