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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
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.

Dec 17, 2009
Dec 15, 2009
Dec 9, 2009
Listen

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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