Saturday 14 November 2015

What Houellebecq Learned from Huysmans

Friday 13 November 2015

A fascist by any other name

Handel in Kinshasa

Oh Annie

How about an album you find yourself going back to over and over again?
Probably Pink Floyd, Dark Side of the Moon. Me and millions of other people. It’s just the perfect shape, the perfect exploration of the human experience. If someone asked me, how would you describe Pink Floyd, Dark Side of the Moon? I wouldn’t say happy or sad, I would say human

Personally I would say crap

Amen Break musician finally gets paid

HA!

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'Philthy Animal' Taylor - the man who invented thrash

Phil 'Philthy Animal' Taylor R.I.P.

My dear friend and brother passed away last night.
He had been ill for sometime but that does not make it any easier when the time finally comes. I have known Phil since he was 21 and he was one hell of a character. Fortunately we made some fantastic music together and I have many many fond memories of our time together. Rest in Peace, Phil!

- Fast Eddie Clarke
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Quietus Mix 46: Jochen Arbeit's Soundscape Archaeology

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Image: Herr Arbeit and yours truly taken last night at the very wonderful Geniale Dilletanten expo at RMIT Gallery here in Melbourne. Thanks to Simon for taking the photo

Thursday 12 November 2015

Meanwhile back in 1980

Hidden treasures of a remote record shop

Until recently, people in Mongolia had to travel more than 1,000km (600 miles) across the Gobi desert to Beijing to get to their nearest record shop. But this year, a new specialist store opened in the capital, Ulan Bator.
Batbold Bavuu began collecting records by accident 10 years ago, rescuing them from rubbish bins at the music college where he was a student.
Those discs formed the basis of his collection and the inspiration for his new shop, Dund Gol Records. The business started off in the corner of a children's library, tucked away in a tiny area with tall, dusty windows. His mission: to make vinyl cool again in Mongolia.
"It's not just what I do, it's who I am," says Bavuu, who usually goes by his nickname, Boldoo. "The most important part is the music, it's a big part of my life, so that's why I'm doing this..."

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Drew O'Doherty - I Spent It All

Although clearly manipulated in a number of different ways, all the sounds on this track are from the last chord and ensuing feedback of FUGAZI's performance of "Glue Man" at the Forum in London, England on November 4, 2002
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