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jazzanova - introspection (for m.n.)

being stranded in a random (though pretty fantastic) city without transportation is one thing….being without your headphones (still in the van, in the shop) is another. gotta find a cvs or something to drop by on my way to the bus stop so that the aesthetics of this potentially very amusing day are in order. spending a few hours on colfax ave. today while we wait for info on our incapacitated vehicle. hopefully watching the heat game tonight, either in denver, or someone along the road (…might need to buy my fellow passengers beers to compensate for their presumable disinterest…) my friends all spent the night on the other side of town, so i’m going to eventually meet up with them, somewhere central most likely. sup denver. 

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so a mile outside the festival today, our van broke down.

we’re thinking it’s the alternator, but not really sure yet. got it towed to denver from georgetown and found rides into town, but now we’re basically stuck here until it’s fixed. my friends went to someone’s house for the night to pass out, and i stayed at someone else’s house thinking that i’d be able to find a ride over to a show tonight. not looking good though…unwillingly stationary at the moment. damn. not sure when i’ll be back in austin…maybe it’s a simple fix and will be ready by tomorrow, or maybe it’s in bad shape and we’ll be in colorado indefinitely. worked fine on the way there. the festival was great by the way, set in an indescribably majestic location between two mountains. 

Posted 1 day ago

thriftworks - swamp gods

yep…..it’s going down. road tripping to colorado for sonic bloom in a few hours, hope you guys have a stellar week! happy summer to yassssss.

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russ liquid - snack attack

i’ve been so enthralled by his texturally outrageous foreign frequencies album the last few days, i think he’s officially jumped into my top-3 must-see artists at sonic bloom (especially since i haven’t seen him live yet). this west-coast headtron artist plays trumpet and throws down some vicious and nasty beats, and i heard the live sets are even more dynamic than the studio stuff. highly recommend scoping out that release.

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it’s 10:26….i’m delirious from being up all night, but also ready to head out once i wake up. driving south a bit to meet up with a vanful of austinites, and then we’re caravaning up to denver. the fest is from thurs-sun but i think i’ll hang around the city until friday morning. this will be my third ridiculous weekend of camping, music, unity, and fulfillment in a row. pursuing bliss and spontaneity while variously hustling enough to financially compensate for the adventures. really excited about this one.

it’s 10:26….i’m delirious from being up all night, but also ready to head out once i wake up. driving south a bit to meet up with a vanful of austinites, and then we’re caravaning up to denver. the fest is from thurs-sun but i think i’ll hang around the city until friday morning. this will be my third ridiculous weekend of camping, music, unity, and fulfillment in a row. pursuing bliss and spontaneity while variously hustling enough to financially compensate for the adventures. really excited about this one.

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madlib - medicine show

full of interviews, teasers of new music, clips of madvillain live, and a remark about the j dilla jazz album that never came out. wish he played at more festivals so that people could start to really understand that he’s not just all about hip-hop. madlib has no boundaries.

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After a while you learn the subtle difference
Between holding a hand and chaining a soul,
And you learn that love doesn’t mean leaning
And company doesn’t mean security.
And you begin to learn that kisses aren’t contracts
And presents aren’t promises,
And you begin to accept your defeats
With your head up and your eyes open
With the grace of a woman, not the grief of a child,
And you learn to build all your roads on today
Because tomorrow’s ground is too uncertain for plans
And futures have a way of falling down in mid-flight.
After a while you learn…
That even sunshine burns if you get too much.
So you plant your garden and decorate your own soul,
Instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers.
And you learn that you really can endure…
That you really are strong
And you really do have worth…
And you learn and learn…
With every good-bye you learn.

— Jorge Luis Borges “You Learn” (via nerdlikejazzy)

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sothankyoumusic:

Gah. I sill love this song and I still love this version of it. 

Marco Benevento Trio - Greenpoint

marco benevento is extremely adept at fusing hypermelodic piano sensibilities with his skills in the experimental jam realm, especially when performing his own material. this piece leans towards the former of those two styles, much like the bad plus’ solemnly anthemic ‘lost of love.’ something about the melody in this one and the slight dissonances occasionally paired with it sounds vaguely like chinese music, but in an accessible and endearing format. i’ve barely been missing marco’s various performances around the country for a few years now, ever since i caught the benevento/russo duo back at langerado, but i’m hoping that’ll somehow change soon.

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