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Pretty odd lineage, there. Haven't met anyone who sincerely likes one end of that spectrum that likes the other. What's the link? They use guitars? Rockism, Ravism, Popism, Dancism, Classicalism. . . all the same, all acting like there's something "new" and something "old" and never the...

Also, more people should hear Colin Newman's mid-80s work, especially 'Commercial Suicide'. Whereas Gilbert/Lewis went all loops/texture as a kind of danceable post-punk Reich; Newman also travelled in "loops" of a sort, but of a decidedly melodic (if not quite pop) bent. From my limited...

If you like stuff like that--well, Wire are their parents, basically (though I prefer them to any of the angular 90s stuff, myself). I'll be curious what you think of them. And do try to give Dome's 3 a listen--I'll do a YSI if you're interested.

I've never really understood the love for 'Pink Flag'. It's cute in its way, better than 100,000 shitty punk records--but still nothing to get excited about one way or the other. 'Chairs Missing' and 'A-Z' are tops for me, I can see anyone with open ears other than the most die-hard...

I'd agree completely that it's smoothed-out. If I were making music today, and had the means, it would be a) much more rhythm-oriented and b) much rougher/sharper in its textures. But even when I was recording this stuff, the thing that frustrated me (untill I let go of it) was that the...

Can't wait to hear these. Thanks much!

Sorry if this seems like a plug, but. . . I've been told the stuff I used to do fits in with Fennesz and his ilk, though I'm not really familiar with him/them. It's all improvisational, but fairly structured and mostly "melodic". I am a non-musician, so it was all made pretty much as an...

My friend's space seems to be back up, if you'd like to grab them you should be able.

I'm not sure what happened to my friend's server space. I'll try to mooch some from someone else. . . Thanks for the interest.

Has he always sounded so feminine in his vocal style?

Ok, I'm sticking to the music threads at Dissensus, I guess. One thing's for sure--the Ivory Towers will be amongst the first to fall, when it all comes crashing down. I lament the loss of actual knowledge, but the razing of minds obsessed with "philosophical/political theory shit on the...

Please, please tell me you're still at university. Please? Edit: or, alternatively, please tell me what it is you <i>do</i> to eat, clothe and shelter yourself while pondering ways to free your creativity from the shackles of Amerikkkan Kapitalist hegemony or whatever. I hope to goodness...

Amen.

The idea of someone pontificating about how great a post-"kapital," return-to-hunter-gathering existence will be <i>on the fucking internet</i> is hilariously absurd. Techno-hippie babbling on the backs of pretentious university degrees. Is it not better, perhaps, to oppose the rampant, myopic...

Glad you dig it. Re: longer, you might grab this one, if you want more in a similar vein: http://www.dissensus.com/showthread.php?t=4000

Downloading now. . . We should all start a blog/club doing this sort of thing. I hadn't heard 'Schwantology' when I started moving in this direction a year or so ago, but what a great mix it is. This looks to be excellent, too.

Silver Apples, White Noise, United States of America, so good.

Thanks for the recommendation, m99188868. I'll look for it. Anybody know any smart-sugar gems in the vein of Millenium's 'Begin'? I'm not usually a fan of rock-pop quite that syrupy, but it's produced so expertly and it really is just incredibly catchy and a lot of fun. 70s "AM" pop-rock...

Please, please please tell me who (if anyone) carried on the torch from 'Black Saint & The Sinner Lady' or 'Let My Children Hear Music'? My god, sometimes I feel like most of the music I love is actually pretty inconsequential, when I pull out those records. . .

Thanks, all. Next mix is definitely going to have to be light and happy, and probably not layered : ) But this is a mode I can return to regularly. I love the serendipitous finds--the technically unknown-by-me fact that two tracks share notes ore are in the same key; the way the ending of my...