the CDs I bought there still kind of radiate with good memories for me. that Pola X CD, a recording of Feldman's The Viola in My Life, Faust "Wumme Years" box, all sorts of other goodies.
― espring (amateurist), Tuesday, 25 March 2014 20:20 (ten years ago) link
(sheds tear again)
― espring (amateurist), Tuesday, 25 March 2014 20:21 (ten years ago) link
ha forgot about that other music in harvard sq. what was the deal with that, it only lasted like a year? seems like we may have been living parallel lives circa 2001-2.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 25 March 2014 20:22 (ten years ago) link
yeah. I think maybe it lasted two years? I visited once a little while after I moved and it was still there, but next time it was gone. it was nice, though, less crowded than the NY Other Music obviously.
similarly, Reckless Records briefly (two years?) opened a branch in Evanston when I was working there. NOBODY came into that store (slight exaggeration)--I think this was precisely around the time that college students started filesharing, bad timing. but that just made it better for pickin--I got all kinds of crazy stuff that had just been sitting there forever, some clerk even gave me a big discount on a dagmar krause record b/c he was happy that someone bought it.
nabisco worked there for a while IIRC. but I didn't properly "meet" him until a few years later.
― espring (amateurist), Tuesday, 25 March 2014 20:26 (ten years ago) link
those friday afternoons were the best. I must have been, what, 23? I went to a lot of shows back then, too. bet if I played a Damon and Naomi record I'd become even more nostalgic...
― espring (amateurist), Tuesday, 25 March 2014 20:27 (ten years ago) link
maybe we should take this offthread.
― espring (amateurist), Tuesday, 25 March 2014 20:28 (ten years ago) link
new one sounds great!
― tylerw, Thursday, 12 February 2015 17:42 (nine years ago) link
didn't even know there was one
is Kurihara on it?
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 12 February 2015 17:43 (nine years ago) link
he's not on it -- sounds like it's just the two of them here. http://damonandnaomi.bandcamp.com/album/fortune
― tylerw, Thursday, 12 February 2015 17:46 (nine years ago) link
https://youtu.be/GL_UMgsvoUc
didn't know magic hour at all and grabbed magic moments off bandcamp after enjoying a bunch of the songs.
― wishy washy hippy variety hour (Hunt3r), Tuesday, 9 February 2016 21:37 (eight years ago) link
those magic hours albums hold up!
― tylerw, Tuesday, 9 February 2016 21:44 (eight years ago) link
Magic Hour was so spectacular live. I remember seeing them live at the Empty Bottle where Damon and Naomi sort of lulled you into leaning forward only to have Wayne and Kate slowly build up into one of Wayne's solos that pushed you back on your heels. I remember turning to my friend totally wide-eyed as one solo was kicking off only to have him smile back and yell "here it comes!"
― john. a resident of chicago., Tuesday, 9 February 2016 21:48 (eight years ago) link
ha, i found them off your feed, it's been really fun listening! the passing words peel track on youtube right after my link is great too! xpost
― wishy washy hippy variety hour (Hunt3r), Tuesday, 9 February 2016 21:49 (eight years ago) link
(xpost) ha...hey tyler, we had a similar exchange on twitter
― john. a resident of chicago., Tuesday, 9 February 2016 21:49 (eight years ago) link
wait, who are you on twitter? sorry, i have trouble keeping track between there and ILM...was having my mind melted by this one yesterday: https://magic-hour.bandcamp.com/track/something-else-2
― tylerw, Tuesday, 9 February 2016 21:51 (eight years ago) link
here's mp3s of their peel sesh btw: www.fullofwishes.co.uk/2013/10/04/audio-magic-hour-peel-session/
― tylerw, Tuesday, 9 February 2016 21:52 (eight years ago) link
yeah, that's the one that sold me on buying that collection. my longmont musician pal was big upping cover of "permanent green light" and i was saying, no, check something else #2.
― wishy washy hippy variety hour (Hunt3r), Tuesday, 9 February 2016 21:56 (eight years ago) link
aw, awesome, thanks for peel!
― wishy washy hippy variety hour (Hunt3r), Tuesday, 9 February 2016 21:57 (eight years ago) link
(xpost) i'm jseraf on twitter. don't post often on either. but this band'll send me clamoring.
― john. a resident of chicago., Tuesday, 9 February 2016 22:00 (eight years ago) link
ah ok, good to know! and Hunt3r who's your longmont musician pal?
― tylerw, Tuesday, 9 February 2016 22:02 (eight years ago) link
bought the collection, shit was breaking my brain on the subway today.
― adam, Tuesday, 9 February 2016 22:04 (eight years ago) link
was actually hipped to it by damon tweeting a link to tyler's blog linking to the bandcamp, internet
― adam, Tuesday, 9 February 2016 22:05 (eight years ago) link
lol
― tylerw, Tuesday, 9 February 2016 22:07 (eight years ago) link
man, that's...connections!
