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ninetyeightytwo: 201306
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First Listen - Boards of Canada - Tomorrow's Harvest. First listens are problematic enough when it's an album by The National or My Bloody Valentine, but when it's your very favourite band? How are you supposed to approach something so weighty? But it seems I was more drunk than I previously thought. Because I woke up this morning with no recollection of having listened to the album. However, I find that I'd posted a stream of hysterical messages on Twitter, along with a series of images sourced ...8220;...
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ninetyeightytwo: 201304
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Ready Player One - It's Egg Hunting Season! In little over a week, the whole Boards of Canada Easter Egg Hunt. Has progressed significantly. At the time of writing, we have five of the six numbers – but we're still no closer to discovering what it all means. It turns out that The Record Store Day Incident. As it's now being called – how Fortean! And, best of all, through the above advert that was broadcast on The Cartoon Network (of all places). Very little came of this. Unfortunately, despite the fact t...
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ninetyeightytwo: Lou Reed Week - The Raven
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Lou Reed Week - The Raven. My Halloween celebrations and my week of Lou Reed commemorations have overlapped with a listen to his ambitious 2003 concept album, The Raven. A 36 song exploration of the life and works of Edgar Allan Poe, it's ideal listening for this, the gloomiest of days. The list of collaborators alone makes The Raven. An irresistible album. Laurie Anderson, David Bowie, Willem Dafoe, Anthony Hegarty and, best of all, Steve Buscemi. Are brought to the table by the immortal Ornette Coleman.
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ninetyeightytwo: Lou Reed Week - This Magic Moment
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Lou Reed Week - This Magic Moment. I saw Lou Reed live twice. The first time was in Liverpool in 2005, on the same tour from which I believe the songs on the Animal Serenade. Album would ultimately be drawn. The second time was as part of the Manchester International Festival in 2009, and it was incredible. That night he performed with Laurie Anderson, and it was the first time the two had ever played together in the UK. Was it also the last? An early version of Laurie Anderson's Only An Expert. Maybe he...
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ninetyeightytwo: 201309
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Introducing PROFANE GRASS - With MGMT! I find myself inherently distrustful of critical and popular consensus. Don't get me wrong, there are things out there that receive huge amounts of praise because they deserve huge amounts of praise, just as there are things that receive huge amounts of criticism because they deserve huge amounts of criticism. However, whilst I'm fine with the existence of sacred cows, I'm somehow less accepting of whatever the opposite of a sacred cow might be. Profane Grass? But I...
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ninetyeightytwo: 201212
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Albums of 2012 pt. 4 - Pernice Chyche - A. Others conceded that, if there was substance to her music, then those who called themselves fans were shallow perverts only really interested in her appearance. The defining argument, though, was that Chyche's voice is so perfect it's bland. A soothing, shallow, insipid balm for the masses, one bloated cultural commentator insisted that Chyche could sing the phone book and still sell millions of albums. Well I don't think anybody was expecting what came next.
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ninetyeightytwo: 201303
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My Least Favourite Thing About Twitter. It's revealed just how petty I am. I love Twitter. I'm not one of those who dismisses it as a place where idiots waste countless precious hours – though I am an idiot and I do waste countless precious hours there. But I'm not deluded enough to think that all those celebrities I follow actually care about my existence – though I was shamefully proud when the great Robert Florence. They say anything with which I disagree. I unfollowed childhood hero Michael Rosen.
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ninetyeightytwo: Lou Reed Week - Assessing The Live Albums
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Lou Reed Week - Assessing The Live Albums. The appeal is threefold. First, there's the dedication to the material that dictates that, when playing live, Lou Reed is often the least technically. Talented musician onstage. His backing bands were always comprised of trusted and road-honed cohorts, and the songs were always adapted to suit their individual styles. As a result, songs take on a whole new life in a live setting, yet do so in such a way as to retain their original essence. I'm only looking at hi...
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ninetyeightytwo: 201311
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Lou Reed Week - Assessing The Live Albums. The appeal is threefold. First, there's the dedication to the material that dictates that, when playing live, Lou Reed is often the least technically. Talented musician onstage. His backing bands were always comprised of trusted and road-honed cohorts, and the songs were always adapted to suit their individual styles. As a result, songs take on a whole new life in a live setting, yet do so in such a way as to retain their original essence. I'm only looking at hi...
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ninetyeightytwo: 201310
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Lou Reed Week - The Raven. My Halloween celebrations and my week of Lou Reed commemorations have overlapped with a listen to his ambitious 2003 concept album, The Raven. A 36 song exploration of the life and works of Edgar Allan Poe, it's ideal listening for this, the gloomiest of days. The list of collaborators alone makes The Raven. An irresistible album. Laurie Anderson, David Bowie, Willem Dafoe, Anthony Hegarty and, best of all, Steve Buscemi. Are brought to the table by the immortal Ornette Coleman.
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