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Sunday, September 9, 2012

Mulholland Dr. - David Lynch (2001)

Well, fortunately I got to spend some time with my bros this weekend. But unfortunately, that meant that I wasn't able to keep up on the posting. Did stay on track with the movie watching, but I'll need to gradually catch up on this part.

Possibly the only 21st century film to make the Top 100 in the most recent Sight & Sound poll - unless you count Wong Kar-wai's In the Mood for Love (2000, S&S #24)... which I don't.

Mulholland Dr.
dir. David Lynch. 2001, USA.
Sight & Sound 2012: Critics' #28 / Directors' #75
Roger Ebert's movie review
DVD from Amazon
Watch via Hulu-Plus / Amazon Instant / iTunes / YouTube

Mulholland Dr trailer (2001)

Now, David Lynch? Seen a lot of his films, yeah... And I've been told this is one of his best, certainly of the later period stuff. So I was glad to have a chance to force myself to finally watch it!

"This is the girl."

I'd say it's a way better adult fairy tale dealing with the nature of identity, reality and fantasy, than was Pan's Labyrinth. Throughout the film, D was chomping at the bit to discuss specifics about the plot machinations and presentation style and what it all meant - but he managed to avoid spilling the spoilers. Although he did keep saying that to truly understand, I'd have to watch the whole thing over again.

I'm glad I really didn't know too many specifics going in. Just that some false or multiple identities were switched around, and some sexual chemistry developed between the two leads. All true. The early going takes place in a dreamy Hollywood, with typical Lynch-ian acting in the '50s melodrama soap opera style. As is to be expected, kooks galore... but the mystery adventure and possible crime story never float off too much. The Hollywood Dream sections are really great too, especially the big break audition.

I did not get to watch it a second time, and I definitely don't want to get into plot specifics, meanings and interpretations. Knowing how things work in the Lynch world, I had some decent theories along the way - none of them ended up being exactly correct, but I think they were mostly on the right track, which seems like as good a recommendation as any. The film consistently kept me guessing, presented the story as an understandable puzzle, doled out useful information but always kept some for itself.

By the big finale, things had ended up kind of sideways from where they started. As much as it still left open to interpretation, seeing the whole film does cast the early parts in a different light. And there was much to discuss, think about, and (eventually) to fold back into my next watching of the film. Highly recommended!

Monday, September 3, 2012

World on a Wire - Fassbinder (1973)

Following the BFI's Sight & Sound poll, I'm exploring the highbrow fancypants world of film one at a time throughout September... and then blogging about it.

I first heard about this lost gem of weirdness from Salon when it was re-released last year.

World on a Wire (Welt am Draht)
dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder. 1973, West Germany.
Roger Ebert's movie review ... Criterion essay
DVD/Blu-Ray from the Criterion Collection
Watch via Hulu-Plus

World on a Wire trailer (2011 re-release)

The only Fassbinder I'd ever seen was Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974, S&S #93), a used/rental Criterion DVD purchased from a going-out-of-business Cactus Music & Video - thankfully, since reborn. While that Sirk-ian melodrama sounds more typical of his movie-making, this one's a whole other thing: a PK Dick-Vonnegut-Kubrick-ian sci-fi headtrip epic. Two things I didn't realize going into this: (1) it was a two-parter TV movie, and (2) it's 3½ hours long!

So, yeah. The story moves fairly slowly, almost hypnotically. Turn off your subtitles, relax, and float downstream. It's not that nothing happens, just that Fassbinder seems more interested in filming sleek early-'70s auto design, groovy decor and sumptuous interiors. O, and so many mirrors! Every once in awhile, you'll visit some freaky-deaky cabaret / nightclub / dinner theatre. Or just an art-deco pool party - be sure to wear your suit padded with fake muscles. But the majority of Part 1 occurs in the ultra-modern offices of IKZ (das Institut für Kybernetik und Zukunftsforschung, the Institute for Cybernetics and Futurology). Various somethings are afoot, death and disappearance, problems with identity unit 0001 ("Einstein"), Ali is on security detail, the boss acts like kind of a jerk, the old conflict between the purity of scientific research and the commercial potential from the practical applications of that work.

