I just finished watching The Proposition, a very good and very depressing movie. If you don’t know the plot, it’s about a police captain in late 19th century rural Australia. He captures…
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Amon Dude – Amon Dude
Here’s another noisy gem from Finland that was found while perusing the Aquarius Records new arrivals mailing list: “It had to happen. That’s right, someone naming a band Amon Düde. And it…
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Sunday Mix Tape – Number 137
God help me if the next two weeks are anything like today was at work. I’m going to be such a miserable piece of shit. I’m trying to think positively about my…
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The Top Ten Hilarious Questions Posed On The Church Of Scientology Free Personality Test
Good Friday, web travelers. No, not the Christian holiday, but a simple salutation wishing you pleasantries as you move from awakening to asleep Hey! Speaking of religion, yesterday Nicci and I went…
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Leonard Cohen – February 19th, 2009 @ Beacon Theater; New York, NY
(Image via Brooklyn Vegan) I’ve been going back and forth on whether or not to get tickets to see Leonard Cohen in April at the Nokia Theater. I mean, he’s the closest…
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Record Review: Baja – Aether Obelisk
The loose German collective known as Baja has drawn numerous comparisons since its stunning 2006 debut Maps/Systemalheur (see: Swan Fungus’ Top 100 Albums Of 2007, whoops!), specifically to Gastr del Sol and…
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Dave Evans – Words In Between
British contemporary folk singer/songwriter Dave Evans’ debut album was, in keeping with much of the genre at the beginning of the 1970s, a reserved and subdued affair. Evans’ guitar work on this…
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F/i – Threshold (Cassette)
This is one of the band’s earliest releases, a cassette tape from 1987 released on a French label called SJ. If you enjoyed Paradise Out Here, this is a grittier, more industrial…
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Sunday Mix Tape – Number 136
You’re probably going to laugh at me, but I ate pho for the first time today. It was delicious. Super-spicy and weird and great. When you carry out from this local Vietnamese…
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The Top Ten Movies To Watch On Friday The 13th
In case you haven’t yet read, my first blog non-Swan Fungus blog post ever was published yesterday on WFMU’s Beware Of The Blog. If you want to jump directly to my post,…