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The UM Archive for October, 2005

People bully boy.

Hey, we haven’t had any spam for a while have we?
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Californians invented the concept of life-style. This alone warrants their doom. Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.
If everybody’s thinking alike, somebody isn’t thinking. A plan is just [...]

In which Um has a tough gig.

I have to say I had a tough gig at Eclectic at APU the other night. It can feel a bit lonely sometimes when you’re a psychedelic avant-pop karaoke experimental entertainer looking around a room full of kids virtually half your age nodding and smiling and grooving their shoulders to 50 Cent (and other, lighter [...]

Good advice makes me laugh.

This diary isn’t meant to be some sort of clearing house for reviews of Tripel 004, but Dave did spend a ton of fucking money making the thing happen, and I think this review justifies that to a certain extent. So:
http://www.sonicartsnetwork.org/diffusion/diffusion_19_10_05.htm
If you scroll right down it says:
UM – Giraffe [...]

That does nearly pain like on the back gehts Ascoltare around Fish.

This is a review from German net entity de:bug, presumably translated with Google translator and/or cut-up technique. There’s also another review here http://www.vitalweekly.net/496.html but it doesn’t really say anything that hasn’t been said elsewhere.
UM / Ascoltare – giraffe (refined)/ Fatty parts For A Good match (Tripel) Grandiose plate. Actually there [...]

Watch out, he’s loose!

http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/news/05-10/17.shtml
The above article informs the world that Jim O’Rourke has parted company with Sonic Youth. A statement released by the band and signed by Thurston Moore, Kim Gordon, Lee Ranaldo and the drummer says that first and foremost the reason for the split is that they were “sick of the sight of the [...]

Jimmy The Flid says:

This guy makes some thoughtful points:
http://www.miscreat.com/forums/cms_view_article.php?aid=752
Which sez:
Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2005 6:46 pm
Artist: UM / Ascoltare Title: Picture Disk Label: Tripel Records Format: Vinyl A Side = UM – Giraffe (refined) B Side = Ascoltare – Fatty Parts For A Good Match
The UM side seems [...]

Giving people choice.

Since I’m the guy who has two of everything (well, more or less) I’ve created another blog for a laugh, and because I felt so lonely.
http://otherumblog.blogspot.com/

Who’s keeping it real and who’s doing crap Photoshop?

I’m really sorry to drone on and on like La Monte fucking Young about Tripel 004 but I just wanted to clear something up. You know the picture on my side? It’s not crap Photoshop, but rather an actual scan of a photo of my grandfather. No, of course it isn’t, but it’s a scan [...]

Bare with it like cheek.

Here’s a review of 004. I know I should just include a link but nothing lasts forever, possibly even including the mighty Gussetblog: The link is:
http://blog.gusset.co.uk/blogger.shtml
And what it says is:
UM presents a series of songs, collectively titled Giraffe (refined), that make more sense the longer you listen. Dodgy timing [...]

Our beautiful incest.

This is the press blurb for Tripel 004. You have to go here to see a picture of the picture disc:
http://www.tripelrecords.com/releases/um-ascoltare-picture-disk.php
but the text bit just says:
Coming Soon! Ascoltare works as an electronic sound artist in Cambridge. His labels Tripel and Dubbel have released six records thus far, [...]