Monday, November 19, 2007
I've been away too long
Last weekend went fairly well, at least during daylight hours. Night was spent at home reading and wondering, hoping the house would stay quiet a little longer. I suppose there is little to say at the moment. I've been out of practice. I've been busy worrying about other things and not this. That will soon change. People still listen and actually enjoy it from what I can tell. It may be a small contribution but it helps me to partially justify this mess--as if that were what was needed. It is a short week, I imagine a few long days at work and then quiet for a bit. I look forward to such things.
Wednesday, November 07, 2007
Penguin Cafe Orchestra - Live at Union Chapel 2007
PENGUIN CAFE
Tuesday 11th December - Wednesday 12th - Thursday 13th December
08:00 PM
performed by musicians of the Penguin Cafe Orchestra
Penguin Cafe, the brainchild of the late English composer and multi-instrumentalist Simon Jeffes, play pastoral, playful music that grabs hold of the imagination and the spirit. To mark ten years passing since Jeffes' death, the musicians of the Penguin Cafe Orchestra are getting back together to give two concerts on Tuesday 11, Wednesday 12, and Thursday 13 December at Union Chapel, a venue Simon loved to play.
Tickets: £20 adv + booking fee
Doors Open: 7.00pm
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UPDATE:
Concert as reviewed by John L. Walters in the Guardian UK.
Tuesday 11th December - Wednesday 12th - Thursday 13th December
08:00 PM
performed by musicians of the Penguin Cafe Orchestra
Penguin Cafe, the brainchild of the late English composer and multi-instrumentalist Simon Jeffes, play pastoral, playful music that grabs hold of the imagination and the spirit. To mark ten years passing since Jeffes' death, the musicians of the Penguin Cafe Orchestra are getting back together to give two concerts on Tuesday 11, Wednesday 12, and Thursday 13 December at Union Chapel, a venue Simon loved to play.
Tickets: £20 adv + booking fee
Doors Open: 7.00pm
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UPDATE:
Concert as reviewed by John L. Walters in the Guardian UK.
Upcoming Events - in Massachusetts
A few things of interest I've noticed coming up in the next few days:
Tonight at the Middle East in Central Square, Cambridge
November 8th at P.A.'s Lounge, Somerville:
Thursday - Nov 8 2007
Ponies in the Surf
Castanets
Deer Tick
Tigersaw
Age Restrictions: 18+
Doors Open: 8:30PM
This weekend Popfest! New England is going on at the Sevens in Northampton.
Sunday Night (11th November) at TT the Bears in Central Square (my counterpart from New Zealand), David Kilgour, is playing.
Tuesday Night (13th November) at PAs Lounge in Somerville:
WZBC & Radio Khartoum Present...
Windy Smiles (w/Mem. Reports/Carlisle Sound)
The Hepburns (Wales)
Anthony Rochester (Tasmania)
That's all for now.
Sunday, October 28, 2007
regading CONTROL
Things I enjoyed about CONTROL:
1. the black and white photography
2. hearing 'warszawa' in the background when Ian chats with Annick
(it made me want to listen to LOW by David Bowie, which I haven't done in far too long.)
3. the general experience of the film fit the subject
1. the black and white photography
2. hearing 'warszawa' in the background when Ian chats with Annick
(it made me want to listen to LOW by David Bowie, which I haven't done in far too long.)
3. the general experience of the film fit the subject
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Varvalia Lodenko (Excerpt)
A brief excerpt from Jordan Stump's translation of MINOR ANGELS by Antoine Volodine.
12.
Varvalia Lodenko
Varvalia Lodenko laid down her rifle, took a deep breath, and said:
'Oh mindless men! Oh spineless women!'
'Before us lies the land of the poor, a land whose riches belong only to the rich, a planet of flayed earth, of forests bled ash-dry, a planet of filth, a vast expanse of filth, oceans that only the rich can cross, deserts polluted by the playthings and blunders of the rich, we see before us cities whose keys lie in the hands of the multinational mafia, circuses whose clowns are controlled by the rich, televisions devised for their entertainment and our stultification, we see before us their great men standing high atop a pedestal that is nothing other than a barrel of bloody sweat shed by the poor, or yet to be shed, we see before us the glorious stars and all-knowing celebrities, who, for all their much-vaunted dissidence, never once express any opinion that might in any way undermine the long-term strategies of the rich, we see before us their democratic values conceived for their own eternal preservation and our eternal inaction, we see before us the targets they have singled out for our loathing, always subtly, with an intelligence far beyond our folk-understanding and with a gift for duplicitous language that obliterates our poor-folk wisdom, we see before us their fight against poverty, their assistance to the poor, their emergency aid programs, we see before us their free distribution of dollars to keep us poor and them rich, their dismissive economic theories and their ethic of hard labor and their promise of universal riches to come, in twenty generations or twenty thousand years, we see before us their omnipresent organizations and their agents of influence, their spontaneous propagandists, their infinitely expanding media, their heads of family scrupulously faithful to the most luminous principles of social justice as long as their children have a guaranteed place on the right side of the scales, we see before us a cynicism so well oiled that the merest allusion to its existence, condemns you to a place of invisible marginality, close to madness, far from any drum, far from any follower, I stand before all this, in an empty land, speaking words that expose me to insults and condemnation, we stand before all this, which by rights should stir up a worldwide tempest of rage, a pitiless surge of extremism, ten decades at least of pitiless reorganization and reconstruction by our own rules, free of all religious logic, free of the financial logic of the rich, outside their political philosophies, without a second thought for the howling of their final watchdogs, before all this we have stood for hundreds of years, and still we have not found the way to plant insurrection, at the same time and on the same date, in the minds of all the billions of poor folk to whom it has never yet occurred, how to make it take root and finally flower. Let us find the way to do this, then, and let us do it.'
