November 2008
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Listen Nels Cline, “Prayer Wheel,” from his...
Nov 1st
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Listen Rev. Gary Davis, “I’ll Fly...
Nov 1st
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ListenRidgels Fountain Citians, “Nick Nack...
Nov 1st
October 2008
48 posts
Listen to Fred Kinbom
Fred Kinbom, “Just a Crystal Ball,” courtesy of his website. Listen here: LISTEN
Oct 31st
Fred Kinbom - Lap steel slide guitar music with... →
This guy is great.
Oct 31st
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Oct 31st
Listen Django Reinhardt, “Nuages” A...
Oct 31st
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Oct 29th
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.
Oct 28th
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Listen Sibylle Baier, “Tonight,” Colour...
Oct 24th
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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.
Oct 21st
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ListenRichard Buckner, “Once,” Since (MCA,...
Oct 21st
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Listen Steve Tibbetts, “Ur,” Yr (ECM,...
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Oct 17th
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...
Oct 16th
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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Oct 16th
Bill Fay: Fan site →
The “only Bill Fay fan site on the ‘net.” And a pretty good one at that.
Oct 15th
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ListenThe Innocence Mission, performing Africa 178, from...
Oct 14th
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Oct 13th
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Listen“Where We’ll Never Grow Old” ...
Oct 12th
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Listen“All I Ever Wanted.” Another gorgeous...
Oct 12th
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WatchWatch
Diabolical 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.
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Brian Eno and Peter Chilvers Design Music App,... →
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Alex Payne's Rules for Computing Happiness →
I found this through Lifehacker. Some might find some of these rules a bit restrictive, but it is certainly food for thought. Those of us who use our computers for so much of our recreational life and our livelihoods would do well to follow some of this advice, especially for music-intensive applications. I find that I have been one to follow the “addition by addition” model rather...
Oct 8th
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ListenHere is a demo in the spirit of “making it...
Oct 8th
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Oct 5th
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