richard mcguire portfolio
former bassist of post-punk group liquid liquid.

sanso-xtro interview
please make your way to the states ms. xtro.

the rebirth of 'a maestro'
interview with piero umiliani.

piero umiliani - cinque bambole per la luna d'agosto ost
i would really love to know how much an original copy of this goes for.

broadcast - tender buttons video
directed by ramon bloomberg

flightaware.com
animation of all flight movements tracked by flightaware during a 24-hour period in september, 2005.

broadcast - live in philadelphia, pa
click for a few photos.

miniorgan.com
toy keyboards from the 70s and 80s.

iron man (.mov)
filmed using 8mm camera. features new music by stereolab.

sermad.com
any weblog that discusses library music is okay with me.

basil kirchin - abstractions of the industrial north
my choice for best reissue of 2005.

the prelinger archives
founded in 1983 by rick prelinger in new york city. over the next twenty years, it grew into a collection of over 48,000 "ephemeral" (advertising, educational, industrial, and amateur) films. the website currently contains over 10% of the total production of ephemeral films between 1927 and 1987, and it may be the most complete and varied collection in existence of films from these poorly preserved genres.

this is just amazing. why did it take me so long to find out about this? so many things to see here.

old haunts
old photographs of halloweens long past. faded, out-of-focus snapshots. far away memories of the chilly autumns of our childhoods. Turn of the Century, to the '60s & '70s.

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the music library - library record cover art
208 pages containing 326 full colour reproductions of the brilliant cover art used on music library LPs during the 60s and 70s.

this one goes on the x-mas wants list.

the stones throw singers - rain of earth (.mov)

at first this is kind of awkward to watch but then you get used to wolf singing. he actually does a pretty good job too. the video is for a song that's featured on dimension mix (a tribute to bruce haack).

speaking of haack, there's a documentary in stores now. haackmovie.com. i hope footage from his time on mister rogers is included in this.

the melloman - DIY mellotron
woah. as soon as i find fourteen walkmen i am doing this.

saw thumbsucker this past weekend. i recommend you do the same if you haven't already. less amounts of polyphonic spree would have been nice, though. (note to mr. mills - these dudes named a song after you on their last lp, the least you could've done was let them score the film)

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the photo i chose from the film is a nice segue into my next topic of conversation. DEER. i passed a group of ten or so while riding my bike on a trail in the park this afternoon. such tremendously awesome creatures deer are. i wanted to hang out with them for the rest of the day. i'm with justin; they would definitely be my power animal of choice. okay, thus concludes the offical deer appreciation post.

serge gainsbourg & brigette bardot - comic strip (.mov)
oh man this just made my day. bardot reminds me of trish keenan from broadcast in this video. the brunette hair is a definite good look. check the scopitones website for other great clips.

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speaking of broadcast, tickets have been purchased for their show in philadelphia next month. should be radd.

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added a photos section. there's only a couple from my trip to italy this past summer but i plan on adding more soon. totally basic design, you should know this by now.

garage sales with patsy cline, jim reeves, and other awful old country records in terrible condition marked with stickers that read $30 ... hilarious.

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this looks interesting.. dandelion. awesome sparklehorse usage.