Write-up: Joan Baez – Joan Baez (1960)
With her debut, Joan sweeps the dust off the Great American Folk Song Book with great style. Her wise choice of traditional songs forms the backbone of this album, but the driving pulse is found in her powerful singing and then-unparalleled acoustic guitar-playing. She also works traditional British and even Spanish songs seamlessly into her [...]
lose in translation.
this candle can be yours for the friendly price of one euro at the turmstraße euro land , tiergarten berlin. euro land used to be pfennig land and is the equivalent of the dollar tree and other fixed-price-per-unit-stores. cheap products (of which a lot we don’t even need, right?), made in china et al. i [...]
a bit pause?
with tapes it was easy to understand: press the pause button and your tape was physically brought to a halt. not a stop, but a true jam on the rolling tape. long pauses were considerably bad for the magnetic plastic. but: how does this work with mp3 (/ogg/wav/etc)? is the hard drive’s magnetic head literally [...]
self-promo: trailer trash.
Bückstück. indie+elektro. rock’n’roll homosexuals New Season Starts September 3rd jetzt geht’s (fast) wieder los. i am extremely looking forward to the new season of Bückstück. indie+elektro. rock’n’roll homosexuals. come join every wednesday at 9pm for some midweek fun. as always the good boys of bar prik (spuistraat 109, amsterdam) host us. (kp)
tour on.
last.fm’s added some cool new features with the release of their new design. (imho) one of them is the instant “on tour” notice displayed next to the artist’s name. example one and two (as on August 25th 2008). still, for some scheduled events i wouldn’t buy tickets anymore. isaac hayes, showcase live, boston, 2009? don’t [...]
Write-up: John Lennon – John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band (1970)
The “big issues” that have always made human existence such a mix of beauty and misery (“Love”, “God”, “Mother”, “Isolation” etc.) are tackled here in sweeping 3-minute pop songs carried by sparse musical arrangements (often solo acoustic guitar and voice). Say what you will about Lennon’s intentions, his detached 30-year-old pop star perspective, his many [...]
coffee casino.
i love the way this coffee-machine is trying to become something else. the jackpot for today was still the same old espresso, but who knows what it will pour (out) in a couple of days… (risk is that by then it has build up so much character, it may have the monday-morning blues) (kp) autobar [...]