Here ended Varvalia Lodenko's speech.
Minor Angels
Antoine Volodine
Translated and with a preface by Jordan Stump
Published by University of Nebraska Press
Hardcover
2004. 166 pp.
978-0-8032-4672-0
12.
Varvalia Lodenko
Varvalia Lodenko laid down her rifle, took a deep breath, and said:
'Oh mindless men! Oh spineless women!'
'Before us lies the land of the poor, a land whose riches belong only to the rich, a planet of flayed earth, of forests bled ash-dry, a planet of filth, a vast expanse of filth, oceans that only the rich can cross, deserts polluted by the playthings and blunders of the rich, we see before us cities whose keys lie in the hands of the multinational mafia, circuses whose clowns are controlled by the rich, televisions devised for their entertainment and our stultification, we see before us their great men standing high atop a pedestal that is nothing other than a barrel of bloody sweat shed by the poor, or yet to be shed, we see before us the glorious stars and all-knowing celebrities, who, for all their much-vaunted dissidence, never once express any opinion that might in any way undermine the long-term strategies of the rich, we see before us their democratic values conceived for their own eternal preservation and our eternal inaction, we see before us the targets they have singled out for our loathing, always subtly, with an intelligence far beyond our folk-understanding and with a gift for duplicitous language that obliterates our poor-folk wisdom, we see before us their fight against poverty, their assistance to the poor, their emergency aid programs, we see before us their free distribution of dollars to keep us poor and them rich, their dismissive economic theories and their ethic of hard labor and their promise of universal riches to come, in twenty generations or twenty thousand years, we see before us their omnipresent organizations and their agents of influence, their spontaneous propagandists, their infinitely expanding media, their heads of family scrupulously faithful to the most luminous principles of social justice as long as their children have a guaranteed place on the right side of the scales, we see before us a cynicism so well oiled that the merest allusion to its existence, condemns you to a place of invisible marginality, close to madness, far from any drum, far from any follower, I stand before all this, in an empty land, speaking words that expose me to insults and condemnation, we stand before all this, which by rights should stir up a worldwide tempest of rage, a pitiless surge of extremism, ten decades at least of pitiless reorganization and reconstruction by our own rules, free of all religious logic, free of the financial logic of the rich, outside their political philosophies, without a second thought for the howling of their final watchdogs, before all this we have stood for hundreds of years, and still we have not found the way to plant insurrection, at the same time and on the same date, in the minds of all the billions of poor folk to whom it has never yet occurred, how to make it take root and finally flower. Let us find the way to do this, then, and let us do it.'
Here ended Varvalia Lodenko's speech.
Minor Angels
Antoine Volodine
Translated and with a preface by Jordan Stump
Published by University of Nebraska Press
Hardcover
2004. 166 pp.
978-0-8032-4672-0
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Control - in Boston October 26!!!
One Week Only!
Starts Friday, October 26 at the Kendall Square Cinema
Director: Anton Corbijn
Cast: Sam Riley, Samantha Morton, Craig Parkinson, Alexandra Maria Lara, Joe Anderson, James Anthony Pearson, Toby Kebbell, Harry Treadway, Andrew Sheridan, Robert Shelly
MPAA Rating: R
Run Time: 2hrs 1min
Release Year: 2007
Country Of Origin: UK
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Repairs
I've been absent, I suppose from all this. I generally observe and keep myself busy with reading-- all the films I want to see are foreign and undistributable in this country. What else is new? Most fixed points stay right where they are pausing for adjustment as the earth turns on its axis. A plum situation if you ask me. I'm trying to keep my mind as focussed as possible and entertained, is that the right word? There always seems a fine line between happiness and pleasantries and abject humiliation. I tread it carefully-- one defines one's inner vision.
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
James Blackshaw - Tonight in Boston
from the most recent non-event update:
Wednesday, October 10. 7:30pm. $8.00.
End of an Empire Presents:
James Blackshaw (Tompkins Square, Important Records)
plus Black Forest/Black Sea (Secret Eye)
and Eli Keszler (Red Horse, Jandek)
Mills Gallery
Boston Center for the Arts
539 Tremont Street
Boston (South End)
617.426.8835
http://www.bcaonline.org
Show starts promptly at 7:30pm and is all ages.
