The songs on this CD were recorded to a DAT machine on Michael Gira’s desk in his office. He used an Audio-Technica stereo microphone and played seventeen songs. “Rose Of Los Angeles”…
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Bob Dylan vs. AJ Weberman
Here it is folks, one of the scarcest Bob Dylan releases ever. It’s mostly been circulated as a poor-quality bootleg since the late ’70s, but here it is in its original form.…
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Top Chef Returns Tomorrow
A new season of Top Chef begins tomorrow evening, exactly five months after the last one ended. Remember when I live-blogged the finale, drunk? Remember how I accidentally clicked on Wikipedia and…
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The Three Most Annoying Phrases In The English Language
Researchers from Oxford have compiled a list of the ten most annoying phrases in the English language. Unfortunately its missing some key phrases, including what I believe to be the most annoying…
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Medicine – Shot Forth Self Living
“The opening of Shot Forth Self Living seems to summarize Medicine’s entire approach to music: a burst of guitar feedback begins and screeches for longer than one would think tolerable — and…
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Sunday Mix Tape – Number 118
Hey, apparently there’s a cure for GRID HIV now! The Wall Street Journal is reporting that a brilliant doctor from Germany performed a bone marrow transplant on an HIV patient using marrow…
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Whitehouse – Bird Seed
Much like Nick Garrie record I posted the other day, I was very happy to find a copy of the Whitehouse 12″ single for “Wriggle Like A Fucking Eel” at the WFMU…
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The Top Ten Reasons Why I’m A Good Person
Ironic that the first e-mail I opened today said (in all caps), “Go to hell you homophobic piece of shit, talking crap about Heath Ledger. You still haven’t gotten over your girlfriend…
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Lilys – Eccsame The Photon Band
I distinctly remember Ian nearly shitting his pants when he stumbled across this CD in a used bin at Princeton Record Exchange five-or-more years ago. Lilys are a band whose discography is…
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Nick Garrie – The Nightmare Of J.B. Stanislas
One of the more exciting discoveries I made at the WFMU Record Fair this year came on the final day of the event. I was helping my bosses unload several boxes of…