Slowed Down Scary Monsters & Nice Sprites

Ever wonder what a Skrillex drop would sound like slowed down 800%?

In case for some reason you are unfamiliar with the the original song - it's absolutely ridiculous, but it's great - in the same way action movies are great.  I actually feel like Skrillex is the musical equivalent of mainstream action flicks - in a way he's kind of the Michael Bay of dubstep.  There's a reason it exists.  So the slowed down version is basically like if every shot in that action movie was in slo-mo.

A track off Andy Stott's new record, "Violence" brought this idea of slowing down Skrillex to mind - since to me elements of this track sounded kind of like a slowed down dubstep drop...and there are actually times that Skrillex track slowed down that actually sound like an Andy Stott track...

Anyway, enough blabbering, here it is:

Winter Shows 2015

1/23 - Bill Frisell @ Scullers 

DRC II (Huffdaddy, ST∆RFØX, WILLIAM E. BRIDGES III, BOORS, ANDELAY GOOD) @ the bus depot

1/24 - Robert Robinson / Doug Tuttle / Colby Nathan / Jarvaland @ Deep Thoughts 

Julia Easterlin & Quilt @ The Paramount 

1/27 - SCANNERS @ w/ Xerome (NC) / Drippy Inputs (NC) / Homeworld @ Deep Thoughts

Homeworld is the real deal - his set at Hasselfest was mind-blowing - and as always pumped to be introduced to some other rad electronic artists that he brings to Scanners  

1/29 - Color Sweep @ the CMCB W/ Claudia Eliza

Woat @ Washington Street Art 

2/2 - W00DY & Solid State Entity @ Midway Cafe

2/6 - Molt Corps///Patrick Emm///My Brother Daniel @ Mobius

-Molt Corps kick so much ass - check em' out:

2/11 - SCANNERS: L Lewis / Wilted Woman / Isakleksr / DJ Won't

2/12 - Julian Lage @ Scullers

-I'm away from the 15th to the 21st so I'm missing Swans...and I'm a little devastated about it.

2/25 - Phillip Glass @ Veterans Memorial Auditorium (RI)

3/10 - Deerhoof @ Paradise

Also...this is 6 days after the Spring Equinox....BUT - Laurie Anderson is coming to Harvard on March 26th - so you should mark your calendar.

Stills from the Treehouse (1/17)

(thanks to Kimberly Khare for snapping this one)

 TEASER VIDEO FOR "FIRE WALK WITH ME":

full videos coming soon!!!

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1/17 @ The Treehouse

Hey Y'all,

I'll be playing at the Treehouse on Saturday night (1/17).  I'll be playing all material that was inspired by dreams (with 2/3rds being from my winter set and 1/3rd being from my Fall set).  If you saw me at Trendy Shit Town a couple weeks ago I might not have invited you - not because I don't love you, but because around half of the set will be the sameish material (but feel free to come anyway if you'd like!).  Also - my Time Factor delay pedal broke earlier this week...so I've been finding new ways to play some of this material...so even if you did see some of this stuff, a lot of it will definitely sound different than it's sounded before!  

Things will be starting up around 8ish and my set will be a little under an hour.  

I'll bring some snacks and beer, feel free to bring stuff to munch on or drink as well. 

The address is 13 Orchard St Jamaica Plain and there is plenty of on street parking as well as places to put your bikes. 

I live basically across the street - so folks who are traveling to come are welcome to crash at my place after (let me know if you intend on doing so - so I can plan accordingly). 

Feel free to message me for any questions. 

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Hope to catch you then!

Upcoming Winter Releases 2015 (and others later in the year that were announced)

JANUARY 13TH 

Imaginary Cities (Chris Potter)

Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reeper (Panda Bear)

JANUARY 20TH 

B4.DA$$ (Joey Bada$$)

JANUARY 23RD

Computer Controlled Acoustic Instruments PT2 EP (Aphex Twin)

JANUARY 26th 

Africa Express Presents… Terry Riley's In C Mali - vinyl release (Africa Express)

FEBRURARY 3RD

Shadows in the Night (Bob Dylan)

Sauana (Mount Eerie) 

FEBRUARY 10TH 

Break Stuff (Vijay Iyer) - and no this is not Vijay Iyer doing a math jazz limp bizkit cover album...but how cool would that be, right?!?

