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This is my Eiffel Tower. This is my Rachmaninoff's Third. My PietĂ . It's completely elegant. It's baffingly beautiful. It's capable of reducing the population of any standing structure to zero. I call it 'The Ex-Wife'.
Sam Rockwell as Justin Hammer IRON MAN 2 (2010) dir. Jon Favreau happy birthday, @olyphant-tim! đŸ„ł
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paraclete0407 · 3 years
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BlackPink the KJI turn of K-wave, literally walk away.  I don’t like to reprise my condescending voice from the past with phrases like ‘complete retard’ and ‘s-s---k Tory-toff’ but there were some brain-damaged individuals on 4chan KPG who really loved Rose from BP - three times love, tragically like... I was at Boy Scout camp at 13 learning to sail a ‘Sunfish,’ Camp Wakpominee, this kid couldn’t stop singing ‘You are my sunshine.’  Cram-school kids singing commercial jingles(?!).  One of the best or the most ‘enriching’ of experiences in my life was learning Latin and sacred music in high school after an MS career of patronizing pedo empowerment-palaver but still it might’ve been better just to hang in with the United Methodist Church despite allowing women to teach and being clannish and political and [I don’t want to say] - it’s not really that but the desire for intellectual independence
I had a speech-impediment till HS and learned to pronounce things through singing; have come to think much of SLP (speech language pathology) was a predatory or dummy industry though I don’t really know - dept. of how do you utter real / authentic words to a fake face.  Campaign to destroy authenticity / ‘let us now lay burdens on our children we are unwilling to share’ although it could be JFK RFK MLK assassinations, 1970s ennui / malaise, Carter telling everyone ‘you’re bad and sad’ but having no real plan, urgency, intensity, passion and sundry knife-fights had inflicted clinical depression on the Boomers first of all
I tried to make sense of ‘crucify with spiritual weapons’ but came back now to what’s the worst thing that happened to me but fretted I would invent something that didn’t happen or flatter my vanity with ‘career patient war-stories.’  I’ve been hazed again and again and still not ‘washed.’  Maybe the fault was all mine for a superiority complex or maybe for going out.  Public school / Democrat or perhaps popular democracy philosophy of 2 wrongs make right, our wrongs make right, the more wrongs the better, ‘Pieta’ Tammy Baldwin.    
‘MinjuSchizo’ (me) tried to bypass Rose-tard since xer had a ‘Gay and Melancholy Sound’ + could be a schtick but IDK.  Bad people still want good things like Snoop having a diamonds are no longer good.  IDK why I have been this student of the pathetic.  ‘And it may that in 2221 they’ll say in 2021 Man once again feared his best dept. of Nelson Mandela ‘we fear we are strong.’  ‘Itching ears.’  I don’t like talking poetically about clear and present threats to well-being tho b/c it makes it seem like Broadway.  ‘This is a God that is like us’.... am I missing the mark?
‘Converging and coalescing’ - Hayao Miyazaki anime was a mistake, 100% pedophilia; BlackPink, 100% obliteration.  The best anime film arguably as Whisper of the Heart b/c it’s about wanting to be an adult but the guy who made it blew hiw own health out permanently (karoshi?), made ultimate animated motion picture, perished on 1st film.  Asian adoption also pedophilia, Latin American dictator pedophilia.  I’m ot even gonna say b/c Koreans discovered Freudian psychology like Freud’s read of Lear a bit too late and Freudianism makes some people in to demon-children.  I’m put in mind if Spider Eaters and The Vagrants where at the end of the CultRev it as, ‘Nope!  Red Guards got too mentally ill - time to blow them all away with general infantry.’  I kept telling my parents Maoism just leads back to old-fashioned hierarchy, authority, defined roles.  This MO silences a lot of people; in KR saintly leaders got tortured, sat on death-row to make something better.  In America they wanna dismantle everything or contract everyone or I really don’t even know.. No honest military police in ‘Waukee just go-getting careerists who joined up for pay.  Another former president of the ROK said his mom refused to let him take pay for serving neighbors - my only mistake was asking anything lately.. 
But I don’t know what will happen one hour from now.. 
