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SPIN

I don't know if watching this was mandatory for freshman at all colleges, but this is one of the most significant film/video memories I've kept with me over the years from ACA. (Other than William Wegman's fondling of his weimaraner video.) 18 years old, sitting in a cold dark video screening room, and having no idea what kind of satisfaction awaited me, I watched one American suited archetype after another stutter and slur. It was the start of a long and ugly bout of "the Noam Chomsky disorder". I knew it all, thanks to Spin and a series of many other college propaganda videos.

Actually not much has changed, give or take a few elections. I'm still as politically green as I was at 18, but less inclined to fool myself into thinking otherwise (after only watching a handful of videos at least).

Regardless of your political bend, I think you'll still find this collection of uninterrupted satellite feed funny, shocking (and yet somewhat predictable, if that's possible), and bothersome. For the full story on Brian Springer click here. And for more about how he *edited Spin click here.

*In my opinion, editing can be one of the most powerful means to an end. In all his nonobjectiveness (with the raw feed), the way in which he edits the unedited is to be taken into consideration when watching too. After all, Jerry Fallwell? C'mon. Easy peasy, Brian.

Thomas Edison Kino/MOMA DVD Boxset

With this and the new magma box set, my wallet's busted

Arcade Fire - Black Mirror

http://www.rorrimkcalb.com/



dyslexic computer program & fun finger pressing fun

Funeral Parade of Roses (薔薇の葬列 ,Bara no Sōretsu)

Crystal Stilting

Jamie Hewlett Olympics 2008

Leif Inge

Such a vivid memory of when I first heard this, standing outside with bobby waiting for a show to start, and all the sudden our ears catch to this incredibly intense droning. There were people meditating all around, which seemed absurd but was actually befitting. We searched around to see who was djing this incredible music, and all that turned up was a pitiful looking Ipod laying on the ground with the magnificently huge sound coming from some speakers. The song was a composition by Norwegian artist Leif Inge, in which he literally stretches Beethoven's 9th symphony into.....24 hours

Profound Sounds, indeed

http://www.opsound.org/opsound/pool/inge.html

Soft Machine

Original lineup Feat. Robert Wyatt Kevin Ayers & Mike Ratledge

Gong - Live

Super-amazing performance by the one and only Gong. Check it out!!!!!

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Paranoid Park Soundtrack

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Lord Buckley & Groucho Marx

Fred Neil

The criminally underrated & undermentioned Fred Neil - here's a collection to revive your faith....for fans of Lee Hazlewood, Tim Buckley, Harry Nilsson, Phil Ochs, Leonard Cohen, Townes Van Zandt, Bob Dylan....




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From Wiki (Link)

Fred Neil (March 16, 1936 – July 7, 2001) was an American blues and folk singer and songwriter in the 1960s and early 1970s. He is best remembered for writing the top 40 hits "Candy Man" by Roy Orbison and "Everybody's Talkin'" by Harry Nilsson, as well as the rock standard "The Other Side of This Life", most famously covered by Jefferson Airplane.

Born in Cleveland, Ohio, and raised in St. Petersburg, Florida, Neil was one of the songwriters who for a time worked out of New York City's famous Brill Building. He has often been called a pioneer of the Folk rock & Singer-songwriter musical genres; his most frequently cited disciples are Tim Buckley, Harry Nilsson, and Jefferson Airplane, but his most prominent descendants have been Stephen Stills, David Crosby, James Taylor, Paul Simon and Joni Mitchell. In concert appearances, as well as the liner notes for his 2003 album, Meet Me In Margaritaville, Jimmy Buffett called Neil "one of my heroes." Some of Neil's early compositions were recorded by Buddy Holly and Roy Orbison; he played as a session guitarist on hits by Bobby Darin and Paul Anka. In 1968, Nilsson recorded a cover version of Neil's song "Everybody's Talkin'," which became a huge hit a year later when it was featured in the film Midnight Cowboy.

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Juana Molina - Un Día

As strange and enticing as it's record cover...

The Complete Soundtrack for the Tropic of Nipples

Here's an interesting one I ran into through the Newness Begins Here Blog - a colab between NWW listers Smegma, Guided by Voices Robert Pollard, and lyricist for Blue Oyster Cult Richard Meltzer. Definitely worth a listen for the more adventures ears.

Take a look HERE

Magma

And here we are...the Behemoth that ultimately inspired me to create this blog...Magma's "Theusz Hamtaahk" from the Retropspektiw album. This song is a 36 minute journey into the belly of the beast in an epic almost typical of Magma.

The song seemingly begins at the end, a few seconds of cathartic glory which quickly cuts to that stalking suspicious keyboard. Two singers then adjoin into a curious waltz of falsetto. Then, schleuse, and we're off to the races...
Those sinister keyboards arrive once again, and we all partake in it's dance with death. You hear the church bells announcing your arrival, Christian Vanders the motor behind the boat.

And the ride - those macabre rhythms.....

It's the listeners participation in Vander's Divine Comedy which seemingly spiral downwards towards bottoming out until an ultimate redemption at the end of the song...which could be debatable, for the band literally kills it's audience near the end in a war of the worlds-type fashion. I've listened to this many many times and don't think it takes a musician to appreciate the humongous density of this composition.
Take it!!!



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