31-Jan-2006 3:50 PM - It was years i didn't check any news about nashville Viva Voce: now, i crossed into this video of single Alive with Pleasure, - and, besides being a cute catchy piece of melody, it's very very well done work, - such so simple and warm (i love the first chapter). I wish i have a coffee cup with Anita and Kevin. And i'm happy Their style has evolved from mainstream to something so brilliant poppish.
.Alive with Pleasure [via website] ¬mp3, ¬video.

31-Jan-2006 11:11 AM - It was about one year ago when i read with HUGE joy that Three Mile Pilot were going to release a new album.. but but.. probably things didnt come as planned, because no news came out since there. Btw, at mp3it, runned by Three Mile Pilot's roadie Jason Soares, there are some mp3s of live recordings, and pieces like 97 Mt still give me the shivers after more than 12 years of listens. - Anyway, until some months ago mp3 rate quality was pretty good, now its average is pertty low, although it's always worth a download; more, You can find Music from Black Heart Procession and other san diego based indies. ps. note, website's server is somewhat slow, besides having some html errors to be fixed, - btw, downloads work fine.
ps2. i know You are askingig at least for one quality ¬mp3 [via Epitonic]:
.On A Ship to Bangladesh

31-Jan-2006 10:43 AM - I'm not dead, - i'm just a little busy with moving in a new flat and with working and working and working. One fresh link to blow Your mind: Mutual Response.

25-Jan-2006 11:00 PM - An email from a bear old friend.

25-Jan-2006 2:10 PM - AdverBox is a precious radar for cleverness in advertising, a special selection of creative as well as funny stuff from the wild wide world of media. - To link a few: this, this, this, this, and this.

25-Jan-2006 1:46 PM - Once upon a time i linked South Park characters maker; now it's time to Simpson-ize Yourself.

25-Jan-2006 10:10 AM - J'ai reçu un email d'un garçon français, Jean-Pierre Isnardi, au propos de son Band, Pas De Printemps Pour Marnie: malgré des referencies à Hitchcock, il est tout au sujet de jouer des covers en clef guitar/electro des My Bloody Valentine; - oui, vous avez lit bien. Et voilà, jusqu'ici, c'est le meilleur résultat que j'ai trouvé dans l'internet, en ce qui concerne MBV covers. Modeste et tranquille, aucuns efforts de cloner, - les mélodies sont remis à nouveau, les boy/girl voix, et leur twee-poppish style travaille très bien, spécialement avec When You Sleep, Sometimes (avec une attention gentille de l'introduction à la fin), ou sur No More Sorry, où la chanson a un joli différent at peronnel partiture, - et, je n'ai jamais pensé que Lose My Breath pourrais jouer ainsi lounge. - je veux dire, tous sonne si beaux. - et plus, c'est téléchargement libre. - Ok, pardonnez mon français.. Et au bas, Vous trouvez des autres covers par Mira et Red Martian. Mondieu. // I got an email from a french guy, Jean-Pierre Isnardi, about His band project, Pas De Printemps Pour Marnie: notwistanding Hitchcock referencies, it's all about playing guitar/electro pop covers of My Bloody Valentine, - yes, You read right. And You know, until now, it's the best result i found around in covering Shields & Co.'s pieces.. cap in hand, no efforts of making clones, - the re-ordered melodies, boy/girl vocals, and their renewed twee-poppish style match fine, especially on When You Sleep, Sometimes (with a nice attention from the intro to the end), or on No More Sorry, where the song has got a pretty different as personal songwriting, - and, i'd never thought Lose My Breath could play so lounge. - I mean, all sounds so lovely. - And more, it's free download.
And well, seen this is the talking point, let me link a few other bands who played MBV covers:
.Mira - When You Sleep [via Projekt rec]
.Red Martian - Don't Ask Why [via website]
_more in streaming audio @ the covers project.

23-Jan-2006 2:27 PM - Modest Design features some nice icons inspired by Mark Ryden oeuvres (see the download area). More, it features an interesting portfolio of graphic solutions.

