Archive for April, 2017

Shoegazer Sunday: The Black Ryder’s “Seventh Moon”

Sunday, April 30th, 2017

The breathy vocals of Aimee Nash, half of Los Angeles-by-way-of-Australia duo The Black Ryder, merit obvious comparison to Mazzy Star’s Hope Sandoval. Here they are with “Seventh Moon,” which reminds me a bit of SPC ECO’s “Tweet Fields at Night” and is about 97% pure beauty by weight.

Library Additions: Four Chapbooks, One Postcard

Wednesday, April 26th, 2017

Between a new job, doing my taxes, and a relative coming into town, the task of cataloging library additions has been sidelined. The items here are from a Cold Tonnage Books sale in January, so the cataloging has been a long time in coming. All the below prices are after a 50% discount.

  • Aldiss, Brain W. Excommunication. Post Card Partnership, 1975. First edition postcard, a Fine copy. Bought for £2.50 after discount.
  • Drake, David. Codex. Sidecar Preservation Society, 2003. First edition chapbook original, #83 of 175 numbered copies, a Fine copy. According to Chalker & Owings Supplement 12, there were 25 copies bound in hardback (not seen). Bought for £2.50 after discount.

    Drake Codex

  • Partridge, Norman. Spyder. Subterranean Press, 1995. First edition chapbook original, a PC copy of 500 signed, numbered copies, a Fine copy. Bought for £2.50 after discount.

    Partridge Spyder

  • Tem, Steve Rasnic. Fairytales. Roadkill Press, 1990. First edition chapbook original, #352 of 400 signed, numbered copies, a Fine copy. Bought for £2.50 after discount.

    Tem Fairytales

  • Tessier, Thomas. Lulu and one other. Subterranean Press, 1999. First edition chapbook original, a PC copy of 250 signed, numbered copies, a Fine copy. Bought for £2.50 after discount.

    Tessier Lulu

  • Minor Victories’ “Folk Arp”

    Sunday, April 16th, 2017

    Here’s “Folk Arp,” another tune from Minor Victories:

    The video is not particularly interesting. However, this cinéma vérité black and white piece following a trio of skateboarders at night is really nice.

    Paste Magazine Ranks Every MST3K Episode (And Declares War on Your Browser)

    Friday, April 14th, 2017

    With the new MST3K reboot dropping today, Paste Magazine ranked every episode of MST3K on one ginormous page that reportedly crashes Chrome.

    I don’t agree with all their rankings (Manos: The Hands of Fate is much too low), but they’re generally in the ballpark.

    Shoegazer Sunday: Nothing’s “The Dead Are Dumb”

    Sunday, April 9th, 2017

    For your Sunday dose of Shoegaze, here’s Nothing’s “The Dead Are Dumb”:

    Shoegazer Sunday: Slowdive’s “Sugar for the Pill”

    Sunday, April 2nd, 2017

    Slowdive’s new, self-titled album, their first in two decades, is due out May 5. “Sugar for the Pill” is the second preview cut off that album (following “Star Roving“).