And another Sunday arrives...

So far I've:

• Hoovered
• Taken recycling out
• Found a small bucket for the compost waste
• Put the washing on

To do:

• Tidy up stuff, magazines, books etc

Youtube has come to an expensive arrangement with the Performing Rights Society. This means that we in the UK can nowaccess music vids on YouTube.

Here are two for Witz66. They are the main reasons why I like The Klaxons and Kasabian:

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...And from The Klaxons:

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Couldn't find 'Magick' still, I'm afraid...

satans_fairy_ put up this game:

Comment on this post & I will choose seven interests from your profile. you will then explain what they mean/why you are interested in them. Post this along with your answers in your own journal so that others can play along.

Seemed like an idea. I commented, and she tagged me for the following:

Blue Sky Thinking

Sounds awful, doesn ( Read more... )

For a while now I've been wanting to hire a massive old American car and drive across the States, eating at Diners and stuff. I'd also like to go the the Burning Man Festival. I'm rather fond of America and the States (which may surprise a lot of people given my political leanings), and there's a lot of lovely aspects to the nation which sadly get ( Read more... )

Mr Cohen has a reputation for being a dirge-meister and a half. There were jokes about people handing out razorblades at his concerts and so forth, however it was one of the most enjoyable concerts I've ever been to ( Read more... )

I have acquired a legitimate copy of Native Instruments' Reaktor.

This is a hideously powerful piece of software, and at the moment it terrifies me.

A while back, after I upgraded Orion to version 7.5, I reflected to siranui that I was in a bit of a strange position. Any shortcomings in my music are purely due to deficiencies in my skills (this could be ( Read more... )

Artcore 2: The Art of Drum'n'bass

James Brown is rebuilt as a robot in the year 5000, and instead of singing he makes strange synthesised noises to help lull baby whales to sleep.

Faithless - Forever Faithless

Meditations of the role of peaceful men in collapsing urban society, converted to midi using state-of-the-art electronic devices and recorded ( Read more... )

Ross Bolleter writes eerie, haunting music for forsaken pianos, left outside to the mercy of the elements.

Where he finds the things I have no idea...

His homepage is here...

His work has been mentioned on this blog before, however it bears a repeat 'cos of conversations with Mr
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I've just heard this absolutely stunningly beautiful piece of music on the radio: John Surman's Winter Wish...

The aural equivalent of listening to leaves fall slowly into a pond, or watching moonlit mist meander between trees.

Hmmm...