cardboard robot ninja pirate monkey

ears - january 2013

1. silent shout - the knife (silent shout)
2. lorelei - cocteau twins (treasure)
3. november steps - toru takemitsu (visions)
4. winter beats - i break horses (hearts)
5. air conditioning/a closed feeling - rachel's (systems/layers)
6. we share our mothers health - the knife (silent shout)
7. im not in love - talking heads (more songs about buildings and food)
8. ice age - how to destroy angels (an omen EP)
9. ni**as in paris - jay-z and kanye west (watch the throne)
10. get thee behind me satan - ella fitzgerald (the master OST)
11. dance yrself clean - LCD sound system (this is happening)
12. two months off - underworld (a hundred days off)

a highly technical appraisal of the new massive attack/burial track

bruce wayne
> http://www.pitchfork.com/news/44249-listen-massive-attack-and-burial-collaborate-4-walls/

rach hunt
> this track just sounds like burial so far

bruce wayne
> yeah

rach hunt
> but i like it
> as that is not a bad thing

bruce wayne
> is quite good
> not superfan of burial but he has his moments

rach hunt
> ha, even has the clicky door hinge sound

bruce wayne
> yeah!

rach hunt
> its just the first track off... cant remember what the album is called
> but with all the notes and sounds in a different order

bruce wayne
> ha
> maybe he has a floppy disk with all this loops
> and he just re-arrange them

rach hunt
> oh! here comes the massive attack but
> *bit
> he shakes them up in a big black bag
> with his name written on the side
> in tipex

bruce wayne
> yeah sometime in the middle you can feel that massive attack had a word in the song

rach hunt
> lucky dip dubstep

bruce wayne
> haha

rach hunt
> "oi oi! this is our tune too!"
> "alright then"
> "give us some of ya notes.."

bruce wayne
> i think dubstep is just about slowing down other tracks

rach hunt
> not quite 800x slower

bruce wayne
> like this guy
> james blake
> i prefer 800%

rach hunt
> this track has no bass

bruce wayne
> they just don't slow down enough

rach hunt
> its like someone left the door open
> it sounds empty

bruce wayne
> haha
> is about getting a cool sound
> it sounds cool but it has no sould
> soul
> like 90% of electronic music this days

rach hunt
> maybe they just left the bass at home
> couldnt be bothered to carry it
> was too heavy

think what you like about kanye west, but he's still more interesting than most

the universal sigh

did you get yours?

ears (january/february)

1. lotus flower - radiohead (king of limbs)
2. to cut a long story short - spandau ballet (journeys to glory)
3. love is a stranger - eurythmics (greatest hits)
4. don't lose my number - phil collins (no jacket required)
5. thank you space expert - mogwai (the hawk is howling)
6. give up the ghost - radiohead (king of limbs)
7. understars - brian eno (apollo: atmospheres & soundtracks)
8. forbidden colours - david sylvian & ryuichi sakamoto (merry christmas, mr. lawrence ost)
9. Requiem, Op. 89, B. 165: Requiem Aeternam - dvorak (requiem: LSO)
10. metastaseis - iannis xenakis (orchestral works: orchestra philharmonique du luxembourg)
11. everybody needs a 303 - fatboy slim (better living through chemistry)

tallest man on earth

well i walk upon the river like it's easier than land
evil's in my pocket and your will is in my hand
oh, your will is in my hand

and i'll throw it in the current that i stand upon so still
love is all, from what i've heard, but my heart's learned to kill
oh, mine has learned to kill

- love is all.

ears (september/october)

1. pass out - tinie tempah (disc-overy)
2. murder weapon - tricky (mixed race)
3. infinity - the xx (XX)
4. 2/2 - brian eno (ambient 1 music for airports)
5. wicked game - chris isaak (best of)
6. roads - portishead (dummy)
7. aftermath - tricky (maxinquaye)
8. the cave - mumford & sons (sigh no more)
9. hot, raw, sex - jimmy edgar (XXX)
10. the promise - when in rome (when in rome)
11. the becoming - nine inch nails (downward spiral)

ears (july/august)

1. wrapped around your finger - the police (synchronicity)
2. tightrope - janelle monae feat. big boi (the archandroid)
3. keep the car running - arcade fire (neon bible)
4. diamonds on the soles of her shoes - paul simon (graceland)
5. you can dance - bryan ferry (olympia)
6. clare de lune - debussy
7. i need you tonight - professor green feat. ed drewett
8. policy of trust - tanlines (settings e.p.)
9. say you'll go - janelle monae (the archandroid)
10. noon hill wood - richard skelton (landings)
11. the eraser - thom yorke (the eraser)
12. violin concerto mvt2 - philip glass (violin concerto, low symphony)

there are just too many reasons to love OK go but here are just some of them

END LOVE STOP MOTION

THIS TOO SHALL PASS RUBE GOLDBERG

and for all the ones that you cant watch on youtube anymore, you can find them all on here:

http://www.okgo.net/media/videos/

bloody lovely. now for a nice cup of tea.

what is she doing now?

its got to be time for something new from the little icelandic sugarplum fairy. in the meantime, she makes me want to wear all the colours ever invented.