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...:::...i'm going away for a little while...so i can remember the flavor of a berry warmed in the sun, the silkiness of vermont rivers and streams, how many shades of green there can possibly be...

i will be doing more than remembering soon. i am on my way back east for a week and then even further east to prague via berlin. if anyone has recommendations for places to go (for art, for eating, for laughing, for wandering, for dancing...) i'd love to be pointed in some interesting and fun directions. lemme know.

i have been thinking about the situationists and their visits to berlin...navigating the city with maps of london.

i was recently pointed in the direction of the long now by a co-worker. for those of you who don't know, it is a project based in san francisco...

The Long Now Foundation was established in 01996 to develop the Clock and Library projects, as well as to become the seed of a very long term cultural institution. The Long Now Foundation hopes to provide counterpoint to today's "faster/cheaper" mind set and promote "slower/better" thinking. We hope to creatively foster responsibility in the framework of the next 10,000 years.

The term was coined by one of our founding board members, Brian Eno. When Brian first moved to New York City and found that in New York here and now meant this room and this five minutes, as opposed to the larger here and longer now that he was used to in England. We have since adopted the term as the title of our foundation as we are trying to stretch out what people consider as now.

also, brando plank recently brouht to my attention a new release on equaliteq from poland. you can download tracks for free from the wax ages compilation. i recommend doing so.

and as it is that i am going on vacation this means no posting until i get back in september. in the meantime, here is a beastly amount of tunes to get you through. i hope they infuse your days with flavor...:::...

download: 060809-modyfier-part1 and 060809-modyfier-part2

partial arts & ewan pearson & al usher – cruising : mar 2006 on battle
guido schneider – moesko : jun 2006 on poker flat
superlux – miss moon (quenum remix) : apr 2006 on lektroluv
franklin de costa – lazy monday : may 2006 on karmarouge noir
sono – whatever (martinez remix) : apr 2006 on pias recordings
jetone – the ballad of jetone-loc (recooked by damian schwartz) : juk 2006 on apnea
paul kalkbrenner – atzepeng : jun 2006 on bpitch control
ben klock – point-blank : apr 2006 on bpitch control
arken – step off : jun 2006 on sonar kollektiv
joe haider – colours of the sea : jul 2006 on sonar kollektiv
mossa – minette (portable remix) : jun 2006 on mo’s ferry
paolo mojo – 1983 : jul 2006 on pryda friends
playgroup – behind the wheel (dj kicks electroclash mix) : apr 2006 on k7! Records
losoul – cut so sweet : may 2006 on playhouse
radiq feat. paul st. hilaire – the grass roots (dimbitronic mix) : may 2006 on logistic records
chris carrier & e-troneek funk – ladies & gentlemen : mar 2006 on dialect recordings
b-pole – the long con : jul 2006 on four:twenty recordings
tg – system of wires (tg’s edit) : jul 2006 on four:twenty recordings
daniel taylor – mord (loco dice remix) : jul 2006 on four:twenty recordings