November 2008
28 posts
Greenleaf Music: Nels Cline and Alex Cline, Twin... →
Nels Cline, “Prayer Wheel,” from his...
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Rev. Gary Davis, “I’ll Fly...
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Ridgels Fountain Citians, “Nick Nack...
October 2008
60 posts
Count Me Out: Wilco on Colbert →
Listen to Fred Kinbom
Fred Kinbom, “Just a Crystal Ball,” courtesy of his website.
Listen here:
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Fred Kinbom - Lap steel slide guitar music with... →
This guy is great.
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Django Reinhardt, “Nuages”
A...
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Hard to find Beatles tracks →
Make the leap and fire up your favorite mass downloader. This collection of scarce outtakes, alternate versions, conversations, &c will keep you busy for days. Three years ago when I read Mark Spitz’s Beatles bio and a slew of related books, I landed on these tracks and discovered another Beatles.
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Sibylle Baier, “Tonight,” Colour...
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“Hi everybody,
Mmm, it’s a been a while since I’ve written much...”
– James Blackshaw shares his latest news on October 14th.
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Richard Buckner, “Once,” Since (MCA,...
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Illgresi Tab by Sigur Ros @ Ultimate-Guitar.Com →
Take the day off this Saturday from browsing the web, grab a guitar and weave your way through this beautiful song. See you later.
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Steve Tibbetts, “Ur,” Yr (ECM,...
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Augie March: "Pennywhistle" Video on...
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While I am waiting for the new Augie March album to arrive from Australia, I have to satisfy myself with this video of the single “Pennywhistle.”
Pennywhistle
Just an ordinary day, I knew that autumn was on its way, I could see by the gilt of the clouds, the burnish on the bay, A ring of effusia settled on the city like a vision of the future Before the...
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We need to spend more time with objects
I’m still on this subject: thing-ness. I’m bothered by our micro-technology culture and our adoption of etherized encodings of the world. Newspapers are crumbling. The magazine industry is suffering. Two years ago, the excellent Comes With a Smile shuttered its doors. What is left is a website locked in 2006. We’ve adapted to a world where we get news on tiny screens and...
Books at Home →
OK, I know it isn’t about music but I have to pass this on. This is an absolutely incredible blog. Guitars and books. That is all you really need. And LPs and CDs I suppose. Which can go on bookshelves………
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On the night of the last presidential debate, this...
Bill Fay: Fan site →
The “only Bill Fay fan site on the ‘net.” And a pretty good one at that.
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Nels Cline's Top 200 Guitarists List →
Nels Cline, master jazz guitarist and member-extraordinaire of Wilco, posts this top 200 list. As with any list, there will be those who quibble over some choices, but Cline is catholic in his tastes and the list is therefore worth our attention.
On October 6, 2004, I saw Wilco perform at Radio City Music Hall. Cline’s playing was astounding, adding texture in places that you didn’t...
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The Innocence Mission, performing Africa 178, from...
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"Canso," a poem by Bernart de Ventadorn
Bernart de Ventadorn (ca 1150-1180). Translated by Paul Blackburn, Proensa, Mallorca: Divers Press, 1953.
CANSO It is worthless to write a line if the song proceed not from the heart : nor can the song come from the heart if there is no love in it. Maligning fools, failing all else, brag but love does not spoil, but countered by love, fills, fulfilling grows firm.
A fool’s love is...
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“Where We’ll Never Grow Old”
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“All I Ever Wanted.” Another gorgeous...
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WatchDiabolical Modified TR-707 from circuit-bent.com (Modified Musical Instruments).
Circuit bent Roland TR707 drum machine with pitch controls, modified by Diabolical Devices/Class A Electronics.
Brian Eno and Peter Chilvers Design Music App,... →
