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Discussions Vol. 1: The Silly Pillows – I Smile at Women
[J. Caws-Elwitt] Strangest Songs (ASCAP) (c) & (P) 2006 This track was released as part of a mini-album entitled Again with the Silly Pillows, wherein Jonathan and Hilary Caws-Elwitt reprised the “home-recorded duo” approach that had characterized the group’s earliest recordings. The organ track on this Brazilian-jazz-tinged pop tune was inspired by the work of…
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#tonguepocket.15 – buzzsaw in the glovebox
Red lights blink in amber hazeWrist says “Enter Password” in the morning dazeFiretruck bumper, chevron glareRiding silence with static airOutlets cracked like fossil teethUnderneath the table, griefSomething plugged in long agoBut power’s fickle—let it goBuzzsaw in the glovebox, mannequin grinOld guitar aching with a song withinKeys and clips in quiet revoltThe bat still swings, but…
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Cassette Culture Node.Linz!
Wolfgang Dorninger (base, Josef K. Noyce, fadi) has a large online archive of material related to the cassette culture underground 1980-present. https://www.base.at/ccnl
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Ken Clinger – State of Flux (Recording Discussion, 2010)
Lyrics by Craig Conley, music and performance by Ken Clinger. The inspiration for the piece was Craig Conley’s lyrics, which were originally part of Captive Audience’s “Esperantoland” project, from the late 1990s. The recording process was entirely with Apple’s GarageBand software, based on the opening guitar arpeggio measure. Between it and the lyrics, everything else…
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Dino DiMuro – Snoutburger (Cassette, 1986)
GAJOOB Review by Bryan Baker: Dino DiMuro’s Snoutburger remains one of the touchstones of 1980s home recording culture—an album that’s not just loved, but defended. Originally released in 1986 on cassette and given a bright new digital remaster, it’s both a conceptual suite and a grab bag of singularly Dino moments, depending on which side…
GAJOOB is published by Briyan Frederick (aka Bryan Baker) since 1985, in print and online. You’ll find archival stuff here. New reviews are at Discover Sounds. Send me yours. Join a project and create something new. DiY.
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