...new look,now i'm too tired to write.

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wire - read & burn....i'm of mixed feelings on this one. the vocals seem buried and muddy. the music a cross between the first 2 albums and the last 3,with no references to 154. a review is up here.

...do you ever reach a point where you have too much to listen to,and too little time or interest to do it?that is where i find myself. maybe i am overwhelmed by information? what i thought (and still feel) to be a good thing was how easily i could get info on new music/groups ,ect via the internet. when i first got into this i would correspond with great people from all over the globe. folks like erik hedin from plod,and brap from seattle and email & trade cdrs with jeff from detroit.this was before the napster revolution. i was never privy to any hotline servers or such that some traded mp3's on.
... i would order cds and trade over the net via the whitezone-list.really got my ears opened to new sounds,especially electronica and all it's sub genres via the idm list and 313.still an indie kid at heart ,the internet has made it easier to grab all the newest sounds via soul seek and ftp sites.
...easier,but not necessarilly a good thing. now maybe i am just in a funk,but it all seems to me to be becoming a blur. i seldom have the patience to listen to a release all the way through anymore. i used to buy an album and live with it. by that i mean that i would study the liner notes and read the lyrics. i would hold the cover in my hands while fully immersed in listening to it.nowadays i rarely know track names,and skip all over the cds or mp3s as i listen.i guess that what i should really do is stop downloading for a while and catch up. put aside the fear that i might miss out on the next big thing and get back to listening. i actually miss the days of awaiting a release with all the expectations and thrill of some thing new to listen to.
...i know i am rambling and if you have stuck with me ,sorry. as i said it's just a stage i get in every once in a while. in fact last time this happened i gave up buying cds and went head long into comics. don't think i'll do that again as my wife is always asking me what i'm going to do with the boxes of comics that litter our closet.

....thanks to brap for sending me this coupon.
...blah day today,or maybe it's me.

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scion - arrange and process basic channel

....do you wanna chance to sit in on the creative process with one of the most inventive bands rock music has ever heard? some people take themselves a little to seriously.
...went down to zulu records on west 4th yesterday. this is probably one of the best record stores on the west coast. i have never been to amoeba,but this has got to be at least close in terms of selection of new and used. anyways,grabbed piano magic - writers without homes and wall of voodoo - call of the west both used. as far as wall of voodoo goes,if i could find dark continent i know i would own the only essential releases from this group. mexican radio really was an unlikely hit,that my wife thought was really called mexican rodeo??? apparently she only listens to the music. heh.
...really enjoying the piano magic disc. maybe not as classic as low birth weight,but still a quality release.
...mitchell akiyama and kit clayton are playing vancouver on august 4th. will be worth checking out.

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run lola run - soundtrack

....been away on a four day roadtrip up to penticton. temps were up aound 38-40c.hot!!! poked around some pawnshops as used cd or otherwise were pretty scarce.picked up shriekback - "the dancing years" for $6 bucks.i really thought this was great stuff back when i had the vinyl in the early 80's.so when i saw this with a nice selection of early stuff on it i was stoked.what a piece of crap!! i wish i had read the amg review before i picked it up.dunno what mr. andrews was thinking when he let this be released but my gawd it is awful. he must of been involved with andy partridge's sisters as they wreak havoc on the earlier tracks like "my spine".i realise they were members of the latter version of shriekback,but they ruinthe earlier material.
...also picked up boxcar racer while on holidays. this is another great summer disc for driving. along with the hives - "vini vedi vicious" and the n*e*r*d* cds,these were the soundtrack to the 5 hour drives in either direction.
...andy diey is a fellow who records under the name "black faction". if you are into dark dreamy soundtrack like material,he is definately worth a listen.

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the hum of the computer whilst i search ebay for shriekback's "natural history" set to get the taste of the "dancing years" out!!!