Tuesday, September 30, 2008
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Tuesday, September 16, 2008
ones/hands - 1997-2005
enjoyed the hell out of this yesterday
http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=9b57090be7a9542fd2db6fb9a8902bda
some review from some blog:
http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=9b57090be7a9542fd2db6fb9a8902bda
some review from some blog:
So my friend Russ Waterhouse has been running the high-quality, low-quantity White Tapes label off and on for years through various mysterious Brooklyn-located apartments, and 2005 has seen a re-birth of this ongoing concern. One of this year’s new ones is the collaboration CD by Ones and Hands, two American noisy units obscure by even most obscurists’ standards. Having only seen Ones in action, I feel confident in describing their modus operandi as officially awesomely weird: two dudes, crouching low over tables full of tiny objects, make atonal rattly creaky drony soft and oddly compelling noises. I’m assuming they’re responsible for most of those-type sounds on the disc, whereas I assume Hands provides the sweetly melodic guitar and drones that drift in and out, like the sounds of the street outside an open window. The combination of disparate elements makes this CD a fun time for fans of inscrutability, audio-style. Highly recommended.
More entries on White Tapes stuff forthcoming.
CORRECTION MAY 12: Ok, thanks to the benevolent stranger in the comments box, I learned that Hands is actually Hands To, aka Jeph Jerman. I think maybe Russ told me this but I forgot it. Whoops. And Nick from Ones plays the sweet guitar, so that’s good to know.
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
What planet are we on...
This is an interview with Thomas Friedman from the other day on the radio.
He doesn't say anything that I don't think we aren't already thinking, I think.
However, he puts it in an alarmingly thoughtful way that encompasses a TON of shit.
From top to bottom.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94385403
If its too much of a bum out, drink powerthirst.
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Oblique Strategies
For those of you with Macs, you can download this application that adds the set of cards Oblique Strategies to your dashboard. Made famous by Brian Eno, it is obscure advice that is supposed to help the creative process by adding an element of randomness and chance to it.
Monday, September 8, 2008
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