On Sundays I try to at least quickly note some of my favorite listening from the week prior — things I would later regret having not written about in more depth, so better to share here briefly than not at all. ▰ Based in Malta, Robert Farrugia is a fairly prolific ambient musician. The track “Projections” is a melody-intrigued bit of ambient released in advance of his forthcoming full album, Still, due out next month. His website, robertfarrugia.eu, is enjoyably old-school — like, late-’90s…

A small funnel cloud formed over Vail today as Earl and I were chasing a small thunderstorm. The funnel never made it to the ground. I made a small video in its honor.

I was reminded of this great rap by Chris Parnell back in 2003 when Jennifer Garner was hosting SNL at the height of her Alias fame. It tells a globe-hopping story about how they're spies and lovers, doing missions for the CIA. The joke at the end is worth waiting for.

While KiF Productions’ debut soundtracked the English landscape, and a road trip from Yorkshire to Devon, the duo’s contribution to Ran$om Note’s Music To Watch Seeds Grow By series is a score for the lifecycle of the Passion Flower. Employing similar KLF-inspired techniques of sampling and collaging as their previous release, the pair create a symphony that follows the plant from seed to sprouting, bloom, fruit and finally fuel for the next generation. Opening with birdsong, chimes, woodwinds…

This ran in the now defunct Houston’s Other. It’s a wild artifact to consider, but I’m posting it here and now because Wayne noted the play itself was TWENTY SEVEN YEARS AGO, and that seems impossible. Time, man. It’ll get ya. (also, n.b. that my snark about Marie & Bruce eventually led to a rather deep relationship with IBP. Life’s funny.) — DATE: 5/14/99 Play: La Turista by Sam Shepard at the Atomic Cafe Directed by Wayne Wilden The Atomic Cafe continues to please me, and not just because…

This rare ECM sampler from 2008 gathers selections from the label’s fourth decade of existence, yet the sequence feels less retrospective than prophetic. Its selections cross successive thresholds, revealing musicians at the moment when technique blurs into vision. Producer Manfred Eicher’s gift has often involved recognizing those latent selves, then constructing the acoustic conditions in which they can emerge. The subtitle, “new artists, new music,” names more than a marketing premise. These…

Women of Music Volume 22Amanda Thigpen on cover tracklistAmanda Thigpen - My Baby Loves His Guitar Better Than Me.mp3 Bette Midler - Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy.mp3 Betti Hart - Thank You For Coming.mp3 Catherine Jane - Trouble.mp3 Eydie Gorme - Crazy.mp3 Georgia Gibbs - Great Balls Of Fire.mp3 June Carter - Thirty Days.mp3 Leann Rimes - Jailhouse Rock.mp3 Mary Saenz - My Kind Of Boy.mp3 Nilson Twins - Ook Ah Ga Deek.mp3 Polly Exley - It's Starting All Over Again.mp3 Stephanie Iverson - Heartbreak…

The headline news yesterday (8/8) was about a Jetstar plane nearly colliding with a Qatar Airlines plane at the Sydney airport. But what I heard from my tv was about, omigod, a Death Star plane. Death stalks Sydney. Well, jet and death are in fact quite similar phonologically and so are easily confused. Meanwhile, the Australian economy airline is fresh news for me, while I’ve been steeped in Star Wars stuff since 1977. So everything tips my perceptions towards death. The background: Jetstar.…

Sonos I just got a Sonos and love it. I haven’t cast many albums to it so far, I’ve actually been really into using it for radio. NTS Rap House Infinite Mixtape Channel Sonos Radio Sunset Fuzz Station WAMU 88.5 DC NPR Station YouTube Here’s what I’m listening to right now: — Derrick Gee I love radio shows so it was nice to hear someone speak about music so lovingly and with deep knowledge and appreciation. This was mostly background music for me, but I found myself bopping to the grooves quite…

We went again to London to see My Chemical Romance at the Wembley Stadium. They played the entirety of The Black Parade, and had a second set with a lot of B Sides songs. Getting to listen Disenchanted live was something I won’t ever forget. Something huge that also happened was that they played Demolition Lovers as a closing song. It was the first song that I ever learnt from them in guitar. Another full circle moment that I didn’t think I would get to live.

"Walk the Dinosaur" by Was (Not Was) Listen on Apple Music Your browser does not support the audio element. Which song was the first one that made you realize music can give you goosebumps? I remember listening to this when I was younger. My dad would take me and my bother roller skating and the neon lights would turn on when this song played. I remember trying to dance in my skates and just enjoying to feeling of joy. View Mandaris's Crucial Tracks profile Listen to my Apple Music playlist

[1995]Bringing you more classic misses from the 90s underground. From the raucous garage-y end of slacker rock comes this ultra scuzzy monster of a tune. A style much closer to ye olde noisey proto-punk groups like The Electric Eels than contemporaneous lo-fi acts such as Pavement. The greatest group you didn't know in the 90s. It's the dude from top 80s band Great Plains Ron House and with TJSA he put together an even more explosive group to deploy his charming drunken nihilism.Get volatile…

