2007
 Dec 
31 

Another Dozen Over

Filed under: music,small talk — admin @ 9:34 pm  

fungi duffSome of my favorite things in 2007, in no particular order:
Nick Grey Thieves Among Thorns CD (Hand/Eye)

Shulman Endless Rhythms of the Beatless Heart CD (Aleph Zero)

Kiln Dusker CD (Ghostly International)

Robert Wyatt Comicopera CD (Domino)

Terry Riley Les Yeux Fermes & Lifespan CD (Elision Fields)

Harry Shearer Dropping Anchors CD / Le Show (Courgette/Syndicated)

Angels of Light We Are Him CD (Young God)

Stars of the Lid And Their Refinement of the Decline CD (Kranky)

Biosphere Live at Recombinant SF, 9/15/07

Matmos/Zeena Parkins Live at Henry Miller Library, Big Sur, 9/8/07

Brian Eno 77 Million Paintings software/DVD (Ryko)

Lightroom software (Adobe)

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After repeated listenings, I’ve realized it’s necessary for me to highlight the Nick Grey album (listed first, above). The track “Montréal (Vue Aérienne) ” is my favorite song this year; it’s the sort of thing I force friends to listen to on headphones. I wish I could post an MP3 of the song here (and I may do so soon if I can get permission*).
I don’t often rave about albums anymore, but if I still wrote about music I’d easily come up with a page or three of reasons why people should buy Thieves Among Thorns. Luckily, Julian Cope has taken a lot of the words out of my mouth.
Here’s some Grey links:
http://nickgrey.blogspot.com/
http://www.myspace.com/nickgrey

Buy Thieves Among Thorns directly from Nick Grey
Thieves AmongThorns CD on Amazon
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Today I celebrated New Year’s Eve by exploring the hiking trails near from my home. The photo above is from that walk. More pictures (including others shot on the new iPhone) can be found on the Flickr page.
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* UPDATE 1/11/08
I got permission to post the Nick Grey track:
Montréal (Vue Aérienne) MP3 [5mb]
Montréal (Vue Aérienne) AAC [3.37mb]

2007
 Dec 
21 

Ashton and Demi Get All Santa-Satirical On Our Asses

Filed under: blogs,media,tv — admin @ 11:28 am  

Reindeer-style [audio and video not safe for work or kiddies]

2007
 Dec 
19 

“The Interfaceless Interface”

Filed under: apple,media,tech — admin @ 12:40 pm  

I posted about this earlier this year, but if you scroll down to the paragraph headed “A gesture life” in this SF Gate piece, you’ll find an update.

Babwa Wawa Has Famous Fwiends

Filed under: blogs,egos,media,tv — admin @ 8:41 am  

After/during watching the video, please check out the Comments section.

2007
 Dec 
18 

Why I Love Christmas by John Waters

Filed under: john waters — admin @ 5:07 pm  


[audio not safe for work or kiddies]


It bears repeating.

2007
 Dec 
16 

Appleseed: Ex Machina

Filed under: anime,music — admin @ 11:17 am  

In March 2008 the sequel to 2004′s Appleseed will be released (hard-to-read webpage with embedded trailer here).

The original is my favorite anime film. John Woo supervised the story and action sequences on Ex Machina. The music supervisor is an ex-YMO/Sketch Show hero of mine, Haruomi Hosono. Nothing but good news.
Amazon is offering four versions of the DVD, not including the teaser video game that Sega released in spring ’07.
[official Warner site]

2007
 Dec 
7 

CNN: The Most Important Name In Ghouls

Filed under: cnn,media — admin @ 8:25 am  

MSNBC and CNN are running repeated coverage of the 911 calls during the Omaha mall shootings. True to form, both outlets are wallowing in horror and pandering to the voyeurism and fears of a lot of sick, obsessed viewers.
The guy who shot those people wanted to be famous, and cable news has played itself right into his pathology.
This isn’t news. It’s a senseless, ratings-hungry parade of pain and death and suffering, masquerading as a human interest story. I’m sure Anderson Cooper will rise to the occasion.