Downtempo and chill but still interesting: Massive Attack v Mad Professor
Don’t let the cover fool you, this album is full of chill. No Protection (1995) by Massive Attack v. Mad Professor is nearly 50 minutes of slow, throbbing remix of (most of) Massive Attack’s Protection from 1994. Want an album to put on in the background while you work?...
Tuesday Tortitude
Willow is a great TV buddy. And an excellent cat in general. Just look at that face....
Using the Wayback Machine Downloader to rebuild Dissociated Press
This domain has been online since January 2001. A homepage or, more often, some type of blog has been here almost as long. I’ve been, often, lackadaisical about continuity of content and posting. The kind folks at the Internet Archive, or rather their web scraping bots, have been far...
Not with a bang, but a whimper: The Stand collapses
Stephen King, and all of us, keep coming back to The Stand trying to get it right. First published in 1978, The Stand has been re-issued with an additional 500 or so pages in 1990, adapted as a miniseries in the early 90s, a comic series by Marvel from...
Shpongle: Live in London
Late to the party is better than never to the party. Shpongle has been around for ages, but first crossed my radar a few months ago. Decided to see if anything good was on YouTube while I was having some Caturday recliner time with the kitties. Turns out there’s...
Sir Wobbles, the glorious
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Praxis: Warszawa
One of Bill Laswell’s many, many, many projects, Praxis is an experimental rock band that has featured a rotating cast of players. This iteration features Laswell on bass, Bryan Mantia (“Brain”) on drums, Buckethead on guitar, and Mix Master Mike and DJ Disk on samples & turntables....