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If I Had A Hi-Fi


One of my favorite bands is releasing one of the coolest cover records of the year very soon. Nada Surf puts there on spin on tunes from living legends(Depeche Mode), forgotten geniuses(Bill Fox), and even contemporaries(Spoon,The Soft Pack) on their super fun new album 'If I Had A Hi-Fi.'

Here is there version of a great Kate Bush tune.


* 'Love And Anger' MP3

Craigslist Musical Dedication

Alchemical, Video, Archaeological Assistant


Date: 2009-07-13, 10:46PM PDT


Yes, this is certainly an unusual title for any job advertisement, and we�re looking for someone just as unusual.

We are based in St Helens, Oregon. We need someone who either lives locally, or who is willing to travel here a few days week (to start), and who can eventually work full time. What we are seeking a very special employee with a bit more imagination, more integrity and more concern for truth than most people. What we are offering is far more than a job, and � we hope � you�ll find this more of an avocation than a vocation.

Our research is independently funded. We are looking for an absolutely honorable, spiritually-centered and healthy individual who is not only looking to earn a paycheck, but who wants to (literally) change the world. This is a non-smoking workplace, but your life is your own. It is results we are looking for.

The short version: we are an independent video production company, which � during the course of filming a radical new science documentary � made a series of rather incredible discoveries (and these discoveries are on-going). Our breakthroughs represent a radical new view of an esoteric world history, and resulted in equally amazing technologies. We are now preparing to market some of these.

What are these technologies?

As amazing as our answer seems, we are not exaggerating. We have rediscovered the �elixir of life,� once known also as Amrita, Soma, and (through the European mythos) the �Holy Grail!� And that�s not all.

Quietly, we started a company to develop and market several products which resulted from these breakthroughs, and the sales of these alchemically-related products are being used to fund the completion of our documentary series. Recently we went public with some of our discoveries. Now we need some help to produce these products.

Can you work with shop tools and wood? Do you have a background in chemistry, archaeology or biology? Do you have a familiarity with lab safety, using a microscope or with chemical reagents? A person familiar with scientific disciplines is preferable.

Yet, such scientific training can often prevent one from dealing well with many paradigm shifts resulting from research such as ours. What we're up to will turn your world upside down!

Do you have a problem working with evidence of real-world ancient occult (occult meaning esoteric, or hidden; i.e., sacred) sciences and/or religions? Can you travel over a weekend or week if necessary? What if you were asked to climb down into a cave, or travel to an archaeologically-significant site across the Great Basin? Are you a certified diver? Discoveries have lead us to seek for answers in all sorts of places Anything can happen. Are you physically fit enough to carry gear under such circumstances. Are you sure-footed. All of these things and more may affect your ability to work with us.

To work with us you'd need more than a very wide range of skills. You must possess a quick and open mind, a curiosity to pursue truth (no matter where it leads), and the willingness to do whatever it takes to complete those jobs and tasks required responsibly. Skills you can develop, but the desire to learn and grow is part of one's personality. We will train you wherever needed. Skills with various power tools is a deal-breaker, and familiarity Macintosh-based graphics a plus. If your skills lie in the arenas of videography, special effects and/or animation, even better. Why?

We need one (or two) personal assistants willing to both learn and assist in any and all facets of the work we do here ' and that can be anything from assisting in manufacturing and shipping our products, to mailing boxes to clients, answering questions. For example, as mundane as the business part of our work is, this is not all we do. However, it is how we fund ourselves, and stay independent.

You may be asked to assist in acquiring video and still imagery, assist research, and so on. We will be willing to train our employees. Our Executive producer is a professional with many years of training experience in digital imaging and video/special FX.

All we discover we document. All we document and study, we use to build technologies. Your salary will eventually depend on how well (and quickly) you can accomplish what is required. This will be a part-time salary, but who knows where it will lead? This is (at least partly) up to you.

Think of this as an old style apprenticeship job, dealing with sacred-scientific/esoteric research and cutting edge alchemy.

If such an alternate and intimate work/learning environment doesn't freak you out, then let's talk.

You'll be contacted for a brief Q&A session. Then, if we think you're someone we might want to work with us, you'll be participating in a small telephone conference with three of the principles associated with our several companies. Finally, we'll meet and talk person-to-person, at our St Helens facility.

Interested? E-mail us. You may even find some of life's most elusive questions actually have answers.

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I was all set to rattle off a snarky comment about this manifesto, but there is just so much weirdness going on in this post I just sort of blanked out. But the truth is out there.


* Nada Surf - 'The Blankest Year' MP3

Inside Of Love

A new favorite - singer/songwriter Nicole Atkins, of mine covering a slightly older favorite of mine...

Nada Surf - 'Inside Of Love' MP3


Nicole Atkins - 'Inside Of Love' MP3

Audio Nostalgia: "Popular and Sucked Out"

These two tracks are forever linked in my musical mind. I think the first time I saw both videos they were played in the same episode of MTV's 120 Minutes. Then later that year I saw both bands play together at a little bar here. Amazing show if memory serves.

Who knew that in a few years that Nada Surf would be releasing what has become one of my favorite all time albums in 'Let Go'. I haven't done such a good job of keeping in touch with Superdrag...tell them I say hello.



Nada Surf - 'Popular' MP3




Superdrag - 'Sucked Out' MP3

Season Of Sound


Piracy might not be the best thing ever to happen to the business side of the music industry, but it sure has helped out people like me...music lovers who live in secondary markets.

Living most of my life in Columbus,OH I have just grown accustom to seeing some of my favorite bands, especially the European ones, skip my town while on tour. But over the last 2 or 3 years, due in large part ot file sharing I imagine, bads are having to get more and more of their money from playing live...this means lots and LOTS of shows to come to.

I don't ever remember a summer here where I actually had to DECIDE on which shows to go to...usually so few came that it was never a problem to attend all of them. This summer, however, it will be one hard choice after another...but as a long suffering music fan in smaller town, it's a problem that I for one am thrilled to have!

Here are the next 3 shows upcoming on my calendar:

The Raconteurs - 6/9
'Bang Bang' MP3
Nada Surf - 6/10
'The Film Did Not Go Round' MP3

Iron & Wine - 6/15
'The Trapeze Swinger' MP3

Let It Snow


20.4 inches of snow fell on the hometown of Columbus,OH today. The weatherman were happy, everyone else...not so much.

As I watched 'Blizzard '08' coverage roll across the bottom of the tv screen all day I kept hearing this Nada Surf tune in my head...so I thought I better post it. It is off of one of my favorite albums of recent years, 'Let Go.' And because one good Nada Surf song deserves another I am sharing 'The Film Did Not Go Round' off of their latest LP, 'Lucky.'


01blizzardof_77.mp3

daSurf-TheFilmDidNotGo_round.mp3

Nada Surf - If You Leave


Here is an older Nada Surf cover of the 80's hit 'If You Leave', made famous by OMD. I think this song originally appeared on one of the soundtracks to the OC, but don't hold me to that...a great version of a great song nonetheless.

01IfYouLeave_OMDCover_.mp3

New Nada Surf - 'The Film Did Not Go Round'


Here is a beautiful new track off of Nada's forthcoming 'Lucky' LP, to be released in early 2008.

Enjoy.

daSurf-TheFilmDidNotGo_round.mp3