Maps & Atlases - "Artichokes". It's hanging autumns on your walls. It's cracking kaleidoscopes on the sidewalk, spilling colours over your shoes. It's listening to a trillion leaves changing colour, shuttling like the lenses in an optometrist's machine, green|red|yellow|brown. It's a bejewelled baseball game, batters swinging at sapphires. It's boiling your dreams on the stove, waiting for paper to unfurl from secrets. [buy]
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Elsewhere, really enjoying Wavves at PopSheep and CatBirdSeat, and Conversion Party's "East River" at Bows + Arrows.
[photo by David Shrigley - source]
Posted by Sean at October 27, 2008 11:14 AMSean, Gramofolks, commentors, readers,
I have an idea. I don't know how likely it is I'll start an actual discussion here in the comments, but I'll give it a go.
I think StG should create some kind of physical product once in a while. Maybe a compilation CD with exclusive contributions from bands and visual artists that have been featured here. Form a budget for it, and make it part of your funding drive maybe.
Just a thought. I'd love to see a collection from some of the lesser knowns you've unearthed here. I've discovered some real gems here. A few that spring to mind are: Ola Podrida, Jon Rae and the river, we or me, horse feathers . . .
Then there's the visual artists. I know you could make something really beautiful.
Posted by: Milo at October 27, 2008 11:54 AMWonderful song and that picture is hilarious.
As for the compilation CD, I think it is a good idea because I have too have found some amazing artists that I never knew existed on here, and I thank StG for that.
Posted by: Amanda at October 28, 2008 1:40 AMthirded!
Posted by: tyler at October 28, 2008 10:27 AMbut to be fair, it shouldn't just be music and pictures. it should really be a book.
Posted by: tyler at October 28, 2008 10:29 AMA book, absolutely. A book with accompanying CD. You three unearth great music, certainly, but you are also artists in your own right.
Posted by: Julia at October 30, 2008 7:00 PM