Deere

And despite all this, it’s so catchy. Unbelievably catchy and hard-hitting. And whoever made the decision to pan the whistle-sound to the left (whether it be producer/engineer/the musicians) was a genius.

Tarantino’s thoughts on one of my favorite movies.

Some great remixes on here.

“I’m so fucked up.”

Dir. by Christopher Neil

This play is in my city from October 8th-25th, and I’m very excited to see it.

Another favorable moment is the dirty wah bassline that comes in before the last chorus. This song is only the tip of the iceberg in terms of the sonic experimentation on this album, but it is definitely super danceable and fun, while lyrically haunting (the latter is the usual with Refused).

A little information about the designer: Friedensreich Hundertwasser was an Austrian-born painter and architect, known for his environmentally-friendly, Utopian forms, and rejection of the straight line in architecture. Over a dozen of his designs have been built.

Tractor Rape Chain from Guided by Voices’s album Bee Thousand. My personal favorite thing about this song is how the acoustic half of the intro is slightly tuned lower than the electric and live performance that follows. I’m unsure whether this was intentional, but something about it works, and makes the second half the intro surprising and dynamic.

Now this is a very interesting concept. Steve’s Reich’s Pendulum Music. The microphone pendulums swing over amplifiers, creating feedback. Different cable lengths determine the pitch of the feedback and swing of the pendulum. 

This is an excerpt from Steve Reich’s Drumming performed by the Portland Percussion Group. I have seen this same excerpt performed live by the Ethos Percussion Group. It was quite an experience to hear the sounds phase in the small auditorium. 

Chance’s vocals sound so natural and unpretentious. This sounds like how someone would yell and shout in real life, out of excitement or anger. At the same time, he is a character, and presents a melodic and catchy narrative that’s fascinating to follow. 

I really like this motif that David Lynch uses in many of his films (and in his series, Twin Peaks, of course), of an intimate and intense vocal performance, with dazzling stage lighting and extreme ambiance. 

This is a very addicting app, especially when used with a touch screen. From James Fenn.

“The lyre of Orpheus had three strings. The traditional number of strings was eight, but lyres were experimented with, of course. One of the very famous experimenters was Timotheus from Sparta, of all places, who increased the number of cathara strings from eight to twelve. For the crime of twelve strings, the Spartans drove the immoral Timotheus from their city. He had failed to realize, that to dream of desirable changes is one thing, to act upon those dreams is another. My kithara has seventy-two strings, and I shutter to think what might have happened to me in Ancient Greece.”

Yuri Landman, is a luthier from The Netherlands, specializing in unique prepared guitar-like instruments. Much of his work in influenced by microtonal music theory, and strives to achieve melodic capability within the confines of atypical musical scale. He has built instruments for artists such as HEALTH, Aaron Hemphill of Liars, and Lee Renaldo of Sonic Youth.