Sat September 20 2008
09.19.08 Pitfalls of CompilationsLike every able minded wit in this new century's culture wars, I have a podcast. In all humility it is a simple affai...
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09.19.08 Pitfalls of CompilationsLike every able minded wit in this new century's culture wars, I have a podcast. In all humility it is a simple affair, intended to be bi-weekly, it now struggles
along at almost a monthly pace. The original intent, beyond the glorious wealth and epic fame of being a podcaster, was to create a feedback loop of finding new music, making it available as a piece,
and ...
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09.19.08 Pitfalls of CompilationsLike every able minded wit in this new century's culture wars, I have a podcast. In all humility it is a simple affair, intended to be bi-weekly, it now struggles
along at almost a monthly pace. The original intent, beyond the glorious wealth and epic fame of being a podcaster, was to create a feedback loop of finding new music, making it available as a piece,
and then, of course, finding more. Little did know the amount of time needed to put together one hour of music. I bete musicians feel the same, only more so.. .Part of the issue is time spent
listening to music. I had seriously underestimated the amount of time and attention that this requires. The basic necessity, to listen intently to a song, compounded by the ridiculous wealth in good
music that our age best exemplifies, is basically absurd. Thanks to the internet, WFMU's Antique Phonograph show is as easily available as that Moxie Fruvous bootleg I got kicking around somewhere.
By which I mean; the obscure areifacts are everywhere it just listening. And once you start you realize how endless it all is.I spend more time now "culling the herd" than finding the selections. My
average show starts at around three hours long - then I spend a few days listening and removing and adding on, until I've gotten to that CD-R sweet spot of 80 min. Usually another couple of days are
spent juggling the order of tracks until their sequence is coherent. Another dat tweaking levels and getting the fades right, and often a last minute substitution or two. Fianlly the set list is
compiled, and depending on time constraints I may link to the artists and I may write comments. In the olden days of "leisure time" I'd even record spoken bits to intro and seqway songs and sections.
this is unlikely to happen now.In the interests of saying something, here are the rationalizations for track inclusion and highlights for the mix I have here:01 - Amon Tobin - Get Your Snack OnThe
heavy textures and repititive moments of this are given a lighter and jazzier feel by the diverse organic sounding palatte of samples.02 - Matmos - Zealous Order of Candied KnightsFollowing on from
that orgainc sound is Matmos who has made some of the most insightfult inroads of producing along thematic lines. This is from their Civil War album. 03 - People Like Us - My Son Jim (excerpt)04 -
Hifana - Wamono PV05 - The Books - It Never Changes to Stop06 - Kid Koala - Fender BenderProbably on of the most skilled turntabilists of this generation. This is one of the more expansive tracks
from his first album - it features a large variety of well meshed vinyl.07 - Cex - OD'd on First Base08 - Dj Food & DK - Let's Play DrumsFrom thier "Now, Listen!" album this "track" is not the
best - but it has a very good beat, yes?09 - Kid606 - MP3 Killed The CD StarOne of the more accessible tracks from this laptop artist, here edited to a more managable size.10 - Mum - Abakvid Tvaer
HÃdir,,,,sundlau11 - Dj Vadim - Dig Yourself Baby12 - Prefuse 73 & the Books - Pagina Cuatro13 - Dj Z-Trip & Dj P - Uneasy Listening Track 4Off of their freely downloadable album of
the same name.14 - Amon Tobin - Foley RoomA studio heavy music concrete with a largely IDM influenced percussion the track is a step away from his earlier jazzy sound.15 - Dj Shadow - Building Steam
with a Grain of Salt (excerpt)16 - Proem - Negativ - Bolt Action A17 - Proem - Negativ - Bolt Action A17 - Skalpel - Tension18 - Plastiq Phantom - Experimentation on Foreign Light19 - Negativland -
What's Music (excerpt)20 - Radio Soulwax - paul simon - ladytron - (guitarsolo)21 - Volcano The Bear - Five Hundred Boy Piano (excerpt)22 - Richard Devine - block, variation23 -Kid Koala - Basin
Street Blues24 - Squarepusher & MC Twin Tub - Full Rinse25 - The Art Of Noise - How To Kill26 - Man or Astroman - A Simple Text FileA wonderful printer piece, true electronicaimage from:
Nietzsche Family CircusCoincidentally this is from a music diary for the Brooklyn College cc1.3 class. The mix itself was done in the vein of finding electronic music of a certain odd caliber after a
discussion of the matter with the professor. For those curious, yes, college is going well, thanks for asking. I may not be making these show too often anymore but it is a nice break from the studies
- and in this case fits in well besides them.
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Sat June 14 2008
As always and ever it is my great joy to snatch from the hands of time the moment of life unmeasured.This month has been fairly erratic - I've gotten ...
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As always and ever it is my great joy to snatch from the hands of time the moment of life unmeasured.This month has been fairly erratic - I've gotten a position as a fancy lab assistant at school
which, I humbly must admit, I doubt I am qualified for. Of course there are many things I'm not qualified for which I do anyways, or which people pay me to do. It really is a great thing when people
belie...
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As always and ever it is my great joy to snatch from the hands of time the moment of life unmeasured.This month has been fairly erratic - I've gotten a position as a fancy lab assistant at school
which, I humbly must admit, I doubt I am qualified for. Of course there are many things I'm not qualified for which I do anyways, or which people pay me to do. It really is a great thing when people
believe we live in a meritocracy and the playing field is uneven. I blame the liberals for the former and the conservatives for the latter, just so you know my stance on these things. The situation
makes it so that for each inequality you can leverage in your favor the more open people are to thinking you the rightful holder to that which by error, accident, hook and crook you've been able to
obtain. All this leads up to the notion that by attaining something I'm unqualified for I've actually shown how qualified I am. Which makes me feel remarkably good about myself while also putting me
in a position where I recognize the pointlessness of my situation. On that note, let's listen to some music.Twilight Hotel - Viva La VinylRalph Gean - star trekkin' rock n' roll cowboyKate & Anna
Mcgarrigle - sugar babyGorillasuit - Everybody at the beachHal Blaine - Trippin' Out (June)Bull Moose Jackson - Big Ten Inch RecordNylon Rythm Machine - Been through so much togetherIslands - 08
VolcanoesLuigi and Antonio Russolo - CoraleArrah and the Ferns- SkylarkNellie McKay - Identity TheftConor Oberst - 12 I Don't Want To Die In The HospitalAmerican Breed - partridge weiners spotThe
Seeds - mr. farmerNoonday Underground - boy like a timebombApril Aloisio - Duid DeedFaith no More - something for the girl with everything (with sparks)Ernest Ranglin - Memories of Baber MackLaibach
- NSKSalty Pirates - Black minds and white liesJorge ben - amor de carnavalEnnoi Morricone - L'estasi Dell'oro (The Ecstasy Of Gold)Cinematic Titanic - Piece of EightsLos Campesinos You Me
DancingCOIN-OP - Karl killed NicholasScientific Cricket - barbarashop cricketCrystal Castles - Alice PracticeFlaming Lips - One ShotArchie Shepp - ScagMice Parade - Guitars for plantsImage
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