September 2007
46 posts
People are talking about The Shape Is In A Trance by Thurston MooreSeptember 28greg said “Funny to hear strings on a Thurston record. It makes him seem old somehow. Or maybe it just suits him.”greg marked as a favorite. Click here to download the mp3. (via greg’s MP3 Blog / Grabb.it)
People are talking about Wonderful Witches by Thurston MooreSeptember 28greg marked as a favorite.greg said “I’ve always like these acoustic/electric Thurston songs. They’re like homemade cardboard flying saucers: futuristic, but also funky and inti” Click here to download the mp3. (via greg’s MP3 Blog / Grabb.it)
People are talking about Fri/End by Thurston MooreSeptember 28greg said “That one melody of Thurston’s (the one this shares with The Diamond Sea, et al) has finally gone right past stale became lovable again!”greg marked as a favorite. Click here to download the mp3. (via greg’s MP3 Blog / Grabb.it)
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Juncture, WA - Pearl Of The QuarterSeptember 28greg said “Woah! PJWA covering Steely Dan!?! Freaky! They made it all warm and buzzy and good feeling, too. My world is upsidedown…”greg marked as a favorite. Click here to download the mp3. (via greg’s MP3 Blog / Grabb.it)
People are talking about Teardrop by Jose GonzalezSeptember 28greg said “How can this be a Massive Attack song? Feels like Gonzalez through and through.”greg marked as a favorite. Click here to download the mp3. (via greg’s MP3 Blog / Grabb.it)
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Jose Gonzalez - Love Will Tear Us ApartSeptember 28greg marked as a favorite.greg said “Jose Gonzalez is a serious candidate for best cover artist ever. He takes on such a variety of songs and makes them all his own.” Click here to download the mp3. (via greg’s MP3 Blog / Grabb.it)
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Jose Gonzalez – Down the LineSeptember 28greg said “Seriously dig the crispy-crunchy percussion and overall sound on this new record.”greg marked as a favorite. Click here to download the mp3. (via greg’s MP3 Blog / Grabb.it)
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Jose Gonzalez – Killing for LoveSeptember 28greg said “Digging the new Jose Gonzalez record! Got enough new sounds to feel fresh (stomps, harmonies) without losing what’s great in the first one.”greg marked as a favorite. Click here to download the mp3. (via greg’s MP3 Blog / Grabb.it)
People are talking about I Feel It All by FeistSeptember 27greg said “It’s really the melody at the end of this ("The truth lies…") that gets my goosebumps and keeps me coming back.”September 23averysadturtle marked as a favorite.September 13puddlegum marked as a favorite.September 11Manderin09 marked as a favorite.June 15greg marked as a favorite. Click here to...
“As I’ve said elsewhere: Nothing is so obvious that it’s obvious.”
– Errol Morris
“Portland has six micro-distilleries making any kind of spirits you can name and,...”
– In Portland, a Golden Age of Dining and Drinking - New York Times
When I graduated in 2002, there was one distillery, Clear Creek, and it was new. That means five have opened hear in the last five years! Wow.
People are talking about Cliquot by BeirutSeptember 26flyingrock marked as a favorite.September 21marcus marked as a favorite.September 01greg said “There’s Owen Pallett singing on a Beirut song! It’s a pretty logical match. And they duet really welll on violin/trumpet!”greg marked as a favorite. Click here to download the mp3. (via greg’s MP3 Blog / Grabb.it)
People are talking about 50waysSeptember 26flyingrock marked as a favorite.September 20trixter marked as a favorite.greg said “Oh, weird. It’s somehow chopped up out of the original. Freaky.”greg said “Which of the famous breaks is that? It sounds super familiar…”greg marked as a favorite.al3x marked as a favorite.jchris said “Here it is, in all its freed-from-myspace glory. You can do...
Gunther von Hagens: Nazi-descended innovative...
Turns out Gunter von Hagens, the inventor of plastination and the mastermind behind the Body Worlds series of international blockbuster exhibitions, has quite the checkered past, including Nazi heritage, a record of being mixed up with some unsavory black market corpse traffickers, and a major 16th century-style penchant for public anatomy performances (plus, I just don’t trust anyone who...
“This article contains verbatim references to dates from the obsolete Julian...”
– Tunguska event - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Man, are there some weird wars being fought on Wikipedia…
“It strikes me as ironic that a new technology (digital music) may have...”
– Whats the Future of the Music Industry? A Freakonomics Quorum - New York Times Blog
“THE impact on this city of 354,000 was dramatic. Charmless business hotels and...”
– Bilbao, 10 Years Later - New York Times
“A good man will one day come along and do it right. A man beloved by his...”
