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OK, I'll bite. I guess it's stating the obvious to point out that it bears more than a passing resemblance (esp. 'My Eye'). Any relation? Who was that Lone man? 'November dream tape' almost sounds like a parody of one of their titles. So now we get artists knowingly recontextualising artists of the 90s/00s, who are knowingly recontextualising the sounds of the 60s/70s etc etc How post-post-modern do we want to get before we implode? Is 'Autophagy' a word? I just coined it, if it isn't... alan --On 18 May 2006 11:33 +0100 David William Newman <dwnewman@clara.co.uk> wrote:

quoted 80 lines we have all got distracted listening to "lone"

> we have all got distracted listening to "lone" > http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid > =38 232971 > > wobbly writes: >> Blimey if you didn't catch me ignoring this new record! >> If you don't listen to it, it sounds great! If One doesn't buy it, One >> may buy something else! Blindly, even! Ach, they all fall down in the >> end, don't they? - Eno oinging Paul Simon, Aphids Twin(k), Broads of >> Canasta, etc.. Rather messy and embarrassing. I'd rather look away than >> watch the final bounce, splat. >> >> Kinda makes one wonder if the products and advancements of Art, like >> Science, are mostly due to the randomness of accidents, lack of sleep, >> drugs/poisoning, and/or mental illness...(Not that I'm saying that >> musicians who 'fall down' have been or are taking drugs, mentally ill or >> anything other than 100% normal and healthy, even if they usually >> aren't; I'm not saying that, nor am I saying that after an artist's >> early accidents and/or experiments, they are less and less likely to >> produce anything interesting.) If you don't agree, take all of yours and >> your family's money down to your local casino and try winning at >> Roulette - it's the same - you might hit it, buy mostly you won't. But >> don't feel bad, a lot of people with no talent and no inspiration never >> even get to play! I'm not saying that Beards of Costanza are not >> talented, even though that might agree with current sentiments among >> those who 'call the shots'. I'm just saying that maybe someone else >> needs to step up and figure out the next new money-loosening noise. It >> could even be me (in disguise) - or you! >> >> -- Alan Lockett <Alan.R.Lockett@bristol.ac.uk> wrote: >> >> >> So how come no-one's been banging on about how cool'n'groovy / >> boring-old-farty, enrapturing / snooze-inducing, fresh'n'wild / >> same-old-same-old 'Trans Canada Highway' is? >> Could this be a sign of an IDM cultural climate change, indicating that >> IDM-peeps are no longer hanging on their every note or enigmatic >> squiggle to impute strange significances? >> I mean... what's the point of subscribing to this list if a guy can't >> get a mailbox full of people inchoately slavering over/whining about >> the latest emissions of their idols? >> Tsk. Call yourself an IDM-list - IDM SchmyDM... >> OK, you need someone to start the ball rolling, is that it? Right. 6 >> tracks: 1 you know, 'Dayvan Cowboy', as per the album (did you check >> that video? Yeah, video of guys surfing. Cool. If you like surfing, >> that is. If you don't. Not so cool. Last track is a remix by Odd Nosdam >> of the aforementioned track - a 9 minute oddyssey (geddit?) that >> traipses distractedly between some sort of smack-ambient noodle and >> hypno-drone-hop semi-propulsion with gaps in between, like he got bored >> and went off to make a cuppa and left the record button on (he did? >> aah.. *cool*). All very um... *odd*... In between there are '4 new >> tracks' none of which sound that new, but they're all OK. Bit like the >> album, really. You probably heard 'Skyliner' at bleep.com and it got >> you mildly aroused if not entirely creamed. >> Will that do to kick us off? OK, I know it's not Lester Bangs or Ian >> Penman or Kodwo Eshun, but hey... you got no excuse now. And don't give >> me that coy sh|t about release dates. You've got an internet connection >> haven't you... don't pretend you haven't already downloaded the whole >> thing P2P and proudly burnt it for all your mates. Yes, you there... >> >> alan >> >> ---------------------- >> Alan Lockett (Senior Language Co-ordinator - EFL) >> Language Centre, University of Bristol, >> 30-32 Tyndall's Park Road, Bristol, BS8 1PY, UK >> tel: +44 (0)117 3310914 e-mail: Alan.R.Lockett@bristol.ac.uk >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org >> >> >

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