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22 December, 2007 | No comments | Category: Arts

Room40 has recently released a 3? CD single from San Francisco based drone-ist Christopher Willits titled Plants and Hearts. It’s a single track of 21 minutes and 30 seconds of droning guitars and etc. Really nice stuff and great value as an eMusic download, if you’re the kind of person who uses eMusic.

From the Room40 site:

Incorporating 4hz isochronic pulses and panning at the same frequency, this work encourages the formation of 4hz brainwave patterns associated with states of meditation, deep relaxation, enhanced creativity, light sleep and lucid dreaming.

Science! You don’t know about any of that, but I’m listening to it while writing this blog post and You feel pretty ok.

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Christopher Willits Profile at 12k records

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Ambient Music , October 10th
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Infraction Recollection
Infraction Records
Beautiful Lunar Landscape - “Alone in this Dark Romantic Night”
“Beautiful Lunar Landscape?s music is constructed with a cartographer?s sense of detail and direction.”
SAVVAS YSATIS + TAYLOR DEUPREE ?THE SLEEPING MORNING? NOW AVAILABLE « 12k
“Their new EP, The Sleeping Morning, was created during a week-long visit from Greece to the US. Ysatis and Deupree wanted to freely create and see what came naturally after a 10-year hiatus from working together in the studio.”

There’s more where this came from at del.icio.us/ambientmusicblog.

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Map in Hand, Seaworthy
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Map in Hand, Seaworthy

I’ve written about 12k records and Taylor Deupree previously, and this week in the mail arrived a another record from the New York label, this time Australian three-piece Seaworthy’s Map in Hand. Straight from the 12k Web site:

Seaworthy, a three piece collective that revolves around core member Cameron Webb as well as Sam Shinazzi and Greg Bird, was formed in early 2000 to explore melodic and experimental approaches to the construction (and unravelling) of minimalist sound scapes from looped guitar, warm drones, piano, electronics and field recordings.

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22 December, 2007 | No comments | Category: Arts

There were more than a few emails objecting to Dave Marsh’s objection to the Ventures going into the Hall of Fame in 2008.us forgot to run the Marsh disclaimer with those quotes, “The views of Mr. Marsh are not necessarily the view of the reporter, or the Detroit News.”

Jim Meloche wrote: “I agree with Dave Marsh that there are countless groups and people who do not deserve to be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame…but the most succesful instrumental group of all time (still touring with all of the living original members as recently as two years ago) deserved to be in a long time ago.”

Even the Ventures’ manager, who, it turns out, lives in Farmington Hills, weighed in.

Jack De Franco objected to Dave M.’s objection to the Ventures going into the Hall of Fame. “The original 3 guitar players are still active.us still tour.us still record. 2008 is our 50th anniversary.”

Bill Taylor, a former Detroiter now living in Cleveland, was another voice affirming the Ventures’ right to be inducted. “The influence them had on later rock guitarists is profound. Even Clapton has admitted that.”

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Observer Interviews Sigur Ros
October 15th, by

Another to another Sigur Ros story elsewhere:

There’s no place like home: The strangest band in the world just got stranger… In Iceland, Craig McLean chews the whale sushi with the extraordinary Sigur Ros

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Sigur Ros Are Not Interested in Being Interviewed
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Via Kottke.org, here’s a video of a hilariously awful NPR interview with Sigur Ros. Most common answer given: “I don’t know.” Also, silence.

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The Bryant Park Project

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Plants And Hearts, Christopher Willits
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Plants And Hearts, Christopher Willits

Flood Insurance & Disability Insurance

28 October, 2007 | No comments | Category: Arts

With natural disasters so prevalent these days, the one thing we can take away is the need for insurance. Hurricane Katrina showed us the need for flood insurance. The Southern California wildfires have showed us the need for fire insurance. And so on. Estimates of some 40 percent of New Orleans residents had no form of flood insurance pre Katrina even though the New Orleans is a high flood risk area. This is not at all out of the norm. It’s estimated that only about a quarter of homes in high risk areas are even insured for fire or flood insurance. This is unfortunate because flood insurance is some of the most affordable insurance available. It may take some individuals a lifetime to realize the American dream and purchase a home, but we’ve seen first hand how quickly that dream can be destroyed. So, if we can take anything good away from these recent disasters it’s the importance of being protected, especially for higher risk areas. Flood insurance isn’t the only important form of insurance. Disability insurance provides protection for you and your family as well. The question you need to ask yourself is that will you be able to provide for your family if you were unable to work. Disability insurance is a very valuable form of insurance that protects your income. It’s not just for the construction worker who needs to protect against injury. It is actually quite common for sickness or illness to sideline your career. Some 12 percent of the working class will have a disability lasting greater than 5 years before they retire. That’s a large number and a long time to go without income. You can’t just rely on workers compensation, as the accident would have to happen at work. Again, it’s important to remember that most disabilities happen from illness and not injury. Disability insurance protects against both.