reorganizing the listening room, phase one

starman tarot

Puzzle not included.

lucky number seven

7. Electric Penguins -- goodbye from the electric penguins

sunday shopping

2. Secret Chiefs 3 -- First Grand Constitution And Bylaws
3. Rollins Band -- Low Self Opinion (12" single)
4. Masada -- Beit
5. Masada -- Hei
6. Susanna Hoffs -- Someday

and it begins again, again

Purchased on Discogs:

1. William Basinski -- Nocturnes

lyric of the day

Nothing very good or very bad will ever last for very long. -- Lloyd Cole

the coolest street on earth?

Actual street sign in Medina, Ohio -- someone on the zoning board must be a prog fan.

we all have our vices

the raven has landed

Steven Wilson -- The Raven That Refused To Sing
Buy it -- fantastic.

twenty-eight years ago today

cd swap 2012 tracklist

1. Bee 7 -- Long Desert Cowboy
2. Ultima Thule, Part 1 -- Tangerine Dream
3. Blue Boing Song -- Mike Walters
4. Hippopotamus -- Andrew Liles
5. Starless (excerpt) -- Mel Collins
6. She Rains -- The Young Gods
7. Open Heart -- Miracle Room
8. Grendel Drone Commander -- Eric Archer
9. Improv I, October 06, 1973 -- King Crimson
10. Nein, ich nähe -- A(ch)ille Systrid Zabor Or(ch)estron
11. Bognor Regis -- Frank Zappa
12. Piano & Drums (excerpt) -- Keith Tippett
13. Mellotron Medley -- Unknown
14. Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want -- The Autumns
15. The Deception of the Thrush -- ProjeKct Three

spooky xmas gift

Thanks to my good friend Harry.

remembering frank

Frank Vincent Zappa (December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993)

Play his music today, or enjoy a burnt weenie sandwich. Thanks, Frank!

embrace the random liv

Chaos Atlantis

Chaos Atlantis is a realtime sonification engine, a program that converts data into sound. It is currently using data generated by NOAA buoy 46059 off the coast of northern California. This buoy measures several variables including water temperature, air temperature, wave height, wind speed, and much more. These numbers are used to control many parameters of Chaos Atlantis. For example, the speed at which new sounds are created (tempo) is controlled by the wind speed. The frequency or pitch of a note is controlled by the water and/or air temperature, wave height determines amplitude, and dominant wave periods determine which synthesizers are used to make sound.

Sometimes peaceful, sometimes noisy, always intriguing. Drones, pings, swirls of static:
spectral transmissions from phantom submarines.

embrace the random liii

The Contemporary Classical Composer's Bullshit Generator

it doesn't quite add up

Dreamt last night that I owned five copies of Three of a Perfect Pair. What could it mean?

sight and sound entwined

For those of us who still love to hold physical packaging while we listen, poring over every visual detail and liner note. For those of us who still think of a cover/sleeve/case and its contents as a unified whole:

Hard Format

This site always cheers me up and gives me hope.

what the mailman brought today

30. John Zorn -- Filmworks XXI: Belle De Nature & The New Rijksmuseum

chasing the winter blues away

What's a fella to do on a crappy winter's day? Brave the elements, go out, and buy more music, of course!

24. William Basinski -- A Red Score in Tile
25. Faust -- Something Dirty
26. Tim Hecker -- Ravedeath, 1972
27. John Zorn -- The Bribe

Plus two downloads from the comfort of my home:

28. Tim Hecker -- Radio Amor
29. thisquietarmy -- Transmissions

some more for the score

17. Jon Hassell -- Maarifa Street
18. Black Boned Angel -- Bliss and Void Inseparable
19. Agalloch -- The Mantle
20. Rick Wakeman -- The Six Wives of Henry VIII
21. John Zorn / Masada -- Vol. 4: Dalet
22. Rachel's -- Selenography
23. King Crimson -- The Collectable King Crimson Vol. 5: Live in Japan, 1995