47 minutes, 52 seconds

The Protagonist
À Rebours

I rarely tell friends about this blog. And when I do, I don't tell them the URL, what it's called, or give them any other information that might help them find it. I'm not sure why--I think some of it has to do with my being a little shy about the whole project. It's one thing to announce your obsessive-compulsiveness to strangers on the Internet, but quite another to be open about it to your friends.

And the other issue is that none of my friends shares my taste in music. They're into indie rock or alternative country or jazz. You know, um, music normal adults like. So talking about this blog to them would mean having to explain this music. And, let's face it, some of this stuff is hard to describe. "Experimental electronic music" is the faintly glib response I usually give when people ask me, but it doesn't begin to cover everything. I mean, how do you approach the whole apocalyptic-neofolk-martial thing? "Oh, yes, I listen to acoustic-guitar music with morose lyrics cut in with samples from fascist leaders from the '30s and '40s."

No thanks. I'll stick with "experimental electronic music."

Also today:

47:51 John Foxx, Tiny Colour Movies
47:50 L'Orchestre Noir, Cantos
47:49 Faun, Zaubersprüche
47:49 Neuroactive, Phonic Trace