I never paid attention to the Morrissey song "America is not the world" before:

In America, The land of the free, they said, And of opportunity, In a just and a truthful way
But where the president, Is never black, female or gay, And until that day
You've got nothing to say to me, To help me believe

All signs point to...

I'm actually a very sentimental person.


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Finally listened to the new Portishead (Third). It's really, really good.

I really resisted liking Cut Copy for a while, but I'm now completely obsessed with the song "So Haunted". It's just so catchy, damn it. I also love the way the singer drags out the word "life ( Read more... )

I was unaware of Toshio Iwai's work until recently. (aside: it's interesting how things tend to happen together. First the Mutek mailing list told me about the Tenori-on launch event in Montréal, which I can't go to, then my "audio guy" co-worker showed me a video of it while we were looking at the Korg NDS synth, then another co-worker talked ( Read more... )

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I got the weekend pass for MUTEK. Thinking back, I didn't see as much as I should have. I was a bit spoiled by having all these great musicians performing in a row, and at the time I felt overloaded. It was so easy to use tiredness as an excuse ( Read more... )

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Been dreaming about a new bike and feeling a bit sick about my 40$ beater lately:


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Last weekend I bought a turntable finally, so I can play my records.
(I don't have a better place than the floor for it now...)


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