tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38395032009-07-10T13:37:19.983-04:00blissblognot fully bakedSIMON REYNOLDShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282478701882900354noreply@blogger.comBlogger1328125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3839503.post-7700622753134068302009-07-07T21:11:00.002-04:002009-07-07T21:15:36.204-04:00"on the pleasure of hating"--an exhibitionits namesake essayrelevant to recent discussions (and recent RIP's too)SIMON REYNOLDShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282478701882900354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3839503.post-39739406070137702592009-07-07T21:07:00.002-04:002009-07-08T20:05:45.554-04:00the blog of admiral greyscaleSIMON REYNOLDShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282478701882900354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3839503.post-88134319404836871462009-07-07T20:58:00.003-04:002009-07-07T21:19:40.954-04:00c/o FACT an interview with new recording artist Woebotalso Matt musing on Dirty Projectors and Bitte Orca (equal-first lp of 2009, alongside Micachu's Jewellery.... admittedly, a far from densely packed field, but these would shine hard in any year)SIMON REYNOLDShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282478701882900354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3839503.post-77836370649657167552009-07-02T23:51:00.001-04:002009-07-02T23:52:41.287-04:00"what sandblasted jeans would say if they could talk"mike powell damns wilco with faint--very faint--praiseSIMON REYNOLDShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282478701882900354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3839503.post-74550265302860484562009-06-29T19:14:00.002-04:002009-06-29T19:55:01.011-04:00ardchive fever (back from the dead)An actual archive, this time, dedicated to rave culture and electronic dance music, and administered by a mate of mine who is issuing an open call for donations of flyers, music, and memorabilia/ephemera of all kinds. The press release/mission statement can be found here.SIMON REYNOLDShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282478701882900354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3839503.post-85170186304180100552009-06-29T19:09:00.002-04:002009-06-29T19:14:49.272-04:00radio from the other side(hosted by the fellows behind look around you)(tip of the hat to ian hodgson)SIMON REYNOLDShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282478701882900354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3839503.post-48211626332405489072009-06-29T18:56:00.002-04:002009-06-29T19:03:42.445-04:00woebot mix of ambient jungle c/o FACTpluschiming tardily with recent-ish synth talk, vintage vid of synth wizardess suzanne ciani(this via mimaroglu blog)SIMON REYNOLDShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282478701882900354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3839503.post-67452341950452058262009-06-29T18:54:00.005-04:002009-06-29T20:00:01.520-04:00vivid and touching tributes to sWells from Stubbsy, Studsy, and sundry ex IPC sorts, c/o the QuietusSIMON REYNOLDShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282478701882900354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3839503.post-78533159845478433962009-06-27T21:21:00.004-04:002009-06-27T21:40:07.043-04:00a cheeky chucklea jet of cold reasona sharp swift thoughtsome meta matterat last, the musicSIMON REYNOLDShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282478701882900354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3839503.post-77584629710178609682009-06-25T21:42:00.003-04:002009-06-25T22:20:43.853-04:00SIMON REYNOLDShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282478701882900354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3839503.post-68584063975321859562009-06-25T10:25:00.002-04:002009-06-25T15:56:44.921-04:00RIP Steven Wellstribute from colleague james brownswells swatting stroppy whippersnapperSIMON REYNOLDShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282478701882900354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3839503.post-52952813501119457792009-06-22T20:30:00.004-04:002009-06-22T21:19:38.921-04:00WHEN MATES MAKE BOOKSlatest instalment in an irregular series occasioned by the large number of friends who've got books out this yearBorderline, this one. Not really a book, yet not quite a magazine either. A collaborative venture between Faber & Faber and Domino Records, Loops is a twice-yearly periodical of music writing, deluxely produced on paper stock nicer than any book I've ever had out, SIMON REYNOLDShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282478701882900354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3839503.post-89820883140159112612009-06-22T20:13:00.003-04:002009-06-22T20:24:44.717-04:00surprised nobody else's mentioned this, but what is up with the look Moritz Von Oswald is rocking in the photo shot for his Wire cover story?and then in the spread itself:und der piece de resistanceI've been to Germany and Austria a few times and