BIO:
Performing and recording since 2003, James Blackshaw's name is frequently mentioned alongside the likes of Jack Rose, Steffen Basho-Junghans, Sir Richard Bishop and Glenn Jones as one of the most foremost modern pioneers of solo acoustic guitar music. Now at the age of 25, Blackshaw, an untrained musician born and still residing in the suburban environs of Greater London, draws as much inspiration from early religious music, South-Asian folk music and composers such as Arvo Part, Simeon Ten Holt, Steve Reich and Charlemagne Palestine as he does from John Fahey, Robbie Basho and the early Takoma Records roster, constantly breaking boundaries in what could be conceived as a somewhat limited medium. In his part improvised and part written songs, Blackshaw makes expert use of Eastern and Western scales, chord changes reminiscent of European classical music and incredibly intricate fingerpicking patterns to make a sound that is both challengingly minimalistic, yet warm and approachable to anybody who might hear it, with a rare sensitivity that conveys both immense beauty, hope and sadness.
"In recent months, 24-year-old UK guitarist James Blackshaw has burst fully-formed onto the folk underground, his remarkable talents already seeming at peak maturity... Blackshaw has established himself as an instrumentalist of astonishing grace and delicacy, seeming as though he's gobbled and digested whole the primitive folk canons of Takoma and Vanguard. Relying primarily on 12-string guitar, Blackshaw's intricate creations web together Robbie Basho's wayfaring mysticism, Ben Chasny's soft-focu sed acid tongues, and the rustic fantasias of Sandy Bull... Blackshaw is able to differentiate himself through his exotic lyricism, stray pan-ethnic flourishes and pure unmasked virtuosity." - Pitchfork
http://www.jamesblackshaw.com/
http://www.myspace.com/jamesblackshaw
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=James+Blackshaw
Upcoming End of an Empire Shows:
November 2: Alasdair Roberts, Charalambides, and Heather Leigh Murray at the Nave Gallery
November 13: Tiny Vipers and Alela Diane at Venue TBA
For more information on End of an Empire go here.
Upcoming Non-Events:
October 12 (this Friday!): Local Experimental Music Showcase IV with Tim Feeney & Vic Rawlings, The Human Hairs, and Max Lord at Studio Soto
October 26: Julien Ottavi (France), Seth Cluett, and Mike Bullock at Studio Soto
November 10: Tatsuya Nakatani and David Stackanas at Studio Soto
Wednesday, October 10. 7:30pm. $8.00.
End of an Empire Presents:
James Blackshaw (Tompkins Square, Important Records)
plus Black Forest/Black Sea (Secret Eye)
and Eli Keszler (Red Horse, Jandek)
Mills Gallery
Boston Center for the Arts
539 Tremont Street
Boston (South End)
617.426.8835
http://www.bcaonline.org
Show starts promptly at 7:30pm and is all ages.
BIO:
Performing and recording since 2003, James Blackshaw's name is frequently mentioned alongside the likes of Jack Rose, Steffen Basho-Junghans, Sir Richard Bishop and Glenn Jones as one of the most foremost modern pioneers of solo acoustic guitar music. Now at the age of 25, Blackshaw, an untrained musician born and still residing in the suburban environs of Greater London, draws as much inspiration from early religious music, South-Asian folk music and composers such as Arvo Part, Simeon Ten Holt, Steve Reich and Charlemagne Palestine as he does from John Fahey, Robbie Basho and the early Takoma Records roster, constantly breaking boundaries in what could be conceived as a somewhat limited medium. In his part improvised and part written songs, Blackshaw makes expert use of Eastern and Western scales, chord changes reminiscent of European classical music and incredibly intricate fingerpicking patterns to make a sound that is both challengingly minimalistic, yet warm and approachable to anybody who might hear it, with a rare sensitivity that conveys both immense beauty, hope and sadness.
"In recent months, 24-year-old UK guitarist James Blackshaw has burst fully-formed onto the folk underground, his remarkable talents already seeming at peak maturity... Blackshaw has established himself as an instrumentalist of astonishing grace and delicacy, seeming as though he's gobbled and digested whole the primitive folk canons of Takoma and Vanguard. Relying primarily on 12-string guitar, Blackshaw's intricate creations web together Robbie Basho's wayfaring mysticism, Ben Chasny's soft-focu sed acid tongues, and the rustic fantasias of Sandy Bull... Blackshaw is able to differentiate himself through his exotic lyricism, stray pan-ethnic flourishes and pure unmasked virtuosity." - Pitchfork
http://www.jamesblackshaw.com/
http://www.myspace.com/jamesblackshaw
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=James+Blackshaw
Upcoming End of an Empire Shows:
November 2: Alasdair Roberts, Charalambides, and Heather Leigh Murray at the Nave Gallery
November 13: Tiny Vipers and Alela Diane at Venue TBA
For more information on End of an Empire go here.
Upcoming Non-Events:
October 12 (this Friday!): Local Experimental Music Showcase IV with Tim Feeney & Vic Rawlings, The Human Hairs, and Max Lord at Studio Soto
October 26: Julien Ottavi (France), Seth Cluett, and Mike Bullock at Studio Soto
November 10: Tatsuya Nakatani and David Stackanas at Studio Soto
Wednesday, October 03, 2007
matters of theory
I'm barely coherent now waiting for things to begin. What happened of late? I've been going out more, perhaps not enough. The last book I read was "In Patagonia" by Bruce Chatwin-- it made me wonder if a friend had that in mind before heading South. Some nights of interest are starting up here locally with more of a Sixties vibe to them-- they might be regular events for me, much like in the mid-nineties. Its better than waiting for the right bands to come around. A couple of screenings to report on shortly to ease the pressure of wondering what to do next.
