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Tarentel – “Ursa Minor, Ursa Major”
From Bone To Satellite

My favorite Tarentel song, from before they got really, really weird (We Move Through Weather). This nearly 18-minute epic has some of the best guitar tone I’ve ever heard – those first few plucks at the strings send shivers up my spine every time. And of course when it blows up, it’s beautiful and huge. Goes on for a bit after that, but it’s more expansive and ambient. (buy)

Me (briefly) on CNN. I’ve been covering CES this last week.

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Colleen – “A Little Mechanical Waltz”
Mort Aux Vaches

This is a beautiful piece, done as far as I can tell on a componium, that reminds me of my other favorite track by Colleen, “I’ll Read You A Story” from The Golden Morning Breaks, which I’ll put up next.

I have my differences with Vincent Laforet, but that’s a hell of a shot.

In short, they were gambling on their luck, and luck is not to be coerced.

Albert Camus, The Plague