Saturday, April 02, 2005
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New Revolutions
In which we draw up the map to where the music be. Contact us at forksclovetofu@gmail.com if you've got a musicblog you'd like to see included in the Revolutions.
Borrowed Tunes offers Spin/Blender newbie hipster fodder. It's a practical service for those of us curious to see what the buzz is about.
Recent Offerings: Keren Ann, Bloc Party, MIA, Bravery, Devin Davis
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A Million Miles Away leans to obscurities and general catchiness, regardless of genre or time period. In much the same way that I do, 1MilMiles leans on the "hyper" in hypertext, often with great results.
Recent Offerings: Can, Lennie Tristano, Clarence 'Pro' McClam (The Professor of the Blues)
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Pimps of Gore is doing some really excellent work: long, well-thought-out and equally well written theme posts, crawling with music, linkage and informed, inclusive commentary. I'm not especially drawn to his music selection, but this is PRECISELY the direction I'd like to see more music bloggers take: up the writing quality AND the quantity and you make yourself a must destination for me.
Recent Offerings: Guided By Voices (lots!), Slint, Queen, Fiona Apple
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Worldly Disorientation is another in a thankfully growing sector of obscure, funky worldtrippers (a'la SUBURBS ARE KILLING US). He's been AWOL for a few months, but appears to be seriously back. If Cuban mambo, Viennese minimalist or Senegalese soul speak to you, go check that!
Recent Offerings: Ernesto Djedje, Joe Morris, Doris Monteiro
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Riff Central's schtick is to set up a faux-interview with an artist that "riffs" into standup. Afterwards, you get to listen to music by the artist bein' lampooned. I GET TIRED OF THE CAPS LOCK but Riff's been good for a giggle and a download for more than a minute now. But don't take MY word for it...
YING YANG TWIN#2: I WANTED TO CHANGE THE CHORUS FROM "AY BITCH! WAIT TIL YOU SEE MY DICK!" TO "HEY, WHERE'D MY DICK GO?"
YING YANG TWIN#1: AND I WANTED TO CHANGE THE OTHER PART OF THE CHORUS FROM "IMMA BEAT DAT PUSSY UP!" TO "PUSSY PUSSY PUSSY PUSSY"
RIFF CENTRAL: AS A TRIBUTE TO-
YING YANG TWIN#1: YEAH AS A TRIBUNE, LIKE A NEWSPAPER. LIKE I'M READING THE PUSSY
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RIFF CENTRAL: YOU CAN'T STOP BLOGGING CAN YOU
SASHA FRERE JONES: I CAN'T HELP IT. SOMETIMES I'LL JUST BE SITTING AT WORK GOOGLING MYSELF, OR INTERVIEWING A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN, OR LISTENING TO AN ALBUM THAT HASN'T EVEN BEEN RECORDED YET, AND I'LL JUST HAVE THIS INCREDIBLE URGE TO BLOG ABOUT IT
RIFF CENTRAL: IS IT TRUE THAT YOU HAVE EIGHT OR NINE DIFFERENT DESKS IN YOUR OFFICE AT THE NEW YORKER?
SASHA FRERE-JONES: WELL THAT'S A SILLY QUESTION. EVERY CRITIC AT THE NEW YORKER HAS FIVE DESKS. THE FIRST IS YOUR WORK DESK-- THAT'S WHERE YOU DO WORK. DESKS TWO THROUGH FOUR ARE FOR TAKING NAPS. TECHNICALLY YOU CAN TAKE NAPS AT YOUR WORK DESK TOO BUT IT'S FROWNED UPON. AND THE FIFTH DESK, THAT DESK IS YOUR FUN DESK. YOU CAN GUESS WHAT I USE THAT FOR
RIFF CENTRAL: PORN?
SASHA FRERE-JONES: YES
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RIFF CENTRAL: I SEE THAT YOU HAVE A GIANT BAG OF DEADLY DRUGS WITH YOU
OL DIRTY BASTARD: YES I WAS PLANNING ON TAKING ALL OF THESE
RIFF CENTRAL: I SEE
OL DIRTY BASTARD: MY GOAL IS TO HAVE SO MANY BAGS OF DEADLY DRUGS IN MY BODY AT ONCE, THAT IF I SO MUCH AS SPIT ON SOMEONE, THEY WILL BECOME PARALYZED
RIFF CENTRAL: LIKE THAT DINOSAUR FROM JURASSIC PARK?
OL DIRTY BASTARD: NO LIKE THAT GUY FROM INTERPOL
Recent Offerings: Diplo, The Game, Moby, Spoon
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Vociferous Slam is not so much eclectic as it is schizophrenic: obscure indie rock is cheek by jowl with country, 80's smooth funk, proto-electronic, country+western and '20's jugbands. Put on a big bib and line up for smorgasbord!
Recent Offerings: Billy Ocean, Martin Denny, Elizabeth Cotten, Okkervil River
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Radio Kurtodrome is a monthly blog that programs like a college radio station, offering links to legal downloads for each of the showcased artists. It's sort of a early evolutionary draft of podcasting, only without the rambling conversation.
Recent Offerings: 13+God, Dalek, Dan the Automator, David Byrne
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Last Night an MP3 Saved My Wife is a more concise MYSTICAL BEAST, mining the (generally) obscure and unknown for stand-out surprises.
Recent Offerings: People Under the Stairs, Jenny Bishop, Sebastien Tellier
SEE ALSO: Take Your Medicine (obscure/live/rare indie rock aggregator), V23 (in French and I had difficulty downloading, so your guess is good as mine), areseven (more talk than music but worth eyeing), Fifteen Minutes to Listen (Quasimoto, The Meters, Ry Cooder, Hot Hot Heat), Jump Out Your Window (also more talky than listen-y, but quite entertaining!)
