Monthly Archives: July 2008

An Unfilmed Idea

This is an idea for a series of sketches that have never been filmed, designed to take the form of those short performances of classical music I remember from television. Each piece was introduced by the performer, and then was … Continue reading

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Playlist (July 27th 2008)

Asva – What You Don’t Know Is Frontier Finally tracked down a copy at Supersonic. Nadja – Bliss Torn From Emptiness Tusk – The Resisting Dreamer Oren Ambarchi – In the Pendulum’s Embrace Bass Communion – Molotov and Haze Björk … Continue reading

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Meshuggah – I

You know, it might not be sufficiently established at this point, but I do have a love for long songs. For most people that’s a song of six minutes or more. For me, that’d be a song of more than … Continue reading

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Buy some Murky Hand Dice

I’d hate to be one of those “here, I came across this on the internet, y’all should take a look” kind of guys, so I won’t be. However, I do love to be one of those “hey, look at this … Continue reading

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Stargate SG-1 (seasons 1-8)

Being the sci-fi geek that I am, it is my sworn duty to collect entire runs of TV series on DVD. I am up to Season 8 on Stargate SG-1. Spoiler warning, click more for my short summary reviews of … Continue reading

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For Matt Ing (who?)

I’m experimenting with the formatting here. One of the wonderous (sic) things about WordPress and K2 is that I can modify the visual style of the page from one single file, so every now and then I like to tweak … Continue reading

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Five More Songs for Cool People Like Me

So here’s this again, but with five instead of ten (too many). Asva – A Game in Hell, Hard Work in Heaven What You Don’t Know is Frontier (Southern Records 2008) From the new record, this Asva song features clean … Continue reading

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The Homophone is for You

For those of you who don’t know (or likely care) I’ve been working for several months on a musical project of immense personal interest. Under the banner of my noise project Asphixiator, I have been “conducting research” into homophony, polychords, … Continue reading

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Supersonic 2008

Don’t want to write a supermassive review here, just a quick summary of my awesome weekend down in Birmingham for the annual Supersonic Festival curated by Capsule. Friday I left school on a friday… Rolled into Birmingham on the Friday … Continue reading

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Playlist (July 4th 2008)

Happy Aliens Invading the Earth Action Movie! Arvo Pärt – Fratres/Passio/Berliner Messse I had no idea how phenomenal this composer is. Really absurdly beautiful choral work. Faith No More – Angel Dust Jesu – Jesu Boris – Smile Angels of … Continue reading

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