(see, a subject header like that makes it seem like i am an actual news outlet reporting actual news ( Read more... )

Hunh, I feel oblig­ated to do it this year, not because I think peo­ple give a damn, more because I think last year had a lot of music that went overlooked…by me! I didn’t recall being too excited by music last year, and that’s why I didn’t want to write one of these, but I went back and checked and I was wrong, so this is kind of like my penance ( Read more... )

have you noticed many small businesses are having some variation on a "yes we can"-type sale this week? (my favourite so far is the local mattress company doing a "barack o-bedding" sale.) seems to me many small businesses are happy to about our new president ( Read more... )

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i'd take the song "block" by the church, and do analytical stuff to it. it seems like it has a lot to give. i mean, if i can appreciate it's complexity, it must be obvious.

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this is one of the wackiest reviews i've ever read:

Delicate haunty chimes ring out above your pillowed young head. In bed, waiting for your parents to drive back in the dark. Each passing car's headlines leaving douglas furs trances on the wall. You think something could have happened in the dark snow, leaving you and your bother behind. But they ( Read more... )

they need to come out with country-specific versions of rock band, so i can get the swiss version. the young gods are about the only band i really wanna ROCK with.

i'm listening to pete namlook and klaus schulze's newest release under their "dark side of the moog" series. space ambience and beats done analog-style. the new one is in surround sound ( Read more... )

i hate it when i have a dream that i find some really rare or interesting cd or record in a shop that's really cheap. last night i dreamt i found the orb's u.f.orb in the limited 3xLP blue pvc sleeve, as well as a 4x7" of demos for that album pressed on 180g vinyl (that release i made up ( Read more... )

vromb has put out some amazing stuff since 2000. (as always, killer artwork, too.)


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