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The UM Archive for July, 2008

Trojan

Stumbling with a blink or two onto Mill Road today I was heartened by the first example of humanity I saw, a pleasingly overweight (impressively yet not grotesquely fat) builder type with a shaven head and tattoos, but with the keystone in his sartorial architecture being, for me at least, represented by his Trojan [...]

Built To Spill

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Built To Spill
There may be times
when your spirit is strong
and others will sense
that you can’t do no wrong
they’ll sit by your side
and map out your life
you must listen to them
let those others decide
for you are a fool
a babe in the woods
with the meat-eating trees
you can’t come to no [...]

Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird by Wallace Stevens

I
Among twenty snowy mountains,
The only moving thing
Was the eye of the blackbird.
II
I was of three minds,
Like a tree
In which there are three blackbirds.
III
The blackbird whirled in the autumn winds.
It was a small part of the pantomime.
IV
A man and a woman
Are one.
A man and a woman and a blackbird
Are one.
V
I do not know which to prefer,
The [...]

A particularly elegant translation from Nathan Blunt, sometime Um road manager.

Pete Um – No Pressure.
24. July 2008 by Chrissie
If one reads this record’s press-release, one can only shake one’s head in wonder. Pete Um, claiming to be more un-musician than musician, fiddled around on this new music for more than 7 years and in this time brought out an album with just 35 minutes in [...]

Um thing streamed tonight, it would seem.

The guy sent me the playlist after the event, which I couldn’t get to listen to. I know the songs pretty well though.
Playlist 25.7.08
geplant:
Proof of Concept – Product of Experience
Pete Um – Soul Bruise
Pete Um – The God of War
Proof of Concept – View from above
Pete Um – The social Astronaut
Proof of Concept – Belle [...]

Babelfish translation of the Pete Over disc.

Pete over – NO Pressure 24. July 2008 | of ChrissieIf one reads the press text to this plate, must one surprises the head to vibrate. Pete, more Unmusiker than musicians to be over stated, werkelte however at this new music over 7 years and in this time an album brought that only 35 minutes [...]

Chrissie at Musikmagazin reviews the LP

Pete Um – No Pressure
24. Jul 2008 | von Chrissie
Liest man den Pressetext zu dieser Platte, muss man verwundert den Kopf schütteln. Pete Um behauptet, mehr Unmusiker als Musiker zu sein, werkelte aber an dieser neuen Musik über 7 Jahre und hat in dieser Zeit ein Album zustande gebracht, dass nur 35 Minuten Länge, aber [...]

Nathan Blunt outta Pence Eleven translates it into more English English.

Pete UM: No Pressure
Long live electronic ana rchy!
The waffle…
With its colourful cover and 35 minutes’ worth of music this record is caught in an interesting net. Many threads c an be followed for so long that their own stories and critical revisions come out of them . There is, f or example : the small [...]

Deutschlandfunk plays the record.

Deutschlandfunk
Nacht-Radio Rock-Zeit
01:05, 24.07.2008
Am Mikrofon: Günther Janssen
Slapped Actress (The Hold Steady) (5′12)
The Hold Steady
LC 11945
So Everyone (W.Oldham) (3′53)
Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy
LC 10192
Something To Say (M.Topley-Bird) (3′23)
Martina Topley-Bird
LC 02050
Replica (Beck) (3′22)
Beck
LC 05667
Dyin’ Alone (M.P.Hinson) (4′40)
Micah P.Hinson
LC 14591
Furry’s Monday Woman Blues (W.Lewis) (9′27)
Furry Lewis
LC 10879
A Light From The Mountains (S.Griffin) (4′57)
The Coal Porters
PRIMA SID 020
The Guru Let Me Down [...]

“thin Man from Cambridge truely are, white probably only he. It has itself to Example actually in its youth into the foot shot”

Online translation fun:
PETE OVER: NO Pressure It lives the electronic Anarchismus! The Drumherum… This plate with the multicolored Cover and 35 minutes of music is in one interesting net. Many threads let themselves pursue so for a long time that from them own stories and reviews became. There is to Example the small Hamburg labels [...]