22-Jan-2006 6:05 PM - Mayumi - Myriad Luminescent - (3tx ep, 12'o2'' - PaleBlue rec 'o6) - Mayumi Ashizawi is a dreamy shoegazing Girl, multi-instrumentalist, since several years into the Art of swiriling glittering guitars. Her songs a fragile jewels of echoing sounds and delicate voices with an adorable japanese accent, - Her friends and bandmates are fenders.. (as credits specify). This three pieces ep features the different faces of this: the title-song, opus merging Cocteau Twins / Isobella sonorities with a sweet perfect melancholic chorus, is a beautiful trip to an ideal point between chaotic noise control and delicacy; - Careless, with a strong pop bass line and drifting drumming, signs the way for the radio-friendly attack, - and Snowflake Beach, where the rotary panning feedback embraces her breathy gentle vocals, recall memories of early Mahogany. - I wonder what may happen with a full lenght album, and more, when i listen to these tracks, it makes me want to play Music. [see below for audio sample] // Mayumi - Myriad Luminescent - (3tx ep, 12'o2'' - PaleBlue rec 'o6) - Mayumi Ashizawi è una sognante shoegazing Girl, multristrumentista, da diversi anni nell'Arte del far volteggiare il rumorismo chitarristico. Le Sue canzoni sono fragili gioielli di suoni perduti nell'eco e un cantato delicato, con un adorabile accento giapponese, - i Suoi amici e compagni di gruppo sono fenders.. (come specificato nelle note di copertina). Questo ep di tre pezzi figura le diverse facce di questo: la canzone titolo, gioiello che unisce sonorità di Cocteau Twins / Isobella con un perfetto e dolce ritornello malinconico, è un bel viaggio verso un punto ideale tra il controllo caotico del noise e la delicatezza; Careless, con un forte giro di basso pop e batterie trascinanti, segna la via per un attacco radio-friendly, - mentre Snowflake Beach, dove un feedback rotatorio fa panning, abbraccia la sua voce gentile sussurrata, chiamando memorie care ai primi Mahogany. - Mi chiedo come sarebbe un Suo album intero, e ascoltare queste tracce mi fa venir voglia di suonare.
¬mp3 audio samples [via website]
1. Myriad Luminescent
2. Careless
3. Snowflake Beach

22-Jan-2006 4:11 PM - Mattia Coletti - Zeno (13tx cd, 38'58" - Wallace rec 'o6) - Già con Sedia e poi l'estemporanea esperienza 61 Winter's Hat [leggi komarecensioni], Mattia Coletti si ripresenta su catalogo Wallace questa volta con il primo disco solista. Un'abbondanza di psichedelia letargica cullata da arpeggi gentili di chitarra acustica e una rarefatta elettricità statica su un paio di episodi (la pellerossa I letti di procuste). La seicorde al centro di tutto, accompagnata a volte da voci principalmente sussurrate o tremule che si aggrovigliano alle corte serpentine, e percussioni quasi fantasma, lontane, - sorta di brevi flashback di quando si era in vita, a cui gli si dedicano giusto un paio di canali lontani del mix. I suoni sono brillanti e taglienti, un minimalismo che brucia folk e rumoristica insieme (Starland), in una particolare teatralità sinistra vicina a quella maschera allegorica della copertina del disco, con alcuni lirismi di pathos Jennifer Gentle e Vincent Gallo. [vedi sotto per un mp3] // Mattia Coletti - Zeno (13tx cd, 38'58" - Wallace rec 'o5) - Mattia Coletti comes out with a new title for Wallace's catalogue, formerly already with Sedia and side-project 61 Winter's Hat [read komareviews], a solo debut full of letargical psychedelia, cradle by gentle acoustic guitar riffs and a rarefied static electricity in a couple of episodes (the redskin I letti di procuste). It's the sixstrings at center of everything, sometimes accompanied overall by whispered voices, or trembling, also, tangling up short serpetines, and ghost-like percussions, from far, - sort of brief flashbacks of past life, closed in a couple of distant channels. Sounds are bright and sharp, a minimalism burning folk and rumouristic together (Starland), in a particular sinister theatrical form, close to that allegoric mask on the artwork, with some poetical pathos similar to Jennifer Gentle and Vincent Gallo.
¬mp3 [via Wallace]:
1o. - Parole d'Ocra

19-Jan-2006 5:54 PM - And yes, happybirthday my dear Edgar [ps. and this tee shirt had to win..]

19-Jan-2006 5:47 PM - Volete provare l'ebbrezza di mac osx? FlyakiteOSX può aiutarvi in due modi: 1° - direttamente online con un fake, costruito splendido tramite una bella prova d'abilità flash; 2: potete scaricarVi un bel theme + il DOCK! Purtroppo funziona solo su win xp.. // Do You want to feel the thrill to have a go with mac osx but You are shy geek? FlyakiteOSX may help: first, by an amazing introducing fake, built on flash, available online. 2: more, You can download a gracious mac theme and, overall, the DOCK BAR! - works on winxp only.
¬ preview [courtesy of friend Sté]: #1, #2, #3

19-Jan-2006 12:37 PM - 'fisheseyes.com is my thing. Appreciate any exposure as I approach the end' - ok, before Durkin touches the end, You can read lots of His one-page stories about daily memories, personal pains and stuff.. i still don't know what's about, - sounds nice for a reading: writing style is dry, conversational, memory book-like.