― wishy washy hippy variety hour (Hunt3r), Tuesday, 9 February 2016 22:11 (eight years ago) link
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/ea/78/0f/ea780f6a15a1ed045da3c610faa88327.jpg
― tylerw, Tuesday, 9 February 2016 22:14 (eight years ago) link
hey i pm'ed you through ilx but i don't know if that works ? his name is dave m3y3r, he is not acquainted with you afaik. he was keys for a denver psych band til a couple of weeks ago.
― wishy washy hippy variety hour (Hunt3r), Tuesday, 9 February 2016 22:41 (eight years ago) link
oh! yeah i think my ilx mail is hooked up to an email account that i don't really check anymore. hit me up at tywilc AT gmail ... i need a denver psych keys guy!
― tylerw, Tuesday, 9 February 2016 22:44 (eight years ago) link
Something else #2 making me think about ~cymbals~ which I don't always want to hear, but man, that whole song.
― wishy washy hippy variety hour (Hunt3r), Wednesday, 10 February 2016 17:18 (eight years ago) link
something else #2 has taken over my conscience, it is a drive across the intermountain west in spectacular cloudy conditions, that high high bass, those cymbals, and the guitars wailing, until the keys rope them down, and vocals return and it concludes. Damn I love it.
― wishy washy hippy variety hour (Hunt3r), Monday, 29 February 2016 15:56 (eight years ago) link
Listened to https://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=0U-6Nmj-2ZQ so many times today it still sounds perfect, esp for the season.
― wishy washy hippy variety hour (Hunt3r), Tuesday, 1 November 2016 02:48 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgqz_A5OjwkPlayback Singers will always be my favorite of theirs, came out when I had mostly given up on indie rock and was nervous about the turn of the century for some reason. Played this CD nonstop for a few months.
― JacobSanders, Tuesday, 1 November 2016 03:26 (seven years ago) link
yeah that one is great (and definitely takes me back to circa 1998 or thereabouts). Damon has a book coming out next year that looks good: https://www.amazon.com/New-Analog-Listening-Reconnecting-Digital/dp/1620971976https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51-fJ2kQQIL._SX405_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg
― tylerw, Tuesday, 1 November 2016 14:12 (seven years ago) link
Somewhat afraid to read this. Dean's book put to rest any doubts that he's anything but a complete asshole. I really don't want to lose D&N.
― dlp9001, Wednesday, 2 November 2016 20:42 (seven years ago) link
ha well, this isn't a memoir (and I didn't really come away from Wareham's book hating him, though obviously there was plenty of asshole-ish behavior).
― tylerw, Wednesday, 2 November 2016 20:45 (seven years ago) link
huh for some reason I never got Playback Singers, will check out
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 2 November 2016 21:11 (seven years ago) link
Fall is def prime Damon & Naomi time
hey tyler you get into denver still? sent you dm, but in case i got spammed...
― wishy washy hippy variety hour (Hunt3r), Thursday, 3 November 2016 20:04 (seven years ago) link
just saw here - https://www.newyorker.com/culture/2017-in-review/my-best-podcasts-of-2017 - that damon has a podcast, based on that book:
“Ways of Hearing”The way we listen has been revolutionized by digital technology, which in turn has transformed our world, including podcasts. “Ways of Hearing,” hosted by Damon Krukowski and based on his excellent book “The New Analog,” is about listening. (It’s the first of a series of podcasts in the Radiotopia show “Showcase.”) Krukowski makes complex ideas delightfully accessible, and in audio form he’s able to include wonderful sounds: street noise, song bits, chitchat at a record shop. Krukowski, the drummer of the great band Galaxie 500, illustrates points in Episode 1 with gorgeous strains of “Tugboat.” Krukowski is a fantastic observer; I often think of the ideas he articulates in “Ways of Hearing,” and I feel like I perceive the world a little more acutely because of listening to it.
― just sayin, Wednesday, 10 January 2018 04:25 (six years ago) link
yeah, it's a great listen (and a good companion to the book)
― tylerw, Wednesday, 10 January 2018 19:16 (six years ago) link
that looks awesome! will def check it out, guy is really good at both thinking and communicating
― niels, Wednesday, 10 January 2018 20:23 (six years ago) link
Nice new song!
Thank you for all the preorders today!! Such a warm welcome https://t.co/JF07thf32C— Damon K (@dada_drummer) June 22, 2021
― too cool for zen talk (Eazy), Tuesday, 22 June 2021 22:11 (two years ago) link
wow, yeah - wonderful
― corrs unplugged, Wednesday, 23 June 2021 14:35 (two years ago) link
I will say, that for someone who spends as much time (rightfully) railing against Spotify and streaming as Damon does, it kind of irks me that they don't release more physical versions of their recent work.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 23 June 2021 16:15 (two years ago) link