 Bird Calls (Rudresh Mahanthappa) -  Rudresh's "Charlie Parker project" - which sounded absolutely insane at the Newport Jazz Festival this summer. 

I Love You, Honeybear (Father John Misty)

FEBRUARY 17TH

Vestiges & Claws (Jose Gonzalez) 

Ghostface Killah / BADBADNOTGOOD: Sour Soul 

FEBRUARY 24TH 

Gliss Rifer (Dan Deacon)

EarthEE (THEESatisfaction)

The Cliff (Pelican)

MARCH 3rd 

Strangers To Ourselves (Modest Mouse)

Inherent Vice Soundtrack - vinyl release (Johnny Greenwood)

You’re Better Than This (Pile)

Aureate Gloom (of Montreal)

After (Lady Lamb and the Beekeeper) 

RELEASES LATER THIS YEAR (DATE TBA):

MARCH 31ST - Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell 

The Powers That B (Death Grips)

Meow the Jewls (Run the Jewels) 

RTJ3 (Run the Jewels) 

Views From the 6 (Drake) 

Built to Spill

James Blake

Baroness

Chance the Rapper & The Social Experiment 

Kendrick Lamar

Beachhouse

Bjork

Deafheaven

Kanye West

Frank Ocean 

Radiohead

HOPEFULLY:

-Tool

-Joanna Newsom

...please this year?...please?!?

The Movies I Watched in 2014

So some folks had been asking if I had kept up my new years resolution from 2013 of watching a movie a week in 2014 as well.  The answer is yes - here's all those movies I watched this year.  I put a link if it was streaming on youtube or Vimeo and I made a note if it was instant streaming on Netflix in case you have that and want to check it out there.  

Favorite Film of the 2014:

Boyhood:

Not only do I think this is the best movie of the year - but I think it's the best film Linklater has made so far.  It's a coming of age story that was filmed over 12 years - so the characters age in real time, as well as you see the world change over time (such as in the technology and in the music of the soundtrack), as well as the director (such as seeing his style become more developed and what he chooses to focus on shifts).  It's extremely moving and relatable - and also surprisingly accessible and I highly recommend it to anyone who likes movies.  

Honorable Mention of Favorite Film of 2014:

Computer Chess

 Bujalski is often considered the "Godfather of Mumblecore" - and this flick of his that came out last year is my favorite movie to come out of the whole Mumblecore movment.  

My LEAST favorite film of 2014:

The Grand Budapest Hotel 

I hate this movie so much that even thinking about it now is getting me legitimately angry.  It took me three tries to even get through watching it since the first two times I got so pissed off I had to turn it off.  The characters are hollow unlikeable vessels filled up with generic Wes Anderson bullshit.  It's the least memorable soundtrack out of all his films - although there is one tight part where there's a bunch of monks singing and they way that works into the score is cool, and there's one scene with Bill Mury that I didn't hate as well...since Bill Mury was in it.  But otherwise - I didn't give a shit about anything that was happening to any of the characters, everything felt contrived, and it seemed like Wes Anderson recycling the same shit he has already used up.  I really love some of Wes Anderson's work such as "The Life Aquatic" and "The Royal Tenenbaums", but this is an inexcusable piece of shit.

-other movies I watched this year (but did not necessarily come out this year):

PHILOSOPHICAL DRAMAS

The Seventh Seal

Without a doubt one of the greatest films of all time.  The still below is from the opening scene in which a knight returning from the crusade challenges death to a game of chess.  

The Sacrifice

Tarkovsky's final film is a damn good one - and it's on instant streaming on Netflix.  

Ivan’s Childhood 

Nostalghia 

One of Tarkovsky's greatest films - instant streaming on Netflix

Andrei Rublev

Come and See

By far the greatest and most horrifying war film of all time.  

The Decalogue 

Krzysztof Kieślowski's "The Decalogue" is nearly ten hours long - but well worth putting in the time to check it out if you're into this kind of thing.  

HORROR

Night of the Living Dead 

-instant streaming on Netflix 

Dawn of the Dead

Day of the Dead

-is instant streaming on Netflix (but watch the first two in the Living Dead series first as they are stronger than this one which is the third)

The Host 

-instant streaming on netflix

The Shinning

+

(Room 237

Documentary on the shinning which is instant streaming on Netflix.  Presents some really well thought out and eye opening theories about the film...but unfortunately also presents others that are far fetched and flat out idiotic.  But worth checking out for the good ones if you're a fan of the Kubrick film and want some different perspectives on it.)   

