Vinyl Restoration with Atticus Martin, Part 1: Cleaning Solutions
Vinyl Restoration with Atticus Martin - check out the dollar bin at the start of the video.
commentsVinyl Restoration with Atticus Martin - check out the dollar bin at the start of the video.
comments1, 2, 3 - We check out musical solo acts, duos and trios.
commentsJogger - Nephicide. A electronica track, with a “Black Metal Vocal” and a great video Check out this video by “Jogger”
commentsTom Lehrer - American musician, singer-songwriter, satirist, and mathematician. Thomas Andrew Lehrer is an American musician, singer-songwriter, satirist, and mathematician, who later taught mathematics and musical theatre.
commentsKris Kristofferson (22 June 1936 to 28 September 2024)
commentsWe got medieval with it, before working our way towards the future.
commentsA full-house (plus a new guest) went back to basics, kept it simple, and then gave it heaps.
commentsA smaller turn-out meant more time for extra tracks, from funky ear-worms right through to whatever the opposite of what an ear-worm is
commentsDespite depleted numbers, we ventured North, South and Elsewhere. Liberal imaginative and interpretation was encouraged. North. The Warratahs - “Mount Victoria Rain” (Chris) Mike Oldfield - “Platinum, Pt.
commentsWe explored the world of harmony and it’s importance in Country music, went down rabbit holes and fox holes, and discussed the relevance of Taylor Swift as a cultural icon.
commentsBill Wurtz released a 20-minute overview of world history, history of the entire world, i guess, on May 10, 2017.
commentsWow! Is that how easy this is? You just fookin’ randomly suggest nonsense, and people just go and film it?
commentsI don’t play piano, at all, and I’m not a huge fan of jazz. I never was. And that’s why I thought it would be funny to make a jazz album - H.
commentsA ‘silent’ music video for David Bowie and Mick Jagger’s ‘Dancing in the Street.’
commentsPeter Bastian, virtuoso double reed player, producing amazingly rich sounds on a fast food straw
commentsAnother contender for ‘most disturbing video’?
commentsWill this video knock Scott Walker off his ‘most disturbing video’ perch?
commentsWe welcomed Richard back into the fold, enjoyed a wide range of excellent music, and learned a few interesting facts about whales.
commentsIn September 2022, Polyphia released the single “Ego Death” featuring guitar virtuoso Steve Vai.
commentsEmmett Chapman devised the Chapman Stick, an 8 to 12 string instrument similar to a guitar in the 1970s.
commentsSpike Jonze directed this classic music video for the Beastie Boys parodying cop shows from the 70s. This classic music video was recorded in L.
commentsA violin piece known for its incredible speed and extremely high technical difficulty, flawlessly executed by 19 year old.
commentsShane MacGowan (25 December 1957 – 30 November 2023)
commentsBobby McFerrin demonstrates the power of the pentatonic scale using the audience. Robert Keith McFerrin Jr. (born March 11, 1950) is an American jazz singer and songwriter.
commentsTrio Mandili (მანდილი, “woman’s headscarf”) is a Georgian musical group which currently consists of Tatuli Mgeladze (თათული მგელაძე), Tako Tsiklauri (თაკო წიკლაური), and Mariam Kurasbediani (მარიამ ქურასბედიანი).
commentsThe drummer accurately nails the complex electronic beat from the song on a drum kit. The Bad Plus playing “Flim” at the New Morning in Paris on October 5, 2010.
commentsWe quaffed mead (does it still count as quaffing if you only have a thimble full?) and explored unfamiliar territories: funk, rap and prog.
commentsGasper, lives a quite modest life in the small town of Nkhata Bay on the shores of northern Lake Malawi.
commentsA short documentary on Delia Derbyshire - the unsung heroine of British electronic music. Delia Ann Derbyshire (5 May 1937 – 3 July 2001) was an English musician and composer of electronic music.
commentsWe learned that not everyone listens to different types of music on different days of the week, that 2 members down and an earlier start means we all go home early, and that Daryl Hall wears sunglasses when inside and always looks super-pleased with himself
commentsWe got to hang out in Nick’s expanded living space and spin some records.
commentsThis amazing recording has been haunting my dreams lately (as well as causing a few offline listening nightmares on my iPhone with the finiky Tidal app) The 34 minute, single track is like nothing you have ever heard, and if you have the patience, has one of the most haunting melodies ever to hit your ears.
commentsAt this time of year who wants to overthink the previous 12 months? For most of us it’s been a proper, global annus horribilis.
commentsThis is an exquisite, sumptuous recent discovery courtesy of the wonderful Youtube hosted by Michael the German. Michael, who is a truly engaging German man with the most incredible vinyl collection, regularly shares his insights into the best, and often but not always, audiophile vinyl pressings.
commentsAnother fantastic record from the world’s most forgotten band. Criminally ignored but now highly revered. A new documentary, Youtube , about Adrian Borland, the enigmatic but ultimately tragic leader of The Sound, is about to be released.
commentsAne of my favourite musical adventures was seeing Pavement in the flesh at The Caledonian Hall, in Christchurch on Wednesday 13th July 1994.
commentsWhen I hear Daniel Ash play his guitar, it always reminds me of Mick Ronson without The Thin White Duke chewing on his guitar strings.
commentsWhile not held in the same regard as an “Autobahn” or “The Man Machine”, this mid-80’s effort remains one of my favourite Kraftwerk records.
commentsI randomised my selection this evening. After causing a recent furore over his rather public disdain for Trump, it’s possibly a good time to revisit.
commentsOne of my most favourite recordings from the mid-80s, this Dutch group made all the right noises. It was electronic, it was goth, it was moody.
commentsGrinderman at the Coronet, Elephant And Castle, London on October 2nd 2010 was undoubtedly the loudest and most organ eviscerating gig I’ve ever experienced.
commentsTHEME = Fire/ hot/ warm for each round. ( if you’re struggling, I’ll accept cold/ icy/ freezing, but you’ll definitely lose points!)
commentsTheme: Found Music, Lost Music
commentsThe themes for the evening covered the music genres Folk Rock, Americana, and Prog Rock
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