unplugged

07/30/2015 by alaundre

sometimes, slightly bent i remember a time when I would sleep with headphones on, while in a daze, the bass dubs would rumble and sync, waking me up with a jumbled heartbeat…that was decades ago plugged into a stereo system (not the dinky portable devices I use nowadays). I dunno, I guess age is making me less “tuned in”….also full-sized headphones just drains batteries, so there’s that too…. currently listening to Parallels – Civilization EP Vitamin Dub – The Dub […]

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state of listening

04/18/2014 by alaundre

Between the mid 1960s and the late 1970s, the long-playing record and the albums that graced its grooves changed popular music for ever. For the first time, musicians could escape the confines of the three-minute pop single and express themselves as never before across the expanded artistic canvas of the album. The LP allowed popular music become an art form – from the glorious artwork adorning gatefold sleeves, to the ideas and concepts that bound the songs together, to the […]

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the art of errors, pt. 9 : fading

04/06/2014 by alaundre

your colors have begun to fade, like dust, like memories . [  aqueous ink print not adhering to a paper substrate forming the appearance of colorful dust powder  ] +

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Repo Man

04/05/2014 by alaundre

Criterion Collection Blu Ray Edition   A quintessential cult film of the 1980s, Alex Cox’s singular sci-fi comedy stars the always captivating Harry Dean Stanton (Paris, Texas) as a weathered repo man in desolate downtown Los Angeles, and Emilio Estevez (The Breakfast Club) as the nihilistic middle-class punk he takes under his wing. The job becomes more than either of them bargained for when they get involved in reclaiming a mysterious—and otherworldly—Chevy Malibu with a hefty reward attached to it. […]

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having a cup o’ foam

01/27/2014 by alaundre

tastes like latte. more for the sweet tooths than the caffeine crowd. . translation : alcohol + gambling + coffee + girls = coffin

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before there was punk…

01/24/2014 by alaundre

Really awesome documentary from Drafthouse Films. Includes a live set performed at SXSW (that extra felt almost as long as the documentary.) Great stuff.

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boundaries : multimedia experiment (1.5)

11/11/2013 by alaundre

– Example:

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dirtylaundre sessions no.132 : slasher flick dance party

10/29/2013 by alaundre

tracklist: Jeff Mills – The World of Worlds Layo & Bushwacka! – Close To Me Axel Bartsch – Yeahwoodya Coma – Cycle (Zombies In Miami Mix) Endian – DBPLT01 The Eyes In The Heat – Blood (Daniel Avery Remix) Scratch Massive – Nuit De Mes Reves John Talabot – Depak Inre Blond:ish feat Beyou – Inward Visions Total Accomplishment – You’re Alone (Red Lodge Oakland Mix) F.E.A.R. – Astrid Burial – Loner VC-118A – Thrusters Apparat – 44 (Noise Version) […]

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every song i hear on the radio

10/21/2013 by alaundre

. the chorus contains any combination of the above words Don’t know why this annoys me since i really don’t listen to the radio unless i have no choice, like at the mall or in somebody else’s car…and yet I’m quite fond of the last time Oh Woah Oh songs were the rage: . They’ll quite often be a sound that is the sound of the moment, and every record will have that sound. At the moment, there’s that vocal […]

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massive attack : eleven promos

07/07/2013 by alaundre

A collection of Massive Attack’s music videos from their first 3 albums, released in 2001. The videos are in standard definition 4:3 aspect ratio and not widescreen (it even says it on the dvd that the videos are meant to be viewed on the “shape of a standard tv screen”). Even though you can watch all the videos on youtube (or dailymotion), I bought this recently for 6 bucks, which is still hardly paying for anything. eleven promos 1. Daydreaming […]

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