tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341278752024-03-23T11:30:20.677-07:00mackrotonaleh, just another music & <a href="http://www.43places.com/person/mackro">travel</a> geekmackrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11900160593731587449noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34127875.post-71979039862642011392010-01-06T21:44:00.000-08:002010-01-06T22:54:33.921-08:00(Don't We Need This) Music List ThingWhile NPR has a great surface level piece on the merits of list making, most of us glance over the boredom of the phrase "list making." It's no wonder this activity is relegated to "geeks" and "nerds" in print.No offense is taken. Really! The fun isn't the aggregation, nor the size, nor even the ranking. It's the filtering.What makes Tom Ewing's latest music blog, It Took Seconds, so exciting is mackrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11900160593731587449noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34127875.post-12200369157857795682009-12-30T20:38:00.001-08:002009-12-30T22:18:50.828-08:00WHY the most important record in my life is the creepiestRead the previous entry, if not already.After some preliminary research, the 2003 CD version of The Harmony Of The World seems a different beast than the vinyl counterpart discussed in the link above, based on noting differing track listings. So without further ado, here is a temporary zip file link to a direct vinyl rip of the original The Harmony Of The World LP:'The Harmony Of The World', 1979mackrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11900160593731587449noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34127875.post-61060572293592666312009-12-28T21:11:00.000-08:002009-12-28T23:12:11.657-08:00The most important record in my lifeThe Harmony Of The World was the first record I ever bought. I was only 8 years old, and the 25 cents my grandfather gave me to buy this record from a neighborhood garage sale in Pacific Palisades, CA circa 1980 wasn't technically "my" money. However, I had a choice of records, and my pick was made. And I was holding the money to acquire it. The only other hobby that interested me more than mackrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11900160593731587449noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34127875.post-68064248197680916482009-12-19T17:17:00.000-08:002009-12-19T18:02:22.427-08:00Best album of 2009: Talbot Tagora - Lessons in the Woods or a CitySeattle trio Talbot Tagora are a young and mighty rock band whose approach to their work follows in the mold of older bands like Sonic Youth, Polvo, Trumans Water, and -- most notably -- Thinking Fellers Union Local 282. As dizzying and strange Lessons in the Woods or a City, (the band's first album on Sub Pop's Hardly Art subsidiary) initially sounds, its catchiness, energy, and aura unhatch mackrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11900160593731587449noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34127875.post-74461472688004146132009-12-19T17:10:00.000-08:002009-12-19T17:15:28.872-08:00HAIKU2K halted by Supreme CourtThe army of HAIKU2K song candidate nominations for the remainder of the 2000s decade on route to Tallahassee, Florida was halted by order of the U.S. Supreme Court in late 2009. No explanation for the halt has been made. However, the driver of the vehicle transporting the nominations of HAIKU2K was quoted as saying "Look, I just didn't want to add to the din of calculators, man. Just leave me mackrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11900160593731587449noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34127875.post-30234891925882366572009-11-10T11:54:00.000-08:002009-11-10T12:23:29.195-08:00Idolator moves forward with XML-driven blogging technologyOn Tuesday, November 10th, 2009, Pop culture blog Idolator has changed formats from human to a data driven format, sources say. Founding editor and writer Maura Johnston gave her goodbyes the previous day as the last biological entity maintaining the web site's helm, making way for an automated way of keeping the public abuzz with pop!"XML was [Idolator's parent company's] choice of protocol", mackrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11900160593731587449noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34127875.post-43466942983526908752009-10-20T14:05:00.000-07:002009-10-21T03:08:26.338-07:00HAIKU2K: Answers to the year 2000, and some thoughts"OMFG, WE'RE OK!"This is probably what much of the world thought the first few minutes after New Zealand began 2000 on midnight, January 1st. Throughout the next 24 hours, anyone with access to anything broadcast would be relieved to know that both a) the world didn't explode, and b) the people most worried about the world exploding didn't actually bring that on!With Y2K worries out of the way, mackrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11900160593731587449noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34127875.post-65344170128679054092009-10-20T13:56:00.000-07:002009-10-20T14:04:52.831-07:00HAIKU2K: Haiku #10 (year 2000)san diego rockimperial county odeto this stinking seaScore +1 for naming the correct artist or band in comments.Score +1 for naming the song title in comments.Released in 2000.