Nice, unexpected use of Fleetwood Mac's "Albatross" as well...

I didn't really get to write too much about Alphaville in the back half of yesterday's Godard post, but one reason for choosing it was that it seemed a nice thematic transition into World on a Wire. Having never seen either of these movies, I couldn't have been more right. Not only are there thematic similarities, especially in each's core idea of a computer-controlled world... But the stylistic focus on interiors and design elements also carries over, although Godard used a deep noir-ish B&W, and Fassbinder's color scheme is kaleidoscopic bordering on garish. And structurally, both make fairly striking breaks in tone about halfway through. For this one, Part 2 moves away from mystery & intrigue over to more of an action/chase scenario. Also, there ends up being quite a bit of Sirk-ian melodrama after all - with all the secrets, love interests, suspicions, double-crosses, and the like.

I was really hoping that "Finnish poetess Araba Suukoonen" was real (like Jean Parvulesco in Breathless), but sadly not. Anyway, things get pretty crazy as our hero learns more about his grim fate. In making his escape from IKZ, he has a breakdown in a hallway that can be nothing other than a bright-line homage to the ending of Alphaville. Sports cars go flying through the city streets in chase. Once he makes it to his cabin in the woods, he finally has his sniper rifle! But he then gets attacked by a shape-shifting German Shepherd (what are they called in Germany?), then a tree, and then a giant explosion probably triggered by a tropical bird.

Sorry, maybe I should have ***SPOILER***'ed all that.

Dazed and confused, the hero stands in the road flagging down traffic. He's finally picked up by a Rolls Royce... the driver opens the door... he gets in the back seat... and sitting next to him is... Lemmy Caution!! Maybe not necessarily the character (maybe so?), but absolutely the lead actor from Alphaville. My cranium very nearly exploded. So, the movie continues to wrap up, but for me that was really the culmination. It all ends up with one last bizarre fancy-dress ball, one last making of the love (for tomorrow we die), one last shoot-out, one last switcheroo, one last "Albatross."

As the Criterion trailer says: "The Matrix before The Matrix!"

Sunday, August 5, 2012

O, Meco

A long time ago in a cinema far, far away...

On 25 May 1977, Meco watched the feature film Star Wars on its opening day. By the second day, 26 May 1977, he had watched it four times, and he watched it several more times that weekend. He then got the idea to make a disco version of the score by John Williams.

Meco was an American named Domenico Monardo, who originally formed a band... musical group... production team. Along with a "guitar genius," the current musical director for Dancing with the Stars (ABC-TV) and Jon Bon Jovi's 2nd cousin, they made an album.

"Star Wars" from Star Wars and Other Galactic Funk (1977)

Apparently, Tony Bongiovi would regularly advise: "It's not dumb enough – It's too good." Ever heard of Suzanne Ciani? "In 1977, Ciani provided the sound effects for Meco's disco version of the Star Wars soundtrack, which was certified platinum." She recently had a collection released by Finders Keepers. US CD from Forced Exposure. Check out a tune or another of hers.

I embedded the long (album) version up there, but there are a whole bunch of different ones. Such as the Cantina Band 7" edit, or some longer remix, some of which are probably not MECO originals... Who knows any more?!

Encounters of Every Kind, Side 1 (1977)

Because of the known hilarity of the Meco-Star Wars axis, I recently bought the unknown Meco Close Encounters of the Third Kind record, released the same year (1977). Same trip as the infamous Caroliner haul. Coincientally, it was "the last Meco album to gain significant prominence on the Billboard charts, though he continued to record film tie-ins with disco-inspired albums..." Surprising!!

