Score! Merge is 20!Merge Records - Merge Records is celebrating their 20th anniversary with the release of the Score! box set, containing 14 compilation CDs from the Merge catalog each curated by a non-Merge artist. The collection also includes a disc of various non-Merge artists covering songs from the Merge catalog, a disc of remixes, a photo book of Merge record cover art and more. All proceeds from Score! will benefit charities selected by the curators of the compilation CDs.Score! is available by subscription only through the Merge Records store.
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The Magnetic Fields wish to thank everyone who joined them this year on the road! One CD release, two US tours and one European tour behind them in 2008, the band is now back at home and have just started work on a new album. No details on the future release are available at this time, but as always updates will be provided via the House of Tomorrow website and newsletter. No further shows are planned in the immediate future.
MERGE RECORDS CELEBRATES 20
Merge Records is celebrating their 20th anniversary with the release of the “Score!” box set, containing 14 compilation CDs from the Merge catalog each curated by a non-Merge artist. The collection also includes a disc of various non-Merge artists covering songs from the Merge catalog, a disc of remixes, a photo book of Merge record cover art and more. All proceeds from “Score!” will benefit charities selected by the curators of the compilation CDs. More information about the project is available at the Merge Records website:
http://www.mergerecords.com/score/
“GET LOST” ON VINYL
The Magnetic Fields are also happy to announce that their 1995 release “Get Lost” is now available for the first time on 180-gram vinyl from Merge. Both “Get Lost” and 1994’s “The Charm of the Highway Strip”–available at retailers and direct from Merge’s website–come packaged with a coupon that allows purchasers to download high quality 320kbps MP3 versions of the albums. The “Get Lost” and “Charm” vinyl releases follow “Distortion,” which was released this past summer on vinyl from Nonesuch Records. Look for a vinyl version of “69 Love Songs” in 2009 to mark the 10th anniversary of the original CD release.
WATCH STEPHIN’S CITY ARTS AND LECTURES APPEARANCE
Stephin Merritt and Daniel Handler’s appearance at this year’s City Arts & Lectures “Talking Music” series was recently broadcasted by San Francisco’s KQED radio. A short excerpt from the interview can be viewed at Fora.TV:
http://fora.tv/2008/09/11/Stephin_Merritt_in_Conversation_with_Daniel_Handler
The City Arts & Lectures audio broadcasts can be heard on over 170 public radio stations around the country. Please check the schedule listings of your local public radio affiliate for broadcast and rerun times. For more information please visit the following:
http://www.cityarts.net/radio.affiliates.html
M + E
Finally, Michael Fusco and Emma Straub, the hardest working merch duo in music, have teamed up to launch M+E, their new design partnership that happens to be responsible for the posters from the Magnetic Fields’ 2008 tours. Michael and Emma–who also valiantly traveled with the band and worked the sales table at most of the shows this year–are now offering their posters for sale at their online store:
http://www.m-plus-e.com/
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YouTube - Electric President - Time after Time
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Earl says Gladys Knight.
Dave says Axl.
Eddie Trunk says Ronnie James Dio.
My top 5:
1. Freddie Mercury
2. George Michael
3. Chuck D
4. Axl Rose
5. Bono
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Every few a months, a white person will put on some Jazz and pour themselves a glass of wine or scotch and tell themselves how nice it is. Then they will get bored and watch television or write emails to other white people about how nice it was to listen to Jazz at home. “Last night, I poured myself a glass of Shiraz and put Charlie Parker on the Bose. It was so relaxing, I wish I had a fireplace.” Listing this activity as one of your favorites is a sure fire way to make progress towards a romantic relationship with a white person.
#116 Black Music that Black People Don’t Listen to Anymore « Stuff White People Like
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YouTube - She & Him - Why Do You Let Me Stay Here?
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