I finally saw "30th Century Man", the new documentary on Scott Walker. The team behind it did a really good job at revealing a driven, enigmatic figure. I like how the film focuses on his creative life than his personal situation. The broad range of interviews from luminaries such as David Bowie, Brian Eno, Jarvis Cocker and others really brought a sense of immediacy to the project.
I still have various publications to sift through now. Perhaps something will come of this.
Another note: I'll be on the air this Friday-- with the new music as always.
I finally saw "30th Century Man", the new documentary on Scott Walker. The team behind it did a really good job at revealing a driven, enigmatic figure. I like how the film focuses on his creative life than his personal situation. The broad range of interviews from luminaries such as David Bowie, Brian Eno, Jarvis Cocker and others really brought a sense of immediacy to the project.
I still have various publications to sift through now. Perhaps something will come of this.
Another note: I'll be on the air this Friday-- with the new music as always.
Monday, September 24, 2007
Lightning Strikes - new Jay-Jay Johanson
Lyrics to one of Jay-Jay Johanson's forthcoming songs (courtesy of his myspace page):
Lightning Strikes:
I CLOSE THE CURTAINS
WON'T LET THE DAYLIGHT IN
PUT OUT THE CANDLES
POUR ANOTHER GIN
AND WHEN THE LIGHTNING STRIKES
THE THUNDER'S NEVER FAR AWAY
AND YOU'RE THE LIGHTNING LIKE,
I'M THUNDER ON A FOGGY DAY
OR SO IT SEEMS. or so it seems
DARKNESS APPROACHING
GUESS THERE'S A STORM BREAKING IN
RAINDROPS INCREASING
STRONGER GETS THE WIND
AUTUMN BROUGHT SHADOWS
MY DAYS OF MOURNING ARE THRU
GONE IS THE SORROW
THE WAY MY LIFE HAS GROWN
WHEN THE LIGHTNING STRIKES
THE THUNDER'S NEVER FAR AWAY
AND YOU'RE THE LIGHTNING LIKE,
I'M THUNDER ON A FOGGY DAY
OR SO IT SEEMS. or so it seems
CHORDS ON MY PIANO
FADING AWAY IN THE ROOM
THE TICKING OF A CLOCK OR
IS IT A METRONOME
AND WHEN THE LIGHTNING STRIKES
THE THUNDER'S NEVER FAR AWAY
AND YOU'RE THE LIGHTNING LIKE,
I'M THUNDER ON A FOGGY DAY
OR SO IT SEEMS. or so it seems
Lightning Strikes:
I CLOSE THE CURTAINS
WON'T LET THE DAYLIGHT IN
PUT OUT THE CANDLES
POUR ANOTHER GIN
AND WHEN THE LIGHTNING STRIKES
THE THUNDER'S NEVER FAR AWAY
AND YOU'RE THE LIGHTNING LIKE,
I'M THUNDER ON A FOGGY DAY
OR SO IT SEEMS. or so it seems
DARKNESS APPROACHING
GUESS THERE'S A STORM BREAKING IN
RAINDROPS INCREASING
STRONGER GETS THE WIND
AUTUMN BROUGHT SHADOWS
MY DAYS OF MOURNING ARE THRU
GONE IS THE SORROW
THE WAY MY LIFE HAS GROWN
WHEN THE LIGHTNING STRIKES
THE THUNDER'S NEVER FAR AWAY
AND YOU'RE THE LIGHTNING LIKE,
I'M THUNDER ON A FOGGY DAY
OR SO IT SEEMS. or so it seems
CHORDS ON MY PIANO
FADING AWAY IN THE ROOM
THE TICKING OF A CLOCK OR
IS IT A METRONOME
AND WHEN THE LIGHTNING STRIKES
THE THUNDER'S NEVER FAR AWAY
AND YOU'RE THE LIGHTNING LIKE,
I'M THUNDER ON A FOGGY DAY
OR SO IT SEEMS. or so it seems
Saturday, September 22, 2007
Last Night's playlist - wzbc - "off the cuff"
"off the cuff" (NCP) with George 09.21.2007 07:00PM to 10:00PM
07:09PM Christina Kubisch "Zeitlupe" from "The Hidden City" (CD) on Sub Rosa
07:12PM Skanfrom "Confused Machines" from "Hand Picked Fragments"
07:15PM Lawrence "Superpitcher - Happiness (Lawrence Remix)" from "Lowlights from the Past and Future" (CD) on Kompakt
07:25PM Tuxedomoon "Some Guys" from "Solve Et Coagula" on Cramboy
07:35PM Gnac "The Arrival of the Fog" from "The Arrival of the Fog" on LTM
07:38PM Fabio Viscoglisiosi "fenomeno" from "fenomeno" on Microbe
07:41PM Rothko "Zurich Trains" from "Bucolique Vol. 01" on Arbouse
07:46PM David Kristian "sound absorber" from "music from the mermaid room" on Wikkid
07:57PM The Lost Jockey "matters of theory" from "the fruit of the original sin" on LTM
08:03PM Winston Tong "Dream Assassins" from "Theoretically Chinese" (CD) on LTM
08:08PM Gudrun Gut "Sweet" from "I Put A Record On" (CD) on Monika Enterprise
08:13PM Alva Noto "Prototype N." from "Clicks + Cuts" on Mille Plateaux
08:19PM Nine Horses "birds sing for their lives" from "Money For All" on samadhisound