Here's the tracklist for Side 1: "Time Machine" (0:43), "In the Beginning" (3:27), "Roman Nights" (1:26), "Lady Marion" (2:52), "Icebound" (1:20), "Hot in the Saddle" (4:27). Close Encounters, amirite?

"Theme from Close Encounters" from Encounters of Every Kind (1977)

O wait, there it is - last track on the record! There was also a "very rare" Close 7" version, but what you really care about is...

EWOK CELEBRATION 12" (1983)

amirite?!

Monday, July 16, 2012

Kickstart the Devolution

Fundraising over at Kickstarter for an official Devo documentary, titled Are We Not Men? Once again, via BoingBoing...

They've met their goal, but don't you want the best possible Devo doc? Check it out so far:

I'd never before heard about the role that the Kent State shootings had on Devo's formation. I definitely want to get this made.

O yeah, here are some cool Devo vids.

"Through Being Cool" from New Traditionalists (1981)

Breakdancing!!

"Freedom Of Choice" from Freedom Of Choice (1980)

Skateboarding!

From the same album as major Mtv hit "Whip It" and "Girl U Want."

"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" from Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! (1978)

Yup.

Thursday, July 5, 2012

Primordial Undermind Now

And it's another contributor to the For Lee Jackson in Space benefit complilation!!

Track #2 comes from Primordial Undermind, a band/artist that I have actually heard OF... but have never heard before (that I know OF).

Based on Wiki-info, [t]he[y] seem(s) pretty nomadic - including a stint in Austin, with membership including Tom Carter (ca. 2000-2003). Current base of operations might even be Vienna, Austria.

The comp track is mostly almost missing audio for quite awhile, and then kicks up a slight ruckus. But I found some more stuff laying around the internet. Check out this 1999 interview for one thing...

"Ten Toes, One Soul" from Thin Shells of Revolution (2003)

I believe this to be one of those early-'00s records that Tom Carter played on. MP3 download of a different song over at Emperor Jones Records. Lotta sounds going on there! [Must investigate why EJ mp3's are hosted at latinobuggerveildotcom...]

It's a bit odd that I really can't find any of the earlier music from the '90s anywhere to include here. They do have a SoundCloud, which mostly streams a few more recent live recordings.

"Blinding Stars" from Loss of Affect (2006)

See, the intro there had me thinking more of Tom Carter - but according to September Gurls, no. This band definitely 'jams out' more than my earlier basal impressions would indicate. I thought they were pure noise, maybe harsh dissonant electronics - rather than extended guitar/band psychedelic freak-outs.

Wasn't expecting the free-jazzoid elements neither. A different tune from this one is up on the Free Music Archive.

"Non Servium (Undermind)" from Hall of Mirrors (2005)

This comilation also looks pretty sweet! Once called "the Reign in Blood of modern space / psych rock compilations" (admittedly by the label itself), it features: Kinski, Circle, ST 37, Farflung, Acid Mothers Temple, Abunai!, Bardo Pond, and some random number of others. No apparent relation to the Kraftwerk tune, though.

"Never at a Loss" from Last Worldly Bond (2008)

This most recent record contains the original version of the minimal-est take featured on the comp. Even P.U. has a (spartan) Bandcamp site, and this whole album on their label's.

Gonna paraphrase/edit down from the label quote:

Recorded live in December 2008 in front of a live studio audience ... soaring cello ... proto-Japanese psych-rock textures ... interwoven with electronics... [T]he astral moon-scrape ... what an unholy matrimony between Einstruzende Neubauten and Guru Guru ... heady collision of Amon Duul II (circa Phallus Dei) with classic Austin TX-style garage-psych like ST37... In all [] of its consciousness-elevating glory ... blows the doors off of most acid/experimental/free-rock acts rattling on the cellar door today.

And so, one track from the last album made available at the label site.

Wednesday, July 4, 2012

American Cheese

I wanted to play something really American for the USA's birthday.