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New Revolutions
In which we draw up the map to where the music be. Contact us at forksclovetofu@gmail.com if you've got a musicblog you'd like to see included in the Revolutions.
Borrowed Tunes offers Spin/Blender newbie hipster fodder. It's a practical service for those of us curious to see what the buzz is about.
Recent Offerings: Keren Ann, Bloc Party, MIA, Bravery, Devin Davis
-
A Million Miles Away leans to obscurities and general catchiness, regardless of genre or time period. In much the same way that I do, 1MilMiles leans on the "hyper" in hypertext, often with great results.
Recent Offerings: Can, Lennie Tristano, Clarence 'Pro' McClam (The Professor of the Blues)
-
Pimps of Gore is doing some really excellent work: long, well-thought-out and equally well written theme posts, crawling with music, linkage and informed, inclusive commentary. I'm not especially drawn to his music selection, but this is PRECISELY the direction I'd like to see more music bloggers take: up the writing quality AND the quantity and you make yourself a must destination for me.
Recent Offerings: Guided By Voices (lots!), Slint, Queen, Fiona Apple
-
Worldly Disorientation is another in a thankfully growing sector of obscure, funky worldtrippers (a'la SUBURBS ARE KILLING US). He's been AWOL for a few months, but appears to be seriously back. If Cuban mambo, Viennese minimalist or Senegalese soul speak to you, go check that!
Recent Offerings: Ernesto Djedje, Joe Morris, Doris Monteiro
-
Riff Central's schtick is to set up a faux-interview with an artist that "riffs" into standup. Afterwards, you get to listen to music by the artist bein' lampooned. I GET TIRED OF THE CAPS LOCK but Riff's been good for a giggle and a download for more than a minute now. But don't take MY word for it...
YING YANG TWIN#2: I WANTED TO CHANGE THE CHORUS FROM "AY BITCH! WAIT TIL YOU SEE MY DICK!" TO "HEY, WHERE'D MY DICK GO?"
YING YANG TWIN#1: AND I WANTED TO CHANGE THE OTHER PART OF THE CHORUS FROM "IMMA BEAT DAT PUSSY UP!" TO "PUSSY PUSSY PUSSY PUSSY"
RIFF CENTRAL: AS A TRIBUTE TO-
YING YANG TWIN#1: YEAH AS A TRIBUNE, LIKE A NEWSPAPER. LIKE I'M READING THE PUSSY
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
RIFF CENTRAL: YOU CAN'T STOP BLOGGING CAN YOU
SASHA FRERE JONES: I CAN'T HELP IT. SOMETIMES I'LL JUST BE SITTING AT WORK GOOGLING MYSELF, OR INTERVIEWING A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN, OR LISTENING TO AN ALBUM THAT HASN'T EVEN BEEN RECORDED YET, AND I'LL JUST HAVE THIS INCREDIBLE URGE TO BLOG ABOUT IT
RIFF CENTRAL: IS IT TRUE THAT YOU HAVE EIGHT OR NINE DIFFERENT DESKS IN YOUR OFFICE AT THE NEW YORKER?
SASHA FRERE-JONES: WELL THAT'S A SILLY QUESTION. EVERY CRITIC AT THE NEW YORKER HAS FIVE DESKS. THE FIRST IS YOUR WORK DESK-- THAT'S WHERE YOU DO WORK. DESKS TWO THROUGH FOUR ARE FOR TAKING NAPS. TECHNICALLY YOU CAN TAKE NAPS AT YOUR WORK DESK TOO BUT IT'S FROWNED UPON. AND THE FIFTH DESK, THAT DESK IS YOUR FUN DESK. YOU CAN GUESS WHAT I USE THAT FOR
RIFF CENTRAL: PORN?
SASHA FRERE-JONES: YES
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
RIFF CENTRAL: I SEE THAT YOU HAVE A GIANT BAG OF DEADLY DRUGS WITH YOU
OL DIRTY BASTARD: YES I WAS PLANNING ON TAKING ALL OF THESE
RIFF CENTRAL: I SEE
OL DIRTY BASTARD: MY GOAL IS TO HAVE SO MANY BAGS OF DEADLY DRUGS IN MY BODY AT ONCE, THAT IF I SO MUCH AS SPIT ON SOMEONE, THEY WILL BECOME PARALYZED
RIFF CENTRAL: LIKE THAT DINOSAUR FROM JURASSIC PARK?
OL DIRTY BASTARD: NO LIKE THAT GUY FROM INTERPOL
Recent Offerings: Diplo, The Game, Moby, Spoon
-
Vociferous Slam is not so much eclectic as it is schizophrenic: obscure indie rock is cheek by jowl with country, 80's smooth funk, proto-electronic, country+western and '20's jugbands. Put on a big bib and line up for smorgasbord!
Recent Offerings: Billy Ocean, Martin Denny, Elizabeth Cotten, Okkervil River
-
Radio Kurtodrome is a monthly blog that programs like a college radio station, offering links to legal downloads for each of the showcased artists. It's sort of a early evolutionary draft of podcasting, only without the rambling conversation.
Recent Offerings: 13+God, Dalek, Dan the Automator, David Byrne
-
-
Last Night an MP3 Saved My Wife is a more concise MYSTICAL BEAST, mining the (generally) obscure and unknown for stand-out surprises.
Recent Offerings: People Under the Stairs, Jenny Bishop, Sebastien Tellier
SEE ALSO: Take Your Medicine (obscure/live/rare indie rock aggregator), V23 (in French and I had difficulty downloading, so your guess is good as mine), areseven (more talk than music but worth eyeing), Fifteen Minutes to Listen (Quasimoto, The Meters, Ry Cooder, Hot Hot Heat), Jump Out Your Window (also more talky than listen-y, but quite entertaining!)
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