ahoi!

Ahoi! from Musik Von Harmonia by Harmonia, 1974
images: Inner sleeve of Musik Von Harmonia (studio in Forst, Germany) / Harmonia's gear during the recording of Musik Von Harmonia, Germany, 1973, from Michael Rother's myspace / Tacita Dean, Fernweh, 2008
Thanks T.E., I miss you.
(If any of the involved parties would like for me to remove the audio, please let me know.)

onion skins of tenderness

Alastair Galbraith Cluster 7inch (Stalemate, Raining here/Pip Proud, Water in my ears) Raffmond, Germany, 1994Water in my ears

There could be no better format for these 4 songs which, once the needle touches the record, end almost before you can step away from the turntable. Just crouch nearby and close your eyes. This record also introduced me to Pip Proud. Thank you and thank you, Mr. Galbraith. (If any of the involved parties would like for me to remove the audio, please let me know.)

New full length on Siltbreeze. featuring this song! Water in My Ears and Raining Here later appeared on the full length Talisman (now reissued)

I'm looking for lasting relations with green-fly, spider, or maggot

Bill Fay. Beautiful. This!, this! and this! ...Everything.
I could never say enough about this man's music. Thank you, Mr. Fay.



Garden Song and Tiny from the compilation From The Bottom of an Old Grandfather Clock (a collection of outtakes and demos 1966-1970) (now, sadly, out of print), Wooden Hill, 2004. (If any of the invloved parties would like me to remove the audio, please let me know.)

truth forever bending/always hopeful never ending

Don't It Drag On by Chris Smither, Tomato Records, 1971 (art direction and design by Milton Glaser, photographs by Duane Michaels)
One song that I return to over and over again---I've Got Mine. Listen here. See also this cover by Kria Brekkan and Avey Tare. Troubles come by threes/doing what they wanna/instead of doing what they oughta/ I've got mine./Some are quickly passed/others seem to last/hold on.

the only words worth remembering

Buckskin Stallion/Catfish Song/Nothin'/I'll be here in the morning/...

Townes Van Zandt: A Private Concert, DVD,Varese Sarabande, 2004

Shot at 3AM in a Holiday Inn on Houston, 1988.
also here

and her beauty - it would shine forth - like a fountain of snow

In Praise of Shirley Collins. Beautiful. Beautiful. Sing me over.

visit her site, listen and listen

Turn on your head lights, don't get lost dear.

Kath Bloom and Loren Connors, 4 rare records reissued thanks to Chapter Music (AU).

back to back, all day, everyday. supernatural.