something different today from sam: no pictures. just words….<\/p>\nBetter days\n
On Twitter on a link to a review of the new BlackTape album, Andy posted,\u00a0“Really great work Sam. Sounds like the better days in the past.”\u00a0I love that people are checking out the new music and hearing the through-line from my earlier work. With that said, I replied, “Future\/past. Always better days to come…” That’s how I feel about life: the future is filled with possibilities, and I can rewrite the story, and head toward what I desire. I know that’s not “goth” of me, and I know we sometimes have limitations that are hard to overcome; still, I try not to remain bummed out about life. Even with all of our challenges (political, emotional, societal, economical), there’s always a bit of grass growing through the pavement somewhere, with things to look forward to.<\/p>\n10 qs\n
Do you remember back in the 90s there was a UK zine named\u00a0Music From The Empty Quarter? I recently heard from Deadhead, the editor, I think we last talked prior to my ’96 move to Chicago! It’s been a long while, really great to catch up. We’re doing a 10-question interview. I’ve posted the first 4 responses\u00a0here<\/a>. Next batch of qs will be answered and posted in a few days.<\/p>\nProjekt200 | 3CD $15\n \u201cProjekt200\u00a0is more than a retrospective; it\u2019s a work of art in its own right, a chronicle of Projekt\u2019s journey from cult ethereal\/ambient label to darkwave powerhouse.\u201d \u2013 ReGen Magazine. Released over a decade ago in an edition of 2500, this is a beautiful 3CD collection of Projekt music. One disc of the early years, one disc of then-current artists,\u00a0&\u00a0one disc of ambient music. Alas, it was released right when CDs were dying at retail and people didn’t experience this lovely look at the PROJEKT roster (and it was certainly priced to high, because that’s the kinda thing you did back then when retail stores were clawing away a big chunk of the sales price). I have copies I’m\u00a0selling at below my cost<\/a>\u00a0so people can hear and see this wonderful release.<\/p>\nLYCIA from Idie:youDie\n \u201cSpeaking of Projekt, we somehow had no idea Lycia was dropping a new album last Friday, and now that we do know, it\u2019s basically all we want to listen to. We loved 2015\u2019s\u00a0A Line that Connects\u00a0(seriously, it was one of our top 10 records that year), and what we\u2019re hearing from\u00a0In Flickers\u00a0is promising indeed: the group\u2019s patented lush, shoegazey darkwave, enhanced with some upbeat drum programming and synthwork that we wouldn\u2019t have expected but is hitting the spot.”\u00a0Purchase CD or LP.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\nBlack Tape For A Blue Girl from Infrared Magazine<\n \u201c(To touch the milky way) is engaging, inviting, patient, melancholy and emotionally seductive. To say this is the best album of the year is not fair. The year is not up. This album is the reason I hate the digital age. I have to own this cd. If you are a fan of the band, that last statement is for you also. This is not a music file on a phone or a fucking stolen link. This is artwork, this is a band giving their passion and a passion I will play many times before I go to bed tonight. I love this cd so much, this band has yet to fail me. ”\u00a0Purchase CD or LP.<\/a><\/p>\n Crossing my desk. I know, I know. What an outmoded metaphor. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n Get ready for a new release this Friday!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" something different today from sam: no pictures. just words…. Better days On Twitter on a link to a review of the new BlackTape album, Andy posted,\u00a0“Really great work Sam. Sounds like the better days in the past.”\u00a0I love that people are checking out the new music and hearing the through-line from my earlier work. With […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16964,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog-from-sam"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.projekt.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18066","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.projekt.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.projekt.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.projekt.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.projekt.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18066"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.projekt.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18066\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18070,"href":"https:\/\/www.projekt.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18066\/revisions\/18070"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.projekt.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.projekt.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.projekt.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.projekt.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}