How does the new Marissa Nadler album rank? Regardless, still looking forward to seeing her next month.

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Ha, I was going to write about how they appear likely to play the Donaufestival close to Vienna but apparently their appearance there -- which hadn't been confirmed officially anyway -- has been cancelled again. Too bad! But yeah, I'm interested in what this will be like as well, of course, and need to dig deeper into Gira's discography.

Dear Mr. _within, we would like to ask for a statement of yours pertaining to the recently issued information on the imminent reunion of acclaimed concertising group "Swans". Thank you!

...except that they're not from Berlin at all, oops. But at least I had the "etc." in there.

Hehe, thanks for the reply... I'm rather curious about them, I so have no idea of what's going on in Berlin etc. at the moment. Lucky you for visiting that festival, what a great line-up it has! Finally got to see Jandek last week by the way, that was amazing.

Sir, I just noticed you were listening to some Kommissar Hjuler & Mama Baer -- have you heard 'Asylum Lunaticum' and if so, what can you tell me about it? Hope you're doing fine!

Yeah, I heard and read about that. Must have been mindblowing, regardless of how overused that word might be. I wonder what Hermann Nitsch's organ set at Instal this year will be like, would love to be there.

Heh, 'Orange Canyon Mind' sounds perfectly fine :) I'm glad for just about any way in, I guess, even though the time I've been waiting to get a Skullflower release since first thinking about that doesn't even come close to my worst excesses (e.g. falling in love with PJ Harvey's 'Down By The Water' and then taking seven years to buy 'To Bring You My Love'... but at least I had bought some other PJ stuff in between. But I digress!) Lucky you, I've never come closer to St. Giles in the Fields than, err, standing by the street entrance gates, or whatever that was. So much good stuff to be seen there. I can always console myself by thinking of that Sunn O))) church show I once saw, phew.

Ok, thanks a lot! 'Orange Canyon Mind' is another one I keep hearing good things about... and it seems to be available at quite cheap prices as a quick glance at some websites suggests. Those constant Wagner references in Skullflower reviews/articles etc. make me want to get one of the harsher/more deathmetalesque ones sooner or later as well though (actually, why d'you want to keep me from listening to those first? Think I'm not TOUGH enough, do you? ;p) and listen to them back to back with some Wagner stuff from my parents' classical collection. Haven't actively listened to any Wagner in... a decade? Thanks for the Sum of R recommendation by the way, I remember thinking the description sounded intriguing, but somehow forgot about it... I'll have to hear it, it's Swiss and features harmonium drones, what's not to like?

Sir, could you be so kind as to recommend me some Skullflower (while keeping in mind my general preferences, if that makes sense in the Skullflower discography's context)? I cannot decide, for heaven's sake! 'Circulus Vitiosus Deus' seems awesome but is a bit pricey for a beginner like me and 'Taste The Blood Of The Deceiver' is an LP and thus not particularly handy for me right now. The rest... well, as I said, I can't decide, although I feel drawn towards 'Desire For A Holy War' because getting 'Kunado'/browsing Utech's site for info on it made me appreciate said label's use of artwork and the series format.

thank you - appreciate that.

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Yeah, the next few months are going to be rather great, music-wise, and seem like the best/most constantly excellent concert phase I have encountered in Vienna so far (within the narrow limits of my own taste, of course) and it's hard to tell whether that means that my taste has broadened or that the things I like can be found there more often now than before. Probably/obviously a mixture of both. I should point out that I'm probably going to visit 'only' about half of the gigs I've listed there. This is just a really, really useful calendar tool! Although stats might appear sooner or later, who knows?

All evidence suggests I know you. Also, Prince/Pocahaunted combinations probably are still quite rare!

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alasdair! i just found you completely at random?! weeeiiird. you have a lot of plays for someone that doesn't use last.fm! good to have the computer confirm that we're super compatible.