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Saturday, July 31
The Art of Vinyl
Photo by Ofer Springer via synthgear.com http://www.phys.huji.ac.il/~springer/DigitalNeedle/ |
The Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University has an upcoming exhibit about the art of the vinyl record. The exhibit will showcase 41 artists using vinyl as both subject and medium.
What's that? You live in Chicago? So maybe you can't go see the exhibit, but you can check out the exhibit's online companion, the B-Side, featuring links, photos, and videos, including the always captivating "How Vinyl Records Are Made" as well as images (like the one above) of the surface of a record magnified x 1,000. Enjoy.
Friday, July 30
The Coolest Thing at Oshkosh
No Modern Home Is Complete Without...
Naysayers beware: even my wife said it was cool. And it IS. So there.
Wednesday, July 28
Monday, July 26
The Handsome Family on BBC
They stopped by the visit Marc on their town around the UK. The link will expire soon, so make sure to listen HERE now!
Sunday, July 25
This Is Happening on vinyl!
Ok, kids. It actually HAS happened now. LCD Soundsystem's This is Happening is coming out on vinyl this Tuesday. This is the first time that Mr. Murphy's third (and probably final) album has been released on wax in the states. So come get 'em. We know you've been waiting.
Friday, July 23
Supplies!!!
Thursday, July 22
This weekend is going to rule.
Sunday: Zelienople (4pm) & Michael Vallera (5pm) @ saki
Wednesday, July 21
Apparently, I wasn't the only one who noticed
Dear Minnesotans: Did you know about You Can Run But You Cannot Hide Ministries? They hate the gays!:
You Can Run But You Cannot Hide, Inc., a 501(c)3 nonprofit ministry that brings its hard rock gospel into public schools, has been deepening its long-running ties to the Republican Party of Minnesota. Long a cause célèbre for Rep. Michele Bachmann, who has twice lent her name to the group’s fundraising efforts, You Can Run (YCR) had a booth at the GOP convention in April, and the group’s frontman, Bradlee Dean, reports that gubernatorial candidate Tom Emmer recently accepted an invitation to visit with him at Dean’s home. But recent controversial statements by Dean — that Muslim countries calling for the execution of gays and lesbians are “more moral than even the American Christians” — have drawn the ire of some both within and outside the party.
“Muslims are calling for the executions of homosexuals in America,” Dean said on YCR’s May 15 radio show on AM 1280 the Patriot. “This just shows you they themselves are upholding the laws that are even in the Bible of the Judeo-Christian God, but they seem to be more moral than even the American Christians do, because these people are livid about enforcing their laws. They know homosexuality is an abomination.
Tuesday, July 20
Our Pitchfork Table!
Well, it's Thrill Jockey and Hometapes really, but those are our backs right under the Thrill Jockey sign...
More to come.
Saturday, July 17
Lilly's Transcendent RBI
Lilly called it an "out-of-body" experience.
I don't know why I swung at the first pitches I swung at, and then I don't know why I laid off the ones I did," he said. "Fortunately it worked out."
Friday, July 16
Our "Best in Show" Morning
at Furnetic, a part of UI's College of Veterinary Medicine.* **
Our Rhodesian Ridgeback, Caine, has thunderphobia that we have seen drastically worsen over the last three stormy months. All of the illegal-in-name-only city fireworks haven't helped, and his phobia has generalized to other areas of his life. This has made his and our life together a lot less joyous. We were interviewed for 45 minutes by the two veterinarians and a tech...
Biking to Pitchfork?
The Chicago Reader has a
Biker Village at P4K this year. Visit it for free, safe bike parking aaaaand free chain lube - awwwww, yeeeeeeeah. Then stop over to the Chirp Record Fair and check out our table! See you there!
Thursday, July 15
Royal Headache
Royal Headache are an Australian garage band which could warrant comparisons to Eddy Current Suppression Ring... if they sounded anything alike besides Australian accents. They sound more like an Aussie King Khan & BBQ Show.
Giant Spanish Bugs Invade Millennium Park!
