The Internet has been engaged in a lot of tributes to Jason Molina today. If you haven’t heard, the talented singer/songwriter passed away Saturday night at the age of 39. The cause…
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Sunday Mix Tape Number 300
I feel like I should be wearing a little party hat and drinking champagne. This is almost as momentous an occasion as blog post number 3,000. Unfortunately I don’t know where to…
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My Very First MRI
How many of you are familiar with Magnetic Resonance Imaging? Oh, all of you? I’m the only one who has never had an MRI before? Well, then you can stop reading right…
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Sam Lipsyte @ Vroman’s Bookstore; Pasadena, CA
The thing about John Peel is, the more you click around the Internet, the more you find references to eclectic bands he “championed” during his long, illustrious career as a DJ for…
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Caul – Light From Many Lamps
Brett Smith has been releasing dark ambient recordings under the moniker Caul for the past nineteen years. Finally, in 2014, he’ll be eligible for induction into the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall Of…
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Sunday Mix Tape Number 299
Wow. And just like that, we have almost reached the 300th mix tape in the history of Swan Fungus. How fitting that it should occur just a handful of days after the…
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Have A Very MRI Wednesday
It’s been a long day. I awoke early because I wanted to get some work done before my 2:00pm doctor’s appointment in Santa Monica. This wasn’t necessarily a bad thing. I felt…
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Hiss – Alien Bass Soundscapes
Don’t ask me how or why, but I was reading an article [PDF] the other day which was written in 1996, called “Australian Dub Morphs Now.” Oh my God…I’m such a huge…
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Sunday Mix Tape Number 298
I’ve been battling a head cold all weekend. It sure does suck! Of course, lest you think I would deprive you of a Sunday Mix Tape, here I am to help alleviate…
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Led Melvins And Other Slow Songs For Stoners
Playing records at the wrong speeds is not a revelation most people make at the age of 30. It happens when we are five years old and we want to make the…