May 2016 – Rocknerd

So let’s give this Spotify thing a go.

31 May, 201628 April, 2017 mp3, Opinion 0

I tried Last.fm around 2009 when I was applying for a job with them. The computer-generated personal radio station thing is amusing in its way. I can’t see myself wandering around with my phone using up my data plan on streaming music; it’ll be strictly a desktop, or rather laptop, thing.

“Duncan” by Slim Dusty is now in Wikipedia.

30 May, 201625 August, 2016 Country, Writing 0

I was amazed to discover that Slim Dusty’s second-biggest hit wasn’t covered in Wikipedia. Well, now it is ‘cos I put it there.

My problematic favourite: William S. Burroughs.

29 May, 20169 May, 2018 Opinion, Post-Punk, Writing 1

I admire old Bill for all sorts of things, none of which are his personality, murdering his wife, fucking up his son or misogyny so jawdropping he literally made it into an artform. I wonder what signifiers wearing a Burroughs shirt would have in 2016 as opposed to 1996 (“yeah yeah you’re hip go away”) or 1986 (“who?”).

The return of the Blobby nightmare.

28 May, 201612 May, 2017 Drugs, Pop 2

“It has been named as one of the worst songs ever recorded.”

Art of Noise play “Close To The Edit” live, 2004.

27 May, 201625 August, 2016 Musician, Pop 0

Nobody ever thinks of Trevor Horn as a shit-hot bass player.

Se Delan: Drifter (2016).

23 May, 201625 August, 2016 Goth, Metal, Record 0

The press release page (includes album stream) says “dark, alternative, new wave” and studiously avoids the word g*th, but OH COME ON.

Reviews: Airbag, Metroland, Suns of Thyme, Virus (2016).

21 May, 201629 March, 2017 Industrial, Metal, Prog, Record, Rock 2

When I was Official Shitworker on Lemon, we christened the review round “dogshit patrol,” after the regular Arlo cleanup. I promise I’ll stop before I start thinking of it that way here.

Elektroklänge: Mechanische Tänze Nos. 1-4 EP (2016).

20 May, 201625 August, 2016 Industrial, Record 0

The entire point of Elektroklänge is wanting to be Kraftwerk when they grow up. Not an uncommon aspiration, but not a bad one if you can pull it off, and they do okay.

The ultimate hold music.

3 May, 201610 September, 2016 Esoterica 0

I’ve spent thirty years listening out for the most obnoxious and intolerable sounds available. The music that will ruin your world in thirty seconds. I like to think I know a thing or two about this general field of endeavour, if you will. I’d mark this as a contender.