19-Jan-2006 12:29 PM - Hey virtual komavisitor, why didn't You sign yet komaguestbook? komakino appreciates naturalness, so GO AND SIGN! :-( // E-i, komavisitatore virtuale, ma perchè ancora non hai firmato il komalibro per tributare oro e alloro a komakoro? komakino ama la spontaneità! Quindi vai e firma. :-(

19-Jan-2006 12:12 PM - I enjoyed the Brain Box' website since ever first animation, with guy 'recharged' from behind.. anyway, They have some brilliant works, like in the motion section with latest I Am Static as well as the Half Video (pretty funny). - I mean, an excellent source for visuals, ideas, communcation and graphic exploration. - Unluckly, some of internal links don't work. have fun. ps. wow, They are italian..

19-Jan-2006 11:59 AM - Be ready to wast a lot of time browsing all these public signs at Swank Signs (You can upload Your personal snapshots too).. there are really creazy.. at moment, my favorites are this, this, this (kind of scary girlie!!), and this. - of course, there are even more.

19-Jan-2006 11:34 AM - La Wallace rec, riconfermata gemma indie nostrana (oramai dovrebbe esserVi nota se frequentate spesso komakino), ha finalmente messo online alcuni video tratti dal catalogo dei Suoi Gruppi: A Bark for Fate dei [1] Kilo of Black Bondage merita un'occhiata su tutti (leggi vecchia komarecensio). - Poi aggiungo una nota: il tizio corpulento e cazzuto del logo della Wallace è Marsellus Wallace, personaggio in Pulp Fiction, - non capisco cosa ci azzecchi, e se il tipo ne sia a conoscenza.. btw.. // Italian indie Wallace rec, re-confirmed jewel for underground Music, finally set free download for some videos from the catalogue: like, worth a view A Bark for Fate of [1] Kilo of Black Bondage (read also komareview). - And, gossiptime, - i add that the black guy featured on the logo is Marsellus Wallace, character in Pulp Fiction: frankly i don't know the reason why, and neithern if this actor has any idea about that.. btw..

19-Jan-2006 11:34 AM - No, non sono ancora morto.

12-Jan-2006 9:07 PM - Beh, ma perchè non facciamo tutti così? un bell'sms all'12345quellocheè e digitare SOLO COME UN CANE, così l'12345quellocheè ci dirà cosa fare. [..]

12-Jan-2006 5:04 PM - No idea why Sofia Coppola chosen to use New Order's Age of Consent for Her new movie about queen Marie Antoinette.. - and brwosing NO's news, i read that They are working on songs for the film about their late Joy Division bandmate Ian Curtis. - pretty curious to hear what will come out.

12-Jan-2006 3:52 PM - A new chapter for Children R Skary (read past news here): An 8+- minute story about one very spoiled little girl: When Genevieve Ruled The World. - As usual, lovely and cruel, - how i adore this.

12-Jan-2006 2:38 PM - Forthcoming new Devics' full-lenght release, Push the Heart, is due for march, through Bella Union and Filter US Recordings. - You can have stream audio of three previews at myspace.com/devics. Live duo dates will be featured in Milan, Berlin, London and Paris this February.. unluckly not in Rome.. :-( // Il nuovo album dei Devics, Push the Heart, è previsto per marzo, attraverso Bella Union e Filter US Recordings. - Intanto si può ascoltare una preview di 3 brani su myspace.com/devics. A febbraio, il 16 a milano @ lacasa139, Dustin e Sarah faranno uno showcase a due. Peccato non a Roma.. :-(

12-Jan-2006 12:36 PM - Ememvoodoopöká - Dort Jak Brus (14tx cd, 43'56" - Silver Rocket rec 'o5) - Altro gruppo da Praga, Ememvoodoopöká, questa volta su una linea più pop per quanto sempre indie/lo-fi e noiseggianti. Pezzi spesso che non superano i 2 minuti e mezzo, mistura di strumenti elettronici, armonica, e dissonanze classiche rock, chitarre abrasive soniche e sature (Vychod, - miglior episodio e scrittura dell'album) che comunque abbracciano bene lo stile convenzionale alternative della voce di lui (in ceco, of course), grave e malinconico. Dort Jak Brus non è un disco complesso, per quanto strutturato nella produzione, - rischia di essere troppo caotico e carico di strumenti / suoni in ogni singola traccia, - però resta un'interessante fotografia di spaccato underground, - tutto sta ora a cercare di scintillare dall'ombra dell'anonimato. [vedi sotto x gli mp3] // Ememvoodoopöká - Dort Jak Brus (14tx cd, 43'56" - Silver Rocket rec 'o5) - One more Band from Prague, Ememvoodoopöká, this time on a more poppish plan altough always indie/lo-fi and noisy. Most of pieces are about 2 mins and a half, electronic instruments mixture, together with harmonica, classic rock dissonances, abrasive and satured sonic guitars (Vychod, - best track and composition among all), that however match well with alternative conventional style of male vocals (in czech, of course), serious and melancholic. Dort Jak Brus is not a complex album, although it is a well structured production, - it just risks to be too much chaotic and overloaded with instruments in each track, however it stays as an interesting snapshot of the local underground sound: now it's time to sparkle and rid off the anonymous shadow.
¬mp3:
o1. Syndikat
o8. Uk

