Sound of Confusion 08/27/08

Dinner Special #2 - Oneida's Preteen Weaponry in its entirety. I already have 2 more lined up in my head that will take multiple hands to pull off.

* denotes a request, # denotes a new release

Time Played - Artist - Song Title - Album Title - Label
22:02:48 - Magnetic Fields, The - Yeah! Oh, Yeah! - 69 Love Songs - Merge
#22:05:15 - Eat Skull - Punk Trips - Sick to Death - Siltbreeze
22:08:36 - Thurston Moore - Frozen Gtr - Trees Outside the Academy - Ecstatic Peace!
22:17:11 - Monks - Shut Up - Black Monk Time - Infinite Zero Archive
22:20:11 - Ex, The - Things Most People Think - Mudbird Shivers - CrossTalk
22:23:04 - Harvey Milk - The Anvil Will Fall - My Love is Higher Than Your Assessment of What My Love Could Be - Yesha
#22:31:56 - Sapat - Lonely and Free - Mortise and Tenon - Siltbreeze
* 22:44:08 - Electric Light Orchestra - Mama... - ELOII - Epic
#22:51:38 - Steinski - Lesson 3 (History of Hip Hop) - What Does It All Mean? 1983-2006 Retrospective - Illegal Art
22:56:12 - Kano - It's a War - The Kings of Techno - BBE
#23:05:12 - Oneida - Preteen Weaponry Pts. 1-3 - Preteen Weaponry - Jagjaguwar (Tonight's Dinner Special)
23:48:58 - Epsilons - Drunk on Love - Killed 'em Deader 'n a Six Card Poker Hand - Retard Disco
#23:51:11 - Jay Reatard - I Know a Place - Singles 06-07 - In the Red
23:52:54 - Makers, The - I'm Your Big Man - All-Night Riot - Estrus
#23:54:49 - Sic Alps - Mater - U.S. EZ - Siltbreeze

The Limits of Internet

THERE IS TOO MUCH AMAZING

Dmusing #5

There's a unique feeling that transpires when looking at a place you once lived in being deconstructed. Abandoned. Left for dead. Re-imagined as an empty space. It helps to have old soul music playing in the background.

Sound of Confusion 08/21/08

Tonight I spontaneously introduced a new element to the Sound of Confusion: Eric's Dinner Special! Tonight's was playing the entirety of Sonic Youth's new SYR 8 release, which, as WMUA DJ Rich of Cosmic Slop called in to note, is really fucking great.

* denotes a request, # denotes a new release

Time Played - Artist - Song Title - Album Title - Label
22:04:54 - Sebadoh - The Freed Pig - III - Homestead
#22:05:39 - Sic Alps - Gelly Roll Gum Drop - U.S. EZ - Siltbreeze
22:08:07 - Out Hud - Dad, There's a Little Phrase Called Too Much Information - S.T.R.E.E.T. D.A.D. - Kranky
#22:22:25 - Deerhunter - Oh, It's Such a Shame - Jay Reatard/Deerhunter Split 7" - Matador
22:26:40 - Quasi - I Never Want to See You Again - Featuring "Birds" - Up
22:30:17 - Sonic Chicken 4 - Creature in a Picture - Sonic Chicken 4 - In the Red
22:32:53 - Six Finger Satellite - Do the Suicide - Paranormalized - Sub Pop
22:35:45 - Studio - West Side - Yearbook 1 - Information
#22:49:21 - Syclops - Mom, The Video Broke - I've Got My Eye on You - DFA/BubbleTease
22:54:36 - Death Set, The - Listen to This Collision - Worldwide - Counter
#22:56:04 - Cheap Time - Living in the Past - Cheap Time - In the Red
#22:58:23 - Eat Skull - Shredders on Fry - Sick to Death - Siltbreeze
#23:03:55 - Sonic Youth - Ander Sider Af Sonic Youth (feat. Mats Gustafsson and Merzbow) - SYR 8 - SYR (Tonight's Dinner Special)

Sound of Confusion 08/13/08

My Two Weeks Notice show. Only two more Wednesday shows before I move on to bigger and better things. However, on a positive note, I believe I've found the perfect vocal break backing track, Wu-Tang Clan's "Shame on a Nigga." Jay-Z's "Takeover" was strongly considered.

