Number Three
Oh yeah: Matador's">http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/12/09/this-christmas-just-g… having a holiday sale.
Stephen Mejias
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Intermission
A few things:
The Labor of Love
I wonder if Karenhttp://blog.stereophile.com/stephenmejias/not_not_fun/">Karen;, over at Other">http://www.othermusic.com/index.cgi">Other Music, has gotten around to listening to Sex Worker’s The">http://www.notnotfun.com/now.html">The Labor of Love. I’d like to tell her about it. I probably wouldn’t tell her like this:
The Way We Listened Then
Have you read thathttp://blog.stereophile.com/stephenmejias/the_way_we_listen_now/">that<…;, yet? Okay, now read this: “Reconsidering">http://www.popmatters.com/pm/feature/116282-reconsidering-the-revival-o… the Revival of Cassette Tape Culture,” by PopMatters’ Calum Marsh.
The Way We Listen Now
Okay, read this: The">http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=121023882">The Decade in Music: The Way We Listen Now, from NPR’s “All Things Considered.”
Even in the Rain
Here’s the video for the Fiery Furnaces’s hit single, “Even in the Rain,” which is possibly my favorite track from the band’s excellently easy-to-listen-to album, I’m Going Away. (It’s not really a “hit.” I just made that up. But it could be, if we lived in a different world.)
In A Strangeland
This is what I want from music:
Not Not Fun!
On Friday, I promised myself that I would spend no more money on records until after the New Year. On Saturday, I found myself at Other">http://www.othermusic.com/">Other Music with three LPs in my hands. Gah! I brought them up to the counter, where the cute girl with the black hair was waiting. I felt despicable.
Fluid Piano
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An Important Sale
Oh, the aptly named Important">http://importantrecords.com/index.htm">Important Records, one of my favorite sources for outstanding experimental, noise, and otherwise out-there recordings, is having a crazy holiday sale, yo. Check it out: You can buy 44 compact">http://importantrecords.com/releases/44_66_sale.html">compact discs for just $44. Or 66 compact discs for just $66. Finally! And your purchase comes with a sweet tote bag. You’ll need it for hauling around all those compact discs.