12-Jan-2006 12:21 PM - Webesteem (see past news) features an interesting interview with german surreal Artist Ray Caesar, one of most brilliant and mind-blowing contemporary illustrator (at least, as regards me..). That's fine, because I was pretty curious to read more about His life.

11-Jan-2006 3:53 PM - More nostalgia, - and fun too, - watching this video about two idiots dressed up à la Pac Man & Ghost (3,4mb) running through a library and and an office.. oh yes, i loved the wakka wakka too.. [link via aeropause] ps. let me bring to Your gentle attention that mcsebi features for free a fantastic free clone-game Pac the Man (besides a wonderful Bubble&Bobble, - shareware) version for mac, recently updated with some new features.

11-Jan-2006 10:59 AM - When i was about 4 and new to everything, one evening, my father brought home a strange consolle, named Intellivision (acronym for Intelligent Television) stating it was concerned for videogaming.. You can image what that means for a young little boy, - i spent the whole night wondering how and where the images were supposed to be displayed, because he didn't tell me there was a tv connecting cable for that.. initially i thought images were displayed somewhere over the hardware itself.. - five days later, my right hand thumb was turned blue (my mom was pretty worried..), because i was just became a total Burger Time addict. - So, You know i'm a nostalgic guy, and when typed in google for Intellivision i happily found as result the official homepage, featuring history, an available catalogue and a download area (for Mac too!). Unluckly there is no a free version of Burger Time available there, but You can find a list of other emulators here (not for Mac..), and download most of titles here.. ps. komareader may ask: where the fu*k is now Your Intellivision consolle? komanswers: well, when i bought C64 my parents decided to pass it to some cousins of ours, and then, i guess it got lost.. :-(

10-Jan-2006 11:47 AM - One more webmagazine, Encore, about cinema, photography, random arts, - i pretty enjoyed the Prague parenthesis, - i love this town. ps. fast connection needed.

07-Jan-2006 5:32 PM - Lyssa - Amoral (11tx cd, 39'22" - Silver Rocket rec 'o5) - How cool, my ever first czech records to review. Coming from Prague, Lyssa's words play, Oral Love, is a rancid explosion of distorted sounds, thundering leaden bass lines, metallic impact drumming (brilliantly industrial on Adaga), cutting guitars, - noise & post_punk memories and rage dear to Flipper (listen Dextra) and Swans, just to cite a few, and to clear the gloomy coordinates of these 11 desperate tracks. Fierce energy (Ventilace), emotionally abrasive (Neklid), - the unique stain stays into using the same trick of songwriting for the entire album, - that might consume listener's attention, - but, - but, Amoral stays a pure energy sound underground gem, - worthy a listen. - ps. yes, of course i don't understand a word of czech.. but it's not harder than listening to the Sigur Ros.. [see below for mp3s] // Lyssa - Amoral (11tx cd, 39'22" - Silver Rocket rec 'o5) - Che figo, il mio primissimo disco ceco da recensire.. - Provenienti da Praga, il gioco di parole in copertina, Oral Love, è una rancida esplosioni di suoni distorti, guidate da linee di basso fulminanti, percussioni dall'impatto metallico (brillantemente industrial su Adaga), chitarre taglienti, - memorie e rabbia noise, post-punk care a Flipper (ascoltate Dextra) e Swans, giusto per citarne un paio, e per chiarire le coordinate buie di queste 11 tracce disperate. Energia feroce (Ventilace), emozionalmente abrasive (Neklid), - l'unica macchia sta nell'usare lo stesso trucco nello scrivere i pezzi per tutto l'intero album, ma, - ma, Amoral rimane una gemma underground di puro sound energetico, - meritevole un ascolto. - ps. sì, naturalmente non capisco una parola di ceco, ma non è stato + duro di ascoltarsi i Sigur Ros..
¬mp3s (via Silver Rocket)
.o7 - Armando
.1o - Neklid

