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Two recent CD purchases
I was in a CD shop in Hanoi last week (he says, casually) and I found a dubious copy of Terry Riley's Rainbow in Curved Air for 30,000 Dong ($AUS1 is worth about 15000 Vietnamese Dong so I paid about $2.00)
This is the record that Pete Townsend had on his player before he wrote Won't get fooled again and Baba O'Riley (Terry Riley / Baba O'Riley.... did you spot it?)
And apparently it's the record that Phillip Glass and Steve Reich listened to and said "Jeez, that's a good idea... I reckon I could do that."
Interesting music. Not sure that it's a record I'll go back to a lot the way "In C" is, but a really important bit of music historically and really worth hearing.
Today I bought the February edition of MOJO magazine (I don't usually buy it, but I saw the CD on the front)
It's a CD of electronica and it has some interesting bits and pieces on it:
The Human League - Circus of Death
Gary Numan/Tubeway Army - Down In The Park
The Knife - Silent Shout
Fujiya & Miyagi - Ankle Injuries
Matthew Dear - Fleece On Brain
John Foxx - Burning Car
Arthur Russell - Place I Know / Kid Like You
Xela - Afraid Of Monsters
Tangerine Dream - Rubycon (Part One)
Clouddead - Dead Dogs Two (Boards Of Canada Remix)
Severed Heads - Dead Eyes Opened
Farley Jackmaster Funk - The Acid Life
The Peppers - Pepper Box
The Gentle Rain - Plastic Man
The Sounds Of Tomorrow - Space Child
There's stuff here I've never heard of (Farley Jackmaster Funk) Stuff I haven't heard for years (Severed Heads) and stuff I was hoping to never hear again (Gary Numan)
I can't hel[ feeling that should be wearing a black skivvy and a black trench coat and sunglasses and be using words like "seminal influence" when I listen to it, but it's pretty interesting.
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Zanf
stuff I was hoping to never hear again (Gary Numan)
Haha...not a fan of DITP? It is a very dour tune and not one Im too into from that time but apparently, a favourite for many when he plays live.
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astroboy
booooooh!
down in the park is actually pretty awesome!
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bla
ive recently (last 6 months?) heard some really excellent old farley jackmaster funk mixes
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applaud
Down in the Park - it's the lyrics not the music -- all that stuff about the ra pe machines and the chant is death death death. Well, it's a bit over the top whenever I hear those sci fi lyrics I can't help feeling Bowie did it first and better. Are friends electric and Cars i like though.
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Zanf
Astro: 'Everyday I Die' beats DITP for me.
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Leo
I'd buy that just for Dead Dogs Two...
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jkn
lots of great numan songs - I like DITP a lot - there are better though. i have to be in the mood to pull one of his out these days, though.
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Psyingo
dong comes cheap in vietnam, astroid should go there instead of prowling the streets of la for dong.
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thehydrax
dead eyes open and the acid life are great cuts. Haven't listened to Numan for many years. About 11 years ago I had a big numan phase
I havent bought a CD in a very long time, I cant remember when, at least 8 months. I think it was a Lee Perry set
the reason being I'm just buyinga lot less of everything
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tantan
lol @ dong jokes, even though I should know better
04/18/08
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dach
I bought some blank CDs a few weeks ago, for eh, backups.
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mrmistermr
where is he?
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