For those of you wondering if this thing is still on, yes it is. I took a hiatus much longer than I expected. I have been busy with work, school, and other real-life matters during these past several months since I last posted. So I offer my apologies for the lack of posts.
Hopefully, there should be some new material here soon. I cannot say exactly when that will be.
There will be a new contributor joining us soon here in the Closet. He has some goodies to offer. His name is Dr. Eyescope. You may have read his comments in some posts. He says he can start sometime in November.
It has been stuffy in here. The dust is accumulating. This place needs some fresh air. I am thinking about making a few minor design changes in this blog along with adding a few new features. I have been also thinking about giving this blog a new look. More on this soon.
Another thing I have considered is offering materials in FLAC format. Recently, I have been ripping my CD collection along with some CDs I borrowed in FLAC. I hope to work on ripping vinyl and tapes in FLAC sometime soon. Future posts may have FLAC files as well as some older posts. More on this soon.
I remember saying around a couple of years ago that I was going to replace old links especially the Sharebee links. I am behind on this project. It has been rather difficult to find time to replace old links plus requests for re-ups. But now I have new links for some posts:
Frank Perry - Zodiac
Morton Feldman - Untitled Composition for Cello and Piano
Karlheinz Stockhausen and Mauricio Kagel - split release on Time [S8001]
Harry Partch - And on the Seventh Day Petals Fell in Petaluma
various artists compilation - Dance of the Hareem
John Melby/James Tenney - split release [CRI SD 258]
Donald Erb - Music for Instruments & Electronic Sounds
various artists compilation - Electronic Music/Musique Concrete
More links will be updated soon. That is all from me for now. Stay tuned and take care.
YES!
ReplyDeleteiZen is still checking in. Thought you faded. Happy to hear you may still have some goodies in the closet. Looking forward to seeing what Dr. Eyescope has to throw out as well.
ReplyDeleteAh good, welcome back.
ReplyDeleteWelcome back, I've been missing your curiosities. Downloading Partch right now. Cheers
ReplyDeleteEggman
Hi, iZen. I'm thinking either Lukas Foss' "Geod" or Ilhan Mimaroglu's "Sing Me A Song Of Songmy" (featuring the Freddie Hubbard Quintet)...any preference for a first post?
ReplyDeleteIt's so good to have you back.
ReplyDeletei thought of you often during the hiatus, and especially just a few days ago. i remember how you'd post nature sounds for us on sundays. so here's a little something for you: some insects jamming in a pond in Zimbabwe, as recorded by David Dunn. i bought the album in the early 1990's, when he was living in Santa Fe. Maybe he's there, still, i don't know. Cool Recording, yo!!!
ReplyDeletehttp://www.mediafire.com/?zqnl0xagkg988c8
by the way, Oct. 28th is apparently the END
http://acetoeteno.blogspot.com/2011/10/piramide-maya-de-la-evolucion-de-la.html
(blog is in spanish but pic is in english)
Looking forward to your posts. Good stuff I'm sure.
ReplyDeleteDr. Eyescope,
ReplyDeleteI'm not familiar with either of those so flip a coin and give us a listen. Maybe it will jump start the ZenArcade again. Haven't posted a new mix in a while. Recently moved to a new location and the record collection is still in storage. This is causing some amount of procrastination.
iZen
Welcome bacK and thanks !
ReplyDeleteJoão, from São Paulo-Brasil
FANTASTIC !!!
ReplyDeleteI'm very pleased to learn the blog will live on. Also, I'm pleased to learn of the plans for FLAC. The beautiful and rare sounds you have shared deserve high fidelity.
ReplyDeleteGood to have you back with us. Thanks for the re-ups (remember Frank Perry visiting York Uni when I was a student there) & look forward to some new things.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the comments everyone. They are much appreciated. It's great to be back. It's good to know who is visiting this place. There are even some celebrities who come here. I'll let you all guess who that is. :)
ReplyDeleteTo anonymous on October 11, 2011, 10:06 AM,
thank you for David Dunn's insect recordings. They're quite enchanting. If it is okay with you, I would like to post it on the main page.
Glad to hear it! Nor is Vinyl Fatigue, though I've been away from it for months! Keep up the good work
ReplyDeleteangels & insects: its up to you & David Dunn, don't ask me
ReplyDeletebtw, what is a good blog for nature recordings, lately? i've listened to all of my underwater stuff, all of my gordon hempton stuff, and all of theother miscellaneous stuff, already...(????????????)
https://rs709tl.rapidshare.com/#!download|709dt|13982537|NASA_Space_Recordings_Of_Earth_-_Voice_Of_Earth_I.mp3|29438|R~DF6940C8736E4D83EE1025E40E6492D8|0|0
ReplyDeleteSpace Sounds are another cool one i forgot to mention.... thanks for the whales and i was serious about dunn... i've sent you some stuff in the past -- 6 presidents speak and the outer space acetate -- so we're old friends..
happy holidays
=)
anon, Dunn may make an appearance next Sunday or the following Sunday.
ReplyDeleteI am not aware of any blogs dedicated to nature recordings. I am still trying to become familiar again with the blog landscape. So much has changed since I was on hiatus. I'll let you know if I find one or more.
Thank you for the NASA Space Recordings of Earth. I've been looking for that one. I hope RS gives me a ticket soon.
Yes, I enjoyed the National Geographic outer space record and 6 Presidents Speak.
It's great "hearing" from you again. Happy holidays to you too.
ah, welcome back, maestro calx! great news! always enjoy your fine diggings.
ReplyDeletecheers
psb