NWWWT Resurrection: James Brown Dead

In loving memory of the man who taught me to dance.

BlowBot

MIT musical robots vs. carbon-based musicians was totally disappointing…really they weren’t robots at all; they were just acoustic structures triggered by midi sequencer commands from some computer somewhere behind the stage... the long and short of it is, if that’s their definition of a robot, than so were the player pianos of the mid 1800s… or a cd player for that matter. And by that definition, a robot is any machine that Is capable of accepting a code and performing a routine… sorry, but awesome robots would react to situations in which variety is generated, not just simply play back information pointed from some surface. The only thing even slightly robotic about those robots was if you think about it in terms of ‘this machine can do such and such that people are incapable of doing because of human limitations'… but then do we call bees robots? They do things that people can’t do… the whole thing was sooo suspect. On top of that, all the compositions had this Phillip Glass feel to them – like super angular and melodically sterile, which even further dated the whole experience. It was like Short Circuit or something. Random!

ADDENDUM: let me add something to this in order to clarify some of my horn tooting…

I admired the robotics people and coders; they defintely created some cool robot effects, especially the hydraulic robot dancer. I amire the coders for their technical savvy, in the same way that a cook might respect a carpenter… but as an institution that purports progressive technology based music; they need to check themselves before they wreck themselves. What Ovalprocess revealed, while not being any where near as technical, is far more of a sophisticated statement on human/oid/cybernetic/machinistic variety and dialogue, at least in terms of audio politics….and that’s the stuff that interests me. so it’s not that MIT is ‘wrong’ in this instance, it’s just that they are purporting a notion about robotics and music that hasn’t taken into account the myriad of aesethtic tensions that exist in the electronic music realm... just shows how truly insular communities can be. It actually reminded me of the kid in Squid & Whale claiming ‘Hey You’ as his own.

Anyway, these things are good for exactly this – formulating a position said matters… precariousness-as-fun. And there was free vitamin water.

F***ing Shit!

We do exist. Thank you Deirdre for letting us know.

Gordo Goes Big

Our dear Rebecca Gordon got some good press in the Weekly Dig -- so here's to her new gallery and all the crazy art fuckers who will make their way into her sanctified dominion of the weird. NOW SELL THY ARTE! Good jorb God! So Gordo... maybe you'd consider a multimedia installation/review of my disasterous romance with BABLEEP KAPLOW! Watch as the giant DINGA BAT descends on its prey! Talk about grace under pressure...
I have tons of evidence, and in keeping with your gallery's theme -- it's far too messy for a normal room...

Link here.
Rebecca's softcore performance art DR 202-driven (is that right?) quartet here.

This Should Keep Me Busy For a Year Or So

"in no particular order: R. stevie Moore, John Maus, Raven Fenbaum, Donut, The Cure, Kate Bush, Bubonic Plague, Super Creep, Vim, Future Pigeon, The Lily's, CoL, The Chills, Harry Merry, Throbbing Gristle, Human League, The Beatles, Christian Death, The Germs, The Centimeters, Supreme Dicks, Robert Rental, Fast Friends, All Night Radio, geologist, girls with attitude, soundgarden, slayer, tones on tail, killing joke, venom, the pop group, crispy ambulance, the the, talk talk, tom cluend, dean milan, the pretty vicious, hervie angel, space lady, lyn van hek, freddy k and the breeze, furniture five, vibe uncentral, the clash, nick drake, incredible string band, kim fowley, the runaways, the go go's, tiffany, grand master flash, 8 bit, ton stiene schereben, floh de cologne, missus beastley, kluster, cluster, robert aldberg, robert wyatt, savage rose, skinny puppy, monte cazzaza, slapp happy, syd barrett, phil ochs, wings, Thomas Leer, Animal Collective, Bianca, Destroy All Monsters, The Stooges, The Ramones, Suicide, the Associates, The Residents, Mothers of Invention, Captain Beefheart, CAN, Kraftwerk, Xhol, Death in June, Bauhaus, Lifetones, Guru Guru, Metallica, Anthrax, Sensations Fix, Cabaret Votaire, Roy Wood, The Move, Gary Glitter, The Outsiders, Noev Groep 65, The Fall, Orange Juice, Fleetwood Mac, Gary Wilson, Ry Rocklin, Josh Schwartz, Plastic People of the Universe, Television, Talking Heads, Rocket From The Tombs, Half Japanese, The Red Crayola, 13th Floor Elevators, Inca Ore, Isao Tomita, Wendy Carlos, Terry Riley, velvet underground, David Bowie, David Arvedon, Kenneth Higney, Bruce Haack, Hall & Oats, Todd Rundgren, The Smiths, Echo and the Bunnymen, the Sound, Alvaro, THE SHAGGS, Amon Duul, Amon Duul 2, Siloah, Yahowa 13, Zoomers, MSR SONG POEMS, Clock DVA, Leather Nun, Joy Division, New Order, Omd, Popol Vuh, Michael Jackson, Entombed, Nirvana, Laibach, Morbid Angel, Carcass, Godflesh, Legendary Pink Dots, Hawkwind, Motorhead, Richard Hell, Pink Floyd, Megadeth, the plasmatics, Phil Spector, Beach boys, metamorfosi, soft cell, soft machine, Skip Spence, erik lindgren, bobb trimble, michael Hurley, Holy Modal Rounders, The Godz, 45 grave, Sisters of Mercy, Gang of Four, Confusional Quartet, las Ratas, Inumi, Le Orme, Fille Qui Mousse, Embryo, Teenage Jesus and the Jerks, Winter Flowers, indian Jewelery, Cleaners from venus, Faust, Les Baroques, the Magic Band, the Left banke, Dead can Dance, Cocteau Twins, Pere ubu, Tin Huy, the Electric Eels, The raincoats, beat happening, madonna, wham!, culture club, the motels, linda Rondstandt, the Carpenters, scott walker, Van Der Graff Generator, pearls before Swine, Devo, Pink Fairies, Hapshash and the Colored Coat, Seventh Sons, New Creation, the Byrds, Jerry Yester and Judy Henske, Exuma, Bob Marley, Lee Perry, Holy Shit, the Bibs, WACO, Summer Hits, Fad Gadget, black nasty, television personalities, scritti politi, cracked actor, collective horizontal, the what, swell maps, the Clean,upside-down cross, attic, bobby brown, messien, spk....that's enough for right now - more to come."

The above is listed as influences on Ariel Pink's haunted myspace page. Also, for good measure, here's Ariel Pink covering The Smiths' "The Night Has Opened My Eyes"

DXL 1982

One of my many new i-homes... check it!

Spending Time And Money Doesn't Mean A Thing When The Moon Comes Smiling Through The Trees When The Night Has Colored Music to Surround You

beautiful music from deez mugs! don't you love life. the jayhawks could have been this good if they had better taste. that's why i like the brits. they are good pop synthesists. enjoy

The Clientele - Missing 

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http://photobucket.com/albums/c111/bloodmusic/

everything is boring again. im PCFOing, still! san francisco was "fucking intense dude"
i even saw the golden state warriors play. BDAVIS NO LOOK DISH TO JRICH HE DUNKS IT THE CROWD GOES WILD.... and then dies