right now, the best thing
the frankie knuckles remix of blind by hercules and love affair sounds like the most devastatingly beautiful thing i've heard in years. has arthur russell's vocal style become a thing while i've been not paying attention to music? i wish i could concentrate enough to write about it but i just want to listen to it over and over... not going to post it but you can find it at the hype machine.
new music
shortly after getting a new laptop on which i can listen to loads of free music i... went and bought a bunch of records. went edit crazy and picked up half of the underdog edits and the first three wurst edits. also grabbed the hatchback white diamond 12" with the infamous prins thomas remix on the b side... listened to that many times already; very pretty.
internet music i have heard lately:
internet music i have heard lately:
- new mountain goats album (really great)
- new magnetic fields album (really great)
- peter visti's balaero-cosmic edit/remix/cover of dolly parton's jolene (fucking fantastic, listen at xxjfg)
i have a laptop again bitches
now rocking a refurbed thinkpad running ubuntu. i know, i know, using ubuntu linux is like riding a pista and thinking you're cool, but it's better than windows and lets me use a laptop that, unlike all the mac 'books i've encountered, probably won't die every nine months.
maybe i will start listening to lots of music again, who knows?
so far, on my new 'pad, i have listened to and enjoyed two mixes:
maybe i will start listening to lots of music again, who knows?
so far, on my new 'pad, i have listened to and enjoyed two mixes: