Interview with Daemonia Nymphe (it’s in Greek, so you’ll have to use Babelfish).
“[Daemonia Nymphe] was born in Athens, a city where contact with the ancient monuments is a part of everyday routine for her residents.”
Erik Davis sings the praises of Early Music.
“I recently asked Jay Babcock about writing a post for the Arthur blog about some early music records that have been rocking my world lately. He declined, saying that “it’s just too Ren Faire and geeky goofy, Comic Convention nerd costume filksinging stuff. Doesn’t travel well.” I totally understand where the man is coming from, and yet it still puzzles me that listeners attracted to acoustic psychedelia, exotic ethno instruments, Appalachian balladry, forest folk, and esoteric singer-songwriter stuff—i.e., people like me—don’t go in for the great stuff packing the Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque bins.”
Slashdot posters debunk the superiority of analog vinyl over digital CDs.
“Certainly, some very well-made pressings can sound outstanding, even better than digital in a few cases. But the poorer signal-to-noise ratio, essentially unavoidable surface wear, and the distortion introduced by the medium, on balance, make digital a better choice when the highest quality audio is needed. One thing records do have going for them is that they tend to be mastered, counterintuitively, with a wider dynamic range than contemporary CDs. Of course, this is a product of human decisions, not the media, and the optimal solution to this is simply to abandon the current practice of excessive compression and limiting on CDs, as they offer a greater potential for dynamic range than records.”
The Deli SF reviews Death of A Party.
“In true Death of a Party fashion, the songs are full of adrenaline and gothic glam, yet this time around are less eerie and more accessible. “Sympathy for Miss Veronica” digs its hooks into you and doesn’t let go for the whole three minutes and six seconds while “The Ballad of Johnny” will have you stomping and dancing. On Red Meadows, Death of a Party are serving up their post-punk shaken, not stirred. ”
Klaxons are making noise in the U.S.A.
“We just wanted to sing about fantasy and nowhere,” said Jamie Reynolds, the Klaxons’ hulking bassist and chief theoretician. “The only thing that ties everything together on our record is that every single song is about nowhere and there’s no physical representation of anything. It’s all imaginary, it’s all fantasy and it’s all conjecture. … That was the goal – not to have something that you could see or hear or touch or smell.
Key 64 posts a tribute to Lady Jaye Breyer P-Orridge.
“Lady Jaye Breyer P-Orridge, born Jacqueline Breyer in 1969, passed away Tuesday 9th October 2007. Lady Jaye and her partner Genesis Breyer P-Orridge spent the past several years living an “art as life project” sometimes called “Breaking Sex.” The couple altered their own appearances to look more and more like each other, forming a third ” pandrogenous” entity they called Breyer P-Orridge.”
That is all I have for now. Have a good day.
