Living the Liminal

So, are you the type of person who, at a party, makes the rounds, constantly on the move to chat, to flirt, to, well, whatever, with as many people in as short a time as possible.
I’m not. I’m the type that finds a corner and hangs out there. Sometimes alone, sometimes with a few others. [...]

Great video, catchy tune:

For a flava of Bat For Lashes live, check this one out:

And another live video:

I’m definitely planning on getting their debut album in the next week or two. Yes, I could download it from Amazon.com or iTunes. But I’m feeling archaic these days and will probably hit up an actual music store [...]

The first time I heard Diamanda Galas was in a car, driving through the fog at 2 am, listening to her Plague Mass
being played on WRIU. Freaked me the fuck out - wasn’t sure if I was hearing a human or a demon or an angel.
I’ve seen her live twice and both times have been [...]

I just finished using Delicious Library to inventory my cds. You remember, those actual, physical objects that seemed so shiny and new and exciting about 15 years ago.
Just wait till I inventory the LPs & Tape Cassettes!
If you want to look through my cd collection, click on the link below for a pdf of the [...]

Wil Wheaton has a good post on his site about the RIAA and their current underhanded, slimy, evil and generally effed-up tactics to control those dangerous internet radio stations:
If SoundExchange can scare enough indie webcasters into signing this horrible agreement, the RIAA will be able to go to congress and tell them that they really [...]

Last night before going to see The Secret Life of Eskimos (which wasn’t half-bad as a theatrical production, but the script left a little, well actually quite a lot to be desired), I stopped by an actual, physical music store and bought those old, archaic things called “cds.” I refrained from buying vinyl. This time [...]

The Flaming Lips = Dell
Wilco = some car commercial (can’t remember which because I was so distracted by hearing Jeff Tweedy’s voice in a commercial.

Technorati Tags: commercials, flaming lips, wilco

A very dark and scary piece that I created tonight using Garageband loops and samples from the Freesound Project.
Voices Decay and the City Screams a Death as Alien Crystal Bleeds
Samples used include:
plagasul - “grito matriz”
cognito - “perceptu_schoolyard”
fabe - “bigben_5_uhr_5_a_clock_my_grandmas_clock”
meatball4u - “explode4″
the “All Dead” Sample is a supposedly real EVP of a ghost - can’t remember [...]

As testament to the power of internet radio, I recently bought Courier, by Richard Shindell. Radio Paradise played a song called “Transit” which caught my attention more than most songs do. Something about the voice: round and full, but with an edge to it, Shindell has a voice that feels like the truth should feel. [...]

1. “Clumsy Card House” - Blue October
2. “D.I.Y.” - Peter Gabriel
3. “Honey Bee” - Grinderman
4. “Used to Love Him” - Fiona Apple
5. “Wearing the Inside Out” - Pink Floyd
6. “Experiment” - Kevin Kline (De-Lovely Soundtrack)
7. “Mixed Emotions” - Lords of Acid
8. “Back Off Turkey” - Les Claypool
9. “Preludes - Livre II, XII” - Debussy
10. “Songs [...]