I’m not sure exactly how long it has been since our last trip to Vancouver, Canada – it was certainly pre-COVID, which is pretty inexcusable since it’s less than a three hour drive from the Seattle area. So last weekend we rectified this oversight and popped across the border for a few days. Which of […]
Month: June 2026
United States – “Bedazuld” (1982)
OK, first things first. There seems to be disagreement as to the actual name of this early 80s trio from Toronto. Are they United States, or United State, or United Stats, or United Stat (with “stat” likely pronounced “state”)? The consensus on Canadian music websites appears to be be United State. But their one and […]
Thee Katatonix – “Divine Mission” (1984)
Money was tight, the engineer was stupid and the finished product was poorly mixed.— Description of Divine Mission from the Thee Katatonix website I don’t know if the engineer was indeed stupid, but I wouldn’t go as far as to call Divine Mission poorly mixed either. Thee Katatonix’s first and only full-length has a live […]
The Electronic Music Club Of Edmonds Community College – “EMC5” (1988)
I blogged previously about the first two albums put out by The Electronic Music Club Of Edmonds Community College and that post provides a bit of background into the town, the college, and the music club. The club continued putting out albums each year following those initial releases in 1984 and 1985, and EMC5 represents […]
1.44mb Label
1.44mb is an independent speciality label in Philadelphia I came across while researching Adam Buffington’s latest CD The Winter Loving Idiot, because, well, Adam is one of the two guys behind it. I was intrigued by 1.44mb for two reasons. The first and most obvious was the type of recordings they put out which can […]