a bittersweet passage

i started this blog as something to "kill time" with, something to pass the long, lonely days spent here in my parent's basement while they went to work and my leg mended. it's been about four months. my leg is doing quite well, i can almost walk without a limp at all (considering i had 3 surgeries, 2 plates, 10 pins, and an external apparatus that went into my bone, i'd say it went well.) so now i am going back to my life (i hope) starting tomorrow. i will have a lot less time to kill, so this blog is going to slow down. i know i've been saying that for a while, but whatever. now it's true.

so, in parting with this chapter i am leaving you here with this: a new mix. it's a bittersweet one, again on the downer side. but, it's definitely a good one. get it if you like. i'd like you to.

as stated before, the blog is not dead. by no means will i stop doing this, it's just going to be a lot more sporadic and less regular. i've got about 40 or so albums coming your way over the next few weeks so keep your eyes peeled. after that, i am hoping to have regular computer access again (i'm getting my old one back! 100 gb of music and all my cds ripped to it! woo!) so posting will resume on a somewhat regular pace, but when that will be i am not sure.

to all of you: thanks for reading and continuing to read. this blog helped me out during some hard times, believe it or not. so, thanks for checking me out. keep on keeping on.

here's the mix.

titled: Four Months Away
1. satanstompincaterpillars - Aphid
2. Deerhunter - Red Ink
3. Current 93 - Lullaby
4. The Blithe Sons - The Rustic House
5. Jarboe - Song For A Buried Child
6. Belong - I Never Lose. Never Really.
7. Glassine - Birds Are The Life Of The Sky
8. For Every River Buried - There Is Not One Fire
9. Jen Wood - Bullet Box
10. Low - Murderer
11. The Softies - Anywhere But Here
12. A Hawk And A Hacksaw - Oporto
13. Colleen - A Swimming Pool Down The Railway Track
14. Fursaxa - Desiree
15. Hala Strana - Home
16. Starbird - Feathers In Smoke
17. Alastair Galbraith - Blue Room
18. Mark Kozelek - Smokey (demo version)
19. Fennesz - Coedine
20. Hush Arbors - Dark Mist Curtains In The Door
21. Set Fire To Flames - This Thing Between Us Is A Rickety Bridge Of Impossible Crossing/Bonfires For Nobody...

thanks folks. i'll be back soon.

"Four Months Away"
Part 1
http://www.mediafire.com/?njmquyymyyx

Part 2
http://www.mediafire.com/?4lni1mq4miz

totally awesome MAGMA video

from a 1977 french television show. my favorite Magma song, "De Futura."

good quality and fucking weird!

enjoy.

ever wanted to see comus live?

here's most of their set from their "reunion" show on the Melloboat last year. as far as reunions go, this one seemed pretty awesome. awkward angle, but the sound is pretty good. part 3 seems rather short, but overall this is pretty cool, and at least interesting to see all the main players there after 35 years.

enjoy.

part 1


part 2


part 3


part 4

flying canyon. that's it.

so yeah, usually i get sort of "poetic" with the titles, but this one deserves better. this one is a cd that deserves to stand on it's own. this is Flying Canyon's s/t cd. Cayce Lindner poured himself into these songs. you can hear it. this is some of the most emotionally strained and saddest folk music i've ever heard. it's intense to say the least, it's beauty spans well beyond the scope of just the songs... it is a personal and incredibly close album, an album of hope and despair at the same time. featuring Glenn Donaldson and Shayde Sartin as the backing band, but mostly focussed on Cayce. as it should be. his sad guitar mixed with his coedine stained whiskey soaked voice makes me break.

Cayce took his life almost a year after this cd was released. this sounds like his heart was already breaking. so sad.

this is one of my favorite cds of all time. put it on and give it a good close listen. it deserves that.

Flying Canyon - Flying Canyon
http://www.mediafire.com/?lmoijfuyelj

time for a reality check

i'm going back to the real world in about a week (my leg is healed! yay!). posting is gonna start slowing waaaaaaay down cause i will lose regular computer access. this does not mean the blog is dying, no no no quite the contrary. it just means i am gonna have a hard time uploading stuff and will do so whenever i get the chance (which may be more often than i expect). i'm gonna fill my mediafire with shit too so that there will be stuff to post even if i have to go to a public library. so, if you are reading this blog and are a newcomer, go through some of the older posts. chances are if you like the first page, you will like the other pages just as much.

sorry folks, i need to have a life again. the operative word here is NEED.

here's a cool video i found searching youtube recently, not really music related.

after a few days off it's time for a MAGIC HOUR of posting!

Magic Hour were a quartet consisting of Kate Biggar (guitar), Wayne Rogers (guitar & vocals, of the awesome Twisted Village label and about 30 or so bands), Damon Krukowski (drums), and Naomi Yang (bass, the latter two of Galaxie 500 and Damon & Naomi). these folks made some exceptional psychedelic fused dreamy pop with extended fuzz solos and really gentle voices. This cd is titled "No Excess Is Absurd" and if you can find the first edition you should purchase it for the really nice packaging alone (let alone the music, which is exceptional, this being my favorite of their stuff). housed in a silver box with some printing on it and packaged with a really nice booklet, it looks as awesome as it sounds. the later editions have the cover art pictured here. this cd is pretty much necessary downloading for those fans of D&N, g500, any Wayne Rogers band (the guitar and FUZZ are way awesome!), and extreme solos.

Magic Hour - No Excess Is Absurd
http://www.mediafire.com/?i35fcjk2izq

more bower, more TOTAL

this is one i've been slacking on putting up, though also mediafire didn't seem to like me uploading it either (took me 4 seperate tries. fucking internets.)

here's TOTAL's awesome noise opus called "Clear Factory." this is an awesome release, put out on that swell label Majora a bunch of years back. this is pure Bower in top form, with tons of extra blown out guitar, loads of layers of feedback, and yes, even some melody laid underneath it all. there are three tracks on this one, each longer than 10 minutes. the instrumentation is much sparser than other Total releases, centered around Bower and his ultra destruction guitar (though there is some piano and what sounds like a radio present as well). this album is prime, one of the best things Matthew Bower has ever done.

if you are a Bower nut like i am, then don't hesitate. get this now.

super duper special thanks to david for the high quality rips here. rock on my friend!

Total - Clear Factory
http://www.mediafire.com/?jmzkwyhmzux