Science 1, wishful thinking 0 It was a bison, not a sasquatch.  ¶ 2:54 PM 0 Comments Links to this post

  Bison, Moose, Bear or Sasquatch? A sample of hair from well, something, that crashed through a backyard in the Yukon is going to be tested to see what species it came from. The DNA choices are most likely to be bison. Whatever the result, people seeing sasquatches probably won't end with one test.  ¶ 12:25 PM 0 Comments Links to this post

  Best of Cassini/Huygens The people behind the very successful Cassini/Huygens mission to Saturn have put together a page with a top ten discoveries (so far). Cassini still has a few more years to go, but Huygens lived its two hours or so on Titan and faded away, but not before sending back amazing pictures of Titan's surface, which had never been seen in visible light wavelengths.  ¶ 12:20 PM 0 Comments Links to this post

  Swoon 104 - July 25, 2005 Royksopp - 49 Percent (Wall of Sound)
Boy Robot - Bonjour Frisur (City Centre Offices)
Ellen Allien - Ghost Train (Bpitchcontrol)
Goldfrapp - Train (Mute)
Jamie Lidell - What's the Use? (Warp)
Cirque du Soleil - A Tale (Chilluminati mix)
Herbaliser - Song for Mary (Ninja Tune)
Susumu Yokota - Fairy Dance of Trouble and Shadow (Lo)
The Vulcan Dub Squad - He's on the Wesley Trail (Five Deadly)
M83 - In the Cold I'm Standing (Mute)
Richard Devine - Helix Stair Helve (Sublight)
Black Dog Productions - Yamemm (Warp)
Riley Reinhold and Steve Barnes - Murder in the Clouds (Traum)
AFX - vbx.redlof.b (Rephlex)
Damian Lazarus - June 2005 radio promo
Armand van Helden - Come Play With Me (Southern Fried)
Orbital - Are We Here? (Oral mix) (ffrr)
Goodnight Streetlight - Overswanned (Duotone)  ¶ 11:51 AM 0 Comments Links to this post

  We split asses and hairs, but not pussies Rolling Stone has an interesting (but too long) article on people in their 20s who have decided to remain virgins until marriage. This can range from complete abstinence to oral and anal sex. As the people at Gene Expression said,

"Call me a freak, but in my circles getting shit-on-your-dick (sorry about being
explicit, but I want to keep it real) is a step or two beyond normal
intercourse. Something is seriously ass-backwards (sorry) when this is a
preparatory act."

  ¶ 9:39 AM 0 Comments Links to this post

  New blog about cosmology Sean Carroll, of Preposterous Universe, has started a new group blog called Cosmic Variance. He is one of my favourite bloggers and will be making most of his posts at the new blog from now on. Check it out if the mysteries of the universe interest you.  ¶ 9:36 AM 0 Comments Links to this post

  Swoon 103 - July 18, 2005 Air Liquide - Robot Wars Symphony Part 1 System Engaged (sm:)e)
James Holden - I Have Put Out the Light
Avus - Real (Nathan Fake mix) (Border Community)
Rouzbeh Delavari - Deep (Petter mix) (Border Community)
Pete Moss - Strive to Live (16b mix) (Fabric)
Starkid - Crayons (Leama and Moor mix)
Hiratzka and Kazell - In Your Eyes (Alternative Route)
Ellen Allien - Down (Bpitchcontrol)
Two of a Kind - Like This (Soul Jazz)
Batards-Sensibles - J'ai pas Sommeil (Big Dada)
Royksopp - Follow My Ruin (Wall of Sound)
Esthero - Beautiful Lie (Reprise)
Herbaliser - Geddim! (Ninja Tune)
Cirque du Soleil - Le Reveur (Thievery Corporation mix)
Junior Boys - When I'm Not Around (Kin)
Susumu Yokota - I Close the Door Upon Myself (Lo)
Love & Rockets - Saudade
Richard Devine - rsl-com (Sublight)
Murcof - Mo (a.mo.re - aeroc mix) (Leaf)
Marc Houle - East to West (M-nus)
Adam Kroll - Aeugler (Traum)  ¶ 9:26 AM 0 Comments Links to this post

  Currently in high rotation I don't normally post charts or reviews, but these recent releases are too good not to share.

