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Five Songs, 11/18/2019

This is almost the full Five Songs experience today, we're just missing some incomprehensible metal. Edna's Goldfish, "World Over" Ahh, 1998. With The Mighty Mighty Bosstones at the peak of their popularity, with "The Impression That I Get" as a pretty big hit, it's not...

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Five Songs, 6/11/2018

Five Songs took a little break there. Had to recharge our batteries. It's a grind getting out here and writing nothing of consequence about music nobody has heard or cares about! Well, we're back! A programming note: I'm really tired of doing the "previously"s....

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Five Songs, 6/30/2017

Hooray, I made it the whole month without missing a day! Another meaningless milestone! Music! Conlon Nancarrow, "Study No. 45a" This is a pretty jaunty piece that still manages to sound really otherworldly, thanks to the alien nature of the playing. In some ways, Nancarrow...

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Five Songs, 6/17/2017

Back in those music salt mines, bringing you more sparkling treats! (NB: the last track is only on Bandcamp - I didn't upload it to Youtube, because that seemed kind of dodgy.) Conlon Nancarrow, "Study No. 2a" Nancarrow is one of the most avant-garde artists...