Article Archive for May 2006
Posted in Audio on 31 May 2006
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Download Buddha Machine Duet (31.14Mb, AVI format)
The Buddha Machine is an ambient music player that features eight different loops in an attractive (in this instance, hot pink) casing. Decidedly lo-fi and ultra-cool, the BM has even been reviewed on Pitchfork and is crying out for some experimental soinic fusion. So here’s one attempt at getting [...]
Posted in Oddities, Photos, Signs That Speak For Themselves on 31 May 2006
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Life saving box at the Star Ferry wharf, Hong Kong
Apparently this one discourages people from leaning on the door of the bus but it looks more like an anti-terrorism message to me - courtesy of Wuhan airport
The globules of spit grow smaller the further they get from your mouth
Awesome Nike subversion on the fashion [...]
Posted in Photos on 31 May 2006
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Finally, an explanation for why Chinese people seem to have one leg longer than the other. Sorry.
Some guy tried to tell me that they used sticky rice instead of mortar in the construction of the Wall. Make of this what you will.
The brilliantly designed forts feature delightful vistas through medieval windows that allow for cross-breezes [...]
Posted in DNRC on 30 May 2006
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DNRC064 | LP | 2007 | DELETED
Redundant release from Canberra’s Heroin Archers, originally released in 2007 to coincide with their belief that they were on the verge of becoming Bona Fide, a name change suggested by their barmy management team of Davey Dreamnation and his sidekick Scaramouche. before approving the name change, however, Dreamnation insisted [...]
Posted in Marzipan: A Confection on 30 May 2006
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No new-born’s cry disturbs the deathly silence now. Ave has ceased rowing her log canoe across the water to the Island. The rusted trees alone remain there. L— continues to crumble but death rises still like chimney smoke, in the blasted clearings and the cursed square. The absence of new-born screams has left its mark [...]
Posted in Oddities on 30 May 2006
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Good day David! At first I should tell you about my appear, so I got E-mail from one DATING AGENCY but really that was VERY STRANGE for me because I closed all my accounts at DATING SITES, because I don’t like people who are interested just in non SERIOUS RELATIONS, I have much FRIENDS from [...]
Posted in Marzipan: A Confection on 29 May 2006
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One day a boat with sails came up the Limbo, surging improbably against the current, milky white foam beneath the stern. Out of the boat jumped men who began making darting forays into the woods. From the boat they brought tools with which to cut down the giant trees so that they could be cut [...]
Posted in Marzipan: A Confection on 28 May 2006
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A twig snaps in the clearing but Ave no longer has the strength even to twist her neck. She hears footsteps and her heart beats twice, for herself and for me, like a wing pushing through air, soaring on a final hope. She listens for the other sound, like those of a small bird treading [...]
Posted in Marzipan: A Confection on 27 May 2006
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His mind cannot escape the subject of the Persian’s box, which he deposits, without even so much as a second of hesitation, beneath the house, in the Cellar. The transformation of the upper levels of the house, however, not even his weary nose is ready for. The overwhelming scent of Almonds assaults his battered nostrils [...]
Posted in DNRC on 27 May 2006
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DNRC063 | EP | 2007 | DELETED
Startling and vibrant release from this vastly-underrated bunch of faux-vegetarians. Hailing from a small strawberry patch outside Hepburn in central Victoria, from about the beginning of 2006 Tofu Kangaroos quietly went about harvesting a large punnet of fans, using organic market day as a chance to improve their busking, [...]