No, not Neil Diamond's "America" - nor the Boss's's "Born in the U.S.A." - nor The Eagles...

"Living in America" from Rocky IV OST (1985)

It's our President of Funk, James "JB" Brown, from the 1980's, the most American of all decades!!

"U.S.S.A." from Locust Abortion Technician (1987)

What a difference a couple of years makes... (Should I have played the Guess Who cover instead?)

Or maybe The Jackofficers? Regardless!!

Happy Independence Day.

Saturday, June 16, 2012

Caroliner Rainbow Pick-up Overdrive

I own only one Caroliner record, Rings on the Awkward Shadow (1994 2xLP, released under the name Caroliner Rainbow Grace Blocks Used in the Placement of the Personality).

But I just picked up 6 of their LP's, for what could only be called bargain-basement prices (most at $10). So low that I'm actually considering them as investments, but maybe this post will lead me to different conclusions. Let's find out!

"Staddalakasta Vein Loom" Hous-towne Tejas, 1800's

Couldn't find anything from Awkward Shadow, but that video clip is named after a song on it. Also it references the Astral HQ city: "live from the banks of the Buffalo Bayou, circa 1883." Caroliner was an experimental anachronist band from San Francisco, and you can read more over on Wikipedia - I'm no expert.

"Mud Cup Monocle" from Rear End Hernia Puppet Show (1985)

Since the artwork is very obscure, I had to do a little research to figure out what I'd got. First up looks like their debut album, Rear End Hernia Puppet Show (1985 box, under the name Caroliner Rainbow Hernia Milk Queen). Sounds kinda Beefheartian, huh? Currently listed on eBay for $75. If my research proves correct, this is probably the big find since it's the oldest of the bunch...

"Dusk" from I'm Armed with Quarts of Blood (1986)

I also picked up I'm Armed with Quarts of Blood (1986, as Caroliner Rainbow Stewed Angel Skins) - which is their 2nd album according to Discogs. I'd actually heard of this album back into the '90s. I guess along the lines of Horse Cock Phepner by Sun City Girls, with whom I'm sure Caroliner shares some kind of history (or at least philosophy).

"Fanged Hymen Flee In Terror" from The Sabre Waving Saracen Wall (1992)

Which brings us to the apparent 4th record, The Sabre Waving Saracen Wall (1992, as Caroliner Rainbow Fingers of the Underground & Their Breakable Bones). Hey, I'm starting to think I might just keep these... weirdo stuff, yeah!

"Huge Gunset" from The Cooking Stove Beast (1992)

Also in 1992 came The Cooking Stove Beast (by Caroliner Rainbow Susans and Bruisins). This one comes with a t-shirt that has two pieces of art - on paper - glued to it. Kinda doubt that I'll ever end up wearing it.

"The Superfluous Snap Pipes The Veteran Lung" from Seal Heal Holler (1995)

The last of the true LP's was Seal Heal Holler (1995, under guise of Caroliner Rainbow Customary Relaxation of the Shale). From what I can see, Caroliner is pretty generous with spelling out all of the lyrics on their homemade insert art. But I guess if you want to read along to the internet, that's something too.

"Gut" from 'Not an LP, a 50+ Minute 7" in 12" Form, including...' (1998)

And finally, as the insert explicitly says: "Not an LP..." So this is a 2-song single (7" in 12" form), that's longer than most full-length albums (50+ minutes). The A-side up there seems pretty Sun Cityesque to me, and the B-side is called "Lower Intestinal Clocks." I'm betting it's pretty weird as well. [Oops, forgot to mention the official release artist: Caroliner Rainbow Stand Still or Fight Beans and Sunstroke.]

I also got the previous owner's list of Caroliner albums as a "folk" insert with this maxi-mega-single. Bonus!!

