December 2011
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November 2011
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SEE YOU IN THE MIDDLE WEST.
COME say hello to me if you can:
11.22.11 - CHICAGO, IL at The Gallery Formerly Known as Happy Dog w/ Baby & Hide, Michael Collins (x-Prince Rama), Toothache
11.23.11 - KENOSHA, WI at Artbar Kenosha w/ Baby & Hide, Fur Coats for Sportsman
11.26.11 - CHAMPAIGN, IL at Mike & Molly’s w/ Baby & Hide, Motes
11.27.11 - CHICAGO, IL at TREASURE TOWN w/ Baby & Hide, TBA
11.28.11...
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October 2011
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HERRMANN & HERMANN
There is little music right at the moment that I think is as good as Bernard Herrmann’s score to Taxi Driver. Two sections in particular: the “Main Title” and “Getting Into Shape” themes.
OH MAN and that sax line. WTF.
He’s TOTALLY dramatic and sorta “neo-romantic”, which are things you’d want in a film - but sometimes he’s WAY TOO...
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We are going on tour in Europe again.
Hello internet,
I’ve fallen way behind on you. I want to do things outside and touch things that aren’t a computer keyboard and flail my body around and speak to people and hear the words while reading their facial expressions. I’m sorry.
I have news though, that we are going on a short tour in a few European countries:
11.10.2011 Utrecht (NL), Ekko - TICKETS 12.10.2011...
August 2011
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ECONOMICS. →
July 2011
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June 2011
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INTERVIEW on VILLAGE VOICE, plus MP3. →
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I THOUGHT THIS COULD USE AN UPDATE.
What do you think? Is all the internet too WEB 2.0 these days? Do we have too many websites? Does this need more “BACKGROUND INFORMATION”? Should I put up our “BIO” and “CV”? Do you want to read a list of “PREVIOUS SHOWS”? Where do you get your information on upcoming concerts that you want to see? Should these be featured more prominently? Should we...
May 2011
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April 2011
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March 2011
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February 2011
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The Weatherman...
Such a great interview: http://www.interviewmagazine.com/music/r-kelly
Do you think R. Kelly is really as sort of naively artful as he comes across? How aware is he? I sometimes imagine him as the ultimate insider/outsider artist: still tryin’ to keep up, banging out the hits - but then stumbling onto these huge concepts nobody else in his position would even consider. I’m glad Will...
December 2010
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November 2010
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WatchHappy Black Friday.
October 2010
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September 2010
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WatchTHIS groove is unstoppable. Timeless I might even say. You don’t even think about song structure when a beat works this well. HOWEVER they’re doing all kinds of tiny little embellishments that you hardly notice - but if they were gone these 4 minutes wouldn’t go by so quick like it does…
I want that ATLIEN’s sweatshirt, but I’m not from ATL. Is that OK? Are we...
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August 2010
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WatchA great new song and video by Ablehearts. I keep looping it back. I think I may have some kind of condition - some kind of “over-and-over-again-syndrome”. Really the only movies I want to watch right now are movies that I’ve seen zillions of times but at least know I like them. Just really wanting to like something.
Have you ever heard “Linden Arden Stole the...
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Totally breezy track by Highlife, doing my tired...
July 2010
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WatchSKELETON$ BIG BAND on ROULETTE TV.
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THE INTERNET WILL NOT WIN.
WHEW! THE internet almost won the past few weeks: army of a zillion browsers, pop-up raids, multitasking brain-tazers and my eyes and head hurt. I’ve been working on another website that’s on its way to being done and wonderful and full of promise/purpose.
THERE should be a ton of new news here, but I can’t confirm any of it yet and still (as always) have no idea what’s...
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WatchSKELETON$ TV™ ARCHIVE: Episode FOUR
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WatchSKELETON$ TV™ ARCHIVE: Episode THREE
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WatchSKELETON$ TV™ ARCHIVE: Episode TWO
June 2010
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INTERVIEW with JASON on the ROULETTE BLOG →
AN EXCERPT:
“R: What do you, as a composer/performer of music, listen for in other people’s work- what moves you? What tickles your brain?
JM: I love it when I can’t tell how much of a performance (music, theater, etc.) is improvised and how much is scripted. I like to feel that I’m part of a living experience as opposed to a witness to someone’s agenda. If that agenda is the same as...
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Via HARPERS: The INTERNET →
The Internet is an interruption system. It seizes our attention only to scramble it. There’s the problem of hypertext and the many different kinds of media coming at us simultaneously. There’s also the fact that numerous studies—including one that tracked eye movement, one that surveyed people, and even one that examined the habits displayed by users of two academic databases—show that we start to...
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A LIST by GROOMS →
Hilarious. From the Grooms blog:
“One Hundred Things to Try and Sound Like besides Animal Collective’s Last Three Albums
1. Their first 5 albums. 2. If Charles Mingus were in the Beatles pre-Revolver. 3. If Charles Mingus were in the Beatles from Revolver on. 4. “I Talk to the Wind” by King Crimson 5. The first side of Low. 6. The second side of Low. 7. Your...
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SHINKOYO MIX
RETURNING SLOWLY…
SHINKOJUKOMIX 1: JUNE 02010. by Shinkoyo
I’ve made a mix of tracks from throughout the Shinkoyo catalog and family in a fit of future envisioned ambition and reminiscence.
Tracks from the first (actual CD!) releases to brand new tracks by WISH and Doron Sadja. Including a track from Ben Kamen’s lovely Invisible River...
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May 2010
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WatchThree new tunes and two from MONEY at UNDER 100 - the wildly sweet basement venue beneath Dame Dash’s office/studio/gallery put together by Ariel from Less Artists More Condos… Ariel said that ERYKAH BADU wanted to hear the R&B jams from MONEY so for one of the very few times in our existence we happily obliged (just smile and say yes).
This was a “big deal” show in...
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WatchIT’S FRIDAY.