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talksy: October 2008
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A mishmash of reviews, playlists, thoughts, charts, tunes, videos and rants on all things musical. Monday, 20 October 2008. De Selby's Golden Hours volume 3. Brand new tracks from the wonderful new albums by Marnie Stern. This time out, plus the usual smorgasbord of delights taking in everything from highlife bounce to sonic splatter, psych folk to jazz harmolodics, sitar funk freakouts to stoner groove. Taken from the 2008 album. This Is It and I Am It and You Are It. Taken from the 2008 album. You can ...
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talksy: January 2009
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A mishmash of reviews, playlists, thoughts, charts, tunes, videos and rants on all things musical. Thursday, 1 January 2009. In brief: Reflections on 2008. Obama's election.overcoming my dislike of flying to finally leave the UK again, not once but twice during the year.the wonderful Primavera festival and the beauty of Barcelona.Secret Chiefs 3's magnificent first ever UK show at Cargo; let's not wait ten years for the next one though, eh? Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). In brief: Reflections on 2008. Death...
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onions for eyeballs: TECTONICS 2014
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The rabid blatherings of a fool, father and occasional music writer. Tuesday, 16 September 2014. St Andrew’s in the Square/City Halls/The Old Fruitmarket. All photos courtesy of Alex Woodward ( www.crimsonglow.co.uk. Ultra-minimalist precipice-of-silence viola piece, offer deeply meditative, engaging experiences. Wavetrain - David Behrman, Christian Wolff, Takehisa Kosugi and Ilan Volkov. One of Sarah Kenchington's creations (the machine, not the man). TUR, who produce. And then there’s Takehisa Ko...
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onions for eyeballs: December 2011
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The rabid blatherings of a fool, father and occasional music writer. Friday, 9 December 2011. An assortment of things that have pleased me greatly: part 1. Sammy Davis Jr, Circle, Tool, Philip Glass, Ravi Shankar, Olivier Messiaen, Alim Qasmiov and Oum Kalthoum – and a considerable amount of time spent with 2008’s Who Killed Amanda Palmer? Of whom, possibly, more anon). Handy-dandy accompanying Spotify playlist: Onions for Eyeballs' Best of 2011. THE BOOK OF KNOTS – GARDEN OF FAINTING STARS. Was very muc...
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onions for eyeballs: September 2014
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The rabid blatherings of a fool, father and occasional music writer. Tuesday, 16 September 2014. St Andrew’s in the Square/City Halls/The Old Fruitmarket. All photos courtesy of Alex Woodward ( www.crimsonglow.co.uk. Ultra-minimalist precipice-of-silence viola piece, offer deeply meditative, engaging experiences. Wavetrain - David Behrman, Christian Wolff, Takehisa Kosugi and Ilan Volkov. One of Sarah Kenchington's creations (the machine, not the man). TUR, who produce. And then there’s Takehisa Ko...
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onions for eyeballs: OF BABIES, BELLS & BLUES – a 2014 best-of thingy
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The rabid blatherings of a fool, father and occasional music writer. Thursday, 1 January 2015. OF BABIES, BELLS and BLUES – a 2014 best-of thingy. Obake – Mutations. Finds Obake blossoming into a sharp-fanged and gloriously brutal metallic unit with just enough experimental leanings to keep things unpredictable. Originally published in Rock-a-Rolla. Three tracks of extended, spiky, minimalist groove. Super-lean and scarily efficient. Most thrilling of all, it sounds like they took the choppy chuk...Dylan...
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talksy: December 2007
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A mishmash of reviews, playlists, thoughts, charts, tunes, videos and rants on all things musical. Monday, 31 December 2007. In brief: Reflections on 2007. Sunn O) ) and Boris performing 'Altar'.the sheer volume of quality albums released, making my Festive 50 a nigh-on impossible task. Monday, 24 December 2007. My favourite 50 albums of 2007. 48 Eyvind Kang -. 47 Herman Dune -. 46 Flower/Corsano Duo -. 41 Boris with Michio Kurihara -. The Flying Club Cup. 37 Holy Fuck -. 36 Les Savy Fav -. 35 PJ Harvey -.
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talksy: The Dreaming
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A mishmash of reviews, playlists, thoughts, charts, tunes, videos and rants on all things musical. Sunday, 12 October 2008. Apropos of nothing, bar the fact that I've been listening to Kate Bush's 1982 masterpiece today, here's a selection of videos from that album for your enjoyment. It's Kate Bush.no excuse needed! Sat In Your Lap. There Goes A Tenner. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). De Selbys Golden Hours volume 3. De Selbys Golden Hours volumes 1 and 2. Beard's Rites of Spring. After nearly 750 p...
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Where shingle meets raincoat: June 2013
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Where shingle meets raincoat. Fear of the future is so deep in our hearts / We'll all but destroy ourselves'. Wednesday, 5 June 2013. There's a message in our song'. A New Year's Resolution to write something of value.'. Camera Obscura, 'New Year's Resolution' (2013). It don't feel much like a church without a God inside'. Robyn Hitchcock, 'Meat' (1981). Music is the healing voice of the world / It's understood by every man, woman, boy and girl'. The O'Jays, 'I Love Music' (1975). Celestial soul evoking ...
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zip open ears: February 2011
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Wednesday, 16 February 2011. I've made a new friend. Through him I've learned of this organisation - take a look. take many! Http:/ www.waronwant.org/attachments/afghanistan the great game war on want.pdf. Thursday, 10 February 2011. Blindfolded running: no more. SEMI-OBSESSIVE-LISTENING: Still beats and bars music! Much, something I can do to help. Finland isn't where I need to be. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Open blog for cafe writers. Conrad Bird: ekphrasis master. Fight for the Bright-side!
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