V01I11 - 10181998
A slight update has been made to the stores section, including a second page which goes into depth what these stores are good/bad at.
H3O
Andrei announces a new special feature at the Hafler Trio website. Take a few minutes and go play on one of the most interesting and creative band sites out there.
START THINKING ABOUT THE END
At the end of the year, Brainwashed is gonna have it's first annual end-of-year poll. So far the categories everyone will be able to vote on are the following: Best album of the Year, Best band, Best song, Best video, New band, Best concert/tour, Best label, Best producer, Worst band, Worst album/biggest let-down, Best compilation/soundtrack, plus some non music things like Best movie, Best tv show, Best book, Best actor, Best actress, Biggest disappointment, Most memorable event, Best website, Best person - they don't have to be an actor, Worst villan - they don't have to be famous, Most annoying trend, etc... Basically if you have any more categories that should be included, .
DELAYED
All apologies to the delay in this week's issue, things have been busy and contributors haven't been contributing as much.
IN BRIEF
Austere chords, gothic a capella choirs, Slavic text... Thoughts of some god-awful Batman soundtrack come to mind, right? Well, not with the latest album by Estonia's Arvo Pärt, one of the leaders of the popular "holy minimalism" movement in today's orchestral music "scene." Based on the "canon of repentance" of the Eastern Orthodox Church, Kanon Pokajanen draws us into a world where it seems that all time has stopped and gives us no option but to focus on the mere beauty of this recording. The simple chord patterns and uncomplex harmonies cause us to lose sight of the intricacies of the music and, instead, just allow us to be overcome by it and surrounded by its blanket affect. This recording proves that religious music actually conveys a sense or spirituality.- Carter Adams
EVERYBODY LOVES BELLE & SEBASTIAN BUT ME
So I picked up "The Boy with the Arab Strap" on recommendations from credible friends and I'm struggling with it. It's too cute, washy, whiny, and wanky. 13 years too late for The Smiths and 4 years too early before reaching puberty, these people just plain bug me. I've complained about the album before but friends tell me "it's pop," "it's saccharin," well, if that's your bag then you might enjoy this album like everybody else. The Chipmunks, Hanson, and Nelson were cute too, but I still didn't like the music. I personally should have saved my money. - Jon Whitney
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REVIEWED
Well, I saw the flick this week, myself, and while it was enjoyable, it was entirely too incomplete. You have to accept the fact that they only had 90-120 minutes to work with, but there could have been less nose-picking and more talk about interesting meaningful stuff. I'm beginning to dislike English musicians more now than ever because they all seem to talk about themselves as if they're so important. Sorry, Brits, but London isn't the Center of the Universe. The Germans, on the other hand kick ass... I'm going to propose to Panacea, we're going to raise children in the country. - Jon Whitney
Subject: from a zombie
`Jon Whitney. I don't want to come off as a "kiss-ass", but i'd like to personally thank you because i don't think many of us know the amount of work you and continually do, in promoting Meat Beat Manifesto. Your the only person that i know, and can trust with "official" information. And i wouldn't know or have half as much shit as i do now if it wasn't for Brainwashed.com.
`Good work. From an a fellow meathead.
A Thank-You-Note isn't kissing ass, asking for things and playing nicey nicey to get something is. Please take into consideration all the hard work everybody else has put into this site as well. It is truly a team effort.
Subject: UNKLE
Jon,
I just checked out this weeks's version of the Brain, and I have to say that I think you are completely wrong on the UNKLE. A lot of the shit is really a bit much, especially some of the vocals, but it's one of the best releases that I hvae heard in a long time. The song "Lonely Soul" could quite possibly be the best thing that I have heard all year. I just had to tell you that.
Everybody's entitled to my own opinion... :P But seriously, it's only opinion. I didn't like it.
OF THE
WEEK
RIVERDANCE OCCULTISM???I work in a newspaper during the week and noticed something interesting when you flip the advertisement for "Riverdance" upside down. It perfectly resembles the Tarot Card for "The Hanged Man". So I scanned them in and you can compare and contrast on your own... Coincidences? I think not.
OF THE
WEEK
- Mark Weddle went looking for Kranky records and found the Kranky Kumquat Company.
- Tom The Fish did a search on Yahoo for "How Deep is Your Love" hoping to find guitar tablatures (tabs), and 13th on the list is: "Deep Anal Teens - young girls who love to get fucked in the ass".
- People looking into the first family should be looking at whitehouse.gov instead of whitehouse.com.
- Just make sure you spell out brainwashed.com and not brainwash.com, brainwash.org, or brain-wash.com.
YOUR CD
PLAYER?
Mark Stewart, "Consumed: The Remix Wars"
Midnight Oil, _Redneck Wonderland_
DJ Q-Bert, _Demolition Pumpkin Squeeze Music_
Cypress Hill IV
Eric Bogosian, _Pounding Nails in the Floor With My Forehead_
- Mark Kolmar
CARTER IS LISTENING
Meat Beat Manifesto - Actual Sounds and Voices
Autechre - LP5
Boards of Canada - Music Has the Right to Children
Sean Lennon - Into the Sun
UNKLE - Psyence Fiction
- Carter Adams
YOUR BED-
SIDE TABLE?
William T. Vollman - _The Atlas_
Gabriel Garcia Marquez - _Of Love and Other Demons_
Banana Yoshimoto - _Lizard_
Steven Harvey - _Lost in Translation_ (a collection of essays by my English professor)
Peter McWilliams - _Ain't Nobody's Business If You Do_ (excellent non-fiction on the topic of consentual crimes)
Antonio Lobo Antunes - _Act of the Damned_
- Carter Adams
Brainwashed Sprockets
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