In order of decreasing awesomeness:

Chris Fortier - Balance 007: experimental and danceable. Best mix I've ever heard by him. Three cds long, and it's never boring.

Superpitcher - Today: great tech-house mix.

Ellen Allien - Thrills: German techno and non-cheesy electro. You can spice up any set with these.

Royksopp - The Understanding: better than Melody A.M. More ideas and more symphonic. (Silly me, I always thought it was Royskopp.)

Richard Devine - Cautella: first half is totally mental, like Squarepusher or Aphex Twin. Second half is a little more manageable, but I like it all.

James Zabiela - Renaissance- Utilities: One mix on Live, another on three CDJ1000s.

Susumu Yokota - Symbol: take some really popular classical music. Overlay odd vocals, percussion and synth sounds. Relaxing without being spineless, and better than 1000 lounge and downtempo compilations.

Acid - Can You Jack? Chicago Acid & Experimental House 1985-95. Just like the title says. Groundbreaking tracks from Marshall Jefferson, DJ Pierre, Adonis, Green Velvet and others. Some sound a little dated, others you could drop today and people wouldn't blink.

Armand van Helden - Nympho: rock-house, not punk-funk. Very unique, quite enjoyable. It's not like the single "My My My". More guitars and rock-style singing.

Swamy and Astro & Glyde - Le Souk: house mix from Swamy and prog from Astro & Glyde. Good, but Fortier and Zabiela are better.

Busy month. I wish all months had this much good music.  ¶ 8:12 PM 0 Comments Links to this post

  Royksopp, not Royskopp And along I thought it was Royskopp. Nope, it's Royksopp. They have a new album out, and it's good.  ¶ 10:18 AM 0 Comments Links to this post

  Swoon 102 - July 11, 2005 Jesse Somfay - The Days of my Youth Ended With Broken Bottles (Traum)
Billie Holiday - Yesterdays (Junior Boys mix) (Verve)
Susumu Yokota - Traveler in the Wonderland (Lo)
Akufen - Dada
Richard Devine - Arc-acid (Sublight)
AFX - W32.mydoom.au@mm (Rephlex)
The Sweat Boyz - Do You Want to Perculate? (Soul Jazz)
Armand Van Helden - Jenny (Southern Fried)
Ellen Allien - The Brain is Lost (Bpitchcontrol)
M83 - Don't Save Us From the Flames (Superpitcher mix)
Mr. G - G's String
Idiotpilot - Les Lumieres (Reprise)
Dominik Eulberg - (Traum)
Miss Kitten - Happy Violentine (LFO remix)
John Tejada - Sweat (On the Walls) (Poker Flat)
Michel de Hey - Camera
Chris Cowie - U
DK8 - Slipstream (Output)
Michael Mayer - Lovefood (Kompakt)
Percy X - RD600
Susumu Yokota - Blue Sky and Yellow Sunflower (Lo)  ¶ 9:05 AM 0 Comments Links to this post

  Swoon 101 - July 5, 2005 - A New Dawn Orbital – Semi Detached (ffrr)
Plastikman – Outbak (Plus8)
Caribou – The Spiritually Immature Mansion (Leaf)
Tim Tetlow – Mind is Moving (Planet mu)
Four Tet – and Then Patterns (Domino)
Beats for Beginners – Mechanical Man (Faith & Hope)
Hexes & Ohs – Our Reflection Echoes On (Noise Factory)
Wagon Christ – Yeah (Rising High)
The Rapture – Sister Saviour (DFA Dub) (DFA)
Plaid – Booc (Warp)
ISAN – Celia’s Dream (Morr)
Photek – The Seven Samurai (Virgin)
Amon Tobin – The Lighthouse (Ninja Tune)
Squarepusher – Alive in Japan #6 (Warp)
Kraftwerk – The Robots (EMI)
Rechenzentrum – IBM (Kitty Yo)
Bola – Versivo (Skam)
Martin Tetreault and Otomo Yoshihide – Astrolabe (Dame)
Pub – Summer (Arovane amx1) (Vertical Form)
Arovane – Eleventh! (City Centre Offices)  ¶ 10:11 AM 0 Comments Links to this post