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Day: December 17, 2011

The Unknown Public

Posted by on in Books and Audiobooks, Listening, Stuff

I found all my copies of the Unknown Public today. I’d forgotten about them for the most part, so I may decide to re-listen to the entire collection from January.

I wish that the Unknown Public hadn’t finished. It was such a good idea. It was meant to be a quarterly publication about new music. I don’t think it ever managed to be quarterly. At best you might see 2 a year published. It started in the 1990’s and is long gone now although the website still exists. As far as I can see it hasn’t been updated in a long time now, but never mind. The editions I have are still lovely.

Flumina

Posted by on in Listening

I’ve been listening to Flumina by Sakamoto Fennesz for a couple of weeks now, or maybe a bit less. I really love how peaceful this album is. How restful. I love the music that Fennesz and Sakamoto make. It’s a great combination and each new release has it’s own nuance.

Dolby Disappointment

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I caved in and bought Thomas Dolby’s latest album, ‘A Map of the Floating City’. I’d been considering it for a while as the last gig of his I went to was a real disappointment. So I listened to the new album today, and I have to say that it too was a big disappointment. There were a couple of not bad tracks, but on the whole I thought it was poor.

What a shame.