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The Drumometer finally gives us an instrument capable of measuring the world's fastest drummer. What a relief.
No, not the disease, the band. Jon Iverson introduced me to them on Friday and I can't stop listening to Escape From Dragon House. What do they sound like? Sort of Asian/African fusion, mixed with a heavy dose of Farfisa irony, and a splash of spaghetti-Western surrealism. In other words, probably the next Quentin Tarantino soundtrack.
Something was happening. Something I didn't want to tell you about.
But, here, I'll tell you now:
I came home one day, sat down, and pressed Play. The music, however, didn't thrill me like I thought it should. I remembered that first night with the system, and how the music seemed so alive and real, how it jumped into the room with me and danced around, challenging me to follow. Now, only a week later, it just didn't seem so hot anymore.
In fact, it was a particularly cold night, and I wondered if the weather had something to do with it. Had the sudden cold…
"Once I saw that a pipe organ was something you could make in a wood shop, I was hooked. . . ."
Me too.
Via Make.
A Superman movie that looks good. Although it does look as though it should be opening for Easter, doesn't it?