Hastily Made
1. Prefuse 73 – Pagina Dos
2. Low – Always Fade
3. Smog – Dress Sexy At My Funeral
4. E*Rock – Living, Breathing, Etx.
5. OMD – Electricity
6. Maximum Joy – White and Green Place (Extraterrestrial Mix)
7. Liquid Liquid – Optimo
8. Rhys Chatham – Guitar Trio (Edit)
9. Sweet Thunder Found Sound – Incoming Messages
10. Suicide – Ghost Rider
11. Ex Models – Buy American
12. The Contortions – Dish it Out
13. Tussle – Here it Comes
The American Museum of Natural History is easily one of my favorite museums. Now they have launched a website featuring photos spanning from the late 19th to the late 20th Century that were culled from their pictorial archives.
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“In the Thirties London’s outdoor public pools were at the peak of their popularity. Gradually tastes have changed, resulting in a drop in attendances, leaving the pools uneconomical to run. Many fell into decay and many were demolished. Only a handful of pools remain today as a symbol of a bygone era.”
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MERKED
1. A Certain Ratio – Do the Du
2. The Slits – I heard it through the grapevine
3. Thee Oh Sees – Ghost in the Trees
4. Black Moth Super Rainbow – Drippy Eye
5. Mobb Deep – Shook Ones Pt. II
6. Odd Nosdam – Untitled
7. Aphex Twin – Fingerbib
8. Tim Hecker – I’m Transmitting Tonight
9. Dabrye – Encoded Flow ft. Kadence
10. E-40 – Showin’ Out ft. B-Legit & Laroo
11. Spank Rock & Benny Blanco – Shake That
12. Aaron LaCrate & Debonair Samir – Jeep Ass Gutter ft. Masta Ace (Vocal Mix)
13. Young Leek – Jiggle It
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“Heavy Fundametalisms: Music, Metal & Politics,” the first ever global conference on metal, will take place in Salzburg, Austria from November 3-5, 2008. One need not be an academic to present. All papers accepted for the conference are eligible for ISBN-numbered electronic publication, with some selected for hardback publication. The conference is accepting submissions on any of the following themes:
Heavy metal and:
- Origins, Definition and History
- Genres and classification. Classical music/Opera
- Culture – Subculture – Underground – Popular Culture – Fans
- Religion – anti religion – Evil – Satanism
- Politics – Nationalism – the apolitical – Fascism
- Imagery – Iconography – Aesthetics
- Art – Design – Fashion – Performance – Theatre – Sleeve Art
- Gender Issues – Misogyny – Homo sociality – Masculinities – Deviant Sexualities
- Monsters – Madness
- Philosophical themes: Existentialism – Nihilism – Hedonism – Ethics
- Literature – Cinema – Documentaries – Soundtracks – Horror – Gothic – Anime – Cartoons
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The Screamers are perhaps the best band to never release a record. Formed in 1977, they were one of Los Angeles’ first punk bands. What made them so special is that they abandoned guitars for synthesizers which was unique for a punk band then. Nobody really knows why they didn’t release a record. Some say they were holding out for a big record label contract, or that their constant line-up changes hindered them from going into a studio. The only recorded material of theirs is some live recordings and demos. Their lead singer, Tomata du Plenty died in 2000 ensuring that they would never be able to release a proper “studio album”
I would love to see how the music scene of southern California would be different today, had they gotten the exposure of their guitar driven peers, The Germs.
The Screamers – The Beat Goes On
The Screamers – 122 Hours of Fear
The Screamers – Punish or be Damned
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Tip Hard
1. Dead Prez – Hip Hop
2. Mike Jones – Still Tippin
3. The Cool Kids – Black Mags
4. Rick Ross – Hustlin
5. T.I & Ludacric – Stomp (remix)
6. Young Buck – Get Buck
7. Trina – B R Right
8. Notorious B.I.G. – Going back to Cali
9. Ice Cube – Check Yourself
10. Dr. Dre & Snoop Doggy Dogg – Deep Cover
11. Beanie Sigel – Hustlers Love
12. Clipse – Mr. Me Too
13. Kanye West – Drive Slow
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Microsoft is releasing a Joy Division Zune this week.
ugg.
With 3 movies released about the band (one coming preloaded on the Zune) in the last few years; who knew that one of the godfathers of “goth” would be so marketable.
I think I’ll strap on my Joy Division New Balance sneakers and go for a run now.
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I’ve really been enjoying the catalog of Etude Records lately. Billing themselves as a label devoted to “experimental and obscure sound archives” their releases and overall aesthetic are stellar.
Alfredo Costa Monteiro – Epicycle (excerpt)
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