I was only following Yuna Kim and Taeyeon on IG b/c I don’t understand social media then my old friends who never quite included me started tracking me again IDK if it is just AI making them do it; I reduced from 2 to just Taeyeon... IDK if I should say this but her lower legs gave me a feeling, new flowers every day but IDK, I used to think of her as this celebrity whom my scholarly genius could surround but I sincerely wish she’d pull an Elizabeth Taylor or Christina Aguilera; I still remember ‘the Most Beautiful Journey’ though in retrospect; anyway I know guys from all over this world are sending her presents 24-7-365 but I bet she’s more sophisticated than me in retrospect or all celebrity-culture is ‘stupidly simple’ (Daul Kim) and female-fetishization / Goddess-worship really is just mother-fear or Fear of Men or ev1 really was just hoping to avoid Holiness and masculinity.  Still listening to that wave-song I am like, ‘I know who you are,’ unlike my literal parents, and nearly ev voice in Milwaukee is just totally fake voice - I do not mean phony or what but just like, there was this Do As Infinity song ‘kimi wa dare, boku wa dare.... no yoru lose yourself’ - Night Falls Over Milwaukee, beyond respecting lies like KJI said ‘I raped and trafficked 11-year-olds to get nukes’ - that is kind of sincere’ I guess but being beyond whether a lie is a lie or not even neway I do still think a lot about ‘In Sunlight and in Shadow’ as ell and wanted to cast either SJH or Cha Yeryun (ultra-underrated) in the Korean version... 
I guess ‘not care lie or truth’ alas is part o the condition of ‘fiction’ which puts me back with my cousins and the doll-house, endless make-believe and RPG’s..
My other ‘sacred possession’ in the past was SNSD’s ‘Sonyeo Tokyo’ photobook that I used to make poems for; Seohyun was my favorite when they kicked out and bullied her again and again.  For a time I had a little ‘consolation-prize’ gesture I would tell myself which was ‘walking out of dinner party hand-grenade over left shoulder on to middle of munchies table cuz you guys are wife-bought-me-sex-slave-CCP-naked-sushi human trash’ - I also don’t know what they mean + it’s ancient history.  The dream was not a dream / the style was not a style / love passed through here a while / and... that picture of the Japanese sea with its particular mercury but at times liquid gold; there are times as Blaise Pascal might put it to say ‘Sea of Japan’ as well as ‘East Sea’
When I taught at [Beauty School] my fav song was BTBAL with its repeated syntax ‘The reason’ like ‘The reason why the wind shines / the flower falls / night surrounds you’ - but that whole self-regard-system might be going out the window dep. on your reading of Isaiah and ‘ladylike’ ~ as back then I wrote giant lists about Seohyun, EA-A / teenagers, stress-management; now everyone’s just stealing my words.  At times I feel I see their souls are just dangling them down through their spine with no real [avidity?] but I guess it’s getting better of late(?) ~ I took the escalator at Whole Foods and keep thinking of last ultimate love-rejection and how retard at HS was like ‘Teacher I don’t like your sock’ - Me, ‘IDC’ - but this was poor-in-spirit who probably knew exactly what he needs to know whilst I am like 9-gifted fortunate son and I can’t totally lock in if I believe my sister’s suitcase-nuke prophecy or its a joke-metaphor abt my fanfics and stuff on my drives / that I had a private life
+ also these beautiful disabled or simple people and communism is like leave none behind - like no Uighur to tell what happened or Khmer Rouge killing like 25% of pop, emptying the hospitals, glasses-wearers die, they still think Santa Mao is going to pull the homeless of the street; ‘Humana Vitae’ predicted this all so did GnR’s ‘It’s So Easy’ but guess what about ev1 pleasing you
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iowamusicshowcase · 7 years
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One year ago... http://ift.tt/2bSSdBq Monday, September 5, 2016 Other Sources: Four Recent Iowa Compilation Albums Iowa has a pretty good history of supporting its music. Could obviously be better and could have been better. But we've always had people who were strong supporters of our state's music, and did their best to promote it! In this regards, Iowa has quite the history of compilations albums, The earliest one I can remember is "The Iowa Compilation Album" from 1987 featuring alternative artists from across the state. I have no doubt that there were earlier ones. (And if you know about them, feel free to write to me about them at [email protected]!) So for this article, we look at three recent examples: the brand new recently released Iowa Music Project, plus from 2012, The Iowa City Song Project and Sonic Harvest. Other IMSC articles and podcasts featuring compilation albums: http://ift.tt/28TRCKT IOWA MUSIC PROJECT This is an album put together by The Iowa Music Project, "a James Gang endeavor that supports music produced throughout Iowa and increases access to instruments and music education among low-income families in the state". "The Iowa Music Project (IMP) is a 501©3 nonprofit organization that supports live music and musicians in the state of Iowa. IMP is currently running a songwriting showcase to promote new and unique Iowa voices. IMP also has plans to provide free instruments and music education to low-income youth, and is developing a podcast series to highlight music venues