Another slight case

...And as she wiped my mouth with a napkin and cleaned up she sang softly to me. I remember it was sort of a tuneless, absent type of melody that one usually sings when they are alone. She was not embarrassed even though she knew that her voice was unpleasant. But of course no matter how beautiful the moment was the thought of her brother…and that horrible mangled hand…

Jean Cocteau - Le Buste (DJ Spooky Remix) [see]

...and that strange lisp that he always had...the strange way he had of breaking an egg. Even though I knew that Heimlich was hundreds of miles away and under heavy sedation, it was still hard to wipe away the memory of that last meal he had eaten. The way which he suddenly stood up and recited the Magna Carta and collapsed in a fit of weeping.

La Societe Des Timides - ...2 [via]

And I couldn’t help but think that Heimlich had staged the entire scene. But why?? He had everything a man could want. His paintings were selling. The new cottage was almost completed. The dairy farm was going well. And yet a sense of gloom and terror hung over the side of the countryside in those days. And Heimlich seemed too filled with good cheer, too expressive for someone as phlegmatic, and surreptitious, and deceitful as he turned out to be...


-words from Joe Frank, Either Or (In the Dark)

The wheedling winks of mannequins

On his latest show Scott Williams (of WFMU) played a track by pHoaming Edison called "My Girlfriend Rules," it was catchy-as-all-hell and I thought I'd play it for my gf (who rules). A search provided me with only this video medley, put together by one T.J.K. Haywood:



According to the YouTube page by WoodenThomas the three songs are from Phoaming Edison's "Feel It See It " album:
1. See It Feel It (Kavousi)
2. My Girlfried Rules (R. Stevie Moore, R. Nichols)
3. Maybe We've benn Loving Too Long (G.Nash, Flying Machine)

"James Kavoussi, the mind behind pHoaming Edison, is in a handful of other bands as well [Fly Ashtray and Uncle Wiggly]. He's clearly a bubbling well of ideas and the guy deserves to be a hell of a lot better known. pHoaming Edison's music runs the gamut between lo-fi rock and hard-edged, unyielding noise, but most of the songs fall into the infinitely more interesting grey area between those poles. Using a mixture of effects-laden guitar riffs, samples and occasionally improbable percussion, Kavoussi seems capable of massaging the most modest concepts -- a pair of alternating chords, for instance -- into vibrant and intriguing music." —Splendid E-zine b/w Silly Bird Records

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More pHoaming Edison finds:

-An untitled 5 song cassette from 1987 posted over at WFMU's Beware of the Blog [download]

-Two songs by pHoaming Edison, linked from Silly Bird Records:
pHoaming Edison - Otto Tutsi Plohund
pHoaming Edison - Laughing at Keys



-The fairly rare compilation from 1993 called Soluble Fish: Some Songs That Chemical Imbalance Magazine Like A Lot with one of their songs (along with tracks by Beat Happening, Thinking Fellers Union Local 282, Sun City Girls). The compilation was complied by Mike Mcgonical, who you might know from Yeti Magazine. You can download Souble Fish here.



more at their myspace

Drahomira Song Orchestra - This Famous Somewhere

Julian Pacaud from Drahomira Song Orchestra has posted the previously unreleased track, "This Famous Somewhere". It has now been released for the compilation Icy Breath On Burning Flesh - Douche Froide Series Vol. I, a limited release of 500 CDs.
Have a listen to it, in all its wonderfully epic drahomiraness, over at Julian's tumblr, (negative numbers).

[edit] you can now also listen here:

• This Famous Somewhere by Drahomira Song Orchestra

More Drahomira Song Orchestra music on iLike

Heavy Hills

Heavy Hills are a psych rock band from Northern California, my corner of the country, but I had never heard of them until Ongakubaka posted their demo. I'm not sure why Holy Mountain hasn't swept in and signed these guys yet because their sound fits right in with their Nor Cal peers Wooden Shjips (with whom they will be playings in SF at Frisco Freakout on 10/10), Mammatus and the like.

Have a listen to their psyched / fuzzed / drowsed / blurred-out / heavyy / induced / drowned sounds and wait with me in anticipation for their next release.
Superpentamandalagram
Black Hole Rising



download their fine five track demo [link]

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myspace (with a few more tracks) [link]
last.fm [link]

Oil Spills and Micro-Organisms #6

listen or stream @128

visit show page [link]