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Texas Atari & Music

Check out the free MP3 downloads from Sinkhole Texas Inc., a College Station indie label. That's where I went to university! (You can also view directly at the label Bandcamp...)

"Robotic Music Video" by Atarimatt

Includes Atarimatt, a C.S. electronics guy who makes music with the original 2600 game system. According to his MySpace, influences include:

Pong, Bad Brains, Micromusic, AEM, Cherubs, Atari 2600, Karp, Space Invaders, Six Finger Satellite, Flash Gordon, The Locust, Pac Man, Ed Hall, Hi-Score, Donkey Kong, Glass Eye, The Fucking Champs, Pinball, The Jesus Lizard, Black Kight 2000, The Eagles of Deathmetal, Malignus Youth, Joysticks the Movie, Nomeansno, Wizard of War, The Nipple 5, Missile Command...

Not sure if Pong is the great Austin band and/or the original videogame, but I am on board so far!

Here's a Space City Rock review of I Was A Teenage Metalhead (2008), a split-release with Great Unwashed Luminaries - and one of the free MP3 albums available.

Atarimatt, live 08/28/2009, at Revolutions - Bryan, TX

That's what a live show looks like. Been pretty Texas-centric here recently, I'll start re-expanding again soon. But first...

Speaking of Space City Rock and Texas avant-electronics (two things that I do not associate), I just today saw this new album review for The Illegal Wiretaps - a Katy synth duo with several upcoming shows. Very weird that I should stumble across this on the very day I had a free-weirdo-minimalist-sequencer-noise-downloads-from-Unusual,-TX post linked within Space City Rock.

Check out various Name-Your-Price releases from Bandcamp, follow on FaceBook, or at upcoming regional shows listed at their blog.

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Cowboy Songs & Campfire Ballads

At Austin Psych Fest, I bought a ltd-ed Spindrift CDr called Songs Born of The West: Cowboy Songs & Campfire Ballads (2012). One of 100 copies.

It's mostly covers of (very) old-school western songs, along with a couple of apparent originals. Here are some of the original versions, because none of the Spindrift material is on the web (yet)...

"Cool Water" by Vaughn Monroe & The Sons of The Pioneers (1948)

Spindrift credits someone different than YouTube - the songwriter, Bob Dolan.

"Wanderers of the Wasteland" by Gene Autrey (1937)

Probably my grandma's favorite singers there - Spindrift recognizes Johnny Bond on this one (not the songwriter).

"The Ballad of Paladin" by Johnny Western (1957)

Even I know this one, from the tv show "Have Gun - Will Travel." What I didn't know was that Gene Roddenberry wrote for the show.

"They're Hanging Me Tonight" by Marty Robbins (1959)

From the same album as both "Big Iron" and "El Paso" - plus a cover of Bob Dolan's "Cool Water" too!

"Navajo Trail" by Frankie Laine (1961)

Frankie Laine did a few of these tunes, plus the theme to "Rawhide" - Wikipedia info.

"Cowpoke" by Johnny Western (1961)

Johnny Western has a great name for this kinda material, don't you think? Don Walser also played this tune!

"The Wayward Wind" by Tex Ritter (1956)

John Ritter's dad no less! Anyway, the Spindrift versions are pretty respectful, with a minimum of hip modernity. Different, at least...

Friday, April 27, 2012

Austin Psych Today!!

In addition to the original APF 2012 Mixtape, Al Lover has now made some additional mixes for each stage and day of the fest - which starts today!

Austin Psych Fest 2012 mix tapes by Al Lover by reverberationappreciation

So, even though I have not kept up with the daily Fest-post schedule... (No excuses - I can't really explain it.) We'll have some Al Lover videos! From stuff that's probably available at his Bandcamp.

"Black Magick Starter Jacket" from Satanic Tambourines (2011)

You can actually get this one on physical cassette tape. Also with "Smoke Filled Thrills."

"Swamp Donkey" from Heavy Hippies: Cheapdrugsfreelove (2012)

The free-download sequel to Satanic Tambourines!