and venue owners throughout the state." (from their website) This release "is the debut album of Iowa Music Project (IMP) and a statewide compilation album inclusive of all genres of music. Featuring 20 different Iowa artists who were given an opportunity to record their original songs at Flat Black Studios in Lone Tree, Iowa, the IMP album offers a small window into the diverse genres of music being made in our state, ranging from folk, hip hop, international, experimental jazz, and more." (from the album's website) "After fielding more than 200 submissions, curators at the Iowa Music Project have narrowed their list down to 25 finalists (plus two bonus tracks from Halfloves and Middle Western...). The 25 finalists ... (received) one half-day recording session at Flat Black Studios. A selection of these 25 tracks (are also) included in a vinyl pressing released by Maximum Ames Records. The compilation includes two Listeners’ Choice honorees, Matt Van and Mason Greve & the Pork Tornadoes. Music aficionados across Iowa cast more than 14,000 votes in the poll, which featured hundreds of submissions by Iowa-based artists." (from the Little Village website) https://youtu.be/C_UxXo1pUqI?list=PLAy_OxanQN_JZnG0r9kE6buJCiBX-GQ8N Album website: http://ift.tt/2bzy9BY Digital download with 7 bonus tracks: http://ift.tt/2bSgCtC Iowa Music Project's (the organization) home page: http://ift.tt/1K3n3i7 Iowa Music Project's (the organization) Facebook page: http://ift.tt/1UsNOCp Iowa Public Radio's "Talk of Iowa" on the album: http://ift.tt/2bSfiHb Live sets from album artists from Studio One: http://ift.tt/2c6EyX2 IOWA CITY SONG PROJECT Maximum Ames Records has done it again. Perhaps Maximum Ames’s most ambitious LP release to date, the Iowa City Song Project has taken 31 musically disparate tracks and woven them into a single beautiful fabric of Iowa music history. The Iowa City Song Project was commissioned by the historic Englert Theater, which has hosted American and Iowa legends alike in its 100-year history. Performers on the record include folk legends Greg Brown and Bo Ramsey, who both hail from Iowa City, and twenty-nine other acts ranging from soul to punk-pop to experimental. Mumford’s, the Poison Control Center, Pieta Brown, Christopher the Conquered, William Elliot Whitmore, Brooks Strause, and the Emperor’s Club are some current Iowa staples who recorded a track for the album. Although simply growing familiar with this album takes time (it’s over 2 hours long with the eleven bonus tracks) and careful listening, it is well worth the effort. For those who have lived in Iowa City, it’s a priceless snapshot of one of the most vibrant cultures in the Midwest commissioned by its foremost performance space. For listeners like me who are less familiar with Iowa City, it’s yet another manifestation of the unusually collaborative and multifaceted Iowa music scene. Though Iowa City is the record’s common thread, the album isn’t a cheesy, tasteless tribute. In fact, Iowa City isn’t even directly mentioned in some of the songs (although there are some explicit references in a few of the song titles; “Iowa City, Make Love To Me” probably wins). But you know it’s there, watching, a constant in an ever-changing musical landscape that continues to raise and inspire those who live and perform there. Some tracks reflect the quintessential Iowa City experience (“Old Capital City”), while others are delightfully introspective, as though the artist was in the process of unraveling his complex relationship with the city (“Summer Sun”). At times exhilarating, moving, and even bizarre, the Iowa City Song Project seems to contain all the ingredients of artistic life, from disappointment to passion to joy. (from a DMMC {Des Moines Music Coalition] review by Zoey Miller) I try to collect as much Iowa City music as I possibly can. When I can’t buy a record at a show, I scour Bandcamp pages for the ones I don’t have yet. I spend hours creating and editing mixes of my favorite songs for my friends and family—people who aren’t familiar with the Iowa City music scene, but should be. Everyone should be. That’s my attitude, and apparently the Englert Theatre feels the same way. Instead of dragging songs into an iTunes playlist, the Englert commissioned 31 artists to write songs for a compilation album about Iowa City. The appropriately named Iowa City Song Project features an eclectic track listing of original music by some of the most respected Iowa-rooted talent, including William Elliott Whitmore, Greg Brown, Pieta Brown, The Poison Control Center, Wet Hair, Brooks Strause and many more. (from Steve Crowley's On The Beat column on the Little Village website) The Englert Theatre, Iowa City’s 100-year-old performing arts venue took it upon itself to craft a sonic tribute celebrating one of the most diverse and culturally vibrant communities in the Midwest. By commissioning 31 musicians and bands and handing them the task of creating songs inspired by experiences or impressions of Iowa City, the result is the sprawling Iowa City Song Project, an all-encompassing artistic reaction to the influential community constantly on the frontline of musical expression. The album strikingly matches the diverse selection of musical tastes that can be found in Iowa City on a day-to-day basis. Perhaps appropriately, a strong selection of grass roots Americana is present here while its oppositions fall more toward the avant-garde side of the spectrum that fit perfectly with the numerous forms of experimentation and forward thinking that springs from a college town. With a CD/LP release consisting of twenty stand-alone tracks in addition to eleven more digitally downloadable tunes, the Englert has successfully managed to turn a potentially daunting task into a seamless assembly of songs that merge into a comprehensive representation worthy of this great city. (from a Kelli Sutterman review on the Hoopla website) A video about the album... