After many years of wanting, I finally got to visit RRRecords in Lowell, MA and meet its proprietor Ron Lessard on the recent tour. I failed to put a card in my camera, so had to settle for a single still from the old video cam. One of the...
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Angela Sawyer, owner of Weirdo Records, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Taken in the store, Sunday, April 12, 2009, one day before Phil Spector was convicted of the murder of Lana Clarkson. Click the photo for a super-large version. Other wall goodies...
Read moreMessed around alot on the plane with Intua’s excellent BeatMaker app for the iPhone/iPodTouch. I have this serious problem where every time I fly United I get the Throbbing Gristle song stuck in my head (also Operation Ivy’s Unity and...
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The Offset Needle Radius Vs. nickname: Rebel Spring tour starts tonight in the glorious birthplace of the American industrial revolution, Jack Kerouac and RRR Records: Lowell, MA. Joshua Baker’s Offset Needle Radius from Kittery Maine, will...
Read moreNew digital LP and Video available now. CD also available. Vinyl release available later in 2010 on Wow Cool. Recorded in Kittery, Maine. January, 2009. Mastered by Timothy Stollenwerk. Portland, Oregon. Side 1 – Inspector’s Test...
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A unique opportunity to witness improvised sound structuring from two reunited veterans of D.I.Y. and underground music movements. Joshua Baker’s Offset Needle Radius from Kittery Maine, will perform with Marc Arsenault from Nickname...
Read moreBeen a long time since I’ve seen a Stevenson Arc Protractor. But I might need something like it for that new SL-1200 I’ll be buying with that growth stimulus pork that congress will be handing me. Today’s Cool Tools points to...
Read morenickname: Rebel – Ouroboros from Marc Arsenault on Vimeo.
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Wow Cool is celebrating PI Day with the release of Ouroboros, the debut single and accompanying video from nickname: Rebel. The ancient symbol of a snake devouring its own tail is represented here by throwing an aggressive repetitive 5/4 jazz...
Read moreJust like the title says. Final version Saturday morning for PI Day. I just wanted to preserve this stage because it’s going to get a bit crazier in the final cut. Enjoy!
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Former nickname: Rebel champion all-’rounder Aaron Smith has been busy. He spent most of February writing and recording an entire album titled ‘hold on whoever you are’. Almost thirty minutes of brand new songs. It was all for the RPM...
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