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the black dog - spanners

excellent mid 90's downbeat techno/IDM; this elegantly walks the line between stark and sexy.  synthetic soundscapes meld cogently with early techno themes such as detroit sprawl and slick acid.  this seems to me to be at once completely representative of the time's burgeoning, wonky synergy between IDM and CGI, while completely in its realm being banged at a party.

*sorry.  i forgot to RAR it up, but mediafire is very fast*

http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=5c2888cbc0f6c8adb64026cfc0611236e04e75f6e8ebb871

stanley kubrick's "barry lyndon"

a staggeringly beautiful film that wreaks of authenticity and wit...and ryan o'neal's strangely placid performance.  

*this is an average quality version(.mp4,) and is meant only as a convenient download alternative, in lieu of a high-quality dvdrip.*

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the nexus of this great band's evolution from faux-marxist krautrock  to the faux-marxist space-pop they've dealt out, mostly, since then. one of the most ambitious, yet rewarding, pastiches of disparate genres(trip-hop, kraut, funk, neu wave, classical,) brilliantly juxtaposed with the coolly sweet harmonies of leticia sadier and the late mary hansen.

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i'm usually not into collections, i prefer to pick out my own favourites from an artist's body of work.  but this album is unimpeachable in it's "greatness," as it not only collects nuggets from the past(help me make it through the night, uncloudy day,) but also includes brilliant turns from his last couple outings(always on my mind, angel flying too close to the ground.)  willy was at his soulful, earnest best at this time, having just starred in/soundtracked the moderate hit cowboy-artist flick "honeysuckle rose." i always appreciated the outlaw's ability to engender many different genres, while still retaining that authentic country feeling.  

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essentials...

i want to post my favourite all-time albums in the next week or so.  these make up a sort of mission statement of aesthetics, and would end up on that deserted island with me...and, err, a solar-powered boombox.  this band, and particularly their debut, frequently(and mistakingly) are left out of "important band/album" discussions of the post-punk era.  they've always struck me as a  provincial, sincere take on the smiths, and harriet wheeler's girlish croon is undeniably wonderful.  this album is near perfect from start to finish.

www.rapidshare.com/files/120986892/The_Sundays_-_Reading_Writing_and_Arithmetic.zip

TVOTR debut album(adebimpe & sitek only)

We made this disc OK Calculator and left it in cafes and just different places. Just 24 tracks of four-track stuff. And that's on-line now. We sold a few of them on our first tour, a couple, but then the CD burner broke, etc. That's on-line and someone wrote about it as "the extremely rare but superb OK Calculator" and I’m sitting there going, "Are you kidding me?" Rare, yeah, rare because we're making them ourselves, and superb, that's not up to us, but it's not superb. (laughs) I’d be the first person to tell you. There's more hiss on some of those songs than there are songs. And it's fun, and I love it, but I wouldn't call it superb.

—Tunde Adebimpe, in a 2004 Downhill Battle interview

http://rapidshare.com/files/163477195/TV_On_The_Radio_-_2002_Ok_Calculator.rar

the brown bunny OST

the movie was infamous for the BJ chloe sevigny threw down on brooding narcissist vincent gallo(admittedly, it was the high point of the film,) but, for me, the real saving grace is the impeccable soundtrack.  this was a japan-only release...

www.rapidshare.com/files/71726089/The_Brown_Bunny__Soundtrack_.zip

rare stereolab demos

Eaten Horizons or The Electrocution of Rock

from discogs:

"100 copies for retail sale plus 30 artist-only copies. Housed in a generic En/Of gatefold sleeve with content information printed on a sticker wrapped around the open-ends of the sleeve (acting as a seal). The record is pressed on 180g black virgin vinyl and housed in a plain black die-cut inner sleeve. All the tracks on this album are previously unreleased early demos. 

Includes a high-quality digital (30 x 30 cm) original print by visual artist Mathias Poledna (printed on very heavy Rochester Plus paper and signed, numbered & dated by the artist)."

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animal collective - MPP

yes, its real(and quite awesome.)

Animal Collective - Merriweather..rar (Animal Collective - Merriweather Pos

the curious case of benjamin button (DVDSCR)

a very interesting film, well worth the DL.  we all are familiar with fincher (fight club, panic room, zodiac,) and here he teams up with the screenwriter of forrest gump to make a very similarly themed film.  beautifully shot, with A-game performances from all; especially kate blanchett, who delivers, IMO, an award winning turn.  enjoy.

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UPIT.TO Part1

UPTI.TO Part2

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http://rghost.ru/76074