(What is HAIKU2K?)mackrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11900160593731587449noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34127875.post-48298639389831301642009-10-09T14:51:00.000-07:002009-10-09T14:55:56.905-07:00HAIKU2K: Haiku #9 (year 2000)nervous, fast flowingtrack inspired by headlineto long haunt U.S.Score +1 for naming the correct artist or band in comments.Score +1 for naming the song title in comments.Released in 2000.(What is HAIKU2K?)mackrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11900160593731587449noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34127875.post-204902103203070322009-10-05T18:43:00.001-07:002009-10-05T18:56:54.343-07:00HAIKU2K: Haiku #8 (year 2000)aided by chanteusesong coined term through its titledescribed creepy fanScore +1 for naming the correct artist or band in comments.Score +1 for naming the song title in comments.Released in 2000.(What is HAIKU2K?)mackrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11900160593731587449noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34127875.post-59987819636883225512009-10-05T13:11:00.000-07:002009-10-05T18:46:44.878-07:00HAIKU2K: Haiku #7 (year 2000)raggapop smash hitchampioned cheating, fibbingthe key was ducentScore +1 for naming the correct artist or band in comments.Score +1 for naming the song title in comments.Released in 2000.(What is HAIKU2K?)mackrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11900160593731587449noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34127875.post-65227562307620762642009-10-01T23:38:00.000-07:002009-10-05T18:46:31.417-07:00HAIKU2K: Haiku #6 (year 2000)sucking heliumrumored digga's aliasface looks like Q*BertScore +1 for naming the correct artist or band in comments.Score +1 for naming the song title in comments.Released in 2000.(What is HAIKU2K?)mackrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11900160593731587449noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34127875.post-3600162321300065272009-09-28T17:06:00.001-07:002009-10-05T18:46:16.803-07:00HAIKU2K: Haiku #5 (year 2000)romeo birthed himperhaps defined the decadesampling sad but trueScore +1 for naming the correct artist or band in comments.Score +1 for naming the song title in comments.Released in 2000.(What is HAIKU2K?)mackrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11900160593731587449noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34127875.post-28460679039573355022009-09-23T15:53:00.000-07:002009-10-05T18:46:04.652-07:00HAIKU2K: Haiku #4 (year 2000)blend rock, rap, despairheat to screaming boil, serve hitpost 9/11Score +1 for naming the correct artist or band in comments.Score +1 for naming the song title in comments.Released in 2000.(What is HAIKU2K?)mackrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11900160593731587449noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34127875.post-19278409265137759122009-09-22T16:27:00.001-07:002009-10-05T18:45:54.295-07:00HAIKU2K: Haiku #3 (year 2000)sparse sailing slow jamssan diego side projectweb site download trackScore +1 for naming the correct artist or band in comments.Score +1 for naming the song title in comments.Released in 2000.(What is HAIKU2K?)mackrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11900160593731587449noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34127875.post-61528360221319616192009-09-20T15:14:00.000-07:002009-10-05T18:45:41.438-07:00HAIKU2K: Haiku #2 (year 2000)motivationalblockbuster hit for jet li and her, r.i.p.Score +1 for naming the correct artist or band in comments.Score +1 for naming the song title in comments.Released in 2000.(What is HAIKU2K?)mackrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11900160593731587449noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34127875.post-75083664690824874212009-09-19T16:00:00.000-07:002009-10-05T18:45:23.635-07:00HAIKU2K: Haiku #1 (year 2000)futuristic hymnfirst track played even todayyay, napster 2K?Score +1 for naming the correct artist or band in comments.Score +1 for naming the song title in comments.Released in 2000.(NOTE: I never promised these haikus would be, you know, good.)