innerspaceboy

Been savoring the droning soundscapes of Loscil as well as their collaboration with Bvdub all day long. Definitely along the lines of what Eno was after with Neroli: Thinking Music Pt IV.

Now back at home, I've settled in with three classic and rare drone works by Black Swan (Drones for Bleeding Hearts).

The first is a pre-Black Swan minimal drone rework of Chill Out in tribute to The KLF and released independently under the moniker, Apparition. Alone Again With the Dawn Coming Up is still offered for free on the artist's website here.



Next up will be his first two releases issued by Experimedia - In 8 Movements and The Quiet Divide, each limited to only 500 copies worldwide.





A word of caution, however – this is not blissful easy-listening ambiance. Black Swan is dark and melancholy, but hauntingly beautiful.

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I was asked if I wanted a pheasant a moment ago. (The state Department of Environmental Conservation is apparently giving them away.) My mind instantly raced to latch on to any relevant pheasant recording I could spin in response. The first thing which came to mind was "Pheasant Plucker's Son" performed by The Irish Rovers. (Of course, while the song was popularized by The Rovers, the track first appeared in 1977 (three years before the Rovers' recording) by The Wurzels ‎on their album, Golden Delicious. But here's the version most people recall.



But I would not be meeting my responsibilities as an archivist if I were to simply leave it at that. I promptly interjected that the first time I heard the tongue-twisting lyric, "I'm not a pheasant feather plucker or a feather plucker's son but I can pluck a pheasant feather til the feather plucker come" uttered was after the final verse of a live recording of Rev. Billy C. Wirtz's performing "Stick Out Your Can (Here Come the Garbage Man)" aired on WITR's "Friggin' Here" comedy/novelty radio program in 1998, which adapts its lyrics from an original novelty record by Harlem Hamfats first pressed in 1936.



(Help me. I'm like this all the time.)

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Farewell

Leonard Cohen - Ballad Of The Absent Mare

Frownland

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Neapolitan

I always get "Caberet Voltaire" and "Marquis de Sade" mixed up.

Marquis de Sade - back to cruelty

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Frownland

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Neapolitan

Franco's new favorite album cover.

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The Batlord

Funny, she doesn't look like an old, white woman.

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Bufo Alvarius

Swimming Pool Q's - Stick in my hand, Now I'm talking about now and Everybody knows tomorrow (Atlanta, 1981-1986-2003):

grindy

Felt Mountain is the best pop album ever.

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