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Anvil

bhawk — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:41:55 +0000

Anvil: The Story of Anvil is a documentary out now on one of the original metal bands from the early 80s. I actually have an album of theirs on tape from around 83-84, Forged in Fire. They were pretty good and I always thought ...

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Top Five Live

bhawk — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:47:53 +0000

I've been thinking about this post for a while, so after seeing Mace again this weekend I thought I should get to posting it. These are my top five live acts *when you compare the live show to the recordings.* Some acts are just live acts, and a CD just can't capture the ...

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Music Mash Up

bhawk — Mon, 11 May 2009 12:38:59 +0000

So, I've been swamped and let a number of music posts slide, so here's a quick summary. KSE: I went to see Killswtich Engage at the National Theatre in Richmond. They are ...

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Avant Fairfax

bhawk — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 15:21:44 +0000

So after hearing about this show I thought I'd go check it out to see what kind of local scene is going on. It turned out to be interesting, but overall it didn't satisfy my interests. I liked the fact that there was a ...

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Posthuman Rhetorics

bhawk — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 13:04:06 +0000

Someone on the media ecology list posted this and I have to admit loving this kind of stuff. Reminds me of the Humanities conference in NC. It has real implications for complex vitalism, ...

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Another Side Band

bhawk — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 11:23:19 +0000

I always thought the White Stripes were OK. I appreciate what they are after but never blown away. Ractonteurs? A couple of songs are OK but I followed them less than even the WS. Now it looks like Jack White is in another side band: The Dead Weather. This is a nice live ...

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Big Tex

bhawk — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 11:22:33 +0000

My last Melvins post had me thinking about other great bands we've seen via academic conferences. One year at Western States in Tempe we opened ...

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Melvins - Hooch

bhawk — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 10:07:43 +0000

Back when CCCC was in Minneapolis, we were standing around the hotel trying to decide what we should do. Stepped out of the hotel, looked to our right, and there is was: a big sign that said Melvins one block over. Couldn't believe it. The Melvins were playing at the ...

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Mopho

bhawk — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 17:00:19 +0000

Thanks to JB over at Blogora for this one: Mobile Music: Band Geeks Play iPhones, Not Instruments. We're probably only going to continue to see this kind of stuff.

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Flute Beatbox

bhawk — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 15:43:03 +0000

A friend passed these on to me. Pretty cool. Took me a minute to figure out that the flute was doin' the boxin'.

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