Astroblog has a nice series of posts about the recent and ongoing grouping of planets.  ¶ 11:57 AM 0 Comments Links to this post

  Swoon 100 - June 27, 2005 - 100th episode, and the best of the previous 99 Manual - Summer Haze (Morr)
Ulrich Schnauss - A Letter From Home (City Centre Offices)
Orbital - Pants (ATO)
Amon Tobin - Back From Space (Ninja Tune)
Telefon Tel Aviv - My Week Beats Your Year (Hefty)
Arovane - Lilies (City Centre Offices)
MRI - Sane and Sound (Force Tracks)
Medicine 8 - Mystery Murdered (Regal)
Casamassa - Espinoza
Dub Taylor - Before You Go (Force Tracks)
Nylon - The Mouse (Rebel One)
2 Dollar Egg - Graphit (Klang)
Mathew Jonson - Re-wire (Itiswhatitis)
Slam - This World (Robag Wruhme mix) (Soma)
Chelonis R. Jones - I Don't Know (Get Physical)
Abe Duque - What Happened? (Deep House mix) (Abe Duque)
Aphasia - Acapulco (Q6 mix) (Hooj)
Kosmas Epsilon - Feed Me Acid (EQ)
Starkid - Crayons
Yunus Guvenen - Opus 34 (Bedrock)
Transluzent - Angel (Ark)
Chris Lake & Rowan Blades - Filth (Alternative Route)
Rozzo - Blue (Trackdown)
Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill (Infusion mix)
B. Fleischmann - 02/00 (Morr)  ¶ 9:11 AM 0 Comments Links to this post

  My picture on Spaceweather My picture below of Mercury, Venus and Saturn has been posted to Spaceweather. I am very pleased!  ¶ 2:30 PM 0 Comments Links to this post

  Live 8: Canuck Live 8 lineup unveiled (try and imagine a bigger pile of crap) CANOE -- JAM! Music - Artists - Live 8: Canuck Live 8 lineup unveiled

Wow, Blue Rodeo is still alive!
Celine Dion deigns to appear by satellite from Las Vegas!
Bryan Adams, who gives a flying f***?
Motley Crue? For Christ's sake.
Barenaked Ladies, of course.
Deep Purple? Got to have something for the accountants on their Harleys.

Make up your own jokes about the Tragically Hip, Our Lady Peace and Sam Roberts.

The funniest part is they claim they had to whittle down 55 acts to 21 spots.
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  100th Swoon next week Next week will be the 100th episode of Swoon on CFBU. I am hoping to do a best of the previous 99 episodes. The other criteria is that they were released during the last two year. I am down to 35 songs, which is far more than the usual 22 that make a 2-hour show. I will have to do some chopping, but here are some that will definitely make the cut.

Mri – sane and sound
Manual – summer haze
Yunus – opus 34
Amon tobin –
Ulrich schnauss
Starkid – crayons
Telefon tel aviv
Arovane
Unkle – eye for an eyey mode mix
Aphasia – acapulco
Orbital blue album
b. fleischmann – 02/00
scsi-9 all she wants is wighnomy mix
chelonis r jones – I don’t know
2 dollar egg – graphit
lady b – cruising around motor city
chris lake and rowan blades- filth
kosmas epsilon – feed me acid
caribou – brahminy kite
randall jones – cultural assertion
slam – this world robag wruhme mix  ¶ 10:17 AM 0 Comments Links to this post

 
Saturn, Venus and Mercury will be forming a tight trio for the next two weeks. Eventually they will be within 5 degrees of each other, which the astronomical criteria for the term trio. Venus is dead center and brightest, Mercury is to its lower right, Saturn its upper left. At the top are Castor (right) and Pollux (left), the twins of Gemini. You'll need to look at the full-size picture to see them all.

This picture was taken just after ten p.m. from the Michigan Beach pier in St. Catharines.   ¶ 4:32 PM 0 Comments Links to this post

 
Lightning from the storm that went south of Buffalo on June 9.    ¶ 9:34 AM 0 Comments Links to this post

  Swoon 099 - June 20, 2005 Pub - This Can't Be Happening (Ampoule)
Freeform - Caniton Web (Worm Interface)
Monolake - Aviation
Neutral Mute - Roc-Sac (Statra)
Electronicat - Savage Cat (Disko B)
Four Tet - A Joy (Domino)
Caribou - Brahminy Kite (Domino)
Caribou - Drumheller (Domino)
Animal Collective - Baleen Sample (Fat Cat)
The Real Tuesday Weld - Something Beautiful (Six Degrees)
Hexes & Ohs - But It Can Build Beautiful Things (Noise Factory)
Astrud Gilberto - The Gentle Rain (RJD2 mix) (Verve)
AFX - Analogue Bubblebath 4 track 2 (Rephlex)
Amon Tobin - Kikubo Sosho Battle (Ninja Tune)
Kraftwerk - Aero Dynamik (EMI)
Orbital - Tunnel Vision (ATO)
Batards Sensibles - Meet the New Boss (Big Dada)
Jello - Lungbone (Peacefrog)
Robag Wruhme - Fittickklopfer (Musik Krause)
Balil - Parasight (Rising High)
Telepopmusik - Last Train to Wherever (EMI)
Akido - Such a Waste (ak)  ¶ 9:11 AM 0 Comments Links to this post

  Swoon 098 - June 13, 2005 Bjork – Who Is It (Vitalic mix)
Ellen Alien – Kuss (Bpitchcontrol)
AFX – w32.deadcode.ca (Rephlex)
Dave Clarke – The Wiggle (Skint)
Amon Tobin – Theme from Battery (Ninja Tune)
Four Tet – High Fives (Domino)
Two Lone Swordsmen – Formica Fuego (Warp)
The Cars Are Stars – I Run, I Swim (Chez Moi)
Manhead – Birth, School, Work, Death (Output)
New Order – Morning, Night and Day (Warner)
Caribou – Yeti (Leaf)
Kraftwerk – Radioactivity (EMI)
Blackstrobe – The Abwehr Disco (Output)
Martin Tetreault/Otomo Yoshihide – Lyon No. 2 (Dame)
Autechre – Pro Radii (Warp)
AFX – Analord 9.3 (Rephlex)
Morceaux-de-Machines – Placenta Compressa (Notype)
Luomo – Shelter
Roach Motel – That Piano Track (Junior Boy’s Own)  ¶ 11:07 AM 0 Comments Links to this post

  Swoon 097 - June 6, 2005 - Electronic Pop Nina Simone - Lilac Wine (The Album Leaf mix) (Verve)
The Real Tuesday Weld - Daisies (Six Degrees)
Bomb the Bass/Lali Puna - Clearcut (amx) (Morr)
Cocteau Twins - Violaine (Mark Clifford mix) (Capitol)
Electronicat - Wop Doowop (Disko B)
Ms. John Soda - Hiding/Fading (Morr)
Caribou - Yeti (Leaf)
Telefon Tel Aviv - My Week Beats Your Year (Hefty)
Ulrich Schnauss - On My Own (City Centre Offices)
Daft Punk - Television Rules the Nation (Virgin)
Midnight Star - The Midas Touch (Hell Interface mix) (Mask)
Scala - Naked (Touch)
Idiotpilot - Nightlife (Reprise)
Prince - Controversy (Warner)
Hexes & Ohs - You Can't Save Face (Noise Factory)
Deee-Lite - What is Love?
Goldfrapp - Pilots (Mute)
Sebastien Tellier - La Ritournelle (Kompakt)
Saint Etienne - Pale Movie (Lemonentry mix) (Heavenly)  ¶ 9:27 AM 0 Comments Links to this post