November 2

hrrrthrrr: Working on a new mixtape (I do one every month for a couple friends back home). I think it’d be fun to start exchanging mixes with people more often.  I love getting new music!  Maybe I’ll make up a few extra to send out to some of you guys…but only if you send me one back.  Music and actual mail…what could be better? It has been a really long time since I’ve made a mix, but I would definitely be up for this. My friends have always told me that I make great mixes (with awesome transitions) and it’d be nice to have someone I don’t know judge my mix. If you’re interested in sending one, I’ll definitely send one right back. E-mail: robertocfblog at gmail dot com.

hrrrthrrr:

Working on a new mixtape (I do one every month for a couple friends back home).

I think it’d be fun to start exchanging mixes with people more often.  I love getting new music!  Maybe I’ll make up a few extra to send out to some of you guys…but only if you send me one back.  Music and actual mail…what could be better?

It has been a really long time since I’ve made a mix, but I would definitely be up for this. My friends have always told me that I make great mixes (with awesome transitions) and it’d be nice to have someone I don’t know judge my mix. If you’re interested in sending one, I’ll definitely send one right back.

E-mail: robertocfblog at gmail dot com.

November 1

One of many shots I don’t remember from last night.

One of many shots I don’t remember from last night.

October 30

Nearly zombified!

Nearly zombified!

October 19

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somethingfortheladies:

  • Dark Was The Night

  • Beirut

    Mimizan

  • After several months, I am still finding myself captivated by Dark Was The Night, the Red Hot compilation of blooming independent artists arranged by Aaron and Bryce Dessner of The National. The compilation examines the traditional techniques of music and showcases how people like Zach Condon are applying them to fresh compositions. This Beirut song is one of the many highlights from the selection, and it’s also an indicator that these songs were collected over a span of several years.

October 14

Boston Bruins.

Boston Bruins.

October 13

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tuneage:

Thom Yorke - “Hearing Damage”

Full disclosure:  I don’t like Radiohead very much.  When some other web-publication named Kid A the number 1 record of the past decade, my emotional reaction was best described as “resigned outrage.”  Perhaps I developed this attitude because most of my musical maturation occurred after their Lightyears-Ahead-Of-Their-Time electronic experimentation had been well absorbed into the indie-rock landscape, or perhaps it came about because I’m sick of people telling me how brilliant they are.  Regardless, I have a tough time sitting through an entire Radiohead LP.

Also, vampire familiarity has bred vampire contempt.

Together, these factors must ensure that “Hearing Damage,” the Thom Yorke mood-piece for the forthcoming New Moon soundtrack, is a sonic splinter to my heart.  Right?  Not this time.  This track expertly exploits the minimalism/ maximalism contrast that defines his solo work. There are exactly two chords in the entire song.  The synths are so dirty, you can hear their individual bits.  The lyrics, written down, wouldn’t fill the front page of a Twilight notepad.  But Yorke takes these simple ingredients and layers one on top of another, building them into something more.  Drums artfully glitch and skitter.  Synth pads sweep and multiply.  Reverb freezes and reverses.  In these manipulations, Yorke constructs a towering monument to isolation, a perfect soundtrack for Bella’s months in Jobian exile.  Not that I’m in to that.

Why did Thom do a song for the New Moon soundtrack?