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1IX1xjwBko http://ift.tt/2gHnCvr https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvWeWX_0n-BiR-TEdVWeNHg5mruhtIYPV The album doesn't have a website of its own anymore. Maximum Ames no longer seems to be selling it. But I did find it for sale on a few sites... Itunes: http://ift.tt/2bSg9rp CD Universe: http://ift.tt/2c6EI0p Microsoft: http://ift.tt/2bSfm9Y IOWA COMPILATION: FOR HENRYVILLE Found this album just from googling for Iowa compilation albums. All I could find out about this album is what it says on its BandCamp page. It features bands from the eastern half of Iowa, mostly along the indie, alternative, and folk genres. It's a charity album to help the victims of a tornado in Henryville, Indiana. http://ift.tt/2gHnDzv The BandCamp website for the album: http://ift.tt/2c6DToB SONIC HARVEST This albums seems to have vanished off the face of the earth... and the internet! I coundn't even find it on Spotify anymore! I have asked around at Maximum Ames, but they just said it's out of print and they no longer sell it. And I couldn't get a hold of the Sound Farm studios, who were the ones who put the album together. So your best bet, if you want it, is to find it secondhand or burn and download it from a friend! There are a few tracks on some of the artists' BandCamp sites. I've included those below. And I made a YouTube playlists of the songs I could find on YouTube. Though I don't guarantee they are the same version as the album's. "As great as I think I am at giving focus to Iowa artists, there is no better way to discover new music than to actually listen to them. well the good folks at Sonic Harvest has given you all a chance to do that in one nice neat little package. Featuring 1 track from 30 different bands, all recorded at the now world famous Sound Farm in Jamaica, IA. "The album features lots of my favorites like Christopher the Conquered, Poison Control Center, Why Make Clocks and Mumford’s to name a few. But luckily for me it features acts I’m not as familiar with like Sean Huston and Pocket Aristotle. So there really is something for everyone." (from the Iowaves website) "Aside from representing the sounds of 30 Iowa bands, the compilation also represents the work of seven engineers: Ryan Martin, head engineer at Sound Farm, Logan Christian, owner of Midday Studios, Isaac Norman, engineer and owner at Righteous Dog Recording, Phil Young, engineer and owner at Liberty House Studios, Tyler Held, engineer at Sound Farm, R.B. Brummond and Alex Evans. "Patrick Tape Fleming, guitarist and vocalist of The Poison Control Center, said working on the compilation was a great experience and PCC’s track 'Looking Back' is one of his favorite recordings the band has done. He said the fact that Sound Farm gave artists the opportunity to record for free really shows the connection the studio has to the music community and how passionate they are about promoting it. “'It’s amazing that they invited all these bands to come that would probably never have the chance to record at that facility. For your everyday average rock-n-roll band, or even for a band like us that has toured a lot and released a bunch of albums, it was a really big deal to record in such a good studio where Grammy-award winning bands have recorded,' Fleming said." (from the DMMC [Des Moines Music Coalition] website) https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAy_OxanQN_JohNBcEVcaMEWbHq_fN3hH http://ift.tt/2gHQVxQ http://ift.tt/2eYi0Jg http://ift.tt/2gI8SMQ http://ift.tt/2eZ3pxe The album's Facebook page: http://ift.tt/2c6GwGG The album's Twitter page: https://twitter.com/sonicharvestia Labels: Bandcamp, compilation albums, folk (genre), folk music, Indie (genre), indie music, Iowa City Song Project,Iowa Compilation: For Henryville, Iowa Music Project, Other Sources, Sonic Harvest, various artists http://ift.tt/2bSSdBq
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iowamusicshowcase · 7 years
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One year ago... http://ift.tt/2bSSdBq Monday, September 5, 2016 Other Sources: Four Recent Iowa Compilation Albums Iowa has a pretty good history of supporting its music. Could obviously be better and could have been better. But we've always had people who were strong supporters of our state's music, and did their best to promote it! In this regards, Iowa has quite the history of compilations albums, The earliest one I can remember is "The Iowa Compilation Album" from 1987 featuring alternative artists from across the state. I have no doubt that there were earlier ones. (And if you know about them, feel free to write to me about them at [email protected]!) So for this article, we look at three recent examples: the brand new recently released Iowa Music Project, plus from 2012, The Iowa City Song Project and Sonic Harvest. Other IMSC articles and podcasts featuring compilation albums: http://ift.tt/28TRCKT IOWA MUSIC PROJECT This is an album put together by The Iowa Music