"If I Stay Too Long" (Thee Oh Sees) from Distorted Reverberations (of Reverberating Distortion): Psychedelic Reinterpretations of Contemporary Rock 'n Roll (2011)

Hey, both of them are playing this weekend. Niiiice...

"Born to Lose" (Woods) from Woodsist Remixed (2010)

From the early & controversial Woodsist Remixed collection. Hey, both of them are playing this weekend too!!

Hope there are no "bad vibes, man."

Friday, March 16, 2012

Olivia Tremor Video

Another band I know very little info about: Olivia Tremor Control.

"Memories of Jacqueline 1906" from Music from the Unrealized Film Script "Dusk at Cubist Castle" (1996)

The only thing I know about them? They were part of Elephant 6 crew - which puts them alongside Of Montreal, Neutral Milk Hotel, Apples in Stereo, etc...

"Define a Transparent Dream" from Music from the Unrealized Film Script "Dusk at Cubist Castle" (1996)

That means something approaching quirky but baroque but tuneful, vaguely '60s-indebted proto-indie-pop. Also, elaborate album and/or song titles. Right?

"Hideaway" from Black Foliage: Animation Music, Vol. 1 (1999)

Yeah, sounds right. O and Athens, GA!

Here's their website. I didn't realize that they'd only really been active such a short time - only two real albums and a handful of singles, within about 4 years. But they seem to have been re-uniting for quite awhile.

You can find their new suite "That Game You Play Is In Your Head," either for sale from Secretly Canadian or streaming at Pitchfork. And those two full albums are being re-issued by Chunklet.

Saturday, February 25, 2012

Part-Time Grails

Before we move on from Grails (#1, 2011), I thought it might be worth briefly touching on some of the solo & side projects.

Most recently, that would have to be Lilacs & Champagne, studio cut-and-paste mash-ups done by Alex Hall (guitar) and Emil Amos (drums-plus). And they've got a more recent Amos-collaged video!

"Lilacs" from Lilacs & Champagne (2012)

This time the pseudo-title track, following the album opener "Everywhere, Everyone." Vocal sample here comes from this 1975 Polish synth-prog, featuring Jan Hammer on drums. My opinion isn't set in stone, but I'm leaning towards "novelty record of interest." Pitchfork gave the album a 7.8 review, which even I think might be pushing it.

"Nice Man" from Lilacs & Champagne (2012)

The Pancake Repairman applies his video stylings to this pastorly-themed tune. Some of the material does really grab me, and is surprisingly good. But some parts sound like exactly what it is: two musicians trying out new approaches and technologies outside their wheelhouse, then selecting the best of the results. Obviously there are musicians and producers who dedicate all of their efforts into this kind of music, and they are better at it. Interestingly, there's also a blunt-force American-ness to certain aspects, which is atypical and thus holds a certain appeal for me. The beats are real upfront, and the samples are sometimes Vanilla-Isque in their coherence (if not their provenance).

But I'm a fan of Grails, a fan of the obscure-source re-mash, and a fan of America - so I'm lucky on this one! Lilacs & Champagne, out now on Mexican Summer.

Condensed L&C DJ set on the SoundCloud of Holy Sons.

Wm. Zakary Riles [&c] is another Grails guitarist, although he wasn't too involved on Deep Politics for some reason. As far as I know, he's only got the one self-titled solo debut. To clarify, since he goes by about 18 related monikers, that's just Zak Riles, the album...

"Before the Refuge" from Zak Riles (2008)

Seems to me undeniably part of that Grails sound! So you get the more strummy "Chloe" and the more droney "Confluence." The record also has a version of the Grails classic "Silk Rd." Bassist-plus Wm. Slater apparently played the harpsichord on this album too. Perhaps obviously, I've never picked this one up - so I'm just going by internet available examples, but sounds pretty fine. Pick it up here!