VHS 2

The first two shorts in this movie are great - the second two are pretty shitty.   

Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)

This movie was far scarier than I was expecting...holy crap.  

Blaire Witch Project

-instant streaming on Netflix

Fire Walk with Me

House of the Devil 

The Scariest movie that's come out since 2006.

MUSIC DOCUMENTRIES:

Prog Rock Britania

If you like prog rock you should watch this - it's a history of prog rock that was on BBC and it's on youtube 

Krautrock - The Rebirth of Germany

Really tight Krautrock documentary that was on BBC and is on youtube

Heavy - The Story of Heavy Metal

Ladies & Gentleman…Mr Leonard Cohen 

Really early documentary on Leonard Cohen (when he was still just a poet and only begining to play music) - youtube

Punk: Attitude

A relatively decent documentary on the history of punk music which is also on youtube

A Band Called Death 

Solid documentary on the early 70s punk band, Death, who kick a whole lot of ass and have a great story.  This streaming on Netflix.  

Dub-Echoes

documentary on the history of dub music which is streaming on youtube and such.  

20 Years of Sonic Youth

Youtube

Which One’s Pink?

Pink Floyd documentary - youtube

Beautiful Noise

Documentary on shoe-gaze - some great interviews but put together in a really shitty way and unnecessarily flashy.  

Neil Young - Live at Macy Hall

A Portrait of Phillip Glass in 12 Parts 

Modulations

documentary on the history of electronic music - on vimeo

FUCKED UP PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLERS

Dead Ringers 

Pi

Arronofsky's first flick is just as good as I remember it being - claustrophobia to the max.  

Nymphomaniac 1

Nymphomaniac 2

Escape from Tomorrow

DOCUMENTARY:

American - The Bill Hicks Story 

A great documentary about the comedian Bill Hicks which is on instant streaming on Netflix.

Yogis of Tibet

A documentary in which Tibetan monks discuss their philosophy and such - on youtube.  

Ram Das: Fierce Grace

Really awesome documentary about the spiritual teacher Ram Das - this is streaming on Netflix.

A Perverts Guide to Idiology 

Slavoj Zizek using many different films to as jumping off points for philosophizing - on instant streaming on netflix.   

Haxan

Journey of the Universe 

Cosmos - A Space Time Odyssesy

-doesn't measure up to the original with Carl Sagan - but still a solid modern science TV series

The Story of Film

-15 part mini series documentary on the history of film which is instant streaming on Netflix.  

COMEDYS

-Wet Hot American Summer

Once I heard about the sequel coming I had to rewatch this. 

-Moonrise Kingdom 

(as I said - there are some Wes Anderson films I actually rather enjoy)

Waynes World 

Coffee and Cigarets 

-instant streaming on Netflix

(this scene with the RZA, the GZA, and Bill Mury is the greatest) 

OL' CLASSICS

The Time Machine (1960) 

I primarily watched it for sampling purposes, but quite entertaining none the less if you're looking for an ol' classic time travel flick

Rear Window

Easy Rider

Once Upon of Time in the West

Chinatown 

OTHER FILMS (which didn't fit into the other categories I made above):

Inside Lewyn Davis

Her

Noah 

(my enthusiasm for this film has faded since initially seeing it - I was extreamly sleep deprived, a bit loopy, and saw it in iMax and had a crazy experience with it...after processing it with a bit more rational mind, it's one of the weaker Arronofsky movies - but it's still tight that he was able to make something that reached that wide of an audience and had relatively a lot of depth).  

Lovers on the Bridge

-instant streaming on netflix 

Love Streams

The Color of Pomegranets

Deeply spiritual and meditative Soviet-Union film.

Blade Runner

You, the Living

SHOWS:

Twin Peaks 

So stoked for season 3...

-instant straming on Netflix

Check it Out!

Movie watching this year has been off to a great start so far, last week I watched Jodorowsky's "Dance of Reality" which is phenomenal, and just got back from seeing PTA's "Inherent Vice" - looking forward to seeing many more in the remaining 355 days this year.  

Stills from 1/4/14 @ Trendy Shit Town

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Stills & Video from 12/29/14 @ Mesa