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hanuman on "Red hot Chilli Peppers"

hanuman — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 10:01:33 +0000

See a review of the Chilli peppers Melbourne concert

http://www.jesaurai.net/jes/zg/330498107046.htm

zeug on "FluxusTV Podcasting"

zeug — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 14:42:38 +0000

The entire blog site at fluxusTV is now online as an iTunes podcast (check the little podcast pic in your sidebars).

Mostly this will be for mp3 but we can also publish various other Quicktime formats, including mp4 and m4v video, that will also appear in the podcast. All you need to do to publish is upload and "send to editor" or link to any external mp3, m4a, mov etc and publish. FluxusTV takes care of the rest. In fact any simple href link to a media file will play in these forums as well:

Download link The Hero Cycle: Lovers Crime

zeug on "FluxusTV Tag Cloud"

zeug — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 14:36:49 +0000

For those of you who have a blog on the HSR ezine/fluxusTV

When publishing from your blog if you add categories for:

audio
video
review

along with whatever other categories you normally use in your posts then those cats will also appear in the front page 'Tag Cloud'. So just add 'audio' if you have an mp3 or m4a audio and so on.

Any Q's?

Cam on "Impossible Collaborations"

Cam — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 18:01:42 +0000

My god, what a heady cocktail! I'll make some calls.

slowdancingsociety on "Impossible Collaborations"

slowdancingsociety — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 22:38:02 +0000

An album of new original material written by Sigur Ros, Prince, Peter Gabriel, Roger Waters and Howard Jones for good measure.
The music would be performed by Robert Palmers backing band of 80's vixens, with Michael Hutchinson of INXS on lead vocals and background vocals to be provided by the original line-up of "we are the world".
The album would be produced and engineered by Brian Eno and recorded in the field at Stonehenge so they could really fullfill the vibe and original passion that Spinal Tap had in mind!

slowdancingsociety on "Community Turntable - What Ya Listening To?"

slowdancingsociety — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 22:24:45 +0000

So lately I've been extremely nostalgic with my choice of music. I always get like this when summer is coming to a close. I suppose when I was younger and summer was getting close to ending it always meant returning to school was in my near future and I was one year further from childhood and all the beautiful things that come along with that state of living.
So, fast forward to my mid 20's and here I am dreaming about the better days of music, and life when everything was a bit easier and life seemed to have so much in store.
Anyway, enough with the ramblings, on to what I am digging these days.

"Takk" by Sigur Ros. Came out a while ago, but I saw these dudes at the Hollywood Bowl in, well, of course Hollywood last October and it was in an outdoor ampitheater. Pure musical bliss and what some might call a life changing experience. Exceptional musicianship, wonderful performance and beautiful music. Shooting stars and a warm autumn breeze most definitely helped add to that equation. None the less I love this new album from them and haven't stopped listening to it for some time now.

"Bajamar" and "Azure Vista" by Manual. Some of the best drone/shoegaze/ambient/idm music out there. Quite a combo, of styles but seamless all the same. This Dane is an amazing producer and song writer. All of his tunes bring me back to the days when Shoegazing was hip and the air was electric with life and neon ruled the city nights! Imagine stadium rock with the explosive drums and huge chorused out guitars combined with the sadness and delicate nature of artists like Eno and u2 (pre political tom foolery). Wonderful stuff!

"Stranded Under Endless Sky" and "Kenotic" by Hammock. This is some of the best and cleanest produced indie music out there. Their sound is pure bliss and opium. Shoegaze at its best. Some might look at it as retro new age but its so not. This is just beautiful music and distant guitars. The music has a very sad feel to it, but the sad that makes you feel happy and sentimental. Sonically its beautiful too, as these guys are really great about making the music feel very open and spacious, like an empty field.

Anything and everything by The Red House Painters as well as the singer's (Mark Kozelek) side project Sun Kil Moon. This is great folk rock straight up. Slowcore, Sadcore, call it what you want, I just call it a man, a guitar and a heart. Thats it. Very lullish and beautiful songwriting too.