Photo of Gloom is Okay by Arran Dawson Media It isn’t often I’m blown away the first time I hear a song, but I have to say that’s what I experienced when I first listened to “Repeat Offender” by Scottish alternative metal band Gloom is Okay, as I was immediately stunned by its dramatic beauty, intricate melody and sonic majesty. Based in Glasgow, Gloom is Okay is comprised of frontman Martin Walker (vocals, guitars, synths, programming) Iain MacLeod (bass) and Mark Norris (drums). “Repeat…

Fiona Richmond The Boys In The Band (direct link) From her 1973 album"Frankly Fiona" presented by Paul Raymond ("The King Of Soho"). Re-issued by Trunk Records in 2020 All tracks composed by Anthony Newley. In "The Boys In The Band", Fiona pays tribute to each of the members of the band (no joke intended).Full album available HERE Fiona Richmond's bioFrom the book "Doing Rude Things: History of the British Sex Film"

Hey people! I woke up to this song yesterday, and I thought I’d write a post about it. It’s definitely one of my favourite songs on Sywel Nyw’s debut album “Deuddeg” (Twelve), maybe even the single favourite one. I happen to have amazing memories with it, too, which certainly contributes to how I feel about it. Sywel Nyw has already been featured on My Inner Mishmash a couple of times and I really enjoy his music in general, but in case you’re not familiar with him, Sywel Nyw is the alias of…

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In the early 1980s the former Odeon cinema site in Camberwell, on the corner of Denmark Hill and Coldharbour Lane, became a branch of the discount jeans chain Dickie Dirts. By 1984 it had closed and been squatted, which I believe it was intermittently for the next couple of years. On 9 August 1986 there was a gig there featuring The Levellers and The Bambi SlamSource of gig advert - The Wire, Southwark Squatters zine, 8 August 1986 (held at 56a Info Shop archive). The newsletter was produced by…

The Roottrees are Dead is a deduction game by Jeremy Johnston set in 1998, which tasks you with doing online research to complete the family tree of a trio of very famous teen models. The history of the game itself is pretty interesting. I’d have more details if I hadn’t spent the last six hours doing fake internet searches and wanted to dive deeper into real ones. But I did immediately find that it was begun as a game jam project, which Johnston later released as a free browser game using art…

“Dignity” by Deacon Blue Listen on Apple Music Your browser does not support the audio element. What’s a song you associate with your hometown? The town I grew up in, like many a small provincial town, is slowly morphing into yet another satellite town. The pubs are closing, the high street is being dismantled, and soon enough it’ll just be retail parks and houses. The town I grew up in still had some industry, a large bottling plant and whisky brewery dominated one end of the high street. The…

I mentioned last month going to an old time music jam where Steve and Nancy Dickey were present. I went again tonight and recorded him playing. He’s about to turn 82.

Here's what Brian says about Bryan Ferry's "You Go To My Head"And here's another occasion on which he reviews the singles, for Sounds

Anchored by the extraordinary star turn of visiting Broadway performer Will Swenson, A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical provides Diamond’s legion Melbourne fans the chance to revisit and revel in his prolific catalogue of highly personal hits. 2022 Broadway musical A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical makes a relatively prompt appearance in Australia, perhaps boosted by co-producer Paul Dainty’s almost forty year association with the great man himself. Diamond made seven…

“Sit down and give this a proper listen!” So proclaims the booklet accompanying this obscure compilation from the Netherlands. Released in 1990 by ECM Records in collaboration with Hi-Five, its purpose is to draw from the label’s catalogue to gauge the quality of home system loudspeakers and amplifiers. The resulting “test CD” pays tribute to producer Manfred Eicher’s penchant for classically captured jazz and atmospheric veracity. Combining ADD and DDD recordings, it allows audiophiles to…

# Happy 808 Day Recorded especially for 808 Day, here's a new old school style #acid banger, This is the way (of acid): Recorded straight through in three passes — drums, vocals, acid — it features the RD-8 on 808 duties, a TD-3, and the LM Drum for the vocal samples. Low down and dirty, simple but never boring. This is the way!

When I was younger, I was a huge fan of Highlander — both the series (except the last season) and the first movie. There was something alluring about someone living hundreds or thousands of years and what their experience must have been. I think later the movie The Man from Earth tackled the subject better than Highlander ever could, but still, I like it, so of course I like the main themes too for the movie and the series, both from Queen. It's rare to find a good Queen cover overall, and…

My current jam is Real Life by ear.

Magnum ForceCD published in England in 199835 tracksTracklisting and more info (date, labels) see RCS

"Sweater Weather" by The Neighbourhood Listen on Apple Music Your browser does not support the audio element. Post one of your favorite weather-related songs. This is a song that I came across a couple years ago. It’s haunting in that it just fills the space with a chill vibe. View Mandaris's Crucial Tracks profile Listen to my Apple Music playlist

The Hives Veni Vidi ViciousGet It At DiscogsRousing, stompin' garage rock from these Swedes, with plenty of mod and frantic punk energy to keep you grooving along. "Party party!," they seem to be saying, and you just want to join. This is a definite change-up from the usual hyper-speed pop ska-punk dross offered on Epitaph. Perhaps this arises from the fact that these guys are only distributed on Epitaph and yet are actually on the Burning Heart imprint. Plenty of fuzzed, struttin', propulsive…