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Sonic Youth - Sunday

[austinkleon]

I remember when I was younger, I would read Naked Lunch every year, and I noticed that every year I re-read it, I learned more about me than I did about the book. Because I saw more of how I had changed, in that time, than the book had changed. Because the book, of course, hadn’t changed at all: it’s always been there.

Jim O’Rourke

[austinkleon]

Having too much gear is one of the worst things in the world. The more gear you have, the less you do.

Jim O’Rourke

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Jim O’Rourke: 1999 Peel Session

In honor of Jim’s marvelous, miraculous new record, Simple Songs streaming today, I wanted to share this 1999 Peel Session - one of only 2 or 3 “live” things of his I’ve ever been able to dig up (the sole full band show of which was this blog’s very first post). This “live” session for John Peel’s famed BBC radio show was apparently recorded in early 1999 at O’Rourke’s Chicago studio with him playing most everything, but each track feels more like a live cut than it’s studio counterpart. Though just 3 tunes, this session pretty perfectly captures the O’Rourke in the middle of the cycle that would produce the epic Drag City records/eps. “Halfway to a Threeway” from the ep of the same name kicks things off, followed by “Little Island Walking” (Eureka’s Japanese bonus track) and concluding with “Prelude to 110 or 220/Women of the World” from Eureka. ...so there you have it, enjoy! Also, should probably buy Simple Songs, as it is incredible. mp3s: Jim O’Rourke - 1999 Peel Session

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Gastr del Sol - "The Seasons Reverse", 1998

  September reverses and the equinoxes flip       Winter slides into fall       When glimpsed in leaps of nine months or more       The seasons reverse       They spring back and fall forward       They reshuffle when you touch down after long intervals   September reverses and the equinoxes flip       Summer becomes spring       The seasons reshuffle       At a span of a year and a half   September reverses and the equinoxes flip       They reshuffle when you touch down after long intervals   September reverses and the equinoxes flip       Winter slides into fall       They shuffle because it’s been more than two years       First seeing you in a snowbank       Then a sweater       And then a sweater       They reshuffle with leaps of some time       or reshuffle with leaps of distance

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