tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341278752011-07-07T22:22:39.428-07:00eh, just another music &amp; <a href="http://www.43places.com/person/mackro">travel</a> geekmackrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11900160593731587449noreply@blogger.comBlogger411100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34127875.post-71979039862642011392010-01-06T21:44:00.000-08:002010-01-06T22:54:33.921-08:00

While 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

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Read 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', 1979

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The 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

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Seattle 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

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The 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

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On 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",

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"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,

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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?)

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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?)

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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?)

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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?)

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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?)

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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?)

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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?)

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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?)

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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?)

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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?)

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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

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00:00-01:33 . 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]08:32-11:

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00:00-03:08 . 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 1972-1973 for

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00:00-00:50 . 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 Two) [

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00:00-01:07 . 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 The

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00:00-03:06 . 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 "

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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 anyone

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First, 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 names

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Reviewing the latest LCD Soundsystem album today, as in mid June, may feel as relevant as reviewing the "latest" My Bloody Valentine record. It has been an epoch of three months since the official release of LCD Soundsystem's sophomore album, Sound Of Silver, and the album's leak occurred shortly after Big Bang. However, all these cataclysmic events, the leak notwithstanding, occurred within the

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The cover art may suggest Monstrance is Moonshine Records's latest attempt at PLUR-bot branding of a new dance club genre name called "Monster Trance." However, it's not only a reference to the highly adorned object associated with Eucharistic practices, but also the debut self-titled release by the collaboration of XTC's Andy Partridge, ex XTC keyboardist and ex Shriekback frontman Barry Andrews

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Quickie.In the next two months or so, I'll be reviewing albums released since the beginning of the year that will fit into a good mid-year Top 10.Starting in July, new albums that get reviewed and enter this rolling Top 10 will have to force another out of the ring! However, one never knows if an album that was ousted may come back from behind with a metal folding chair in the eleventh hour.

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At this point, I have as much interest in wanting to study the seeds of ironic embrace of pop culture as I do wanting to cough into a petri dish and see what grows. However, for those who are interested, you will likely find yourself making a pitstop to check out the odd and rewarding history of Los Angeles based 'zine-turned-magazine Ben Is Dead.Ben Is Dead -- started by Darby Romeo -- was very

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[...prev] [intro] [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]OK, I'm going to end this series on a quick, fun, and non-earth-shattering beat.I was originally planning to dedicate the final entry of the series to J-Hip Hop in general. Upon further inspection, there seems to be a more complex and unknown history to parse. Either way, the subject certainly deserves more than one day in a J-Pop context, if you will.

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[...prev] [intro] [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [next...][Note: this entry will be vastly improved with references and actual good writing once I can get more than 90 minutes of sleep this week.]...Let's get one thing clear. There's no such thing as a bad Shéna Ringö album. In fact, there's no such thing as a Shéna Ringö album that isn't absolutely amazing. In fact, the least amazing Shéna Ringö

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[...prev] [intro] [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [next...]NOTE: This is a two-part entry. The first half discusses songwriter/performer Noriyuki Makihara. The second half discusses the music from video game manufacturer Famicom, otherwise known as Nintendo to the world outside Japan....Noriyuki Makihara studied English literature while attending Aoyama Gakuin University in central Tokyo. Soon after

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[...prev] [intro] [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [next...]Kumi Koda is currently one of the most active chartbusters in Japan today. Since 2003, she's been breaking various records for female pop stars on Oricon -- the Japanese version of Billboard Magazine. Her success continues to accelerate as you read this. And as the familiar story goes, it was a long way to the top. She debuted in 2000,

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[...prev] [intro] [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [next...]Xanadu 2007 is here. Ram Rider wants you to know.Having just started 2-3 years ago, RAM RIDER aka, ur, Ram Rider (as in Random Access Memory Rider, not Rider Of An Uncastrated Male Instance Of A Member Of The Ovis Aries Species) has done a lot with one composite flavor of music, that being Daft Punk / U.S.E. / Y.M.O. / E.L.O. inspired

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[...prev] [intro] [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [next...]A SAFETY AND HEALTH DISCLAIMER FOR THE UNSUSPECTING READERWhile it may seem unorthodox to have such a disclaimer for a music entry, I feel this one warrants special attention.If you are the type of music lover that abhors any elements that can, even on occasion, be described as cute, frisky, screechy, girlie, quirky, or fun, then STOP READING

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[...prev] [intro] [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [next...]Bear with me. I hope all of you remember New Kids On The Block. I'm going to go back into the late 80s and twist history a little bit, and offer an alternate "near future" for the group and the world around them, specifically the U.S.(If you really don't want to read this, just scroll down, but there's a point to this, I swear.)Now for some

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[intro] [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [next...]HOW?My friends and I were already regulars of the subtitled version of the TV show Iron Chef syndicated in the 90's on a UHF international channel in Orange County, California. But we turned on the TV 30 minutes early one night and discovered a particular pop music TV show that preceded our idol, Kaga. The first thing we saw was a man with slick hair

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Unsurprisingly, I've been mining the remnants of those large retail coffins off the streets still labeled "Tower Records" the past few weeks, taking advantage of the great discounts. Many people have. In fact, people who have probably no experience ever going to a record store have been doing so in hopes of finding holiday seasons gifts. The constant looks of horror, shock, and amazement on many

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I originally posted this on a couple of other forums late last night still a bit drunk after having seen the show, then deciding to walk the thirty minutes home through one of the foggiest nights I remember. Especially given the music I heard, I guess it was appropriate that car headlights appeared as these twirling light figures as they drove behind concrete slits and chain-link fences inside

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mackro's mom: so anyway, I have a question to ask you regarding alternative musicme: *???*mackro's mom: mackro?me: Yes! Go ahead, what about that alternative music today?mackro's mom: Well, I was over at [my friend] Pam's today with her son... and he was playing a lot of music I haven't heard before. Pam told me her son was into alternative music, but I wanted to ask you something about that. I

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I don't own any Jandek records, nor have I seen the documentary Jandek on Corwood. I have heard a few of his records at friends' houses over the years, and I'm completely fascinated with his story. Who else has been this highly prolific, successfully disjunct from the music world for 25 of his almost 30 years of recording history, and consistently reputable in the operations of independent label

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