patrick crouch

rainy grey day, drinking black coffee, and listening to live recordings of the Velvet Underground.

Hen Ogledd

wild grapes for the win.

Ferndale's finest.

Listening to Pauline Oliveros and thinking how grateful I am to my public library for having such a good music collection, and exposing my teen brain to all kinds of treats.

Trilogie de la Mort - by Éliane Radigue album cover. Photograph (tinted light blue) of Radigue in her studio, with reels of cassette tapes and an analogue synth.

'In her final years Radigue pulled more people into her own deeply disciplined approach. While it’s tempting to highlight the unique aspects of each phase of her work, it all feels like it is, as she asserted, part of a continuity.'

Remembering Éliane Radigue

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"I think that in the Houses of Parliament, all the speeches should be sung. When words are sung, it makes words real for me, and you can tell when people are bullshitting or not when they're singing."

Yes, but couldn’t the CIA have also just become self destructive painters and made their own art

Cow tools.

Meet the Women that Paved the Way for Modern Electronic Music From Johanna Magdalena Beyer to Daphne Oram to Laurie Spiegel, these extraordinary women helped push the boundaries of early electronic music.

"Before electronic music filled festival grounds, before synthesizers became mainstay pieces of gear in local bands, a small but visionary group of women laid the groundwork for the sounds of the future …"

Meet the Women Who Paved the Way for Modern Electronic Music:

Photos show China's low-cost lifestyle in vast, semiabandoned housing complexes After China’s debt-fueled real estate bubble popped, vast housing developments across the country were left partially abandoned — including “Life in Venice," a sprawling residential complex perched on...

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we are so fortunate.

this mix looks amazing. That new Hen Ogledd has been getting a lot of play in my house. I'm still trying to get my head wrapped around it, but given that I enjoy the state of being puzzled, I'm cool with that.

Mayor Sheffield's Thriving Neighborhoods Community Conversation is this Thursday March 5th 5:30-7:30pm at ECN, 4401 Conner. Registration is full but walk-ins are welcome.
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Detroit library people, visited the Conely branch today and it was absolutely charming. Staff were super welcoming and helpful. The kids section is excellent. Highly recommended.

Detroit folks that eat plant based diets, the tomato pie from Sicily's sans parmesan is absolutely amazing.

Average last frost date is around April 15th, and I'm usually waiting to put frost sensitive crops out until mid May.

The 12 year old and I are going to talk frost dates and calculating planting dates.

Every bomb is waves of trauma that last generations

what i can't understand are the versions that were made with the alternative cover art... this is so much better.

i listened to this a ton before I realized Derbyshire's involvement, didn't think it could get any cooler....

Going deep on Radigue after reading about her in your book was a life changing experience. Sincerely feel like it rewired my brain. RIP.

Xylosandrus crassiusculus - Wikipedia

Learning about Granulate Ambrosia beetle, and its wild. they feed on symbiotic fungus that they spread as they bore tunnels through trees. Since the tree is not the actual food source they can be found in many many different species of trees and shrubs. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xylosan...

i'm a bit disappointed. I was hoping the blue whale challenge was going to be a commitment to swim everyday and eat massive amounts of crustaceans. splash about a bit, sing a bit.

The System – Vampirella [UK, Electronic/Ambient] (1983)

The System – Vampirella [UK, Electronic/Ambient] (1983)
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https://youtu.be/OYDufRzRJRk

Are they suggesting that Telex is not human?

perhaps you can agree on Jamaican Running?

no, other things have supplanted it, but perhaps I will pull it off the shelf and give it a spin tonight while I make dinner.

when this record came out I don't think I took it off my turntable for two weeks.

Bridge Owner Donated $1 Million to MAGA Group Before Trump Blasted Competitor

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