blacktop audio recordings 1981-83

So on the Trump thread the barely regulated mechanisms of capitalism are A-OK and AOC is a nut; here, however, it's a literal free-for-all, to hell with those pesky artists who need reasonable monetary compensation for their work. A dicotomy arises on the horizon...

as many many nights im listening to eno’s airports because eno

i often try other albums but maybe nothing beats airportsso it’s airports again

earlier i got excited by the joy division youtubes. then im listening to closer. and im in the middle of isolation when i go “uuuffffffff...” and i turn it off.

it’s kinda like pink floyds the wall for me. once enthralled, now so done with such self pities.

transmission though, i could put transmission on a forever 45 with automatic return arm: RADIO (the way he makes that word sound), etc etc

Sand Enigma Orchestra - Related Projects Mixtape

Yeah, fair assessment. It's an alright album, but nothing spectacular. Science Beat and Tresspassers W I liked a lot. Lords Of Tresserhorn has something going for it too. But I feel like this album meanders a lot. A pleasant listen, nothing more, nothing less.

This is freaking fantastic!

I can’t believe that Trump thread is still at the top of the page.

Not gonna lie, seeing it depresses the crap out of me because it gives me flashbacks of a time when the psychotic idiot was only a worst-case scenario never-gonna-happen candidate instead of the leader of the free world.

(Sigh.)

It’s contributed to my being less active if I’m being honest.

i didn’t wanna engage with sopa’s bait originally because i was getting ready to sleep and who needs that,

but one big thing i love about online music is that i don’t have to go through a douchebag to get it (besides no physical storage, zero weight, etc)

so many douchebags kept me away from so many record stores over the years haahaahaaahaaa. glad to be done with the gatekeeper model. they can eat all the fucks. although there were some good ones.

the arrival of napster was a huge liberation to follow my tastes without having to go through music priests and their moral hectorings and inner circles of initiates.

now i find something similar with bike shop employees. fortunately i’ve found some friendly ones who get what i’m looking for and i can bring my business to because they’re really glad to help. but man... so many douches in that line too. anywhere a retail employee can claim little hipster lord status it’s gonna be a douche minefield.

The artist, Walter De Maria, was actively engaged in the New York music scene of the 60s and briefly was a drummer for the rock group The Primitives, an early incarnation of The Velvet Underground (1965). Cricket Music and Ocean Music feature De Maria's drumming mixed with field recordings of nature and were later used as the soundtracks for his film, Hard Core (1969). - Gagosian
http://ubu.com/sound/demaria.html

you're welcome. To be honest, I didn't even listen to it, but I will later on. Right now, I'm on a Bettie Serveert flow.
Starting with
Bettie Serveert instore @ Concerto 04/11/2016

then followed by






private suit

it’s a grey fucking day outside, with wet snow, so this fits the bill

https://open.spotify.com/track/3SqN09FlFXWggOVQ9pGWLR

Pavement - Stereo

of course i soon tired of the fucking gloom and energized all systems

Wet snow as in rain? Or wet snow as in actual snow that melts in an instant? If the latter than wow, NM has had its share of snow earlier than Vienna this season, something incredibly rare, I suppose. Anyway, great album choice. :D

yeah, snow that doesn’t quite stay dry. some accumulation but mostly slush. not the powdery kind.

we had first snow... 3 weeks ago was it? something like that.

then again we’re in the mountains at roughly 4 times your altitude (over 2200 meters).

-x

new mexico’s highest town is actually in the south of the state (2644m)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clou...%2C_New_Mexico

Oh yeah, I remember you mentioning living in an elevated area. Didn't take that into account. Makes sense. No snow around here yet, but plenty of rain and dreary grey skies. I don't mind still having some time before those flakes of unbridled dread descend upon me though.

Anyway, as to not veer off-topic too much:

Goddamn excellent choice

PLAINSONG!

Is it weird that that track is among my favorites by the Cure? Like top 3? Because Plainsong is heaven via audio.