Author: Stephen McClurg
I like red peppers and Jan Švankmajer movies.
1. Current Listening: Psychic TV
2. Current Viewing: Vittorio De Seta's Documentary Short Films
3. Current Reading: Michael Tau: Extreme Music: From Silence to Noise and Everything in Between
New Sounds: Bourgeois Zoo: “What Is Happening To Me?”
We attempted the next Disquiet Junto, which dealt with turning daily sounds into music. Last week’s is here. Justin wrote a piece for timpani, piano, and trumpet. The sound of a dumpster was the influence for the timpani. I sampled my chair at work (the sound you hear at the beginning and end of the … Continue reading New Sounds: Bourgeois Zoo: “What Is Happening To Me?”
Lost in Arkham: The Creeping Flesh (1973)
I recently interviewed Jad Fair and knowing so many of his songs talk about monsters and that he grew up in Michigan, I had to ask him about Channel 50. Sure enough, he watched a lot of early monster movies there and was lucky enough to grow up with various movie hosts, including Sgt. Sacto. … Continue reading Lost in Arkham: The Creeping Flesh (1973)
New Sounds: Bourgeois Zoo: “Apoapsis Ostinatos”
I had been eyeing the Disquiet weekly projects for some time. On Thursdays, participants get a prompt, and they have to post a track by Monday. It’s mostly for making ambient or other kinds of textural sounds or music, though results are across all kinds of music universes. I sent the announcement for the project … Continue reading New Sounds: Bourgeois Zoo: “Apoapsis Ostinatos”
New Review: Lost Chords and Serenades Divine #20
At The Drunken Odyssey, I review Gwenifer Raymond’s Strange Lights Over Garth Mountain. Continue reading New Review: Lost Chords and Serenades Divine #20
New Review: Lost Chords and Serenades Divine #19: Silica Gel’s May Day.
Over at The Drunken Odyssey you can read a review of one of my favorite records of 2020–Silica Gel’s May Day. Continue reading New Review: Lost Chords and Serenades Divine #19: Silica Gel’s May Day.
New Review: Lost Chords and Serenades Divine #18
Over at The Drunken Odyssey, I review Christopher C. King’s Lament from Epirus, a book about the West’s oldest surviving folk music. Continue reading New Review: Lost Chords and Serenades Divine #18
Not Just Just Daddy
I did some guest work on some recent releases I thought I’d share. Just Daddy’s God Housekeeping is described as a dark ambient/doom record and I like it a lot. I did a few bits and pieces with no real reference for what the record was going to be. I’m rumored to have made appearances … Continue reading Not Just Just Daddy
New Music: Knuckle Dustup
This is the first track from a music project with Justin Litaker called The Spiritual Animal Kingdom. “Knuckle Dustup” started with an improvised track made by Scott Bazar using a nano bug wedged inside a large tuning fork. We edited that track and then wrote the rest of the piece with it as the underlying … Continue reading New Music: Knuckle Dustup
Stephen McClurg 