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UBU Selected Works by Bas Jan Ader 14 Video Paintings by Brian Eno Organism by Hilary Harris Report from L.A. by David Byrne
Brian Eno
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33 1/3 Part 21
17 SECONDS (Free subscription) | yesterday
David Bowie -’Low’ (RCA, 1977) I actually ended up picking up Low in Holland on the same family holiday in 1994 that I got Ocean Rain. Odd, I guess, as Holland isn’t particularly regarded as a great place for vinyl enhusiasts (though Germany I do recommend). But from that trip came the Bowie album above all [...]
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Album Art Flashback: Devo
AlbumArtExchange Blog (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
In 1977, American new wave rock band Devo released their cover of the Rolling Stones (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction (right). The single was incorrectly title (I Can’t Get Me No) Satisfaction. The single led to a recording contract with Warner Bros....
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Brel, Seb, Rog
Click opera (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
Here are three videos of Carousel rehearsals last month at Music Bank in the Tower Bridge Business Complex in which I sang through -- for the first time with real musicians -- three Jacques Brel songs arranged by David Coulter and Mike Smith, and translated by me (you can read my translations, two of which were made specially for this performance, beside the videos as they appear on YouTube). The band...
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DEVO: Totally Worth a Drive to Seattle!
local Cut (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
This Sunday and Monday, DEVO is performing two of its most beloved albums at Seattle’s intimate Moore Theater. The first night, 1978 album Q: Are We Not Men', A: We Are DEVO! will be played in its entirety. In 2009, this record still sounds exactly as God and Brian Eno intended. Eno’s production is clear [...] Related posts: Grey Anne: Somewhere in Seattle, Between Heaven and Hell (Seattle,...
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MuuMuse Excluusive: U2 Re-mastered Vinyl Catalog Giveaway
MuuMuse (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
For all the U2 fans out there, I’ve got one doozy of a prize set ready to go for a MuuMuse Excluusive giveaway. U2’s classic The Unforgettable Fire, first released in 1984, is receiving the re-release treatment in honor of its 25th Anniversary this year in a variety of physical formats. But don’t take my word [...]
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Shorties (Colin Meloy's Children's Books, Paste's Books of the Decade, and more)
Largehearted Boy (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Colin Meloy discusses his children's book projects (illustrated by Carson Ellis) on his Tumblr. Paste lists its 20 best books of the decade (2000-2009), and includes two books from the Largehearted Boy Book Notes series, Chuck Klosterman's Killing Yourself to...
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Unity Peg Text Transfers
Retro To Go (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Unity Peg has designed a range of Text Transfers to liven up your blank wall space. The collection consists of a choice of 19 different phrases, each one being the name of an album. They have chosen titles that are...
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Pumpkin Cheesecake
Lisa's Vegetarian Kitchen (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
I haven't been spending much time in my kitchen of late, but the recent occasion of a friend's birthday was an inspiration to come up with a pumpkin dessert. Not too rich, this will appeal to those who prefer savory treats, but also enjoy a hint of sweetness from time to time. I highly recommend using homemade pumpkin puree rather than the canned variety. Detailed instructions on how to make your...
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CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: Afrobeat Legend Tony Allen New Album Hits 01/12
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
NIGERIAN AFROBEAT LEGEND TONY ALLEN'S WORLD CIRCUIT/NONESUCH DEBUT SECRET AGENT TO BE RELEASED JANUARY 12 "At nearly 70 the man Brian Eno reckons is perhaps the greatest drummer that ever lived is reveling in his heritage, and it's contagious." Q Tony Allen Tony Allen best known for his work as drummer and musical director for Fela Anikulapo Kuti, one of Africa's most influential artists...
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Tangled histories
Pulse Laser (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
I saw Brian Eno and Steven Johnson in conversation on Monday night at the ICA, and Johnson talked about an approach he calls the long zoom or maybe consilience. The invention of air (the subject of his book) must take in the context of the Enlightenment; the energy and machines released by the Industrial Revolution; [...]
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Hot Chip Going Solo / Joe Goddard / Harvest Festival / Album
djMe | Dance | City | Fashion (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Hot Chip’s Joe Goddard releases his solo album Harvest Festival on Greco-Roman, the label that he started with 2 other friends. A largely instrumental, electronic album, it winds from woozy ambience to the polyrhythms of London’s clubland and back again, and has a strange fixation with fruit. Drawing on a number of influences from UK [...]
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Bass Slapping, Trouserflappingtastic!
Rob's Record Reviews And That (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
Memoirs Of A Geezer, The Autobiography of Jah Wobble, Music, Mayhem, Life, Serpent's Tail, 335 pp. What was Sid Vicious really like? Did Malcolm McLaren have any redeeming qualities? What was it like to be in Public Image Limited and how much did you earn? How has Wobble managed to keep ahead of the music game despite alcoholism, depression and stint on the London Underground? All these questions and...
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Brett Anderson, Tabernacle, London
The Independent (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
Much has been made of Brett Anderson's apparent happiness in the musical "wilderness". After the hedonism of the 1990s (all that energetic, drug-fuelled positioning of himself away from Britpop), the 42-year-old is now very much a solo artist and seems more content for it.
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A thought on being a producer
John Gushue . . . Dot Dot Dot (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
"I often say to people that producing is the best paid form of cowardice. When you produce things you almost always get credit, if it's a good record, but you hardly ever get the blame if it's not." - Brian Eno [This quote comes from a new interview with Eno on Pitchfork]