– _why on the need for an IO-based version of Net::HTTP
People are talking about Peacebone by Animal CollectiveSeptember 20greg said “Love how they find the pulse from the beats between the patterns at the beginning. Also, the crazy screaming, especially in the middle.”greg marked as a favorite. Click here to download the mp3. (via greg’s MP3 Blog / Grabb.it)
People are talking about 50 Ways ???
BBC/Chipset RemixSeptember 20greg said “Which of the famous breaks is that? It sounds super familiar…”greg marked as a favorite. Click here to download the mp3. (via greg’s MP3 Blog / Grabb.it)
People are talking about Paper Planes by M.I.A.September 20greg said “We were discussing: why does she cock the gun after firing it? Also, has there ever been a record that sounded better off laptop speakers?” Click here to download the mp3. (via greg’s MP3 Blog / Grabb.it)
People are talking about 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover by Paul SimonSeptember 20greg said “After hearing the remix, the chorus just sounds horribly out of place!”greg marked as a favorite. Click here to download the mp3. (via greg’s MP3 Blog / Grabb.it)
People are talking about one two three four by feistSeptember 20greg marked as a favorite. Click here to download the mp3. (via greg’s MP3 Blog / Grabb.it)
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Animal Collective - “For Reverend Green”September 19greg marked as a favorite.greg said “Dig Avey Tare’s virtuosic vocals on this! Imagine the control it takes to go between those raw screams and that intricate melody so quickly!” Click here to download the mp3. (via greg’s MP3 Blog / Grabb.it)
People are talking about Care of Cell 44 by The ZombiesSeptember 17greg said “This is one of the best bass parts and sounds around. Whenever I ask Chris to make the bass sound like this he gets such a hopeless look.”greg marked as a favorite. Click here to download the mp3. (via greg’s MP3 Blog / Grabb.it)
People are talking about This Will Be Our Year by The ZombiesSeptember 17greg said “The first time I ever heard this song was Bobby Birdman covering it at the old Meow Meow. I owe him a big thanks. I love the Zombies!”greg marked as a favorite. Click here to download the mp3. (via greg’s MP3 Blog / Grabb.it)
People are talking about Nantes by BeirutSeptember 01greg said “Dig the French pop thing on this one. And the drum kick in feels fresh. If it’s not already, this should be the single.”greg marked as a favorite. Click here to download the mp3. (via greg’s MP3 Blog / Grabb.it)
People are talking about Woke Up New by Chad FowlerSeptember 12greg said “Great lo-fi heartbreak: like Little Wings doing barbershop. Say what you will for other languages: Ruby has the best musicians for sure.”July 23greg marked as a favorite. Click here to download the mp3. (via greg’s MP3 Blog / Grabb.it)
What people are saying about Spray Paint (The Walls) by Dirty ProjectorsSeptember 03greg marked as a favorite. Click here to download the mp3. (via greg’s MP3 Blog / Grabb.it)
greg about Cliquot (Beirut Cover) by Final FantasySeptember 01greg said “Hearing Final Fantasy do this song makes the Beirut version sound like a cover. Funny how the instrumentation changes everything.”greg marked as a favorite.Click here to download the mp3. (via greg’s MP3 Blog / Grabb.it)
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Beirut - “Nantes”September 01greg said “Dig the French pop thing on this one. And the drum kick in feels fresh. If it’s not already, this should be the single.”greg marked as a favorite.Click here to download the mp3. (via greg’s MP3 Blog / Grabb.it)
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In the MausoleumSeptember 01greg said “Starts off very Sufjan Stevens-y, which is ironic since it turns out to be one of his darkest songs to daye. Strings are very Final Fantasy.”greg marked as a favorite.Click here to download the mp3. (via greg’s MP3 Blog / Grabb.it)
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The PenaltySeptember 01greg said “ There’s that ukulele again. He only pretty much ever plays the one part on it, but it always works. ”greg marked as a favorite.Click here to download the mp3. (via greg’s MP3 Blog / Grabb.it)
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“Cliquot”September 01greg said “There’s Owen Pallett singing on a Beirut song! It’s a pretty logical match. And they duet really welll on violin/trumpet!”greg marked as a favorite.Click here to download the mp3. (via greg’s MP3 Blog / Grabb.it)
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“The Flying Club Cup”September 01greg said “The title track. An exciting build, but much like the earlier record.”greg marked as a favorite.Click here to download the mp3. (via greg’s MP3 Blog / Grabb.it)
greg about a_sunday_smileSeptember 01greg said “Here come the songs from the new Beirut record. Apparently Owen Pallett did some arrangements, which is promising…”greg marked as a favorite.Click here to download the mp3. (via greg’s MP3 Blog / Grabb.it)
