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Hello Beloved Customers & Friends:
A sad but hearty "Farewell" to Miss Cathy, who is moving to Canada.
Whatever will we do without her? Good luck in Vancouver, Cathy!
And y'all please say "Hello" to Elisabeth, newest AQ-employee and
all-around nice person.
Thank You for *bearing with us* during the next month's
hectic transition. Example = this week's list is short on
descriptions = overly preoccupied with upcoming move.
We hope to open early September at the new space:
1055 Valencia Street
(between 21st and 22nd)
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----* Reading Material:
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GIANT ROBOT #6 4.00
Eric Nakamura's magazine delights again; by now no one should be
surprised GR is such a worthy and enjoyable read. Money Mark, Chow Yun-Fat,
Asian Sexploitation from A to Z, Anita Yuen, full-page Sub Pop ads(!). even
a small but generous plug for AQ! August 17th Giant Robot (along with Jon
Moritsugu) makes special appearance at the Kinokuniya bookstore in the
Japantown mall. 1pm.
PUNCTURE #36 3.50
Neutral Milk Hotel, Beck, Charalambides, Come, Cat Power, filmmaker Todd
Haynes, more full-page Sub Pop ads.
WARPED REALITY #4 3.00
Pram, Laika, Edward Gorey, artwork by Dame Darcy, Roberta Gregory,
Gilbert Hernandez, split-flexi with His Name Is Alive and Prolapse.
THE WIRE #148 5.50
Andrew Weatherall, Meat Beat Manifesto, Melt-Banana, plus a cd full of
previously-released tracks from Dirty Three, Nijiumu (Keiji Haino), E.A.R.,
Thomas Koner, Paul Schutze, etc.
THE WIRE #149 5.50
Stereolab, Otomo Yoshihide, Derek Bailey, Joe Zawinul, a review of
beloved AQ-customer Carl Stone's selftitled cd, and a whole article about
"breakbeat descendants" and AQ-favorites Plug, Jake Slazenger, Witchman,
and Squarepusher.
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----* Selected New Arrivals:
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JAKE SLAZENGER "das ist ein groovybeat, ja" (Warp) 2xlp 17.98
Mike Paradinas a.k.a. Uziq a.k.a. Kid Spatula with his second Slazenger
album, as we've said before, this is some of the most accessible
experimental techno around. for more info, read The Wire's article about
him, Luke Vibert (Plug), Witchman, and Squarepusher. English import.
MIKE & RICH "Expert Knob Twiddlers" (Rephlex) cd/lp 18.98/17.98
Mike Paradinas (a.k.a. Uziq, Jake Slazenger) and Richard James (a.k.a.
the Aphex Twin). English import.
SQUAREPUSHER "Port Rhombus" (Warp) cdep/12" 9.98/8.98
English import.
THIRD EYE FOUNDATION "In Version" (Linda's Strange Vacation) cd 16.98
collaborations with Amp, Hood, Crescent. 5 tracks.
DIANOGAH "Garden Airplane Trap" (actionboy) 7" 3.99
v/a "Ground Rule Double" (Divot/Actionboy) cd 14.98
decent compilation of mostly emo bands from Chicago and elsewhere,
including: Shellac (previously unreleased song, we think), Dianogah,
Hubcap, Braid, The Promise Ring, etc.
SPINY ANTEATERS "Current" (Kranky) cd 13.98
BRIGHT (Ba Da Bing!) cd 12.98
AQ-friend B. Goldberg's handy description: "Krautrocky pop with psych
overtones... delay on guitar and vocals... improvised songs with lots of
overdubs..."
RED HOUSE PAINTERS "Songs for a Blue Guitar" (Island/Polygram) cd 15.98
NOTHING PAINTED BLUE (Pottery) 7" 2.99
FURTHER "John Peel Sounds" (Boxing Day) 7" 3.50
JOHN ZORN'S COBRA "Tokyo Operations '94" (Avant) cd 19.98
JOHN ZORN "The Classic Guide to Strategy" (Tzadik) cd 15.98
from the obi:
"Zorn's infamous solo music for saxophone and duckcalls brings
together his obsessive love for cartoon music, free jazz and musique
concrete in a passionate and astonishing heterophony." <---(someone who
pretends to be straight?) 2 albums on one disc, from 1981-85.
CAN "Ege Bamyasi" (Spoon) lp 19.98
from the original label come these quality represses (several Can
titles), at a hefty price. we will probably only special order these so let
us know if you're interested.
RUDIMENTS "Bitch bitch bitch" (dill) cd 11.98
WEEN "12 Golden Country Greats" (Elektra) cd 15.98
unlike so many bands who want out of their major label contracts and so
break up after one album, Ween just reinvent themselves. this record
features the often-overlooked session musicians who played on their
favorite country records of yesteryear. jen-you-wine country music or not?
the lyrics are still ridiculous.
NICK DRAKE "Tamworth-In-Arden 1967-68" cd 17.98
restock. for years only available on tape, this early collection of
songs finally makes it onto cd.
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DJ Food (a.k.a. Coldcut) & Funky Porcini
will play at 50 Oak (cross street = Franklin?),
an occasionally all ages venue, on August 4th.
this is major exciting event.
be there.
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If you see a local performance listing for The Muons, we hereby advise you
to attend said show. For fans of 'trance folk' or something, not as
eccentric as Charalambides nor as bleak as Palace, but the spacelute and
the bowed dulcimer (sounding like a delightful analog synth yet it's uh...
*organic* so you know it rules) make for the best local band we have heard
in ages. Honestly.
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"The closest thing you've got to black Techno now is jungle.
Jungle is Techno on steroids, with balls. But you cannot
play that shit. Impossible. Maybe you could do it with like
three drummers... I'm really out to break it in the States."
-- Ice T in The Wire, July 1996.
aquarius loves you long time,
Windy ~~