Project, "a James Gang endeavor that supports music produced throughout Iowa and increases access to instruments and music education among low-income families in the state". "The Iowa Music Project (IMP) is a 501©3 nonprofit organization that supports live music and musicians in the state of Iowa. IMP is currently running a songwriting showcase to promote new and unique Iowa voices. IMP also has plans to provide free instruments and music education to low-income youth, and is developing a podcast series to highlight music venues and venue owners throughout the state." (from their website) This release "is the debut album of Iowa Music Project (IMP) and a statewide compilation album inclusive of all genres of music. Featuring 20 different Iowa artists who were given an opportunity to record their original songs at Flat Black Studios in Lone Tree, Iowa, the IMP album offers a small window into the diverse genres of music being made in our state, ranging from folk, hip hop, international, experimental jazz, and more." (from the album's website) "After fielding more than 200 submissions, curators at the Iowa Music Project have narrowed their list down to 25 finalists (plus two bonus tracks from Halfloves and Middle Western...). The 25 finalists ... (received) one half-day recording session at Flat Black Studios. A selection of these 25 tracks (are also) included in a vinyl pressing released by Maximum Ames Records. The compilation includes two Listeners’ Choice honorees, Matt Van and Mason Greve & the Pork Tornadoes. Music aficionados across Iowa cast more than 14,000 votes in the poll, which featured hundreds of submissions by Iowa-based artists." (from the Little Village website) https://youtu.be/C_UxXo1pUqI?list=PLAy_OxanQN_JZnG0r9kE6buJCiBX-GQ8N Album website: http://ift.tt/2bzy9BY Digital download with 7 bonus tracks: http://ift.tt/2bSgCtC Iowa Music Project's (the organization) home page: http://ift.tt/1K3n3i7 Iowa Music Project's (the organization) Facebook page: http://ift.tt/1UsNOCp Iowa Public Radio's "Talk of Iowa" on the album: http://ift.tt/2bSfiHb Live sets from album artists from Studio One: http://ift.tt/2c6EyX2 IOWA CITY SONG PROJECT Maximum Ames Records has done it again. Perhaps Maximum Ames’s most ambitious LP release to date, the Iowa City Song Project has taken 31 musically disparate tracks and woven them into a single beautiful fabric of Iowa music history. The Iowa City Song Project was commissioned by the historic Englert Theater, which has hosted American and Iowa legends alike in its 100-year history. Performers on the record include folk legends Greg Brown and Bo Ramsey, who both hail from Iowa City, and twenty-nine other acts ranging from soul to punk-pop to experimental. Mumford’s, the Poison Control Center, Pieta Brown, Christopher the Conquered, William Elliot Whitmore, Brooks Strause, and the Emperor’s Club are some current Iowa staples who recorded a track for the album. Although simply growing familiar with this album takes time (it’s over 2 hours long with the eleven bonus tracks) and careful listening, it is well worth the effort. For those who have lived in Iowa City, it’s a priceless snapshot of one of the most vibrant cultures in the Midwest commissioned by its foremost performance space. For listeners like me who are less familiar with Iowa City, it’s yet another manifestation of the unusually collaborative and multifaceted Iowa music scene. Though Iowa City is the record’s common thread, the album isn’t a cheesy, tasteless tribute. In fact, Iowa City isn’t even directly mentioned in some of the songs (although there are some explicit references in a few of the song titles; “Iowa City, Make Love To Me” probably wins). But you know it’s there, watching, a constant in an ever-changing musical landscape that continues to raise and inspire those who live and perform there. Some tracks reflect the quintessential Iowa City experience (“Old Capital City”), while others are delightfully introspective, as though the artist was in the process of unraveling his complex relationship with the city (“Summer Sun”). At times exhilarating, moving, and even bizarre, the Iowa City Song Project seems to contain all the ingredients of artistic life, from disappointment to passion to joy. (from a DMMC {Des Moines Music Coalition] review by Zoey Miller) I try to collect as much Iowa City music as I possibly can. When I can’t buy a record at a show, I scour Bandcamp pages for the ones I don’t have yet. I spend hours creating and editing mixes of my favorite songs for my friends and family—people who aren’t familiar with the Iowa City music scene, but should be. Everyone should be. That’s my attitude, and apparently the Englert Theatre feels the same way. Instead of dragging songs into an iTunes playlist, the Englert commissioned 31 artists to write songs for a compilation album about Iowa City. The appropriately named Iowa City Song Project features an eclectic track listing of original music by some of the most respected Iowa-rooted talent, including William Elliott Whitmore, Greg Brown, Pieta Brown, The Poison Control Center, Wet Hair, Brooks Strause and many more. (from Steve Crowley's On The Beat column on the Little Village website) The Englert Theatre, Iowa City’s 100-year-old performing arts venue took it upon itself to craft a sonic tribute celebrating one of the most diverse and culturally vibrant communities in the Midwest. By commissioning 31 musicians and bands and handing them the task of creating