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garet/murray live in philly 10/17/09

buttonpushing — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:38:41 +0000

Thanks to Jesse and Ian from Philadelphia Sound Forum for a great show!

some things always work as they should

buttonpushing — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:04:02 +0000

The Please returns TOMORROW

buttonpushing — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:28:58 +0000

In or around 2003, I met Mike Bullock and Linda Aubry Bullock. They, like me, had a keen interest in improvised electronics. So, every Saturday, Mike and Linda would drive over in their MiniCooper to where I lived in Jamaica Plain and we’d set up in the back office of my apartment and play. We all had a LOT of gear and we really wanted to try all of it. We usually tried using different equipment every time and the music was always a oddly fluid mix of beats, electro-acoustic splat, out-and-out noise and sweet tonal moments.

We made one EP (in the then-very-popular 3″cdr format) called Breakfast, played some local shows with our friends and generally had a nice time. Mike and Linda moved away to upstate New York for a few years. In that time, they started developing rise.set.twilight, which is their sound/video duo. I spent more time making solo music.

When Mike and Linda moved back to town a few months ago, we all sort of knew we wanted to play as The Please again without even having to mention it. We’ve had a couple of rehearsals (all the miles of wire and pounds of gear replaced by three laptops) and we are so excited to bring this band out into the world again. Come by Axiom Gallery tomorrow at 8pm in Jamaica Plain. We’re pretty psyched.

how i spent my weekend

buttonpushing — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:36:14 +0000

dolphy

buttonpushing — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:49:40 +0000

essential listening

buttonpushing — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:34:57 +0000

Ubu has added two collections of Angus Maclise crucial audio documents that were released by Quakebasket some years back. Do yourself the biggest favor if you haven’t already…

http://www.ubu.com/sound/maclise.html

i found a new place to live

buttonpushing — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 18:55:28 +0000

this song…

the radiant mirror

buttonpushing — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:56:55 +0000

One of my favorite duo records of the past few years is available at Free Music Archive this week. The Flower/Corsano duo is touring the US this month and next (for the first time?) and I hope I get to see them.

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/FlowerCorsano_Duo/The_Radiant_Mirror/

live clip from a couple of years back:

thank you maryanne amacher

buttonpushing — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:43:07 +0000

blowing off the street like a leaf

buttonpushing — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 15:09:01 +0000