The Best Cuts of Music exposed!!! 60 Minutes television news magazine correspondents and podcast hosts Robe Flax and Sam Houser dig deep and try to find the real story behind The Best Cuts of Music. Given the depth and scope of this hard hitting and ground breaking journalism it's a wonder if this episode won't win the Pulitzer Prize. Be aware that some of what is said may be too mature for you...
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Here's the preview of the new PT CD "The Incident" that was posted yesterday on the PT website. Below are the latest tour dates. If someone gets to go, PLEASE post a review of the concert. I can't attend unless my passport comes through, meaning I'd better apply soon.Music >> All Shows for Porcupine TreeWritten and recorded between September-May, "The Incident" is the tenth studio album by Po...
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This song was just released by PT. It was originally done during sessions for "In Absentia" but was omitted because they felt it was "too cheerful" for the mood of that album.And now, since we're all in the mood for PT...Dried up, a guitar upon my knee I should have sold out when the devil came for me Dig a hole and throw it out to sea Break the code, how happy I could beI still wave at the dot...
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I never hear muzak in elevators anymore, guess the old masters decided to let anxiety go unabated. Even the songs they spin at the market or pharmacy don't fit the old sterile definitions. Or maybe the conventional wisdom on late-stage Roxy Musicish stylings have pushed them over the edge. But mostly, I just wanted to see for myself.
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So, word has it that not many MOGgers are familiar with "Porcupine Tree":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porcupine_tree. I think that we should "change that":http://annazrk.multiply.com/music/item/75. If Interpol sound too British to be American, then these guys sound too American to be British. Enjoy.
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I've been asked on occasion where I get my music, and I once responded, tongue in cheek, that to tell would mean I'd have to kill the person asking.Perhaps it would have been better to tell, especially with the trend I see emerging. This is probably old news, but like the frog in boiling water, we can't be apathetic about what's going on. The heat is being turned up and we continue to swim as i...
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One of the interesting things about new songs that get posted on MOG is the 'first listen' activity that forces us to look past the innate musical appreciation trait in which 'first listens' don't tell us whether or not we really like the song. For example, in my case first listens are often unappreciated, or I find myself fidgeting and wanting to put something on that I know I enjoy. Music I e...
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The Incident 06-12-2009Porcupine Tree are happy to announce the forthcoming release of their tenth studio album "The Incident". The record is set to be released via Roadrunner Records worldwide on 21st September, as a double CD.The centre-piece is the title track, which takes up the whole of the first disc. The 55-minute work is described as "a slightly surreal song cycle about beginnings and e...
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This could be a post about getting your back scratched, or hanging a picture, or placing a piece of furniture for your significant other. It's none of those. What it is about is the timeless exercise undertaken by audiophiles everywhere immediately after a move to a new home, apartment, or some other hovel where said audiophile's precious equipment, namely the loudspeakers in this case, will be...
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~~This is a pretty strange offering from Porcupine Tree. If you thought you knew their sound, think again.It's from the 1991 release "On the Sunday of Life," which was the Tree's debut release. It compiles tracks that Steven Wilson produced and recorded for two cassette-only releases, Tarquin's Seaweed Farm (1989) and The Nostalgia Factory (1990). The rest of the music from these tapes was rel...
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1. They're genius2. You can tell when it's them, but at the same time no two songs are the same3. Their music is seldom happy4. Their fan base is growing5. Each song is unpredictable in where it goes from start to finish6. Their new label is pushing them hard right now, so visit your nearest CD store for some of the oldest and best7. They're in the studio right now8. They're my favorite band (i...
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US TOUR The band is happy to announce its upcoming Autumn US tour in support of its new album. The following dates have been confirmed:Tue 15 Sep SEATTLE, WA MOORE THEATERWed 16 Sep PORTLAND, OR ROSELANDFri 18 Sep SAN FRANCISCO WARFIELDSat 19 Sep LOS ANGELES CLUB NOKIAMon 21 Sep CLEVELAND, OH HOUSE OF BLUESTue 22 Sep CHICAGO, IL VIC THEATERThu 24 Sep NY, NY TERMINAL 5Sat 26 Sep PHILLY ELECTRI...
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Die hard Pink Floyd fans will say no one could do "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" like the Floyd. Probably true.The song was representative of a time that can't be relived, and any representation of that time must be accurate. It brings back memories of dark, smoky rooms, and a band's foray into musically projected madness. Much like "Careful With that Axe Eugene," "Set the Controls...
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Some of you know how I started my day and in what mood. I went music shopping with little hope of finding anyhing useful.HMV now has my new born respect, for sitting there hidden away in the Porupine Tree section was the EP Nil Recurring. This is a production I've been looking for for quite a while, and I believe is now generally available because of their change in record labels.In either even...
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~~Here's one to sleep on. From the Lazarus CD single, "So Called Friend." Typical tree, if there can be such a thing.
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