With crayons, as promised.
The sleeve is an inverted sleeve of some other 7”.
The back contains instructions for coloring the front: red lava, green volcano, blue sky.
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Five factory sealed and one from Mars. Thanks to Used Kids Records, Magnolia Thunderpussy, and Johnny Go’s House O’ Music, all on High Street in Columbus, OH. Demoted CDs soon to appear on eBay. The bike is not resting on Aeroplane.
The Unicorns Diffuse
UPDATE, APRIL 12: Added mp3
Late, late, late last night I learned that Alden Ginger recently released his own 7″ under the moniker Alden Penner. The A-side is brand new, recorded on some leg of The Unicorns’ epic 2004 tour, and the B-side is old favorite “We are fighting the demons of Côte St-Paul” (mp3, 3.34MB), originally released by Alden via New Music Canada, presented here as “L’Espair.” Read this hilarious review on Cokemachineglow.com, then order the single from the link at the bottom of the page; it’s $15 US (including shipping), comes with a box of crayons, and is limited to 100 pressings.
If for some reason you care what Nick and J’aime are up to, read this article. mp3s of “Th’ Corn Gangg”-curated shows become more readily available on SoulSeek every minute.
Be sure to visit The Secret Unic-c-corns Forum while you’re at it, the not-so-underground replacement for the official site, which has met the fate ordained for all things Unicorn: a sudden and mysterious death.
Vinyl
In reading about iTunes and why it’s a disease, I was reminded that mp3 compression is an abomination of sound quality. Inspired, and looking for a place to get tickets for The Grog Shop‘s Minus Story show, I bought Destroyer’s This Night on CD at Music Saves, a tiny and tidy little record store next to The Beachland Ballroom (15801 Waterloo Rd., (216) 481-1875). Small as it is, their vinyl selection includes The Unicorns and Panda Bear, which is enough to suggest how perfectly suited they are for me. How it took me so long to hear about this place is a mystery.
Hunting Unicorns
Did you think the Unicorns saga could possibly continue? Neither did I. But thanks to the always-amazing Internet Archive, I discovered that Alden Ginger’s New Music Canada site (which is also defunct) was once the All Makes Parts & Collision site. I know, I thought they were on ZeBOX too. Anyway, in addition to conclusively settling the ampersand as the proper conjunction, the site reveals some brand new song titles, including “id didnt know” and “Let’s Get Strong.” Chances are I already have these, but I’m anxious to apply the titles to two of the five still untitled AMP&C songs I have. But when the songs have been pulled from NMC and there are no track durations listed, what do you do? You’re forced to email the given address. This isn’t The Unicorns’ address, so it’s either sitting idly, going unchecked, or it will actually allow me to reach Alden Ginger.
“Like a Lion”
In 2003, The Decemberists contributed “Like a Lion,” a previously unreleased song, to a compilation called Preserve, Volume One. Until yesterday I was never able to find it on SoulSeek, which was puzzling considering how huge The Decemberists are there. Well, here it is. It’s really strange.
PBF, AS, RSS, LR, SS, NMH, CS
The Perry Bible Fellowship is even funnier than Square Lake. Sorry.
Audioscrobbler is a plug-in compatible with most mp3 players (including foobar2000) and a website that, with registration, keeps track of the songs you listen to. It’s then capable of making suggestions, linking you to people with similar tastes, RSSing your played tracks, and streaming music tailored to your musical habits. My music is being RSSed at the top of this page, thanks in no small part to Tom and the fine people at this site.
I don’t know if little radio is any good, but one of its DJs is a little 14-year-old girl who has impeccable taste.
Detailed, Gray’s-Anatomy-esque sketches of the skeletal systems of various cartoon characters.
Going Neutral Milk Hotel crazy and finally getting my hands on a rare, mysterious demo tape with five brand new songs and an awesome early version of “April 8th.” Listen to all my NMH bootlegs here. Oh plus got a live Circulatory System show to appease me until their much-delayed new album comes out next year.