08:28PM The Passage "Drugface" from "Seedy"
08:32PM Droids "Rennaissance de l amour" from "l'age d'analogue" on hobbydeluxe
08:40PM Zazou/Bikaye "Binagwe" from "Guilty!" on Crammed Discs
08:45PM Fabio Viscoglisiosi "Gymnasium" from "fenomeno" on Microbe
08:47PM Gabrielle Lazure "Children's Tale" from "From Brussels With Love" on Les Disques Du Crepuscule
08:54PM Hans Appelqvist "tank att himlens alla stjarnor" from "Sifantin och morkret" (CD) on Hapna
09:00PM Mark Van Hoen "put my trust in you" from "Touch 25" (CD) on Touch
09:05PM Jay Jay Johanson "Breaking Glass" from "the long term physical effects are not yet known" (CD) on EMI
09:08PM The Names "music for someone" from "The fruit of the original sin" on Les Disques Du Crepuscule
09:10PM Francois De Roubaix "Pour Qui Pourquoi?" from "Dernier Domicile Connu" (CD)
09:13PM The Durutti Column "weakness and fever" from "The fruit of the original sin"
09:18PM Acetate Zero "a picture you can't flash" from "VA: bucolique vol 01" on Arbouse
09:22PM Holger Czukay "Ode to perfume" from "On the Way to the Peak of Normal" (CD) on Mute
09:42PM Desormais "Devant et Dessus" from "climate variations" (CD) on intr_version
09:48PM Marcus Schmickler With Hayden Chisholm "Infinity in the shape of a Poodle" from "Amazing Daze" (CD) on Hapna
07:09PM Christina Kubisch "Zeitlupe" from "The Hidden City" (CD) on Sub Rosa
07:12PM Skanfrom "Confused Machines" from "Hand Picked Fragments"
07:15PM Lawrence "Superpitcher - Happiness (Lawrence Remix)" from "Lowlights from the Past and Future" (CD) on Kompakt
07:25PM Tuxedomoon "Some Guys" from "Solve Et Coagula" on Cramboy
07:35PM Gnac "The Arrival of the Fog" from "The Arrival of the Fog" on LTM
07:38PM Fabio Viscoglisiosi "fenomeno" from "fenomeno" on Microbe
07:41PM Rothko "Zurich Trains" from "Bucolique Vol. 01" on Arbouse
07:46PM David Kristian "sound absorber" from "music from the mermaid room" on Wikkid
07:57PM The Lost Jockey "matters of theory" from "the fruit of the original sin" on LTM
08:03PM Winston Tong "Dream Assassins" from "Theoretically Chinese" (CD) on LTM
08:08PM Gudrun Gut "Sweet" from "I Put A Record On" (CD) on Monika Enterprise
08:13PM Alva Noto "Prototype N." from "Clicks + Cuts" on Mille Plateaux
08:19PM Nine Horses "birds sing for their lives" from "Money For All" on samadhisound
08:28PM The Passage "Drugface" from "Seedy"
08:32PM Droids "Rennaissance de l amour" from "l'age d'analogue" on hobbydeluxe
08:40PM Zazou/Bikaye "Binagwe" from "Guilty!" on Crammed Discs
08:45PM Fabio Viscoglisiosi "Gymnasium" from "fenomeno" on Microbe
08:47PM Gabrielle Lazure "Children's Tale" from "From Brussels With Love" on Les Disques Du Crepuscule
08:54PM Hans Appelqvist "tank att himlens alla stjarnor" from "Sifantin och morkret" (CD) on Hapna
09:00PM Mark Van Hoen "put my trust in you" from "Touch 25" (CD) on Touch
09:05PM Jay Jay Johanson "Breaking Glass" from "the long term physical effects are not yet known" (CD) on EMI
09:08PM The Names "music for someone" from "The fruit of the original sin" on Les Disques Du Crepuscule
09:10PM Francois De Roubaix "Pour Qui Pourquoi?" from "Dernier Domicile Connu" (CD)
09:13PM The Durutti Column "weakness and fever" from "The fruit of the original sin"
09:18PM Acetate Zero "a picture you can't flash" from "VA: bucolique vol 01" on Arbouse
09:22PM Holger Czukay "Ode to perfume" from "On the Way to the Peak of Normal" (CD) on Mute
09:42PM Desormais "Devant et Dessus" from "climate variations" (CD) on intr_version
09:48PM Marcus Schmickler With Hayden Chisholm "Infinity in the shape of a Poodle" from "Amazing Daze" (CD) on Hapna
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Tomorrow Night - River Gods
I'm DJing this Thursday at River Gods near Central Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts 125 River Street:
WZBC Presents
Countdown from 10-11:
Our favorite tracks from our favorite discs of July
Plus 2 Featured DJs:
8:30 - 10: George with a lively journey composed of quieter
electronica and indiepop happiness.