* denotes a request, # denotes a new release

Time Played - Artist - Song Title - Album Title - Label
22:01:23 - Clockcleaner - Divine Hammer - Babylon Rules - Load
#22:06:00 - Digital Leather - Styrofoam - Sorcerer - Goner
22:10:03 - Mogwai - Dial: Revenge - Rock Action - Matador
22:18:11 - Serge Gainsbourg - Melody - Histoire de Melody Nelson - Polydor
22:25:46 - Trey Told 'Em - All of the Other Songs Remixed - Love and Circuits - Cardboard
22:30:43 - Neon Boys, The - That's All I Know (Right Now) - Spurts: The Richard Hell Story - Rhino
22:36:12 - Scharpling and Wurster - Philly Boy Roy - The Art of the Slap - Stereolaffs
22:57:59 - Sonic Chicken 4 - Girl66 - Sonic Chicken 4 - In the Red
#23:05:15 - Dan Friel - Ghost Town Pt. 1 - Ghost Town - Important
23:11:44 - Magik Markers - Axis Mundi - Boss - Ecstatic Peace
* 23:14:51 - Talking Heads - Cities - Fear of Music - Sire
23:21:00 - Hella - If I Were in Hella I Would Eat Lick - Homeboy - 5RC
#23:34:54 - Jay Reatard - All Wasted - Singles 06-07 - In the Red
23:36:44 - Prinzhorn Dance School - You Are the Space Invader - Prinzhorn Dance School - DFA/Astralwerks
23:41:40 - Mono - Yearning - Gone - Temporary Residence
#23:58:16 - Big Big Bucks, The - Formal Affair/Casual Dress - Rabbit Rabbit EP - S/R

Dmusing #4

Thank you statcounter for providing me with this Keyword Analysis search stat that someone apparently did:

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Dmusing #3

Sure, hating on pitchfork is easy, but a quick glance through their 2002 (and earlier even) top 50 albums shows some redemption. i mean clearly, the top 20 is going to be filled with major indie label artists, but [just to name a few] acid mothers temple, dj/rupture, hot snakes, isis, mclusky, walkmen, enon, and liars, many of which were definitely not their best albums, still has some "good old days" nostalgia. shit, if it hasn't been done, pfork top 50 albums pools could become the new betting pool.

Dmusing #2

I will never consider myself an expert of football, but all I've ever known about football began and most likely end with Brett Favre. My entire bloodline is Wisconsin-tied, and spending at least part of my childhood in Northern Michigan was enough to ingrain some interest in the sport, where I was told the area was split 50/50 Packers/Lions. No joke, that man to me is, was, and always will be the embodiment of how I could ideally perceive the game- as fun. Watching a brief clip of him on the ESPN website, I saw a man who wanted to play for one team and one team only. The thing was, the team didn't want him. It's not sports, but that's still personal rejection.

I hope the Jets are a good rebound, Brett.

Sound of Confusion 08/06/08

You will notice a large section devoted to In the Red Records releases. The following email excerpt I sent to In the Red is how they were obtained:

Hi,

King Khan told me to tell you guys that you need to send us some promotional stuff because I gave him and the Shrines LSD last night. If this doesn't happen I'm going to kill King Khan before they hit the stage tonight in Boston.

Kids, let that be a lesson to you. Just threaten record labels.

* denotes a request, # denotes a new release

Time Played - Artist - Song Title - Album Title - Label

22:06:43 - Wire - The 15th - 154 - Pink Flag
#22:11:39 - Boris - You Were Holding an Umbrella - Smile - Southern Lord
#22:20:14 - Melvins - The Kicking Machine - Nude With Boots - Ipecac
22:24:10 - Funkadelic - Super Stupid - Maggot Brain - Westbound
22:27:43 - Wizardzz - Glimpse of the Hidden City - Hidden City of Taurmond - Load
22:30:27 - Juanita Rogers & Lynn Hollings with Mr. V's Five Joys - Teenager's Letter of Promises - The Singles - Evidence
22:39:48 - Deerhunter - Fluorescent Grey - Fluorescent Grey EP - Kranky
22:44:05 - Gowns - Cherrylee - Red State - Cardboard
#22:50:41 - Diplo - Epistemology Suite 1: Don't Fall - You Don't Know: Ninja Cuts - Ninja Tune
* 22:57:29 - Justice - Genesis - † - Vice/Ed Banger
#23:07:36 - Sonic Chicken 4 - Sexiest - Sonic Chicken 4 - In the Red
#23:10:14 - Cheap Time - Trip to the Zoo - Cheap Time - In the Red
23:14:30 - Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, The - Son of Sam - Juxebox Explosion - In the Red
23:17:38 - King Khan & BBQ Show, The - Waddlin Around - The King Khan & BBQ Show - In the Red
#23:19:54 - Vivian Girls - Damaged - Vivian Girls - In the Red
#23:21:52 - Jay Reatard - It's So Useless - Singles 06-07 - In the Red
23:29:44 - Flower Travellin' Band - Satori Part 2 - Satori - Radioactive
23:40:20 - David Bowie - Memory of a Free Festival - Space Oddity - Rykodisc
23:47:35 - Gui Boratto - Beautiful Life - Chromophobia - Kompakt

Dmusing #1

I've had a chance to listen to all three versions* of Smile by Boris and I've come to the conclusion that there needs to be a refund given to anyone that purchased the Southern Lord CD version. The Japanese and SL vinyl both had it right to start the album off with "Statement" (different versions, but same overall engaging effect), whereas the SL CD version starts off with the absolute buzz-kill, not to mention poorly mixed, "Flower Sun Rain." And the mixing on the SL CD version is just beyond reprehensible. Some tracks just get cut off like it's nobody's business.

*I don't even want to know what the $400 dollar vinyl version wrapped in fox fur sounds like**.

**Yes I do.