A beautiful quote attributed to Minnie Aumonier on music amongst the trees.
Posts Tagged ‘music’
The Soundscapes of Steve Roach
Last year sometime I discovered the musical works of Steve Roach and I’ve been a huge fan of his work ever since. So much so, that back in February I held a music listening party where I played the music of Steve Roach for 6 hours straight. I just came across the following video on [...]
Geoff Peters Trio Releases Music Video for Quiet Night
UPDATE: You can now purchase Quite Night by the Geoff Peters Trio on CDBaby as a physical CD or as individual track MP3 downloads. ———– The Geoff Peters Trio, a Vancouver-based jazz band consisting of Geoff Peters on piano, Mark White on bass, and Greg Murray on drums, has just released a video for the [...]
“Centipedes started bursting out of my skin”: over 20,000 Downloads of Van Eck Phreaking’s Live album from The Internet Archive
The other day when referring a friend to The Internet Archive, I decided to check up on something from my past. When I lived in Toronto, I was part of an experimental music duo called Van Eck Phreaking. My friend Daniel Verbin (who I’m no longer in contact with) was the main creative force. To [...]
Tears Well Up: “Hurt” by Johnny Cash with a Commentary by Trent Reznor
This past week I was talking about depressing songs with a friend. I played one track for him that I consider depressing, Morrissey’s “Everyday is Like Sunday” (which can be found on Morrissey’s Bona Drag album). The track is mostly depressing because of the lyrics — the music is not particularly depressing. My friend then [...]
When the world is getting you down and you don’t know what else to do… Mahna Mahna!
One day last year, when I was feeling a little blue and stressed out, I got a good piece of advice from someone I care about. And it was this: See? Don’t you feel better? If you’d like to learn more about this Muppet skit, check out the Muppet Wiki page for Mahna Mahna. Wikipedia [...]
Recommended Music — Tales of Ephidrina by Amorphous Androgynous
Amorphous Androgynous is an alias for the electronic duo Garry Cobain and Brian Dougans, who more commonly go by the name Future Sound of London. Tales of Ephidrina was originally released in 1993. I remember the video for “Liquid Insects” on TV and thinking to myself: “Wow — this is really cool”. I still think [...]
