Wednesday, 28 September 2011

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Frank Miller: Holy Terror

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Reading a preview of Frank Miller's terror-porno, "Holy Terror." It is so much worse than you can imagine. Review coming soon.

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Other than suing Bob Ellis for defamation RT: @David_Speers Abbott on Bolt verdict: we should never do anything which restricts free speech.

Bolt found guilty of breaching discrimination act

The judgement

Burroughs in Paris

The Life & Times Of M. Serge Gainsbourg

XLR8R Podcast 217: Pezzner's Decibel Mix

Beginning tomorrow, Seattle officially becomes the center of the electronic-music universe—at least through Sunday night—thanks to the city's annual Decibel Festival, which is once again bringing a dizzying array of talent to the Pacific Northwest. XLR8R will certainly be in attendance—look for updates from the festival in the days ahead—but in the meantime, we've teamed up with the festival organizers and tapped Seattle producer Pezzner to put together an exclusive Decibel mix for the XLR8R podcast series. Pulling heavily from the dozens of top-flight artists set to perform throughout the week, not to mention several Decibel alums, Pezzner has weaved together a surprisingly cohesive mix that navegates house, techno, ambient, and more over the course of an hour. Just like the festival itself, the music can vary quite drastically, but the quality is always high.
01 Tim Hecker "Analog Paralysis" (Kranky)
02 Mount Kimbie "Flux" (Hotflush)
03 FaltyDL "Eight Eighteen Ten" (Planet Mu)
04 Addison Groove "Minutes of Funk" (3024)
05 Martyn "Masks" (Brainfeeder)
06 No Regular Play "Owe Me (Deniz Kurtel Mix)" (Wolf + Lamb)
07 Vincenzo "Seduction (Jimpster Remix)" (Dessous)
08 dOP "L'Hopital, La Rue, La Prison (DJ Koze Remix)" (Circus Company)
09 Evan Marc feat. Steve Hillage "Alpha Phase (Kate Simko High
Tide Remix)" (Thoughtless)
10 Martin Buttrich "Roads" (Desolat)
11 Gold Panda "MPB"
12 Deniz Kurtel "Makyaj (Feat. Queenie)" (Crosstown Rebels)
13 Motor City Drum Ensemble "L.O.V.E." (!K7)
14 Tiger & Woods "Love In Cambodia" (Running Back)
15 I:Cube "Falling" (Versatile)
16 Moby "Go" (Outer Rhythm)
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How Wilco's Jeff Tweedy became a great American songwriter

When Wilco emerged from the ashes of Uncle Tupelo some 17 years ago with the sturdy, catchy roots-rock of "A.M." and "Being There," it would have taken a special imagination to see that Jeff Tweedy would become one of the most daring songwriters of his generation -- and that Wilco would become a vital, adventurous band breaking new stylistic ground with each ambitious and creatively restless album.
But Tweedy's devotion to his craft was such that after four Uncle Tupelo albums and two Wilco discs -- despite crippling migraines and an addiction to pain pills -- he had a mid-career blossoming unlike any other in American popular music. Go ahead, try and name another songwriter who started getting better with his seventh album.
Wilco's latest, "The Whole Love," is out today. It's the band's eighth proper album, and the first to be self-released on Wilco's new dBpm label. And while Tweedy took exception to this characterization in our discussion last week, it's the band's most challenging and thrilling effort since "A Ghost Is Born," an arty and accessible album at once familiar yet full of new ground and fascinating left turns.
Interview