Concentration

I don't talk a lot about my photos. It's hard to talk without getting bogged won in details and I find myself falling back to what Frank Zappa said. Talking about pictures is like dancing about architecture. So, no more words, just a large image.

( Concentration )

Concentration

I don't talk a lot about my photos. It's hard to talk without getting bogged won in details and I find myself falling back to what Frank Zappa said. Talking about pictures is like dancing about architecture. So, no more words, just a large image.

( Concentration )

First and Last and Always

This is not the music post you were promised; I may still get a chance to crank that out before the end of the day. I am hopeful that among my readers are at least a couple who will understand just how awesome this track is. So awesome that I had to put it front of the queue and make a post with just this track. But before the Soundcloud link, you have to suffer through a little story...

Recently a friend of mine posted a set-list she had DJed. I listened through and commented that I thought the set was a bit depressing. In response I got a comment to the effect of "well, it's a goth set, so of course it's depressing, duh".

I looked at that comment for a while and thought about writing back, but I did not. It was someone else's LJ and it would have been rude of me to pick a fight with their friend in the comments thread. However, had I written back, part of what I would have said would have been:

Don't try teaching your grandfather to suck eggs, kid. I was listening to Andrew Eldritch back when your mother was still wiping the poo from your bum.

And now, dear gentle patient readers, a moment of awesome courtesy of Diane Birch (http://www.dianebirch.com/):
http://soundcloud.com/dianebirch/this-corrosion

First and Last and Always

This is not the music post you were promised; I may still get a chance to crank that out before the end of the day. I am hopeful that among my readers are at least a couple who will understand just how awesome this track is. So awesome that I had to put it front of the queue and make a post with just this track. But before the Soundcloud link, you have to suffer through a little story...

Recently a friend of mine posted a set-list she had DJed. I listened through and commented that I thought the set was a bit depressing. In response I got a comment to the effect of "well, it's a goth set, so of course it's depressing, duh".

I looked at that comment for a while and thought about writing back, but I did not. It was someone else's LJ and it would have been rude of me to pick a fight with their friend in the comments thread. However, had I written back, part of what I would have said would have been:

Don't try teaching your grandfather to suck eggs, kid. I was listening to Andrew Eldritch back when your mother was still wiping the poo from your bum.

And now, dear gentle patient readers, a moment of awesome courtesy of Diane Birch (http://www.dianebirch.com/):
http://soundcloud.com/dianebirch/this-corrosion

OK Music

No Art of Noise this time. I promise, soon. However, APC published some _awesome_ stuff this week that I want to share with you. First up, another video story...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkx9vxu4UW8&feature=player_embedded
A couple weeks ago I pointed to You Say Party in particular their video for "Lonely Lunch" which told an sf-nal story with the song as soundtrack. Now comes WAX TAILOR feat Charlotte Savary with "Dragon Chasers", which is a brilliant bit of noire down-tempo sound and video. Like all good noire, it's dark and mysterious and gets by less on action than on the way people _look_ at each other and things. Also, nice nods to the graphic novel form.

http://audioporncentral.com/2010/11/simon-iddol-fogashaz-minimix.html
Simon Iddol did a little five-track minimix to promote a party in Budapest that he was DJing. The track list is there and all are pretty rocking. I have a problem listening to Jay-Z's "99 Problems", but the rest of the mix is good, with some really brilliant combinations including two surprising Beatles remixes. I guess getting their stuff on iTunes means we'll hear more Beatles mash-ups in the coming months.

http://audioporncentral.com/2010/11/the-good-natured-be-my-animal.html
Another original+remix pairing, but this time I'll take the original over the remix. The song "Be My Animal" is by The Good Natured (http://www.facebook.com/thegoodnatured) and part of what makes it pleasing to my ear is the way the lead vocalist, Sarah McIntosh, is featured. She's got a potentially powerful voice, and though it's a bit too autotuned and clipped here, you get the sense she's got some power to show off. The remix loses a lot of her vocals; it's not bad on its own - just not as good.

http://audioporncentral.com/2010/11/illegal-sunday-lobsterdust-down-unda-club-vj-brewski-video.html
I can't remember if I blogged DJ Lobsterdust's amusing mash of Men At Work vs 50 Cent before. The mix is a couple years old, but it's gotten a new video treatment, so it's worth a (re)visit.

http://audioporncentral.com/2010/11/illegal-sunday-mixtape-caveirao-dance-1-2.html
It's been a long time since Bootie was good. It's been nearly forever since they were this AWESOME. These are two hour-long dance mixes that contain more clever blends and neat mashes than you can shake a stick at. I started playing this and narrating some of the great combos for MizA who eventually got enough time to play the mixes and started naming combos back to me. It's a blast. Sadly there's no tracklist I can find to verify against.

OK Music

No Art of Noise this time. I promise, soon. However, APC published some _awesome_ stuff this week that I want to share with you. First up, another video story...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkx9vxu4UW8&feature=player_embedded
A couple weeks ago I pointed to You Say Party in particular their video for "Lonely Lunch" which told an sf-nal story with the song as soundtrack. Now comes WAX TAILOR feat Charlotte Savary with "Dragon Chasers", which is a brilliant bit of noire down-tempo sound and video. Like all good noire, it's dark and mysterious and gets by less on action than on the way people _look_ at each other and things. Also, nice nods to the graphic novel form.

http://audioporncentral.com/2010/11/simon-iddol-fogashaz-minimix.html
Simon Iddol did a little five-track minimix to promote a party in Budapest that he was DJing. The track list is there and all are pretty rocking. I have a problem listening to Jay-Z's "99 Problems", but the rest of the mix is good, with some really brilliant combinations including two surprising Beatles remixes. I guess getting their stuff on iTunes means we'll hear more Beatles mash-ups in the coming months.

http://audioporncentral.com/2010/11/the-good-natured-be-my-animal.html
Another original+remix pairing, but this time I'll take the original over the remix. The song "Be My Animal" is by The Good Natured (http://www.facebook.com/thegoodnatured) and part of what makes it pleasing to my ear is the way the lead vocalist, Sarah McIntosh, is featured. She's got a potentially powerful voice, and though it's a bit too autotuned and clipped here, you get the sense she's got some power to show off. The remix loses a lot of her vocals; it's not bad on its own - just not as good.

http://audioporncentral.com/2010/11/illegal-sunday-lobsterdust-down-unda-club-vj-brewski-video.html
I can't remember if I blogged DJ Lobsterdust's amusing mash of Men At Work vs 50 Cent before. The mix is a couple years old, but it's gotten a new video treatment, so it's worth a (re)visit.

http://audioporncentral.com/2010/11/illegal-sunday-mixtape-caveirao-dance-1-2.html
It's been a long time since Bootie was good. It's been nearly forever since they were this AWESOME. These are two hour-long dance mixes that contain more clever blends and neat mashes than you can shake a stick at. I started playing this and narrating some of the great combos for MizA who eventually got enough time to play the mixes and started naming combos back to me. It's a blast. Sadly there's no tracklist I can find to verify against.