songs inspired by experiences or impressions of Iowa City, the result is the sprawling Iowa City Song Project, an all-encompassing artistic reaction to the influential community constantly on the frontline of musical expression. The album strikingly matches the diverse selection of musical tastes that can be found in Iowa City on a day-to-day basis. Perhaps appropriately, a strong selection of grass roots Americana is present here while its oppositions fall more toward the avant-garde side of the spectrum that fit perfectly with the numerous forms of experimentation and forward thinking that springs from a college town. With a CD/LP release consisting of twenty stand-alone tracks in addition to eleven more digitally downloadable tunes, the Englert has successfully managed to turn a potentially daunting task into a seamless assembly of songs that merge into a comprehensive representation worthy of this great city. (from a Kelli Sutterman review on the Hoopla website) A video about the album... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1IX1xjwBko http://ift.tt/2gHnCvr https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvWeWX_0n-BiR-TEdVWeNHg5mruhtIYPV The album doesn't have a website of its own anymore. Maximum Ames no longer seems to be selling it. But I did find it for sale on a few sites... Itunes: http://ift.tt/2bSg9rp CD Universe: http://ift.tt/2c6EI0p Microsoft: http://ift.tt/2bSfm9Y IOWA COMPILATION: FOR HENRYVILLE Found this album just from googling for Iowa compilation albums. All I could find out about this album is what it says on its BandCamp page. It features bands from the eastern half of Iowa, mostly along the indie, alternative, and folk genres. It's a charity album to help the victims of a tornado in Henryville, Indiana. http://ift.tt/2gHnDzv The BandCamp website for the album: http://ift.tt/2c6DToB SONIC HARVEST This albums seems to have vanished off the face of the earth... and the internet! I coundn't even find it on Spotify anymore! I have asked around at Maximum Ames, but they just said it's out of print and they no longer sell it. And I couldn't get a hold of the Sound Farm studios, who were the ones who put the album together. So your best bet, if you want it, is to find it secondhand or burn and download it from a friend! There are a few tracks on some of the artists' BandCamp sites. I've included those below. And I made a YouTube playlists of the songs I could find on YouTube. Though I don't guarantee they are the same version as the album's. "As great as I think I am at giving focus to Iowa artists, there is no better way to discover new music than to actually listen to them. well the good folks at Sonic Harvest has given you all a chance to do that in one nice neat little package. Featuring 1 track from 30 different bands, all recorded at the now world famous Sound Farm in Jamaica, IA. "The album features lots of my favorites like Christopher the Conquered, Poison Control Center, Why Make Clocks and Mumford’s to name a few. But luckily for me it features acts I’m not as familiar with like Sean Huston and Pocket Aristotle. So there really is something for everyone." (from the Iowaves website) "Aside from representing the sounds of 30 Iowa bands, the compilation also represents the work of seven engineers: Ryan Martin, head engineer at Sound Farm, Logan Christian, owner of Midday Studios, Isaac Norman, engineer and owner at Righteous Dog Recording, Phil Young, engineer and owner at Liberty House Studios, Tyler Held, engineer at Sound Farm, R.B. Brummond and Alex Evans. "Patrick Tape Fleming, guitarist and vocalist of The Poison Control Center, said working on the compilation was a great experience and PCC’s track 'Looking Back' is one of his favorite recordings the band has done. He said the fact that Sound Farm gave artists the opportunity to record for free really shows the connection the studio has to the music community and how passionate they are about promoting it. “'It’s amazing that they invited all these bands to come that would probably never have the chance to record at that facility. For your everyday average rock-n-roll band, or even for a band like us that has toured a lot and released a bunch of albums, it was a really big deal to record in such a good studio where Grammy-award winning bands have recorded,' Fleming said." (from the DMMC [Des Moines Music Coalition] website) https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAy_OxanQN_JohNBcEVcaMEWbHq_fN3hH http://ift.tt/2gHQVxQ http://ift.tt/2eYi0Jg http://ift.tt/2gI8SMQ http://ift.tt/2eZ3pxe The album's Facebook page: http://ift.tt/2c6GwGG The album's Twitter page: https://twitter.com/sonicharvestia Labels: Bandcamp, compilation albums, folk (genre), folk music, Indie (genre), indie music, Iowa City Song Project,Iowa Compilation: For Henryville, Iowa Music Project, Other Sources, Sonic Harvest, various artists http://ift.tt/2bSSdBq
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iowamusicshowcase · 7 years
