on the 13th day
(click to play) Corrugated horse flesh candy in lime marmalade Dolphin heads in aspic with a butterfly brocadeLyre-birds in a stained glass cage, with lightning rods as plumes Double-jointed black men playing leap-frog on the moon
Sea foam in a snow white shroud, red herrings round its teeth Puffball spores exploding on a bed of burning wreaths
Venus fly-trap tigers of a tin-foil tapestry Timber moles in mustard, warbling in a minor key
my true love gave to me
God I just love this song. It reminds me of exactly two things – my old roommate/friend Elizabeth Skadden and the trip I took in November 2006 to Bogota, Colombia. Both remembrances put me back to a time in my life when I was truly happy. Those endless summer nights at Barton Springs, or watching Gilmore Girls in the living room, I wouldn’t trade them for anything. Nor would I trade the feeling of being a true American jetsetter for ..read more
This is a mini mixtape of songs that are clearly influenced by Neu! and Conrad Plank. Hence the name “Plankton.” Enjoy!
David Bowie – Red Sails Chrisma – C Rock Ultravox – Can’t Stay Long OMD – 4-Neu The Associates – Kissed David Bowie – V 2 SchneiderI’ve been sick, in more ways than one. The only person I can demonstrably say has kept me sane through it all is someone who died when I was in high school, and someone I’ll never have really known, yet someone I know, someone who, like all the musicians and artists I adore, never got their due the first time around. There’s some kind of perverse fascination in the genius and legend who was roundly overlooked.
As a review ..read more
THE ASSOCIATES The Affectionate Punch (Fiction)
RUMOURS have been dripping down from Scotland about a diverse horde of determined post Skids / S. Minds / Scars groups all ready to shift our attention. Positive Noise, Altered Images, JosefK, Orange Juice . . . the newest rumours centred around The Associates, who it seems were refining the vision of ‘Station To Station’, who it seems ..read more