Holy Sons, another project of Emil's, pre-dates Grails by a bit - going so far back as to 2001 (such as "Blow to the Head"), 2002 ("Festering Mind Energy") and 2003 ("Spirits High"). I won't pretend to a Holy Sons knowledge that I don't have, so let the films roll!!

"The Feral Kid" from Decline of the West (2006)

The description for this album promo is "EA rides for Partisan Industries." Ha!

Move to Sweden from The Fact Facer on Vimeo.

Unreleased track (???), from 2008.

"Arranged Release" from Criminal's Return (2009)

Burrow Away from The Fact Facer on Vimeo.

So, this is where I come in: Drifter's Sympathy. Yeah, kinda late... I know. Fortunately, most of the trial & error & bumps along the way have been smoothed over - to some degree. And these two from 2009 are really worth checking out! Here's yet another great Amos video for the title track of the latter.

HolySons - "Survivalist Tales!" from The Fact Facer on Vimeo.

There's your place-setting "Survivalist Intro" for the whole album Survivalist Tales! (2010)...

A Chapter Must Be Closed >> Holy Sons from The Fact Facer on Vimeo.

... and the big hit! If you'd like more, here's "Payoff" and "Reckless Liberation." They even cover The Troggs!

You can buy Survivalist Tales! and Decline of the West from Partisan Records. Drifter's Sympathy and Criminal's Return (along with some Grails & OM) are available at Important Records. And you can get lots of various Holy Sons (including oldests) from the original Pamlico Sound store.

And here's a new Emil Amos mixtape from Vice-Italy (web-translated).

Outside of Grails & Lilacs, Alex Hall has played on a couple of Harvestman (Steve von Till) songs.

"Valley of the Moon" by Steve von Till, from A Grave is a Grim Horse (2008)

No video to embed, but definitely check out Harvestman's "Eibhli Ghail Chiuin Ni Chearbhail" from In A Dark Tongue (#5, 2009) - both featuring Hall on electric guitar.

Neurot Recordings offers these records and the first coupla Grails. I also found this 2008 interview with Alex Hall.

And I think that's enough... for now.

Monday, January 23, 2012

Weirdos Economique

This past weekend, I told a couple of people that it's rare to find music that's too weird for me to like.

As if to prove a point, I'm kinda liking this new Starving Weirdos stuff.

"In Our Way" by Starving Weirdos, from Land Lines (2012)

Well at least that one video. I haven't delved into the many S.W. live vids, but might pick up the new record.

"Real Things" by Ensemble Economique, from Psychical (2010)

Starving Weirdos are at least a couple of guys, one of whom is the dude who is Ensemble Economique - who I've always kind of placed with the Pocahaunted/Sun Araw new-dub noise gang.

"Forever Eyes" by Ensemble Economique, from Psychical (2010)

Check out various newer stuff on the E.E. SoundCloud!

That is all. End transmission//

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Shea Stadium, the radium...

I put some of this stuff on a recent Facebook catch-up post: Barn Owl and Woodsman - so definitely check those out first. (Actually, I noticed they've just Saturday put up 4 parts of Woodsman from 11/19/2011!!)

But still no Fresh Millions (#38, 2010) show from 10/19...
[check again?]

But now we're going to talk about Live at Shea Stadium in general. Seems like it's a live club/recording studio (in Brooklyn, not Queens) - so they tape bands that play there. Not all of them make it to the internet, but lots do.

Steve Moore - Live @ Shea Stadium by LiveatSheaStadium

The page for Steve Moore (of Zombi) goes to the wrong Soundcloud set. So, listen to it out here. This kind of thing happens quite a bit, so if you can't immediately find something you want, just try a little harder!

From the Archives... (I think I'll just go alphabetically, and put some genre tag descriptions.) O yeah, and even though Altered Zones is defunct, I recognize a lot of these from there - so 1 extra link (each).