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A Grizzly Bear featurette in the Village Voice Since the first paragraph mentions a recording by Ed Droste's Great Aunt Marla, here is s...

Magik Markers/ Excepter August 19th East River Park After the last time , I had to give Excepter a rest, but the thought of them performing ...

"Think of it as the use of film as film, as an artist uses paint as paint." -- Dennis Hopper Does Beta like meta? Enough to mentio...

Like some sort of leitmotif in Pierre Michon's Masters and Servants , his narrators often compare paint to honey. Poured gold, pure in s...

A feature on a slew of Italian prog-rock reissues (like Franco Battiato, Lucio Battisti, and Alan Sorrenti) and the Italian that releases th...

Beta Blog celebrates Jandek's 47th record release. When I lived in Austin, there were no markers to memorialize --much less indicate-- t...

Giacinto Scelsi - Natura Renovatur My last piece with Lindsey Thomas, my editor in Minneapolis, regarding a figure I'd dreamed of writi...

Dig the Vetiver "box set" in the back. Vetiver - Find Me Gone Two recent gospel comps on Soul Jazz and Numero Group that allow me ...

The Corrupted - El Mundo Frio CSS - Cansei de Ser Sexy A last minute feature on Ben Chasny/ Six Organs of Admittance . The final quote has r...

On The Congos and Friends, African Roots, and the Rhythm & Sound Remixes On the Jamaica to Toronto compilation When I was out in Portlan...

On the Beta radio yesterday, driving to the house of god : Nelly Furtado "I'm Loose" This is some crazy on-air joint from a 6C...

Since these thingys are worth a thousand words, it means it should make up for weeks of lame updates, I reckon (as well as showing off the n...

Ugh, I know, I know, this really has just been turning into a 'clips' site for the past few weeks, hasn't it? Syd Barrett obitua...

Since music critics pondering food is all the rage, I decided to take a taste myself: on Doughnuts in Seattle on Doughnuts in Portland on...

Willie Nelson - The Complete Atlantic Sessions Sound Team - "Movie Monster" Public Image Limited - Metal Box reissue (and further ...

The legendary hardcore band, Millions of Dead Cops! No, really! At a vegan potluck! There have been two occasions where I almost moved to Po...

My host Marshall in Eugene, Oregon informs me that it's actually Springfield I am in, and that neighboring Springfield, Oregon is actual...

In a way, I'm glad that the jewelry store isn't open when I rush over there as if to complete all my chores before my flight. My wat...

"The Circle Game": A feature on Numero Group's Ladies from the Canyon compilation in LA Weekly Espers - II The Black Angels -...

In a recent New Yorker article, Samuel Hynes recalls a line Ezra Pound says to him when they happen upon each other in a park: "It...