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Then for "Tago Mago" read "There's a Riot Goin' On"; "Sandinista"; "Aonox"; "Joia"; "R."; "Gems of Masochism"; "L'Incendie"; "Hounds of Love"; or any collection of songs where you think the gestalt justifies its lesser or throwaway parts. Unlike Analord! I do take your point of it being a...

I never implied Analord sounds like Tago Mago. On the contrary, I said that unlike Tago Mago, the less appealing bits of Analord do not work as part of an organic whole.

"I'm Self-Employed" is great, yeah. Considered as a whole, I think a third of the songs are duff. But I would humbly submit that it's not a bad average for Aphex, I felt the same way about "I Care Because You Do". I think that on the whole 06 and 10 are the sharpest. (If I recall Nick...

I was thinking of those posts, Nick. Have you been too deep in dubstep to be listening back much to Aphex?

Inspired by Blissblog's recent aside on the AFX "Analord" series--in which he calls it a "White Stripesy retro-move by RDJ that's actually paid off big time"--I'm curious to know if others agree. There's a Dissensus thread on Analord already <a...

this is an absolutely stunning mix, thank you

well, its the most obvious one ever--but along with JR Eyerman's photo of the audience 3D Movie, one of the great icons of mass culture <img src="http://bixography.com/images/bixrec104hmv.jpg">

I hate this thread

Strictly speaking you're right--historically the canon connotes the law of a church. Its root is greek, "kanon," for rule or rod. It has the sense of discipline--the strict standard by which all things ought to be judged, a limited set of examples to follow. This is complicated in the modern...

He'd given them a bad review and they were furious--soon after he had to interview them -at their house- where, upon entering, jaz shouted "the entertainment has arrived!" and proceeded to rant. The reason its funny is because the same thing happened with Bauhaus, and David J's line was "You'd...

I'm reminded of the "postmodern" scene at the beginning of Homi Bhabha's 'Postmodernism/Postcolonialism': "Roller bladers, garland yourselves with Sony Walkmans; power walkers, bedeck yourself with boom boxes, and set out to meet the world. Shrouded in circles of self-selected sounds, scream...

I worshipped them when I was in high school--up to the time of their first "reunion", 1990 or so Later, though, when I actually saw them play, I found Jaz Coleman's stage presence mortifying--his gurning and playacting swerving way too close to metallish theatricality for my taste. Flinging...

I hate early Talking Heads and late Talking Heads. But I reserve a special rancor for those bands whose singers borrow that voice-cracking, ranter, zealot, preacher thing from Byrne: Arcade Fire, Modest Mouse, Clap Your Hands, etc. Connected: Mannerist Rustic/Gothic Americana in whatever...

> (you'll have to tilt your head) i had to play it twice through, because the first time i forgot to tilt. pretty trippy camerawork there woebot!

its melancholy model 500, played live rather than programmed, with lots of percolating synths and glassy pads.

I love it--the humanity of its need to resist feeling. I am reminded of Eliot's phrase: "only those who have personality and emotions know what it means to want to escape from these things"

How queer that they would then call it "Little Johnny Jewel"? Or does it refer to something besides the Television song? Doesn't that title reference James Jewel Osterberg AKA Iggy Pop? Pretty rockist, actually--as is, incidentally, the naming and claiming of other modernist daddies: Picasso...

I've no idea, though, why any writer would go to press saying a genre's a fad if he's not sure he's actually heard it. We read about grime here and there in the Bay, but it's certainly not part of our day to day; and no one plays it out, save ex-jungle kids throwing down I Luv U occasionally...

The Emperor's New Clothes? Funny, Logan, that's what many on the west coast are saying about grime (the most embarrassing example being Eric Arnold's essay <a href="http://music.eastbayexpress.com/Issues/2005-05-18/music/close2thaedge_1.html">"Waiting for the Grime Wave"</a> in the East Bay...