Notes from a Fiery Nest

Lots of stuff! (There was a sale, and, well...) So, in chronological order by year of release:

• Banco de Gaia--Maya (1994): ( Read more... )
• lamb--lamb (1996): ( Read more... )
• Hooverphonic--"a new stereophonic sound spectacular" (1996): ( Read more... )
• Trans-Siberian Orchestra--Christmas Eve and Other Stories (1996): ( Read more... )
• alëem--sound season (1997): ( Read more... )
• (Various Artists)--A Journey into Ambient Groove 4 (1997): ( Read more... )
• Olive--Extra Virgin (1997): ( Read more... )
• Hooverphonic--Blue Wonder Power Milk (1998): ( Read more... )
• Jesse Cook--free fall (2000): ( Read more... )
• Hooverphonic--Hooverphonic presents Jackie Cane (2002): ( Read more... )
• Hatiras--Arrival (2002): ( Read more... )
• DJ Tiësto--In Search of Sunrise 3: Panama (2002): ( Read more... )
• (Various Artists)--Saint-Germain-des-Prés Café III: the finest electro-jazz compilation (2003): ( Read more... )
• BT--Emotional Technology (2003): ( Read more... )
• (Various Artists)--DJ Pogo presents the Best of Pulp Fusion (2003): ( Read more... )
• Mocean Worker--Enter the MoWo! (2004): ( Read more... )
• Wax Tailor--Tales of the Forgotten Melodies (2005): ( Read more... )

It occurs to me that you might wonder how come most of my reviews are so positive, so I should mention how I find this stuff: I go to a used CD store where they know me pretty well, root through several sections for new and appealing stuff (principally, but not only, the electronica bin), and come up to the counter with a stack of discs, which they then kindly let me listen to. By "new," I mean discs that they've recently acquired, not necessarily recent releases, as you can likely tell from the release dates above! Of those, I buy about 1 in 4, depending on the day. This post reflects two unusually productive expeditions.

Thinking about it, it would probably be more interesting to read about the discs I don't buy, and my reasons for nixing them. Maybe I'll take notes next time, and see whether I can write anything about them too.

Paper title generator (humanities version)

Anyone know of a similar idea for physical sciences? (I.e., something that could come up with "Supersymmetry and n-chirality in Lego models of Carbon-14 intranuclear electroweak dynamic interactions.")