2007 2008 Edition Hey, SXSW starts today. Maybe that’s why it feels like the entire blog-o-sphere is dead. In any event, this is the perfect time to revisit a top-ten list from…
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F/i – Why Not Now? Alan! / 16 – Scott Case: Out Of Print Material / Bark Psychosis – Independency
F/i are one of those bands that changes everything for you. It is so druggy and so psychedelic it makes everything else “psychedelic” seem somewhat tame. And they’re not just one of…
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Zoobooks And Other Anomalies
Today I received this response to the letter I sent Carl’s Jr. last evening: “We have received your message. Thank you for contacting us. [THREAD ID: 1-GMIXET]” I can only imagine that…
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What I Noticed At The L.A. Zoo Today…
I went to the zoo today. Buuuuut, I’ve just now left my camera in my car (which is parked about three miles from my apartment) so you won’t get to see any…
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Moebius & Plank – Rastakraut Pasta / Material
Dieter Moebius and Conny Plank (Moebius & Plank) were an offshoot of Cluster. For those of you who aren’t Krautrock historians, Moebius along with Conrad Schnitzler and Hans-Joachim Roedelius formed the original…
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Agitation Free – Malesch
Let’s stay in Bavaria just a little while longer. Here’s the story of the avant-garde rock band Agitation Free. Formed in 1967, “the Free” as I’ve just now started referring to them…
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Where In The World Is San Diego?
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. There was also a gravity hill involved. I’d tell you all the juicy details surrounding today’s day-trip to San Diego…
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Spring Training And "Post-Rock"
So the Mets are off to a rather inauspicious start this spring. Johan Santana gave up a few runs in his first outing of the year, and the team has only one…
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Have You Sassified Yourself Of Late?
Hey, dudes and vagina-vehicles (that’s my new endearing term for ladies — they are, after all, things used for transporting vaginae (is that the plural of vagina?)). I actually had time to…
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Chango – Chango
A CD copy of this album came into the store last month, and I took to it immediately due to the fact that the band and album share a name with everyone’s…