Category Archives: music
links for 2009-11-24: King Midas Sound mix, pie crust recipe
Pie crust Whitehouse-approved sweet pastry recipe (tags: recipes food pie-crust Bill-Yosses) FACT mix 103: King Midas Sound trio of Kevin 'The Bug' Martin, Roger Robinson and Hitomi. Available for three weeks only, so they say. Thanks to John Eden for … more…
Jim Carroll 1949-2009
(via Silliman’s Blog) Possibly wrong to bring it up in an RIP box, but: whilst peering into the depths of the David Shankbone portrait on Silliman’s Blog, it struck me that if anyone were planning to make a film of … more…
we have transparency (up to a point)
A welcome development with — I assume — the new iTunes 9, not mentioned in any of the gee-whizzery that’s attended the upgrade, as far as I’ve noticed. iTunes coverflow now supports PNG transparency, which means we can has round … more…
Soul Inventory – Stand By Me
YouTube – Stand By Me | Playing For Change | Song Around the World. Soul check: if this doesn’t make you very happy, then you don’t have one. Sorry about that. (via Projo)
cover versions
In a similar vein to the Wu Tang / Bluenote redesign project, here’s a bunch of “classic” albums (not all of which are familiar to me, I must admit) done up as Penguin book covers. It seems there was an … more…
Jeff Mangum at the Starli(gh?)t Crypt
See Jeff Mangum, the (apparently) reclusive front-personage of Neutral Milk Hotel, being completely upstaged by a toddler during the (apparently) legendary performance in Athens, GA in 1997. For (apparently) one week only. Fair warning. (Owing to the peculiarities of the … more…
Logan Walters’ Wu-Tang Design Remix project
Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) | Logan Walters As you see, Logan Walters is doing a complete set of parallel universe Wu Tang album covers, primarily inspired by the Blue Note catalogue. It could be very tacky, but manages not … more…
Kevin Coyne – Marjory Razorblade
Amongst the (unusually worthwhile) comments, the following (which turns out to be from a 2003 Guardian 100 Best Albums You Have Never Heard) is quoted: Eastbourne Ladies flashing their knickers; Jackie in his boarding house, paper hat on head, pining … more…