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[music, artists] listening to the smiths and joni mitchell's hejira. it's spelled b-l-i-s-s.
 
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[music, artists] the silence with which karlheinz stockhausen answered the question after the most beautiful sound he had ever heard in his life.
 
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[music, artists] Medeski Martin & Wood are the most interesting jazz combo I have listened to for 5, 10, 15 years? A trio from New York with a drummer, a bassist and a keyboarder (hammond & wurlitzer). They do a groovy mélange of jazz, funk, psychedelics and improvisation. The wonderful Motel de Moka made me discover them. Somehow I had filed them under boring standard jazz. I was so wrong. I am pretty sure Miles Davis would have liked them if he would have had the chance to listen to them (maybe he did, they started in 1991). They do make something new with jazzrock/fusion. A style I had given up on ages ago.
 
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[music, artists] Attack is the best defense
Angriff ist die beste Verteidigung (Sprichwort)

When Radiohead released the 160 KB/s mp3 version of their new album In Rainbows a couple of days ago it was like a pre-emptive strike against the downloaders. An official leak for which they could even charge money. I didn't hear of any versions which leaked before. They took control of the digital duplication process which prevents new cds to sell well these days. Additionally they announced a second cd (can it be as good as Amnesiac, their only great album, the leftover of Kid A?) to whet the appetite of the fans. A very clever marketing strategy as many people paid real money for the mp3s of rather low quality. The quality of the music wasn't great neither (see post below) but they have definitely proven that they are the band with the most realistic evaluation of the market situation. Kudos for that.
 
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[music, artists]
Going up against political correctness will always be a punk rock gesture.

Thurston Moore about Sonic Youth's new project, a compilation album for Starbucks.
 
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[music, artists] Solid, longish article including some downloads on the Gun Club. When thinking of Jeffrey Lee Pierce the first sentence coming to my mind is: "He was obsessed."
 
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[music, artists] Listening to Joy Division on acid

Weird. I still think that if there ever was a rock band it was Joy Division but at the same time I have this subdued urge to laugh when hearing Ian Curtis sing. LSD would have probably liberated it but unfortunately I never tried. Maybe even Cannabis would have done the job but I don't remember ever listening to them on pot.
 
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