Millennium Park
- Monday, 19. July- 12pm- High Places (Edible Audible Picnic Series)
- Monday, 19. July- 6:30pm- Kid Sister w/ Kononos No 1 (Downtown Sound: New Music Mondays)
- Wednesday, 21. July- 8:15pm- BBC Planet Earth- Re-edited with a live orchestra, scored and conducted by 5-time Academy Award Winner George Fenton
- Sunday, 25. July- 12pm- Casiotone for the Painfully Alone
Wednesday, July 14
iOS4 Sludge
I am lucky enough to have an iPhone 4, antenna faults and all. The screen beautiful. The processor zippy. The folders much needed. The camera fast and flash a welcome addition. Being an Apple fanboy, before I landed this delightful, if clunky, piece of machinery, I had loaded iOS4 onto my iPhone 3GS. Aside from the folders shrinking my eleven pages of apps down to three, I quickly found out that this was a huge mistake.
saki spotted in wild
Stream: Best Coast
The Guardian Music Blog is streaming the new Best Coast album, Crazy For You, in it's entirety. Take advantage and listen to this one as soon as possible. You'll want to get in as many listens as possible before summer ends!
Tuesday, July 13
Now In Stock!
We just received a big ol' shipment of hip-hop, mostly on vinyl! Here's a quick rundown:
Freeway & Jake One - Stimulus Package
Jedi Mind Tricks - History of Violence
Talib Kweli & Madlib - Liberation
Dilated Peoples - Spit It Clearly
9th Wonder & Buckshot - Chemistry
9th Wonder & Buckshot - Formula
Skyzoo - Salvation
Ghostface Killah - Baby 12"
Perceptionists - Black Dialogue
Elzhi - Preface
Mr. Dibbs - The 30th Song
Black Milk - Tronic
Peanut Butter Wolf - My Vinyl Weighs A Ton
Oh No - Dr. No's Oxperiment
Oh No - Exodus into Unheard Rhythms
J Dilla - Donuts
Immortal Technique - Revolutionary Vol. 2
Jaylib - Champion Sound
...and that's not even everything. Come in and check em' out!
Monday, July 12
World Cup Update - the carnival is over
Sunday, July 11
Friday, July 9
Five Fiery Dragons
Anyone tired of the "me" factor?
World Cup Update - time for a new champion
Thursday, July 8
Wednesday, July 7
This is What English Sounds like to Italian Ears
Time Again for Caitlin's Tiger Beat Moment of the Week!
Here he is contemplating in a field some where:Actually he looks a little lost...ah well. "Landed" will be out on kranky on October 12th.
Tuesday, July 6
Spotlight on: Calgary, AB Canada
Azeda Booth- Dreamy ethereal vocals over catchy kit beats equal music perfect for just about any mood. After pestering one of the members over and over again where I could buy their music, he just kept saying "download it. download it. download it." So here's where you download it. Also, check out this lovely video for their song "Kensington"
Hunter-Gatherer- Was described to me before seeing them live as feeling like you're falling into the fields of a prairie. lo-fi rock recordings, and some talented musicians.
Gobble Gobble- So I don't think they're technically from calgary...But they are Canadian (Edmonton? Vancouver?), and if you want an incredibly high-energy man man-esque live show (complete with costumes and amazing props), PLEASE catch this band on their self-described "mobile rave infini-tour 2010" (for all the dates: http://blogs.myspace.com/leatherjowels) They hit chicago on halloween! this band will be guaranteed to have the costumes of the year.
Other Calgary bands to check out:
- Friendo- Drummer of aforementioned Azeda Booth as well as the biggest band out of Calgary at the moment (I'd say), Women. Their press release describes their sound as “’90’s experimental rock, ’70’s punk and ’60’s pop.” Sweet.
- Fist City- kickass twin sisters + their band.
- Bikeland- If you want a louder, more garage rock type feel, Bikeland is where you wanna listen.
- Silver Dapple- actually from montreal. really into these two songs. unfortunately there's still only two songs.
World Cup Update - 4 games left!
Sunday, July 4
Saturday, July 3
Documerica
via
"Between 1971 and 1977, the Environmental Protection Agency payed freelance photographers $150 dollars a day to document, in a very broad sense, the environment. Now, after almost forty years, thousands of the photographs are available here, with many more of the nearly 17,000 available through the National Archives’ Archival Research Catalog (warning: the ARC can be cumbersome.)"
Don't you think the government should give photographers money more often? I do.