When it appeared in 2014, the online service ello positioned itself as the anti-Facebook. No ads, no ‘sponsored’ posts, no selling user data, etc. Not long after the site went live, I wrangled an invite, and joined. It wasn’t terribly exciting, but there was none of the bullshit that frequently plagues Facebook and other social media [...]
One of those days where I have yet to write anything [okay, so I forgot I wrote something this morning], but I did just release this on bandcamp: (23 September 2018)
(29 August 2018)
On this day, I revisit one of my favorite mixes: August 16, 2002 (Elvis is still dead.) total playing time: 1:16:48 The Time – Dreamland (abridged)/Pandemonium (Paisley Park/Warner Bros.) Elvis Vs. JXL – A Little Less Conversation (radio edit) (RCA) James Brown – Sex Machine (Polydor) Scritti Politti – Scritti Politti Turntable Mix by Mastermind [...]
I have yet to write anything today, but I did just release this on bandcamp: (31 July 2018)
Fans of YMO, Yukihiro Takahashi, or Japanese rock in general may be aware that The Beatniks have a new album out (Exitentialist a Xie Xie), with a catchy new single, first heard live in concert last year: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WitgRPRLHvo So help me I love the cheesy, low-budget video (just released yesterday) they made to go with [...]
55mix PART 1 (44m 08s) Birds Gotta Swim – Martin Mull Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima (excerpt) – Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra/Witold Rowicki Shipping Container – Ruby Throat Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima (excerpt) – Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra/Witold Rowicki Life, Life – Ryuichi Sakamoto Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima (excerpt) – [...]
For the first time in maybe two or three years, I am listening to more than just a couple of Xmas songs. I haven’t been feeling it the last couple of Xmases (I’m still not, if I’m to be completely honest), so watching my usual batch of Xmas movies (It’s a Wonderful Life, Scrooged, The [...]
The soundtrack of my 2005 experiment with a digital camera, video feedback, and digital editing. I gave away DVD-R copies of the video as xmas presents in 2005; I remastered the audio, and also created a new mix, in April 2014. (1 December 2017)
A 2014 compilation of some of my recordings from 1989. These pieces all have a primitive, playful quality that I never quite achieved again. (1 December 2017)
