I have a lot of time for Dylan Carson's Earth project and, so far as I know, Hex; or Printing in the Infernal Method (2005), is one of the best he's done. It is immaculately produced Morricone-inspired spaghetti Western music, delivered with glacial severity. Also of note - the packaging is lovely. The trouble is… Continue reading 50 Albums: Session #37
Live albums, there's a lot of them. Sometimes they function as a greatest hits album and sometimes they are simply a marker - a place in their journey, or a contractual stop-gap. Sometimes, they are remarkable albums in their own right, bringing something new and distinct to an artist's discography. Generally, I am not a… Continue reading Ten Live Albums
I wrote this a few years back. No doubt there'd be some changes. Still interesting as a marker... Mandi on Facebook challenged me to knock up a list of my Top 40 songs. Since we all like a list, I figured I'd share it here too... Not my most considered list, but such a list… Continue reading My Top 40 Songs
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