Month: January 2021
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Trump’s Last Day
‘I think that’s the longest sustained insult I’ve ever heard’ says one comment, and they are not wrong. Jonathan Pie says ‘Bye Felicia’ to Trump in the best way possible. The sad thing is although utterly eviscerating the Loser-in-Chief, all he says is based in facts. That should be the most shocking thing, but it…
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The Clockworks & Dry Cleaning
These fingers were made for pointing…. These fingers were made for pointing….These fingers were made for pointing…. I have been listening to a lot of Dandelion Radio in the last few months, especially their Festive 50 and December/January shows which a chock full of music I missed in 2020. Also I love some of the…
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Penelope Trappes – Eel Drip
Heard this astonishing spooky electronica track via The Lloydbrary and checked out the video and was equally blown away. Usually in the electronica world the visuals rarely match the music, but this is another level, with some primal and surreal subtle folk horror imagery, think The Ring meets Enter The Void via the photography of…
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RC 340: …. .- .–. .–. -.– / -. . .– / – .. . .-.
Happy New Tier! 340 Returns! That’s what the Morse above says. Inventor Samuel Morse was pro-slavery and a candidate for the 19th Century version of Trump, the anti-immigrant and anti-Catholic ‘Know Nothing’ Nativist party who started riots over race and religion. He seems oddly relevant to what is happening in the States in the last…
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RIP Elias Rahbani
Sadly just heard the very gifted Lebanese composer Elias Rahbani has died of COVID-19. I suspect not many in the west have heard of him unless like me they have a penchant for Arabic funk/disco/psych verging on prog – he covers all of these bases! As of hearing of his death, three of his tunes…
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The William Maranci album
William Maranci has just released a mashup album – called The William Maranci Album funnily enough! (yes we are cool now if you didn’t know) and liking some of the less trodden selections here. The William Maranci Album by William Maranci ‘Sins/Tragedies Song’ which is the not-often mashed enough Aphex Twin vs Panic! At The…