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music

moby luvs marshall

In music on 19 May 2002 tagged music with Comments Off

i’m glad to see moby wore the shirt on SNL. here’s a pic if you missed it.

music links

In music on 8 May 2002 tagged music with Comments Off

i’ve been listening to a ton of music lately and i thought i’d share some music-related links i use and like. you might find them as handy as i do or better yet, you may discover some new music.
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name that tune

In music on 2 May 2002 tagged music with Comments Off

‘Heard it thru’ the mobile
‘We are sitting in a large, noisy cafe in Smithfield in London with background music playing over the loudspeaker. Chris Barton switches on a portable CD player with its own tiny speakers and a record starts playing in competition with the cafe’s own music.
I dial a number on an ordinary mobile [...]

eyes and ears

In music on 23 April 2002 tagged music with Comments Off

i love this idea. ‘the covers project’ is building a database of cover songs with the intention of creating cover ‘chains’ in which a each song is a cover of a song by the band who covered the preceding song.
did that just make sense? i just got dizzy explaining that. oh man, i gotta sit [...]

friday listening

In music on 19 April 2002 tagged music with Comments Off

in mono - the broadcast has been perfect for my hectic friday.

bring back the old school

In music on 18 December 2001 tagged music with Comments Off

money mark has a new album ‘change is coming’. he switched labels and went to emperor norton, which seems to make alot of sense now that i think about it. many groups i like are on this label: pepe deluxe, fantastic plastic machine, carling & ameron, call and response… so so many.
oh yeah, where [...]

sounds from the hi fi

In music on 17 December 2001 tagged music with Comments Off

we got tickets to see a fave band of mine ‘thievery corporation’ will have a concert on feb 6th at ruby skye in sf. i wish they were playing at bimbo’s instead. (even though they made me check my digital cam in last week at the zero 7 concert)
to my socal homies, they play at [...]

good music

In music on 27 November 2001 tagged music with Comments Off

i just heard a great album, zero 7: ’simple things’. hard to describe except that it is soulful, has wonderful arrangements and the vocals are rockin.
‘air’ should’ve evolved into their last album with this sound as opposed to what they did. which was ok but a disappointing effort in my opinion.
give it a listen.

it’s oh so quiet

In music on 8 November 2001 tagged music with Comments Off

nice. a small but quality collection of rare Bjork remixed mp3s. (link via IF THEN ELSE via dev null)

my anti-drug is

In music on 30 October 2001 tagged music with Comments Off

drukqs - aphex twin.