the neck scarf thing is this very Germanic type look you will see fairly often ... but usually on middle aged ladiesSIMON REYNOLDShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282478701882900354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3839503.post-68478043158583631872009-06-21T21:04:00.000-04:002009-06-21T21:05:26.593-04:00a personal appreciation of Ian Loveday a/k/a Eon by Louise GraySIMON REYNOLDShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282478701882900354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3839503.post-84857028600908703212009-06-21T19:22:00.002-04:002009-06-21T19:26:48.756-04:00Q: Is a quadraphonic LP (specifically the Quadradisc format used by companies like Elektra and Nonesuch) going to sound okay when played through a regular stereo system? Or will it sound like how it looks through the wrong prescription pair of glasses?SIMON REYNOLDShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282478701882900354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3839503.post-90904699480439143062009-06-17T21:39:00.000-04:002009-06-17T21:40:02.837-04:00RIP Ian Loveday a/k/a Eonspiceinner mindfear: the mindkillerbasket caseSIMON REYNOLDShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282478701882900354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3839503.post-20349537023658337902009-06-17T09:14:00.001-04:002009-06-17T09:15:30.888-04:00Ingram dropping further science re. soft synths -- not once but twiceSIMON REYNOLDShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282478701882900354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3839503.post-64216013306979359612009-06-17T09:02:00.006-04:002009-06-23T00:40:55.240-04:00still tittering over the title of this Zone Styx post on doomcore and its parallels with various stripes of terminal metaldoesn't the original Black Sabbath Greatest Hits have a Hieronymus B picture on the front? (answer: no -- see end)i wonder why i so vastly prefer the gloomocore to black metal? must be its residual, negative-image relationship to E culture, the cold rushtalking of which the SIMON REYNOLDShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282478701882900354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3839503.post-41798100646201546292009-06-16T09:32:00.001-04:002009-06-16T09:34:04.438-04:00my latest Guardian blog, on the cult of DillaSIMON REYNOLDShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282478701882900354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3839503.post-38465665400800923172009-06-12T10:40:00.002-04:002009-06-12T10:44:19.242-04:00very interesting in-depth interview with Owen Hatherley by Rowan Wilson re. modernist militancy at ReadySteadyBookyWookySIMON REYNOLDShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282478701882900354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3839503.post-61971619742533662922009-06-09T20:36:00.004-04:002009-06-09T21:37:26.815-04:00RIP Hugh HopperSIMON REYNOLDShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282478701882900354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3839503.post-42873419890051392252009-06-09T20:27:00.002-04:002009-06-09T20:34:29.622-04:00here's a very nice mix by Moon Wiring Club at Bleep43 (the music goes on being excellent even after the Ian Hodgson podcast bit is over with... there's a technotronica track featuring voices that I'm pretty certain are sampled from THX 1138--anybody know what this track is?)SIMON REYNOLDShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282478701882900354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3839503.post-2118213556483063892009-06-09T20:21:00.006-04:002009-06-11T22:26:14.523-04:00late hateKek W says:"Actually, I Hate Throbbing Gristle"(mainly for them reforming)"It also goes without saying that I Hate Jack White. I Hate The Manic Street Preachers. etc, etc. "I Hate Nick Cave. "I Hate PJ Harvey. "I really Hate My Bloody Valentine. "And in the last few days (a strange one, this) I've Come To Hate Tom Waits."Zone Styx Travelcard points out there actually is an update of the SIMON REYNOLDShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282478701882900354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3839503.post-59980608226689342162009-06-09T20:13:00.002-04:002009-06-09T20:18:53.370-04:00talking about post-disco, a piece by andy beta on an ace-sounding comp of early8ties nyc by dmitri & idjut boysSIMON REYNOLDShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282478701882900354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3839503.post-78104443063896372822009-06-08T09:30:00.001-04:002009-06-08T09:33:22.527-04:00caution: you are now entering a theory zoneor you will be if you click on this link to the fifth in a series of reflections inspired by the recent hardcore continuum seminar in London, this one something of an epic and bearing the title Masculine Pressure. Like its sister piece from ten years ago, this comes with footnotes.SIMON REYNOLDShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282478701882900354noreply@blogger.com