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Elvis Costello circa 1989

I have to admit, i was thrown back by this album at first listen. I was used to the ease & magic of Armed Forces and My Aim is True, and Spike just didn't seem as cohesive & enjoyable. But after multiple listens I can really appreciate the more challenging nature of this album. With every subsequent listen the hidden pop web of each song emerges louder & louder.  At times the vocals by Elvis Costello remind me of a neo-Bowie awkwardness; not exactly pleasant but still perfect.

The music vid for Veronica perfectly complements the awkward sounds & structures of the album with its own awkward cuts, unaligned synching, and dull, off-putting & intriguing visuals.  I've just decided i want this video played at my funeral.

fruhling is not fire in my heart but it may be better than that:

Berlitz Drama - fruhling

This sweet bird song~ is the peak of the wider transylvanian soundwave movement of the 2nd half of the 20th century.  And exists as a prime motivationer and influencer of the post-contemporary pro-synthesizers.  

Music is such fresh air, fresh cool air at that, with crisp ground underneath your feet.  Dirt crackling in the cold.  But unexpected cold.  In fact everything is unexpected.  You never know what will happen.

And oh I feel the heart of this man who sings in the inperceptable language.  His soul speaks to me & his sounds speak to me.  And my heart is moved in the deeply personal cinematic sense

I can see the cloudless cold sky & the solid sun.

-djm

"the most sentimental album of 2008"

Someone asked me recently what i thought was the most sentimental album to be released in the NY area this year 2008. I thought about if for a day & then i got back to him with my answer.


I said, "Its got to be poem box drawings."


"And what's that?" asked my female accompanier who was also there.


"Oh its the latest album by Thickly Painted Walls", I answered.


She said it sounded familiar. And in unison they both shouted out, "But is it really that sentimental?!"


I told them them yes. I mean even without the heart wrenching vocals, the sounds alone would be enough to make a grown man weep with sadness and rememberance of a time in his life where things seemed less complicated.


Now was this the intention of the maker? I don't have the answer & perhaps we'll never know.


You must keep in mind that this is a very short collection of songs. And for good reason because it really feels as if it was reduced to is most pure & cutting elements. No water ~ no filler! Just pure chicken?

-djm

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the when space was face

What can I say about Space Faces, an amazing band with amazing people?! Yeah, I could say that... these recordings are from the first meeting of the When Mcgruff Was King with the Space Faces, with a little help from there friends! Enjoy!

Seriously check Space Faces out; its a shame so many great bands depart just when they first start cooking; at least they made some food before they were reshelved? where am i going with this, I'm as confused as you are...

-stfw

the when mcgruff was king

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Sponto Buy LP

Look at this crappy photo I found on google, we were up in Cambridge MA and we went to this great record shop on the main strip called Twisted Village... and Pasta Jeevius was digging on this artwork, i wanted to get a few LPs, I was hyped on this Yips LP I was getting, so we threw this PFS "illustrative problems" into the bag. I have to say I feel pretty mixed, I know its like prog/psych from 85' or whatever but there are a few parts which are so like "now we're gonna make it weird"; its beyond predictable. However Side 2 as a whole I enjoyed. So i give it a 9.32567 out of 9.776311111111111?

haha I just found out the name is Pure Fucking Space!!! shit is gnarsome.

-stfw

pomo? nah

Boats of Night

Boats of Night is my neu favorite band!!!
heres the description which is better than anything I could write: "Here is a online collab between two artists. I would like to hear what you think of this project but do not expect anything. The artists are completed devoted to their craft and do not limit themselves to only one voice. It is an anything goes world with an anything goes type of art. There are no need for limits. There is much more of a need for other things. Hope. Dreams. Empathy. and being humble."

-sfw

http://www.myspace.com/boatsofnight

Mirror/Dash

"electric pen/Gum" 7"

Intellectuals, little girls, random thoughts, poetry, liberals, nonsense, simplicity, complexity, satan, bad mouthing, soapy suds, cussing, fussing, guitar string, gum not gun, techno babble, space age, cold space, vacuum, breathe, babies breath, secrets, teenage girls, love, made in usa, deserts, perfect pose, barefoot on the city street, tights, eating snacks then makeout, nervousness, secrets, world tokens, acoustic/electric, put your finger in my mouth...

The Discovery of Music

Peter Fischli and David Weiss

Elbis Rever

Why do I like Elbis Rever so much? Is it the sexual tension/exploitation that runs throughout it, the slightly off foreign vocals, the neu neu new wave aspects. Genre'fy it... neo-techno post-modern dance noise post contemporary pop? IDK... The performances are odd, but in my own experiences always fun, they are taking themselves seriously but at the same time are totally into ruining it. They make me feel like its OK to dance. Playing there shows sometimes with a Macbook running thru a small amp, it gets distorted and fucked. But the beat goes on! The dance goes on! The perplexing goes on! I don't even know what they're saying half the time, I do make my guesses, and I'm happy with them. And how many members are in the band? Spread out over the whole earth!? They're like an international collective, but my guess is that they're spies, so I'm always very careful with them... Always making sure I have my wallet and my arteries. Thats what spies go after these days. And what does the name mean?

http://www.myspace.com/elbisrever

-stfw

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Wonder Wheel

STANDARD REVIEW
The best $5 i ever spent! This beautifully packaged cassette by Number 5 music, opens with the amazing, frantic "leaving town for a new one". Whenever i put this tape into the deck, i start dancing, although this album doesn't stop there. The second track "erroneous soul song" is another amazing whirlwind of sound. Perhaps this is what Paul A. Rosales is best known for doing, Wonder Wheel plays with dated mechanisms to create something timeless. My friend Joke? tried to describe it once over the new digital audio of cell phones, not comparable to the beautiful decay of this cassette. Anyways Joke? had a difficult time describing it, but he was talking about the type of painting it creates in his head, both the gesture and the product I think. Wonder wheel has a sound, but you can feel the heart and time placed into it. The album has a range of topics from love to angst; bass thumping basslines to fucked up fuck ups! Its got it all, actually I dont think this review is well written or a decent entailing of what the tape has to offer one with an open ear, as it has not got old at all in my listening experience. Fuck it, this review is shit, has been shit, ignore the review, it sucks; just get the fucking tape or fuck off!

http://www.myspace.com/thenogoego

-stfw

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