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4/24/2007
Drums/percussion are arguably the lead instrument on all tracks. A few tracks have nothing but drums. Two songs only, plus two chants (6 and 14); the rest are instrumental. The structure is loose, clou …
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Single Artist
3/1/2007
If the title I've chosen for this compliation is reminiscent of my last single-artist mix -- The Mighty KRIM -- that might be no coincidence. The Band and King Crimson have several salient points in co …
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Mixed Genre
2/25/2007
...Well... considering AOTM doesn't allow mixes with fewer than 3 tracks, this is about as minimalist as a mix can get, isn't it?... Words get caught on nettles. Here are three of the greatest extended …
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2/13/2007
I think I've got a new way of thinking about making mixes: I make the mixes that I feel are necessary to hear. Should be obvious, no? Hmm... not exactly. I'll still finish that "US States" mix sometime …
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12/10/2006
You don't have to pay attention to this little mix if you don't want to. It's a (mostly) chronologically-ordered, single-disc favorites reduction of Allen Ginsberg's career-summarizing four-cd box set, …
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Theme
11/19/2006
"Won't you tell me, brave Captain, why are the wicked so strong? How do the angels get to sleep when the Devil leaves his porch light on?" - Tom Waits, "Mr. Siegal" abangaku, having taken up slipperyha …
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Single Artist
9/23/2006
And so the Crimson floodgates open. Really, they've been one of my top two bands (flipping back and forth with They Might Be Giants) for quite some time now, and their songs have been popping up on my …
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9/20/2006
"Do you ever dream?" asks an unsuspecting soldier to Bob Dylan's avatar, Jack Fate, in Masked And Anonymous. "Yeah, I dream," he replies, stone-facedly. "In my dreams I'm walkin' through fire, with int …
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8/26/2006
Madhishain's recent mix "in case you missed it - waiting for waits" (id = 106213) has totally put me back on a Tom Waits kick again, and not least because that's the first I heard of this new Orphans t …
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