(What is HAIKU2K?)mackrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11900160593731587449noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34127875.post-2362858566458275732009-09-19T14:11:00.000-07:002009-10-05T18:44:23.949-07:00HAIKU2K: 100 Haikus about songs from the 2000s game!The latter half of 2009 may not be remembered at all, because technology has allowed anyone with an internet connection to spend the latter of half of this year reminiscing about the 2000s decade via billions and billions of lists! Who can blame? I don't think many will or want to defend the year 2009 in the future, culturally anyway.So I will contribute to the problem by submitting a haiku mackrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11900160593731587449noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34127875.post-68482139936998049882009-05-31T22:56:00.001-07:002009-06-06T23:46:08.031-07:00A Mix: June Gloom V00:00-01:33 . 01:33 01 .O.Rang "(Untitled / Lamellophone)" (1996, from Fields & Waves) [london england uk]01:33-04:47 . 03:14 02 Spanky & Our Gang "Yesterday's Rain" (1969, from Anything You Choose b/w Without Rhyme Or Reason) [chicago illinois usa, originally st augustine florida usa]04:47-08:32 . 03:45 03 Sam and The Plants "The Eft" (2009, from The Eft) [lancashire county england uk]08:mackrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11900160593731587449noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34127875.post-50736104085881191232008-06-26T00:54:00.000-07:002008-06-26T07:26:15.640-07:00A Mix: June Gloom IV00:00-03:08 . 03:08 01 The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards "Amazing Grace" (released 1999, from Highland Cathedral, originally recorded in 1971) [originally edinburgh scotland uk]03:08-05:53 . 02:45 02 Amon Düül II "She Came Through The Chimney" (1970, from Yeti) [munich w. germany]05:53-08:29 . 02:36 03 John Cale "Hanky Panky Nohow (drone mix)" (released 2006, originally recorded in mackrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11900160593731587449noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34127875.post-22600681531291954442007-07-05T00:27:00.000-07:002007-07-05T01:31:25.784-07:00A Mix: June Gloom II00:00-00:50 . 00:50 01 Steve Fisk "I Wish I Were Dead" (1986, from 'Til The Night Closes In cassette, later from Over And Thru The Night compilation) [seattle washington usa]00:50-06:07 . 05:17 02 Disco Inferno "Summer's Last Sound" (1993, from "Summer's Last Sound" single) [essex county england uk]06:07-13:56 . 07:49 03 Bügsküll "Charmed Life" (1999, from Distracted Snowflake Volume mackrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11900160593731587449noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34127875.post-86300918365047117032007-07-04T23:45:00.001-07:002007-07-04T23:59:00.229-07:00A Mix: June Gloom00:00-01:07 . 1:07 01 Minus Whales "Adams" (1998, from 55 73 405) [costa mesa california usa]01:07-06:48 . 5:41 02 Efterklang "Bright" (2003, from Springer) [copenhagen denmark]06:48-12:03 . 5:15 03 Mugison "Ear" (2003, from Lonely Mountain) [reykjavík iceland]12:03-15:40 . 3:37 04 Rob Crow "Over The Summer" (2003, from My Room Is A Mess) [san diego california usa]15:40-17:34 . 1:54 05 Themackrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11900160593731587449noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34127875.post-10576702025510092972007-06-29T01:04:00.000-07:002007-07-05T07:36:42.089-07:00A Mix: June Gloom III00:00-03:06 . 03:06 01 Lee Hazlewood "My Baby Cried All Night Long" (1966, from The Very Special World Of Lee Hazlewood) [los angeles california usa, born in mannford oklahoma usa]03:06-06:05 . 02:59 02 Paul Robeson "Joe Hill" (1959, from Favorite Songs, also on v/a Classic Labor Songs compilation) [new york new york usa, born in princeton new jersey usa]06:05-06:36 . 00:31 03 Douglas Quin "mackrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11900160593731587449noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34127875.post-52275728102411715122007-06-28T20:23:00.000-07:002007-06-28T20:57:39.486-07:00The Deepest Male Vocalist Ever Is.... !Barry White?Leonard Cohen?Lee Hazlewood?Paul Robeson?Chris Barnes? (Cannibal Corpse)Andrew Eldritch? (Sisters Of Mercy)John Entwhistle? (The Who)Calvin Johnson? (Beat Happening)Maybe someone else???...Who is the deepest of them all?Most importantly... why?Although I never expect music fans to have taken courses in audio concepts or vocal techniques, questions like these are a great way for anyonemackrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11900160593731587449noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34127875.post-45175898363836924062007-06-21T19:50:00.001-07:002007-06-22T02:55:43.231-07:00Rolling 10: Von Südenfed - Tromatic ReflexxionsFirst, let's go back.I wouldn't have discovered Mark E. Smith nor The Fall when I did if it weren't for Coldcut.Coldcut - What's That Noise? - (1989)While I had certainly read a lot about this band called The Fall in many of my favorite 'alternative' rags while in late high school (i.e. Alternative Press, B-Side, Spin, et al), I would, without hesitance, purchase anything related to the top namesmackrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11900160593731587449noreply@blogger.com1