damien youth

i have been infatuated with damien youth for about a year now. i don't remember how i first heard of him, but i have yet to meet anybody that knows who he is or has ever heard his music. he 's based in new orleans, which might have something to do with it. the first time i heard him i was sure that the recording was done in the sixties, having a real syd barrett sound to it. he is like an evil-donovan, syd barrety nick drakey david bowiey kinda fella. if anybody gives a shit, you can download some great songs and listen to them. they are so beautiful, they make me want to cut myself.


update 4/6/06:
well as it turns out, the only track available for download in it's entirety is katy called me lucifer, but it's one of my favorites. right click on it and select 'save link as'. if you have a credit card, you can order his cds pretty cheap, and then you can tape them for me!

update 4/11/06:
ok i found some more on this page-- hermaphrodite jesus, lies we tell, the accident, subterraneans.

link dump

here i am posting electro-acoustic music related links to web-pages i have found in my spare time, but never had any good reason to mention:


1. i can't tell if this is a hoax or not, but here is a video of somebody's scanner playing fur elise, and here are directions on how to do it yourself.

2. an archive of virtual synthesized drum machines. you can download them and play with them. if you want to.

3. fun desktop blues thing.

4. online transposer. very useful when i only have a harmonica in a certain key or i can't sing high or low enough.

5. this is the band that opened for violent femmes at sugarloaf, called hot tarts. you can listen to their music.

6. watch as frank zappa sticks it to the man! (and that man is tipper gore.)

7. this happened a while ago, but here is a story on john cage's 639 year symphony progressing to its second chord.