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Top 10 Favorite Releases of 2009

Here is the democratically agreed upon year end list from Comoros.

These are our absolute favorites of the year (hard to get down to ten) presented without order of rank or preference… you know, random.

Teitanblood - Seven Chalices
Cold Cave - Love Comes Close
Jim O’Rourke - The Visitor
Secret Chiefs 3 - Traditionalists
Circulatory System - Signal Morning
Expo ‘70 - White Ohms
Zaika - Big Jar
Skullflower - Malediction
Circle - Triumph
Majeure - Timespan

Dec 30, 2009

Refuge from the Wallop

We used our anxiety and paranoia to our advantage for once.

It seemed as though we were surely over-reacting when we decided to move our plane ticket forward by a day to avoid the potential hassles of a Philly snow day.

Never did we dream that 22 inches would cover the runway shortly after our departure. Comoros escaped the wallop and is resting safely and warmly on Lido Key.

Dec 21, 2009

Listen

Too Cold For Mockery

so they dance beneath the rice of redemption newly patched dualities at her hands and roasted water coating the instantly nostalgic, pleasant burn down their throats.

murdered on every page and hardened for modernity avec distortion and zippered boots upon regional steam-trunk pedestal education.

a public cry against the heathenous evils we commit with fascist pencil and godless ledger.

First time out with the new recording methods / hardware.

Here is an excerpt from your basic basement activities, served straight-up, no eq or anything like that. Trying to hear the qualities of the raw recording.

Dec 4, 2009

Ordered!

Sony PCM-M10 Portable Digital Recorder

WAV and MP3 format record and play
96kHz/24-bit capable
Electret condenser stereo microphones
4GB of internal flash memory
MicroSD/Memory Stick Micro (M2) Slot
Cross-memory recording
Low-cut filter
5-second pre-recording buffer
AC power adapter AC-ES3010K2
Wired remote control

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Ear Candy Cabinets

“The Bailey” 2x8 50 watt speaker cabinet

Forest green Tolex - Black Front - White Back - Black Hardware - Strap Handle - Single Input - 8ohms impedance - Silver Cloth Grill -

Dec 2, 2009

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December 2009

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