Artist	Song	Album	Label
Master Musicians of Bukakke	People Of The Drifting Houses	Totem One	Conspiracy Records
Meth Teeth	Unemployment Forever	Everything Went Wrong	Woodsist
Sun City Girls	Original of the Aboriginal	98.6 is Death: Carnival Folklore Resurrection vol. 13	Abduction
Absinthe Minds	The Song Of Returning Light 1	The Song Of Returning Light	Not Not Fun Records
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Life is Bonkers	And Your Parents Don't Care	And Your Parents Don't Care	Wad
The Sea Nymphs	A Thousand Strokes And A Rolling Suck	The Sea Nymphs	The Alphabet Business Concern
Paavoharju	Italialaisella Laivalla	Laulu Laakson Kukista	Fonal
The BSexuals	PCG	Ceci n'est pas un band	Aunt Enna Records
Billy Bragg	Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards	Workers Playtime	Go! Discs
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Absinthe Minds	The Song Of Returning Light 4	The Song Of Returning Light	Not Not Fun Records
Benedict Siegel	Championship Camping		Self Released
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Souleyman, Omar	Arabic Dabke	Highway to Hassake: folk and pop sounds of Syria	Sublime Frequencies
Nettle	Duende (DJ Scud's In Chains Remix)	Build A fort, Set That On fire	Self Released
DJ/Rupture-Andy Moor	Sometime it Can be Difficult To Breathe	Patches	Unsuitable
Squarepusher & AFX	Freeman Hardy & Willis Acid	Warp 100 - We Are Reasonable People	WARP
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Moon Wiring Club	Living Furniture	An Audience of Art Deco Eyes	Ghost Box

all images are from scrapatorium

Oil Spills and Micro-Organisms #4

truth be told / somnambulist / arctic sun / blues & reds / franchised arby's / someone's grandmother / yer alibi / brown paper bag / a moment of silence [respect] / crackerjack / out of print / illinois-indiana border town / the unemployment line / bike spoke / only written words / $3.06 per gallon / cue card / bubblewrap / unceremoniously

stream or download @128

Artist	Song	Album	Label
Non Toxique Lost	Lost For Margaret	Out Of Standard!! - Deutschland 1	ADN
Church Universal & Triumphant, Inc. Feat. Elizabeth Clare Prophet	Preamble - Great Divine Rectors Call	the Sounds of American Doomsday Cults vol 14	Faithways International
Church Universal & Triumphant, Inc. Feat. Elizabeth Clare Prophet	Call For Protection	the Sounds of American Doomsday Cults vol 14	Faithways International
The Quasi Kuhlman's 5	Sampo Suru (First Part)	Insane Music For Insane People Vol. 21	Insane Music
Colin Potter	For All You Know	Insane Music For Insane People Vol. 2	Insane Music
Human Flesh	Indians	Insane Music For Insane People	Insane Music
Phillippe Laurent	Exposition Partie 5	Sensationnel No. 1	Illusion Production
Crayons	Track 1	I Dream Of God	self released?
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Van Kaye & Ignit	Another Waste	Insane Music For Insane People Vol. 3	Insane Music
The Legendary Pink Dots	Time Dance	Insane Music For Insane People Vol. 2	Insane Music
Kan Mikami	Track 3	Bang!	avex io
NAVE	Love in the Mother Where You Shout	NAVE02	Via Injection
Elizabeth Harper	Green	What Is Truth? Volume Two	Panic Records & Tapes
David Tukhmanov	Track 3	Po Volne Moyei Pamyati (On The Wave Of My Memory)	Melodiya
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Blitzoids	Theme From a Summer Place	What Is Truth? Volume Two	Panic Records & Tapes
Benedict Siegel	Day Before the Day Before		self released
Zola Jesus	Devil Take You	The Spoils	Sacred Bones
The Metronomes	Ballad of the Metronome	A Tribute To Flexipop, Vol. 2	Flexi-Pop
The Modern Art	Fiction & Literature	The Modern Art	Prescription
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Mission of Burma	1, 2 ,3, Partyy!	The Sound The Speed The Light	Matador

tumblr

I started a music tumblr where I am posting a new song everyday (or thereabout) -- you can visit it here [link]
thank you friends
-joel

Oil Spills and Micro-Organisms #3

the moon just hung there.
inside. backdropped. trick-lighting. and camera tricks. and smoke & mirrors. weighing weightlessness. adapted from a turn-of-the-century novel. with a brillant cover design. the characters have changed. screenwriter's liberties. over budget. released on vhs. out of the vacuum. space sounds.



download or stream @128

Artist	Song	Album	Label	Notes
Species Being	Pt. 1	Yonilicious		1998, US
Marble Sheep	Big Wave-New Year In Kenya	Big Deal	Captain Trip Records	1992, Japan
Manuel Guzman	Eclipse de estrellas
The Advisory Circle	Fire, Damp & Air	Other Channels	Ghost Box	2008, UK
Species Being	Pt. 3	Yonilicious		1998, US
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Steve Thomsen	Submarine Seance	Conglomerate Ceiling		2001, US
Pierre F. Brault	Les Planetes			1980, Canada
Haruomi Hosono & Tadanori Yokoo	Hepatitis	Cochin Moon	King Records	1978, Japan
Islaja	Ulual Yyy	Sydanten Ahmija	Fonal	2007, Finland
Mr. Andrew	The Bats	Magic Planet	Base Record	1982, Italy
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Teeth Mountain	Spirals	Teeth Mountain	Shdwply Records	2008, US
Ninety Day Men	Too Late Or Too Dead	Panda Park	Southern	2004, US
The Mayfair Set	Dark House	Young One	Captured Tracks	2009, US
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Drahomira Song Orchestra	Came Out Of The Earth	Strange Baltic Laboratoire	Institut Drahomira	1999, France

Sidewalk City #1 / Oil Spills and Micro-Organisms #2

Sidewalk City tonight folks.