05-Jan-2006 3:51 PM - Ex-P - Ancora Saigon (8tx cd, 44'29" - Fratto9 Under the Sky rec 'o6) - Cinematografici, gitani sfuggiti ad una pellicola di Kusturica (La spiaggia dei conigli muti) come anche allo scaffale sotto i dischi più lisergici dei Pink Floyd (le belle due suite della title-track). - Gli Ex-P toccano gradevolmente i due poli volteggiando su spirali progressive (Punto Interrogativo) e misticismi allucinogeni (Zaratustra Reprise). Montano le Loro strumentali su suoni tremuli al limite del convenzionale con mix marcatamente anni 70, e pur tenendo piede fermo su una linea retta armonica, il corpo intero si sbilancia strattonato dagli eclettismi di chitarra elettrica, clarinetto, banjo (!), percussioni calcolate e linee di basso solido. - Il disco è un ottimo debutto di genere, - potrebbe essere spacciato tranquillamente come qualche gemma sconosciuta di 30 anni fa, - colonna sonora di qualche pellicola d'essai dai colori sbiaditi con ragazze dai capelli lunghi e seno piccolo messo a nudo.. (vedi sotto per mp3) // Ex-P - Ancora Saigon (8tx cd, 44'29" - Fratto9 Under the Sky rec 'o6) - Cinematographic, missing gypsies in some Kusturica's film (La spiaggia dei conigli muti), as well in some records shelf under the earlier Pink Floyd's one (like beautiful two suites title-track). Italian Ex-P, at debut, fairly touch the two poles swirling through prog spirals (Punto Interrogativo) and hallucinogen mysticisms (Zaratustra Reprise). They build 8 instrumental tracks over trembling sounds at limits of conventional, after a deeply 70s-style production, and, even if They firmly keep a foot over a straight harmonic line, the whole album body loses its balance because of electric guitar eclectisms, clarinet, banjo (!), misured percussions and solid bass lines. - This record is a great baptism of genre, - easily it might be mistaken for some undiscovered gems from 30 yrs ago, - kind of sound score for some faded colour b-movie, where You enjoy the view of cute long-haired girls with small breasts laid bare..
¬mp3 (via rec_label & homepage)
.1 - Ancora Saigon
.4 - La spiaggia dei conigli muti
.6 - Punto interrogativo

04-Jan-2006 2:23 PM - am i rude because i didn't post any happy new year? ma per favore.. - btw, this website features some fantastic vintage lost&found instant memories aka pictures: like, - i love the defaced ones, too...

04-Jan-2006 1:09 PM - Derek Bailey passed away on 25th dec 'o5, at 75yrs old. Not this derek bailey, but this One. - Public enemy as concerns harmony and rythm since ever, - He was a, sorry, the pioneer of free jazz improvvisation, - talented guitarist and gigantic experimenter. - At justforaday weblog, it features a fast portratit through a few mp3s. - In memory, and pleasure, - enjoy.
¬mp3 (via justforaday)
. Derek Bailey - M5 (1975)
. Derek Bailey - Niigata Snow (1981)
. Derek Bailey & Jamie Muir - Jara (1981)
. Derek Bailey - Two 50 (1991)
. Derek Bailey & Ruins - Quinka Matta (1995)
. Derek Bailey & Min Xiao-Fen - Bai Ha She (Viper) (1998) .
. Derek Bailey - Carpal Tunnel After 3 Weeks (2005)

04-Jan-2006 11:06 AM - Eccheccazzo. Fate un salto anche per me, Vi prego. // No comment, except for 'jump for me too, pals..'

02-Jan-2006 1:21 PM - Well, some days ago i posted a link to a website feturing some Chindogu snapshots.. You can browse more pages of its content here. enjoy..

02-Jan-2006 11:39 AM - My first link to this brand new year of sadness and sorrrows goes to David Lanham and his wonderful vectorial illustrations, totally dreamy, sometimes touchy, - and always clever (also, check the goodies).

02-Jan-2006 9:37 AM - Dicembre è stato migliore grazie particolarmente a:
ø. mazzy star - so tonight that i might see
ø.ø. metric - live it out
ø.ø.ø. yann tiersen & shannon wright - s/t
ø.ø.ø.ø. my bloody valentine - loveless
ø.ø.ø.ø.ø. portishead - portishead
ø.ø.ø.ø.ø.ø. devics - distant radio
ø.ø.ø.ø.ø.ø.ø. autolux - future perfect
ø.ø.ø.ø.ø.ø.ø.ø. slowdive - morning rise

-> -> -> one anno domini ago ..