Kaleidic
@kaleidic
Music (electronic, harsh, dark, drone, odd, industrial, noise rock, gothic, shoegaze, ambient, pop); synthesizers.
Let me guess: It’s a lot like being skinned after dying, except much more painful.
Claude, in reply to my formulaic complaint about the pattern of arrogance in music theory:
Feedback was your late choice to defend the claim that “Popular electronic music was invented by the Beatles.” The main contestable ideas there are “popular” and “electronic.” I say Paul’s manipulations win both.
Rust Never Sleeps had a huge impact on me. I didn’t have any inkling that its bookend songs were so closely entangled with DEVO, another band that hit me super hard in 1979.
Roger Arrick formed synthesizers.com with the aim of making modular more affordable. It was definitely an alternative in the early days of Doepfer and, with effort, one could find other budget options in that period.
Comparing Operation Hail Mary with films I watched in 2025 I found I did like it better than about a third of what I saw that year. Being surprised at how high it ranks isn’t exactly a gold star, tho.
The original Meat Puppets 12-inch was super important for my changing tastes in Rock. Still not anywhere close to tired of it.
What’s a movie you genuinely enjoy that’s known for being bad? Showgirls (1995)
“Oh, I *did* order these ten CDs.” Hard to tell whether my memory or my impulse control are failing worse.