11-1: Justin with an emphasis on ambient krautrockish sounds.
Tonight's Featured DJs from WZBC 90.3 FM:
George hosts a program on WZBC every Friday from 7-10 p.m. The
program is called Off the Cuff: An investigation into the anxiety
created by the pressures and loneliness of modern life.
****************
I hope to start a little bit early-- we shall see.
WZBC Presents
Countdown from 10-11:
Our favorite tracks from our favorite discs of July
Plus 2 Featured DJs:
8:30 - 10: George with a lively journey composed of quieter
electronica and indiepop happiness.
11-1: Justin with an emphasis on ambient krautrockish sounds.
Tonight's Featured DJs from WZBC 90.3 FM:
George hosts a program on WZBC every Friday from 7-10 p.m. The
program is called Off the Cuff: An investigation into the anxiety
created by the pressures and loneliness of modern life.
****************
I hope to start a little bit early-- we shall see.
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Friday, September 07, 2007
untitled
1. She's oceanic - but she's not listening
2. She crossed a field and never came back
3. I close my eyes to escape from memory
2. She crossed a field and never came back
3. I close my eyes to escape from memory
Wednesday, September 05, 2007
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Back from vacation
I actually feel refreshed. I spent the week with my parents on Cape Cod. I haven't been there in over a decade. A lot has changed and a lot has stayed the same. The vacation was relaxing for once. I didn't feel as if I were off in a foreign city trying to maximize all the time I had available to see as much as possible. This trip was spent mainly by the seashore and in small towns. I went cycling about 44 miles one day-- which was exciting but a bit baffling due to limitations of the rental bicycle. After awhile it was fun but felt vaguely pointless because I couldn't get as much power out of the bike as I wanted and moderately cruised along past young families, teenagers and old people. After all that's what the Cape is all about -- roaming teenage gangs (with their parents not too far behind) and old people. Nights were spent reading; I brought 5 books with me and read 3 1/2 of them. The books I read were: "The Whistleblower: Confessions of a Health Care Hitman" by Peter Rost, M.D. (about exposing Pfizer), "Miracle Cures and Bloodletting" by Vincent Lam (a collection of short stories about a group of Doctors in Toronto), "The Big Clock" by Kenneth Fearing (an excellent Noir-type mystery) and "The Moro Affair" by Leonardo Sciasia -- all very enjoyable and compelling in their own ways.
I am slowly returning to work now. I have this steady compulsion to not stay at home as much and to go out and do things. Some friends are DJing tonight-- I may go check that out for a bit.
Other events that are coming up soon: I am DJing the early set at River Gods in Central Square Thursday September 13th. I'll keep you updated about that.
I am slowly returning to work now. I have this steady compulsion to not stay at home as much and to go out and do things. Some friends are DJing tonight-- I may go check that out for a bit.
Other events that are coming up soon: I am DJing the early set at River Gods in Central Square Thursday September 13th. I'll keep you updated about that.
Monday, August 20, 2007
Playlist from August 17 2007
George ""off the cuff"" (NCP) Aug 17th 2007, 7.00PM to 10.00PM
Played Artist Song Disk Year Label Note
The Durutti Column INTERLEUKIN 2 for anthony IDIOT SAVANTS 2007
Gudrun Gut Move Me I Put A Record On 2007 Monika Enterprise
Jimi Tenor Take Me Baby (original) Take Me Baby Warp
Moebius - Plank - Neumeier Pitch Control Zero Set 1982 Sky
Hakan Libdo Clockwise (Apparat Mix) Clockwise - Rmxs EP 2004
Frank Bretschneider all summer in a day Rhythm 2007 Raster-noton
Jay-jay Johanson I want some fun On the Radio 2002
David Kristian Oncet music from the mermaid room Wikkid URL
Sleeparchive null sekunden Hospital Tracks 2006 Sleeparchive
Wio Pumpinyrchest V WIO 2001 K-raa-k
Kraftwerk Heimatklange Ralf & Florian 1973 Philips
Magnetic Fields Summer Lies The Wayward Bus 1991
The French Impressionists Boo Boos Gone Mambo/my guardian angel The Fruit of the Original Sin 1981 Les Disques Du Crepuscule
Hiroshi Fujiwara Getting Over You (Mil'o's Natureboy Remix)Remixes
Arthur Russell This is how Another Thought Point Music
Nine Horses Money For All Money For All 2006 samadhisound URL July Skies Waiting to Land (Epic 45 reworking) where the days go
Blaine L. Reninger & Steven Brown The Lorelei / Overture the night watch
