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Happy Fun Times

Posted by Casey Rae-Hunter on Wed, Feb 17, 2010

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Very busy at the moment, but I wanted to express my joy at waking up this morning to see this awesome review of my latest album in my old hometown newspaper. (Full disclosure: I was the Music Editor of said rag, but I don’t think this is nepotism.) The review of Eldritch Musicks was written by [...]

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Video Dump

Posted by Casey Rae-Hunter on Mon, Feb 8, 2010

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It’s a friggin’ ghost town around here. Are blogs dead? Not this one. Let’s have some fun with a few videos that were sent to me by credible sources. Miss Platinum, “Mercedes Benz” Rudimentary Peni meets HP Lovecraft Black Roses trailer:

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Neil Cleary Soundtracks PBS Documentary

Posted by Casey Rae-Hunter on Sun, Feb 7, 2010

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It goes without saying that we’ve got some talented contributors here at The Contrarian. We just received news at HQ that one of our favorite musicians (and regular Contrarian scribe) Neil Cleary is about to make his television soundtrack debut — tomorrow night, no less! This Monday (Feb. 8th) at 10pm, PBS will broadcast “Blueprint America: [...]

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On Sonic Aesthetics and Musical Craft

Posted by Casey Rae-Hunter on Sat, Jan 30, 2010

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This morning I awoke to a head full of thoughts — not an unfamiliar phenomenon, I must say. During coffee, something drew me to an online collection of interview snippets about/with Syd Barrett — the late psych-pop acid casualty and leader of the original Pink Floyd. Actually, I know exactly how I got there — [...]

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Winter Interiors with DJ Krush

Posted by Norton on Wed, Jan 27, 2010

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Last night I had the pleasure of attending a DJ set by the esteemed DJ Krush at the Bowery Ballroom. A few months ago, I got to see him with Method of Defiance, the atmospheric-nerd-core supergroup featuring Bill Laswell, Bernie Worrell, and others. Zorn was there. The crowd was a mite thin for my [...]

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