"Six-sided dice have been found in Egypt from excavations dating to 1320 B.C., but dice-like bones used as chance devices have turned up in much earlier Egyptian sites. These particular bones, found also in the later Greek and Roman civilizations, are from the heel of a hoofed animal such as a deer, calf, sheep, or goat and are called tali (Latin) or astragali (Greek). The astragalus has four distinctly different long flat faces, the only ones on which it will rest when tossed, and two small rounded ends. Of the four flat faces, two are narrow and flat and two are broad, with one broad side slightly convex and the other slightly concave. Since each side of the astragalus looked different, it was not necessary to mark the sides. If they were marked with pips, the sides were scored 1, 3, 4, and 6. Greek and Roman games of chance were played with four astragali. The lowest throw, known as "the dogs," resulted when all ones were thrown. In the highest throw, called the Venus throw, four different sides came up."
Sounds Like
Jorge Boehringer:
Core of the Coal Man (feedback driven yodel triggers/carnastic arrays).
"Core of the Coal Man does whatever he wants to. He'll be combining feedback-driven yodel triggers, descending tympanic pressures
implying sexual interface, and (probably) extended upwardly mobile
Carnasitic arrays, with ornaments. Its like the blurred fossil record
of a biological crises during a time of intense geological speed.
Know what I mean, man? its Ordovician noise. The invitations went out
like 648 million years ago, it was old school. You still haven't
showed up. I miss you now but I wasn't there either. Now is a time
for reconcilliations.
Life burns to pour out and human life it does so with incredible structural obsessiveness. We dont imitate nature, we create it. Yam Yad!
CORE OF THE COALMAN (Messrs.Ann Joy Ann, Dan Wrath, and others) inhabit
the attic where the Comte Isidore Ducasse's bones have been stored
since his death, though they where much picked over when found in the
company of a rough legged hawk. The men immediately formed a barbershop
quartet dedicated to performing baroque slink slop in concordance with
thermoelectric properties. Thus when they where hot, they where hot. That
is, until one Bob Doubles found a cure for the baritone in the groups
chronic coryza. It was a theoretical cure, and while the predicament was
allieviated the geocephalo-cotex was direly affected, and an initiative
of obsessive fusion of geological and musical time frames became
supercooled and thus glacially motivated. Slow in form but motivated and
etched by sunshine continually, in the spirit of biting the hand that feeds
one, Core of the Coalman is dyspeptic subtended prescient lacuna.
www.myspace.com/coreoggthecoalman
www.geocities.com/sevencentralandmountain
I am now recording for a new set of releases called the "Persona
Series". These cassettes will be commissioned works (not by content,
but by payment) for individuals. If John Smith in London, England
wants his own Zebulon Kosted album, I will make a 45 minute album (one
side of a 90 minute tape), 2 hand drawn mini posters, I will name the
album after him (Zebulon Kosted - John Smith), and the fan will retain
all rights to the recording (for use of any future release, sampling,
or broadcasting rights). One copy of the album will remain in my
personal collection, and one will be sent to the customer, so that the
only copy that will be in circulation will be John Smiths copy! Each
album is available for the ridiculously low price of $10 (not including
shipping), and will be shipped in its completed form no later than 6
weeks from the date of purchase!!!
THANKS FOR ADDING US!!!!PLEASE FEEL FREE TO STOP BY ANYTIME..AND IF YOU COULD PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT ON WHAT MUSIC YOU LIKE BEST AND WHAT YOU THINK OF THE STATION WE'D REALLY APPRECIATE IT...WE'RE VERY GLAD TO HAVE YOU AS A FRIEND...HAVE A GREAT DAY!!!
KEVIN BLECHDOM - NEW ALBUM !!! OUT NOW !!!! OMG !!!
GENTLEMANIA!! GENTLEMANIA!! GENTLEMANIA!! GENTLEMANIA!!
An acoustic album chock full of palpitating love songs.
Kevin Blechdom plays piano and sings.
