If you know me IRL, you know I have a barely controllable fear of spiders. They creep me the fuck out. So, when I run accross a video of the jumping spider mating ritual, I could feel every hair on my body freaking out in a unanimous decision that THIS is a very bad spider. Make sure your sound is up, even spiders sing.
Beehatch, the project of Mark Spybey (Dead Voices on Air, Zoviet France) and Phil Western (Download) have a new track up from the upcoming second album titled ‘In Silence, Too Silent’. Unfortunately, you have to visit MySpace but it’s worth it - more vocals than before and layers of detuned synths and drones. Love the drum circle feel…
Vid from a recent discovery (for me, at least) by Head Like A Kite. Makes me think of early Beck and Folk Implosion. Good stuff - latest album to be released sometime this summer,
At this rate, we are going to have a video for every track off of Future Chaos before we even get the damn album… in September. Nonetheless, another great track from what will likely become one of my fave albums of the year. Has hints of Pink Floyd’s ‘On The Run’.
Gasp!! Lost footage from Metropolis has been found, completing Fritz Langs original cult classic work. One of my fave films to watch when I was younger. Maybe it’s time to revisit it… so many intoxicants consumed while watching this movie.
Here’s a clip if you haven’t seen it. Keep in mind that it’s a silent film - sounds were added by the clips uploader. I still cannot believe this was made in 1927
Yay! SomaFM has optimized their site for iPhones with Edge and Wifi streaming options. SomaFM is easily one of the best webradio providers out there. Be sure to checkout the Cliqhop channel.
Also, I didn’t like their default iPhone icon so I threw something together via NobodyLikesOnions and abusing sombody elses image- just point your iPhone here and follow the directions.
Also, if you didn’t already know, TWX has been optimized for iPhone for awhile now, complete with icon.
“I don’t mean to sound harsh here but its quite borring to receive your ‘tweets’ in my RSS reader. I keep getting the most banal stuff from this blog mixed in with really good content. Which means I’m forced to unsubscribe from your otherwise great blog…”
Harsh? Yeah, actually it was.. but a good point. I love Twitter. I use it for everything, updates to TWX, personal crap.. and I do see how this can be a bit underwhelming. So, Tweets will no longer be included as blog posts. Instead, I will use something in the sidebar soon, a mini feed or badge. I am not doing away with it altogether because it often includes changes, uploads and just general on-the-go stuff that I feel readers might have interest in. So, please, if you enjoy the Tweets, visit and subscribe to my Twitter Feed - you’ll get the more personal things and the undercurrent that I just don’t want to make a full blog post about… sometimes it may be exclusive content!
On that note, if you love Twitter/Facebook/Last.FM etc and are looking for invites to SocialThing.com, I still have plenty of invites left. It’s a fantastic free service that ties your social sites together. Leave a comment if your interested!
Sorry you had to unsubscribe, Anon. I don’t want to loose readers. I hope you return and find that you may have helped things along. To those still around, hopefully you can see that speed is picking up around here and will continue to do so… now if I can only get more feedback on what people want! I KNOW yalls are out there…
Somehow, I missed the announcement that Amon Tobin is launching a track-per-month project in celebration of his webstore. If you look in the right place, you just might find a taste of June’s really sweet hip-hop flavored track ‘Delpher’ in all it’s trademark Tobin squelches, deep engine hums and atmoshperic beats. This is must-buy stuff…
vid: jumping spider mating ritual