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One year ago... http://ift.tt/2bSSdBq Monday, September 5, 2016 Other Sources: Four Recent Iowa Compilation Albums Iowa has a pretty good history of supporting its music. Could obviously be better and could have been better. But we've always had people who were strong supporters of our state's music, and did their best to promote it! In this regards, Iowa has quite the history of compilations albums, The earliest one I can remember is "The Iowa Compilation Album" from 1987 featuring alternative artists from across the state. I have no doubt that there were earlier ones. (And if you know about them, feel free to write to me about them at [email protected]!) So for this article, we look at three recent examples: the brand new recently released Iowa Music Project, plus from 2012, The Iowa City Song Project and Sonic Harvest. Other IMSC articles and podcasts featuring compilation albums: http://ift.tt/28TRCKT IOWA MUSIC PROJECT This is an album put together by The Iowa Music Project, "a James Gang endeavor that supports music produced throughout Iowa and increases access to instruments and music education among low-income families in the state". "The Iowa Music Project (IMP) is a 501©3 nonprofit organization that supports live music and musicians in the state of Iowa. IMP is currently running a songwriting showcase to promote new and unique Iowa voices. IMP also has plans to provide free instruments and music education to low-income youth, and is developing a podcast series to highlight music venues and venue owners throughout the state." (from their website) This release "is the debut album of Iowa Music Project (IMP) and a statewide compilation album inclusive of all genres of music. Featuring 20 different Iowa artists who were given an opportunity to record their original songs at Flat Black Studios in Lone Tree, Iowa, the IMP album offers a small window into the diverse genres of music being made in our state, ranging from folk, hip hop, international, experimental jazz, and more." (from the album's website) "After fielding more than 200 submissions, curators at the Iowa Music Project have narrowed their list down to 25 finalists (plus two bonus tracks from Halfloves and Middle Western...). The 25 finalists ... (received) one half-day recording session at Flat Black Studios. A selection of these 25 tracks (are also) included in a vinyl pressing released by Maximum Ames Records. The compilation includes two Listeners’ Choice honorees, Matt Van and Mason Greve & the Pork Tornadoes. Music aficionados across Iowa cast more than 14,000 votes in the poll, which featured hundreds of submissions by Iowa-based artists." (from the Little Village website) https://youtu.be/C_UxXo1pUqI?list=PLAy_OxanQN_JZnG0r9kE6buJCiBX-GQ8N Album website: http://ift.tt/2bzy9BY Digital download with 7 bonus tracks: http://ift.tt/2bSgCtC Iowa Music Project's (the organization) home page: http://ift.tt/1K3n3i7 Iowa Music Project's (the organization) Facebook page: http://ift.tt/1UsNOCp Iowa Public Radio's "Talk of Iowa" on the album: http://ift.tt/2bSfiHb Live sets from album artists from Studio One: http://ift.tt/2c6EyX2 IOWA CITY SONG PROJECT Maximum Ames Records has done it again. Perhaps Maximum Ames’s most ambitious LP release to date, the Iowa City Song Project has taken 31 musically disparate tracks and woven them into a single beautiful fabric of Iowa music history. The Iowa City Song Project was commissioned by the historic Englert Theater, which has hosted American and Iowa legends alike in its 100-year history. Performers on the record include folk legends Greg Brown and Bo Ramsey, who both hail from Iowa City, and twenty-nine other acts ranging from soul to punk-pop to experimental. Mumford’s, the Poison Control Center, Pieta Brown, Christopher the Conquered, William Elliot Whitmore, Brooks Strause, and the Emperor’s Club are some current Iowa staples who recorded a track for the album. Although simply growing familiar with this album takes time (it’s over 2 hours long with the eleven bonus tracks) and careful listening, it is well worth the effort. For those who have lived in Iowa City, it’s a priceless snapshot of one of the most vibrant cultures in the Midwest commissioned by its foremost performance space. For listeners like me who are less familiar with Iowa City, it’s yet another manifestation of the unusually collaborative and multifaceted Iowa music scene. Though Iowa City is the record’s common thread, the album isn’t a cheesy, tasteless tribute. In fact, Iowa City isn’t even directly mentioned in some of the songs (although there are some explicit references in a few of the song titles; “Iowa City, Make Love To Me” probably wins). But you know it’s there, watching, a constant in an ever-changing musical landscape that continues to raise and inspire those who live and perform there. Some tracks reflect the quintessential Iowa City experience (“Old Capital City”), while others are delightfully introspective, as though the artist was in the process of unraveling his complex relationship with the city (“Summer Sun”). At times exhilarating, moving, and even bizarre, the Iowa City Song Project seems to contain all the ingredients of artistic life, from disappointment to passion to joy. (from a DMMC {Des Moines Music Coalition] review by Zoey Miller) I try to collect as much Iowa City music as I possibly can. When I can’t buy a record at a show, I scour Bandcamp pages for the ones I don’t have yet. I spend hours creating and editing mixes of my favorite songs for my friends and family—people who aren’t familiar with the Iowa City music scene, but should be. Everyone should be. That’s my attitude, and apparently the Englert Theatre feels the same way. Instead of dragging songs into an iTunes playlist, the Englert commissioned 31 artists to write songs for a compilation album about Iowa City. The appropriately named Iowa City Song Project features an eclectic track listing of original