Guest DJ Kevin in this week.

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visit the show page [link]

stream or download @128

Artist	Song	Album
Stool Pigeons	I Gotta Dream On	Shreds Vol. 4
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Chet Bolins	Rock N Roll Radio
Replacements	Kick your door down	Sorry ma, forgot to take out the trash
Nips	Happy Song
Smog	Ex-Con	Red Apple Falls
Carl Perkins	Movie Magg
Tim Fite	No Good Here	Gone Ain't Good
Reigning Sound	Medication Blues #1	Home for Orphans
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Kelley Stoltz	Your Reverie	Circilar Sounds
X-Teens	I Can't Pretend	Create Action
Lost Child Sounds	Gotta get out now	So in Gentle Oreperation, We Quietly Moved
90 Day Men	Last Night a DJ Saved My Life	To Everyone
Felt	All the People I Like Are Those That Are Dead	Forever Breathes the Lonely World
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Vic Godard and Subway Sect	Split Up The Money	Split Up The Money
Crooked Fingers	Sweet Marie	Red Devil Dawn
Big Star	You Get What You Deserve	Radio City
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Vapors	Spring Collection	New Clear Days
Nick Lowe	So It Goes	Jesus of Cool

Oil Spills & Micro-Organisms Show #1

My new hour long show on KDVS, 90.3fm Davis, CA.

everything under two minutes. ----> how many songs can be crammed into one hour?



visit the show page [link]

Stream or download @128

Artist		Song		Album		Label
Plaid		Bata		Heaven's Door OST		Beat
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Deutsch Nepal		Liebe kommt ... und Liebe geht		6 Richtige-Pforzheim Sampler		Intoleranz
Moloko Plus		Lass mich dein Kannibale sein		6 Richtige-Pforzheim Sampler		Intoleranz
Kjertl Del Brondo Group		Revelations		Untitled 7''		Not On Label
The Wipers		Mystery		Is This Real?		Sub Pop
Husker Du		Hate Paper Doll		Flip Your Wig		SST Record
Mission of Burma		This Is Not A Photograph		Signals, Calls, And Marches EP		Rykodisc
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Mayyors		Intro/Airplanes		Megan's LOLZ		Gomerdome
Women		January 8th		Women		Jagjaguwar
Zola Jesus		Last Day		Tsar Bomba		Troubleman Unlimited
Sic Alps		Bathman		U.S. EZ		Siltbreeze
Hospitals		Scan The Floor For Food		Hairdryer Peace		Self-Released
Soft Shoulder		Mary Ann
Catatonic Youth		Freedom Vanilla		Piss Scene		Hozac
Cause Co-Motion!		Which Way is Up?		Which Way Is Up?/Falling Again		What's Your Rupture?
Box Elders		Hole in My Head		Hole in My Head		Grotto
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Horns Of Chaos		Prospecting Horns		Stollwerck Sampler		FunfUndVierzig
Belga		SZ.L.B.		Zigilemez
Cem Karaca & Apaslar		anadolu oyun havasa		Turkish Delights: 26 Beat, Psych & Garage Ultrarities from Beyond the Sea of Marmara
DJ Shadow		Organ Donor		Endtroducing		Fontana Island
Sixtoo		Jackals and Vipers in Envy of Man, Part 8		Jackals and Vipers in Envy of Man		Ninja Tune
i, cactus		yellow cactus		i, cactus		8bitpeoples
Max Richter		H In New England		24 Postcards In Full Colour		Fatcat Records
The Books		Deafkids		Thought for Food		Tomlab
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M. R. Shajarian		Arousi		Delshodegan
The Advisory Circle		A Clear Yarn Warning		Other Channels		Ghost Box
Nina Nastasia		Run, All You...		The Blackened Air		Touch & Go
The Red Krayola		Victory Garden		God Bless The Red Krayola and All Who Sail With It		Collectables
John Henry Memorial		After School Special		La Bonita Comossion		Marriage Records
Syd Barrett		Effervescing Elephant		Barrett		Capitol
Van Dyke Parks		The Four Mills Brothers		Discover America		Warner Bros