Karelia – “High Hopes”
Porcupine Tree – “Even Less”
Frank Zappa – “Zomby Woof”
Zero Hour – “The Passion of Words”
Spock’s Beard – “The Water (Live excerpt)”
Nick D’Virgilio interview
Spock’s Beard – “Here’s A Man (Live)”
Dream Aria – “Blue Lady”
Yes – “Can You Imagine”
Tuner – “Up, Down, Forward, and Return”
Karmakanic – “Alex In Paradise”
Anubis Gate – “Andromeda Unchained”
The transcription for the whole Nick D’Virgilio interview is available here.
Although it’s been a feature on my radio show for over a year, I somehow haven’t managed to post anything online about a weekly bit called that I call the Semi-Useless Word of the Day. I basically find an archaic/obsolete/highly-specialized word that you generally wouldn’t encounter in day-to-day life and write some sort of comedic sentence to illustrate its use. Luckily, I don’t have to thumb through worm-eaten lexicons to do so thanks to some fine websites such as the Phrontistery, Grandiloquent Dictionary, and Worthless Word for the Day. For starters, here’s my most recent SUWOTD:
Marmoreal: resembling marble, as in smoothness, whiteness, or hardness
Many beachgoers were blinded by the marmoreal belly of Mr. St. Alphonzo, a retired dental floss tycoon who had just moved to the Keys from Montana.
The other day, I saw an article about absinthe being legalized in several states including Florida. Last Friday, I dropped by the local package store to see what was available. When I asked the woman at the counter if they had any absinthe, she pointed me to gift-set from a brand called Absente that was complete with glass and an absinthe spoon. She assured me it was the real thing but waited until after she had rung up my purchase to ask what the heck it was. It turns out that this brand uses a relative of wormwood to get around the thujone ban, and a lesser advertised fact would be the presence of food coloring to get the trademark green hue. It’s still pretty high proof and a lot less bitter than La Fée.
Eleventh Hour playlist for 6-22-08
Vanden Plas – “Shadow I Am”
Fish – “Dark Star”
Rush – “Beneath, Between & Behind”
Scale The Summit – “Penguins In Flight”
Amaseffer – “Slaves for Life”
Asgaut – “Miles of Rain”
Kansas – “Child Of Innocence”
Anti-Depressive Delivery – “Path of Sorrow”
Genesis – “…In That Quiet Earth”
Ozric Tentacles – “O-I”
Simon Says – “Tardigrade”
Green Carnation – “Purple Door, Pitch Black”
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Currently listening : Raise By Karelia Release date: By 2005-04-11 |
Canvas Solaris – “Chromatic Dusk”
The Watch – “Goddess”
Marillion – “Warm Wet Circles”
Pain of Salvation – “Oblivion Ocean”
Airbag – “Safetree”
Opeth – “Hex Omega”
Enchant – “In the Dark”
Taal – “Yellow Garden”
Kingfisher Sky – “Hallway of Dreams”
Little Atlas – “Paranoiac”
Fish – “Square Go”
The Rebel Wheel – “Arachnophobia”
Gentle Giant – “The Power And The Glory (live)”
Sieges Even – “The Waking Hours (Live)”
Van der Graaf Generator – “Nutter Alert (Live)”
Tinyfish – “God Eat God”
To-Mera – “The Lie”
Porcupine Tree – “The Sleep of No Dreaming”
Genesis – “Cul-De-Sac”
Nevermore – “The Heart Collector”
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Currently listening : II = I By Andromeda Release date: By 2003-03-11 |
Yesterday, I got to speak with Nick D’Virgilio from the prog rock group Spock’s Beard. The band has a new live DVD coming out on the 24th and some upcoming gigs, though most of them are overseas. You can check out a trailer for Spock’s Beard – Live here:
Demians – “Temple”
Emerson, Lake & Palmer – “The Endless Enigma Part One”
3 – “My Divided Falling”
Dream Theater – “One Last Time”
Magenta – “Blind Faith”
Badger – “The Preacher”
Eluveitie – “Elembivos”
IQ – “Speak My Name”
Lord Divine – “No Words”
Perder Pie – “Dogs Next Door”
Subterranean Masquerade – “Kind of a Blur”
Devin Townsend – “The Fluke”
Here is the “finished” entry for the Ixil Triangle contest. I’ve retooled the intro and outro and have tried to unclutter the percussion in parts, though I felt it was needing some sort of shaker action near the end. I made some micro-shakers by taping some silica gel capsules together. They’re exceptionally quiet so I had to do some serious close miking.
Here’s a mostly unmixed demo of the Ixil Triangle-themed contest entry I’m working on. Any constructive criticism would be appreciated.