music by some of the most respected Iowa-rooted talent, including William Elliott Whitmore, Greg Brown, Pieta Brown, The Poison Control Center, Wet Hair, Brooks Strause and many more. (from Steve Crowley's On The Beat column on the Little Village website) The Englert Theatre, Iowa City’s 100-year-old performing arts venue took it upon itself to craft a sonic tribute celebrating one of the most diverse and culturally vibrant communities in the Midwest. By commissioning 31 musicians and bands and handing them the task of creating songs inspired by experiences or impressions of Iowa City, the result is the sprawling Iowa City Song Project, an all-encompassing artistic reaction to the influential community constantly on the frontline of musical expression. The album strikingly matches the diverse selection of musical tastes that can be found in Iowa City on a day-to-day basis. Perhaps appropriately, a strong selection of grass roots Americana is present here while its oppositions fall more toward the avant-garde side of the spectrum that fit perfectly with the numerous forms of experimentation and forward thinking that springs from a college town. With a CD/LP release consisting of twenty stand-alone tracks in addition to eleven more digitally downloadable tunes, the Englert has successfully managed to turn a potentially daunting task into a seamless assembly of songs that merge into a comprehensive representation worthy of this great city. (from a Kelli Sutterman review on the Hoopla website) A video about the album... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1IX1xjwBko http://ift.tt/2gHnCvr https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvWeWX_0n-BiR-TEdVWeNHg5mruhtIYPV The album doesn't have a website of its own anymore. Maximum Ames no longer seems to be selling it. But I did find it for sale on a few sites... Itunes: http://ift.tt/2bSg9rp CD Universe: http://ift.tt/2c6EI0p Microsoft: http://ift.tt/2bSfm9Y IOWA COMPILATION: FOR HENRYVILLE Found this album just from googling for Iowa compilation albums. All I could find out about this album is what it says on its BandCamp page. It features bands from the eastern half of Iowa, mostly along the indie, alternative, and folk genres. It's a charity album to help the victims of a tornado in Henryville, Indiana. http://ift.tt/2gHnDzv The BandCamp website for the album: http://ift.tt/2c6DToB SONIC HARVEST This albums seems to have vanished off the face of the earth... and the internet! I coundn't even find it on Spotify anymore! I have asked around at Maximum Ames, but they just said it's out of print and they no longer sell it. And I couldn't get a hold of the Sound Farm studios, who were the ones who put the album together. So your best bet, if you want it, is to find it secondhand or burn and download it from a friend! There are a few tracks on some of the artists' BandCamp sites. I've included those below. And I made a YouTube playlists of the songs I could find on YouTube. Though I don't guarantee they are the same version as the album's. "As great as I think I am at giving focus to Iowa artists, there is no better way to discover new music than to actually listen to them. well the good folks at Sonic Harvest has given you all a chance to do that in one nice neat little package. Featuring 1 track from 30 different bands, all recorded at the now world famous Sound Farm in Jamaica, IA. "The album features lots of my favorites like Christopher the Conquered, Poison Control Center, Why Make Clocks and Mumford’s to name a few. But luckily for me it features acts I’m not as familiar with like Sean Huston and Pocket Aristotle. So there really is something for everyone." (from the Iowaves website) "Aside from representing the sounds of 30 Iowa bands, the compilation also represents the work of seven engineers: Ryan Martin, head engineer at Sound Farm, Logan Christian, owner of Midday Studios, Isaac Norman, engineer and owner at Righteous Dog Recording, Phil Young, engineer and owner at Liberty House Studios, Tyler Held, engineer at Sound Farm, R.B. Brummond and Alex Evans. "Patrick Tape Fleming, guitarist and vocalist of The Poison Control Center, said working on the compilation was a great experience and PCC’s track 'Looking Back' is one of his favorite recordings the band has done. He said the fact that Sound Farm gave artists the opportunity to record for free really shows the connection the studio has to the music community and how passionate they are about promoting it. “'It’s amazing that they invited all these bands to come that would probably never have the chance to record at that facility. For your everyday average rock-n-roll band, or even for a band like us that has toured a lot and released a bunch of albums, it was a really big deal to record in such a good studio where Grammy-award winning bands have recorded,' Fleming said." (from the DMMC [Des Moines Music Coalition] website) https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAy_OxanQN_JohNBcEVcaMEWbHq_fN3hH http://ift.tt/2gHQVxQ http://ift.tt/2eYi0Jg http://ift.tt/2gI8SMQ http://ift.tt/2eZ3pxe The album's Facebook page: http://ift.tt/2c6GwGG The album's Twitter page: https://twitter.com/sonicharvestia Labels: Bandcamp, compilation albums, folk (genre), folk music, Indie (genre), indie music, Iowa City Song Project,Iowa Compilation: For Henryville, Iowa Music Project, Other Sources, Sonic Harvest, various artists http://ift.tt/2bSSdBq
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