Eyeless in Gaza Invisibility Voice - The Best of Eyeless In Gaza 1980-1986
Signal Malimo Robotron 2007 Raster-noton
Jimi Tenor A Daughter of the Snow Europa 1995 Sahko Recordings URL
Section 25 Looking from a Hilltop (edit) the night watch LTM
Wilfried* This Is My House Songs for Mum & Dad 2002 Prohibited
Hans Appelqvist Wanxian Sifantin och morkret 2007 Hapna
Hans Appelqvist tank att himlens alla stjarnor Sifantin och morkret 2007 Hapna
Arbol Aroma arbol 2001 indus sonica
Arbol Agios arbol 2001 indus sonica
Nine Horses birds sing for their lives Money For All 2006 samadhisound
Jay-jay Johanson She Doesn't Live Here Anymore She Doesn't Live Here Anymore 2006 EMI Sweden
Domotic smiles again smiles again 2003 Active Suspension URL
The Durutti Column the eye and the hand The fruit of the original sin
Herman Dune & Julie Doiron Have you seen the moon? Performance #1 2001 Intercontinental EMAIL
Haswell & Hecker Movement 2 Blackest Ever Black 2007
Played Artist Song Disk Year Label Note
The Durutti Column INTERLEUKIN 2 for anthony IDIOT SAVANTS 2007
Gudrun Gut Move Me I Put A Record On 2007 Monika Enterprise
Jimi Tenor Take Me Baby (original) Take Me Baby Warp
Moebius - Plank - Neumeier Pitch Control Zero Set 1982 Sky
Hakan Libdo Clockwise (Apparat Mix) Clockwise - Rmxs EP 2004
Frank Bretschneider all summer in a day Rhythm 2007 Raster-noton
Jay-jay Johanson I want some fun On the Radio 2002
David Kristian Oncet music from the mermaid room Wikkid URL
Sleeparchive null sekunden Hospital Tracks 2006 Sleeparchive
Wio Pumpinyrchest V WIO 2001 K-raa-k
Kraftwerk Heimatklange Ralf & Florian 1973 Philips
Magnetic Fields Summer Lies The Wayward Bus 1991
The French Impressionists Boo Boos Gone Mambo/my guardian angel The Fruit of the Original Sin 1981 Les Disques Du Crepuscule
Hiroshi Fujiwara Getting Over You (Mil'o's Natureboy Remix)Remixes
Arthur Russell This is how Another Thought Point Music
Nine Horses Money For All Money For All 2006 samadhisound URL July Skies Waiting to Land (Epic 45 reworking) where the days go
Blaine L. Reninger & Steven Brown The Lorelei / Overture the night watch
Eyeless in Gaza Invisibility Voice - The Best of Eyeless In Gaza 1980-1986
Signal Malimo Robotron 2007 Raster-noton
Jimi Tenor A Daughter of the Snow Europa 1995 Sahko Recordings URL
Section 25 Looking from a Hilltop (edit) the night watch LTM
Wilfried* This Is My House Songs for Mum & Dad 2002 Prohibited
Hans Appelqvist Wanxian Sifantin och morkret 2007 Hapna
Hans Appelqvist tank att himlens alla stjarnor Sifantin och morkret 2007 Hapna
Arbol Aroma arbol 2001 indus sonica
Arbol Agios arbol 2001 indus sonica
Nine Horses birds sing for their lives Money For All 2006 samadhisound
Jay-jay Johanson She Doesn't Live Here Anymore She Doesn't Live Here Anymore 2006 EMI Sweden
Domotic smiles again smiles again 2003 Active Suspension URL
The Durutti Column the eye and the hand The fruit of the original sin
Herman Dune & Julie Doiron Have you seen the moon? Performance #1 2001 Intercontinental EMAIL
Haswell & Hecker Movement 2 Blackest Ever Black 2007
Monday, August 13, 2007
Playlist from August 10, 2007 - (in memory of Anthony Wilson)
"off the cuff" (NCP) with George 08.10.2007 07:00PM to 10:00PM
07:02PM The Durutti Column "INTERLEUKIN 2 for anthony" from "IDIOT SAVANTS" on fullfill
07:06PM Radio Dept "It's Personal" from "pet grief" on Labrador
07:11PM Vitesse "The Saddest Day" from "A Certain Hostility" on Parasol
07:14PM Yann Tiersen "La terrasse" from "Tout Est Calme" (CD) on Labels
07:17PM John Foxx "spiral overture" from "cathedral oceans III" (CD) on fullfill
07:23PM Opto "4.34 am" from "2nd" (CD) on hobby industries
07:27PM The Durutti Column "the eye and the hand" from "The fruit of the original sin"
07:37PM Harold Budd "As Long As I can Hold My Breath" from "Avalon Sutra" (CD) on samadhisound
06:39PM Wim Mertens "multiple 12" from "The Fruit of The Original Sin" on Crepescule
07:42PM Piano Magic "Artists' Rifles" from "Artists' Rifles" (CD) on Rocket Girl
07:48PM Ø "side A" from "Ikuinen" (12 Inch) on Sahko
07:54PM Sleeparchive "Track4" from "The Sliverbird Casino" on DNP
08:02PM Be Music "Theme" from "Cool as Ice" (CD) on LTM
08:05PM David Kristian "sound absorber" from "music from the mermaid room" on Wikkid
08:14PM Red Turns To... "Deep Sleep" from "Deep Sleep" (12 Inch) on Factory Communications
08:19PM Gudrun Gut "Move Me" from "I Put A Record On" (CD) on Monika Enterprise
08:23PM Section 25 "The Process" from "From The Hip" on LTM
08:28PM New Order "Video 5-8-6 (Edit)" from "Twice As Nice" (CD) on LTM