"Hysteria" by Def Leppard. I'm an 80's boy and a pop boy too! I love this band. Great melodies and amazing production. The drums are great. I love that old Simmons drum sound. You can totally hear the new wave sound in their guitars with all the chorus, flange and phaser action as well as the excellent drum programming. This music just reminds me of all the wonderful things in the 80's. Convertable cars, big tits, bigger hair, and even bigger sounding music, summer nights full of neon, beer, pyroctechniques and girls crying when the ballads were played. Not only was this music so damn enjoyble but it was the last time that music was fun and their was no pretentious indie scenesters or hipsters that ruined it all. Just music and a good time where the harder you rock, the more your troubles will go away.
...honorable mentions for the above, Motley Crue, Bon Jovi, Warrant.

More 80's are coming at ya! Prince! I've always loved the purple one! I think Prince is quite possibly the best musician/producer of all time. Glam, Rock, R&B, Pop, Hip Hop, Soul...all of it in his music. And original too! Not generic at all. Way ahead of his time and still sounds fresh today.

Finally with the 80's stuff, but I've really been into cliche'd sounds of the 80's like the twinkling crystal like keyboards, huge synthesizers, massive drums that exploded, reverbed out vocals, bouncy bass lines, and the best feelings in the world. I've really been listening to random 80's staples such as Eddie Money, Simple Minds, Talk Talk, Belinda Carslile, Cheap Trick, Poison, Michael Jackson, Cocteau Twins, Souxie, Suzanne Vega, Jesus and Mary Chain, Crowded House, Thompson Twins, Tears For Fears, Heart, Joe Satriani, Skid Row, INXS, Erasure, Yes, on and on and on.
This was a time when there were so many artists out there just releasing the most music one could handle. Similar in some regards, but unique in itself though. Whereas all that I'm hearing today is just rehash, rehash, rehash! Go find some of these artists and go back to a time when things were better.

slowdancingsociety on "Community Turntable - What Ya Listening To?"

slowdancingsociety — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 21:49:24 +0000

Ahh "frosting on the beater". What a classic and memorable album cover. I've always loved that song 'dream all day', but haven't delved into much of their other work. Will do now by your reviews above.

Dammit all to hell, what happened to this music?!!!!! No one is making this stuff anymore. I know there's an audience for it. The suits and ties I guess don't see it as hip these days.

Keep up the good fight with puting out great choons!

Cam on "Community Turntable - What Ya Listening To?"

Cam — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 14:23:12 +0000

The Dead Texan - "The Dead Texan"

As mentioned in my HSR Turntable post, this wonderful outing by one part of Stars of the Lid is extraordinarily beautiful and sad. One of my fave albums in the last two years (you may find me saying this a lot but it's always true!)

Cam on "Community Turntable - What Ya Listening To?"

Cam — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 07:57:01 +0000

Mew, Mew and more Mew. Lordy biscuits. I only just heard these Danes 3 weeks ago and I dont think a day has gone by without at least two or three rotations. This band is like a guilty pleasure - I keep thinking of a cross between Europe and Sigur Ros for some odd reason. All the best and most flagrant aspects of pop with complete and unadulterated bliss outs. Unknowably good!

Cam on "Impossible Collaborations"

Cam — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 09:30:42 +0000

Musical Projects I Would Like to See in My Lifetime :

1. Korn performing John Cage's entire back catalogue at a 24 hour Icelandic film festival.

2. Joanna Newsome and Jerry Lewis covering "Unkown Pleasures" by Joy Division.

3. Robin Guthrie replacing Pantera's current guitarist.

4. Doris Day covering Godspeed you Black Emperor (this would actually be great - you know it would)

5. Late Period Britney Spears covering early formative years Britney Spears.

Cam on "Community Turntable - What Ya Listening To?"

Cam — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 09:20:56 +0000

Jon Auer

If you are/where a fan of the Posies (can you deny that "Frosting on the Beater" was a gem?) then checkout Jon Auer-"Songs from the Year of our Demise". Ex main dude from the Posies brings back some of that Beater magic. Hot pop!

Cam on "Impossible Collaborations"

Cam — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 09:19:57 +0000

Cam on "Community Turntable - What Ya Listening To?"

Cam — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 09:04:17 +0000