I was looking for some files on an older hard drive and I found a few of my Record Jumbles from 2005. Sound quality varies, and there is a charming amount of surface noise on these. Since I’ve been doing so many mixes in the last bunch of years all from within my computer, it’s nice to hear some spontenaety and human error. Also, totally weird record selection on most of these. Enjoy!
In late 2006, I sold my Mexican Fender Starburst Jazz Bass to an artist in New York. He didn’t care that I didn’t have an amp for him to test it on, and told me he needed it for an art installation in Lyon about the Who. He neglected to mention that the bass would be destroyed– he must not have known that I’d have given him a discount for that.
Incidentally, the artist, Christoph Draeger, created a series of works about disasters like plane crashes. One of his works features a plane crash that happened in the early 60s about a block from my apartment, where he bought the bass from me.
Kelly and I caught Alasdair MacLean, from shared favorite the Clientele, at Union Hall for a solo show once a couple of years ago. We loved it, but his amazing finger-picking just wasn’t the same on an acoustic guitar and without shimmering reverb and vibrato. Here he plays the title track from the new Clientele album and a few older favorites, solo and electrified. Not to over-re-live XX Merge, but the Clientele were also among the best acts there. An early highlight for sure.
Thanks, Libby, for posting it. I made this mix over the weekend with the aim of documenting some of the songs I’ve woken up with in my head recently. A nice mixed-tempo one for running– lasts about 1:10.
I was shocked to see Seliger’s 1944 work Organic Form in my RSS reader, as it’s a piece I’m well familiar with– it was the basis for my kind of project from 2004.
I need a big long project like this one again– I’m already getting excited about the possibilities for all the new basement space we’ll get in our new house (coming Saturday!).
Anyway, in honor of being reminded of this guy, here’s the final phase of my project, a short video, uploaded to youtube and magnificently degraded. Better versions here.
DANIEL MILLER (THE NORMAL) INTERVIEW. MAYO THOMPSON INTERVIEWED WHILE LOOKING SHARP AS HELL. DAVID THOMAS NO SOCKS. MORRISSEY JUST WALKING DOWN A STREET. MAYBE LIKE HALF A SECOND OF HARRIET WHEELER. SOME JARVIS. AN ENDEARING MOMENT WITH DUFFY. EXCUSE CAPS PLEASE BUT THIS IS SERIOUS FOLKS.
Side One:
I Wonder
Are You Real?
My Dying Machine
You Are, You Are
Complex
ME
I’m an Agent
I, Assassin
I Die, You Die
Side Two:
Oh! Didn’t I Say
This Is My Life
Me! I Disconnect from You
Everyday I Die
I Can’t Stop
I Can’t Breathe
This House Is Cold
We Are So Fragile
Glitter and Ash