08:35PM The Names "Nightshift" from "the night watch" on LTM
08:42PM Cabaret Voltaire "Yashar" from "Differen Colours, Different Shades"
08:48PM Telex "i don't like music" from "I don't like remixes" (MP3) on Crammed Discs
08:52PM The Wake "Host" from "Harmony & Singles" on LTM
09:06PM Rhine River III "an end remains" from "The fruit of the original sin"
09:07PM Stockholm Monsters "Kan Kill!" from "All At Once" (CD) on LTM
09:14PM The Passage "Devils & Angels" from "Seedy"
09:17PM The Magnetic Fields "Summer Lies" from "The Wayward Bus" (CD) on PopUp
09:20PM The Durutti Column "Please Let Me Sleep" from "IDIOT SAVANTS" on fullfill
09:28PM Tuxedomoon "New Machine" from "Desire" (CD) on Crammed Discs
09:34PM Nine Horses "birds sing for their lives" from "Money For All" on samadhisound
09:42PM Richard Jobson "the happiness of lonely" from "The fruit of the original sin" (LP) on Crepuscule
09:48PM The Durutti Column "the missing boy" from "LC" (MP3) on Factory Benelux
09:53PM Kraftwerk "Heimatklange" from "RALF AND FLORIAN" (LP) on VIRDIGO
07:02PM The Durutti Column "INTERLEUKIN 2 for anthony" from "IDIOT SAVANTS" on fullfill
07:06PM Radio Dept "It's Personal" from "pet grief" on Labrador
07:11PM Vitesse "The Saddest Day" from "A Certain Hostility" on Parasol
07:14PM Yann Tiersen "La terrasse" from "Tout Est Calme" (CD) on Labels
07:17PM John Foxx "spiral overture" from "cathedral oceans III" (CD) on fullfill
07:23PM Opto "4.34 am" from "2nd" (CD) on hobby industries
07:27PM The Durutti Column "the eye and the hand" from "The fruit of the original sin"
07:37PM Harold Budd "As Long As I can Hold My Breath" from "Avalon Sutra" (CD) on samadhisound
06:39PM Wim Mertens "multiple 12" from "The Fruit of The Original Sin" on Crepescule
07:42PM Piano Magic "Artists' Rifles" from "Artists' Rifles" (CD) on Rocket Girl
07:48PM Ø "side A" from "Ikuinen" (12 Inch) on Sahko
07:54PM Sleeparchive "Track4" from "The Sliverbird Casino" on DNP
08:02PM Be Music "Theme" from "Cool as Ice" (CD) on LTM
08:05PM David Kristian "sound absorber" from "music from the mermaid room" on Wikkid
08:14PM Red Turns To... "Deep Sleep" from "Deep Sleep" (12 Inch) on Factory Communications
08:19PM Gudrun Gut "Move Me" from "I Put A Record On" (CD) on Monika Enterprise
08:23PM Section 25 "The Process" from "From The Hip" on LTM
08:28PM New Order "Video 5-8-6 (Edit)" from "Twice As Nice" (CD) on LTM
08:35PM The Names "Nightshift" from "the night watch" on LTM
08:42PM Cabaret Voltaire "Yashar" from "Differen Colours, Different Shades"
08:48PM Telex "i don't like music" from "I don't like remixes" (MP3) on Crammed Discs
08:52PM The Wake "Host" from "Harmony & Singles" on LTM
09:06PM Rhine River III "an end remains" from "The fruit of the original sin"
09:07PM Stockholm Monsters "Kan Kill!" from "All At Once" (CD) on LTM
09:14PM The Passage "Devils & Angels" from "Seedy"
09:17PM The Magnetic Fields "Summer Lies" from "The Wayward Bus" (CD) on PopUp
09:20PM The Durutti Column "Please Let Me Sleep" from "IDIOT SAVANTS" on fullfill
09:28PM Tuxedomoon "New Machine" from "Desire" (CD) on Crammed Discs
09:34PM Nine Horses "birds sing for their lives" from "Money For All" on samadhisound
09:42PM Richard Jobson "the happiness of lonely" from "The fruit of the original sin" (LP) on Crepuscule
09:48PM The Durutti Column "the missing boy" from "LC" (MP3) on Factory Benelux
09:53PM Kraftwerk "Heimatklange" from "RALF AND FLORIAN" (LP) on VIRDIGO
Friday, August 10, 2007
Tony Wilson died today
Report from Manchester Evening News here.
Good interview with him in Spike Magazine circa May 2005
Also - the Guardian UK has a good set of articles on the man, the myth, the legend.
started the show off with Interleukin 2 for anthony by the Durutti Column
"Interleukin-2 is used to battle renal cell cancers,
which would explain the title and the dedication of
the song on idiot savants.
Good interview with him in Spike Magazine circa May 2005
Also - the Guardian UK has a good set of articles on the man, the myth, the legend.
started the show off with Interleukin 2 for anthony by the Durutti Column
"Interleukin-2 is used to battle renal cell cancers,
which would explain the title and the dedication of
the song on idiot savants.
Friday, August 03, 2007
Extended Remix - On the air
I am on the air tonight from 6 to 10:30pm (1800-2230 EST)
I'm bringing more than the usual set up.
listen in.
WZBC 90.3fm
I'm bringing more than the usual set up.
listen in.
WZBC 90.3fm
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