Available NOW on Sonig and on iTunes.
www.itunes.com/kevinblechdom/gentlemania
We've never been able to quite pin down exactly what it is that The Hunter Gracchus do, which is a wonderful thing. A shifting unit with Syed Kamran Ali, Fiona Marshall and Jon Marshall at the core, they have recently settled into a fairly stable unit of six, but it's hard to know how long that'll last. Still, while it does, it's producing all manner of magical and highly unexpected performances. The one captured here was recorded at the band's practice room cum gig space, Fagin's Hideout/The Furniture Makers and is a less blistering freakout than some of their recent output, preferring to quietly explore every nook of tonal space. It simmers rather than erupts and, the longer you become immersed in it, the less aware you become of the passage of time. It's a recording that feels like it should go on forever and, when it does come to a close, the silence is shocking. In a time when it's all too easy for a group of improvisers to just go full-tilt in some euphoric pursuit, the Hunter Gracchus provides us with a glowing alternative that draws us slowly in and drowns our senses. This is truly awesome.
Peeesseye I Woke Up and Drank a Bottle of Cheap Kojak CDR
Peeesseye made the scene at Dylan Nyoukis's Colour Out of Space festival last summer and hopped over to Manchester to play a show at the Town Hall Tavern, the recording of which forms the content of this incredible slab of dense droning harmonium, scraping, buzzing, subtly soloing guitar and pulse-free, scatter-drumming. We can't recommend this enough. Ltd to 80 copies
We've never been able to quite pin down exactly what it is that The Hunter Gracchus do, which is a wonderful thing. A shifting unit with Syed Kamran Ali, Fiona Marshall and Jon Marshall at the core, they have recently settled into a fairly stable unit of six, but it's hard to know how long that'll last. Still, while it does, it's producing all manner of magical and highly unexpected performances. The one captured here was recorded at the band's practice room cum gig space, Fagin's Hideout/The Furniture Makers and is a less blistering freakout than some of their recent output, preferring to quietly explore every nook of tonal space. It simmers rather than erupts and, the longer you become immersed in it, the less aware you become of the passage of time. It's a recording that feels like it should go on forever and, when it does come to a close, the silence is shocking. In a time when it's all too easy for a group of improvisers to just go full-tilt in some euphoric pursuit, the Hunter Gracchus provides us with a glowing alternative that draws us slowly in and drowns our senses. This is truly awesome.
Peeesseye I Woke Up and Drank a Bottle of Cheap Kojak CDR
Peeesseye made the scene at Dylan Nyoukis's Colour Out of Space festival last summer and hopped over to Manchester to play a show at the Town Hall Tavern, the recording of which forms the content of this incredible slab of dense droning harmonium, scraping, buzzing, subtly soloing guitar and pulse-free, scatter-drumming. We can't recommend this enough. Ltd to 80 copies
My new album Dragons Blood is now available from Kapustin Yar Records! Order your copy today and receive a CDr of Zebulon Kosted - Live at the Zebra March 21st, 2009!! UNDERGROUND FOR LIFE!!!
LittleFuryThings presents Gamehenge 09!!!! A mammoth compilation of 100 sound artists covering Phish's mythic Gamehenge album!! 82 minutes of full color sound!!!
featuring (in order)... william fowler collins, a minority of one, robe., eat cloud, powdered wigs, core of the coalman, milch of source, GDFX, flying squirrel, avi bear, gangi, jinbaobabtuner, faith/lightspeed, cameron wisch, the questionmarks, karl blau, padna, capitol k, whitman, keepbullfighting, struktur, kixly, color rabbit, liek, christian science minotaur, onna curry, say no to architecture, magic pencil, alstair crosbie, saber khan, universal studios florida, goodwillies, leo, teeth mountain, powerpillfist, willson, larkin grimm and movie, hirth, monkeyking, anna, strawberry bones, holzkopf, blue sabbath black fiji, verdun, catfish rivers, mindless self destruction, truckasauras, pjtr kaufmann, ryan garbes, happiness is here to stay, video hippos, shitmat, manburger surgical, 1234567890, radioshock, tunnels, teenage souls, tetrix, good journey, gangpol and mit, c. diehl, arklight, king crab, yellow crystal star, woman year, ice cream creatures, loplop, bad orb, alex ookpik, pdl, yellow weekends, shelf da muzik, jason kocol, some weird sin, towering heroic dudes, yonderverse, rad wolf, fyoelk, bertuf, RINGS, the puddle parade, rivers, spermwhales, antique brothers, quincy quartz, the lava children, sparagmos, spinach, mit nye band, scissor shock, nullkommajosefh, sailor winters, sean reardon, mother33, satanicporncultshop, semiconductors, ali usurper, ra'shkatan, fake krishnas, mezcup
