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	<description>The art and craft of writing and recording music.</description>
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		<title>Really Really Weird Remix Contest&#8230; It&#8217;s here!</title>
		<link>http://songsandsonics.com/2008/08/15/really-really-weird-remix-contest-its-here/</link>
		<comments>http://songsandsonics.com/2008/08/15/really-really-weird-remix-contest-its-here/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Aug 2008 04:35:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Boller</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[The Simple Carnival]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Really Really Weird]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[remix]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[remix contest]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Well, it&#8217;s taken multiple crazy web server issues and wild goose chases to locate old backup DVDs, but it&#8217;s finally here &#8212; the Really Really Weird Remix Contest!
Almost everything you need to know about the contest can be found on this page:
http://www.simplecarnival.com/contest
Note that there are some new tidbits on that page, like what criteria will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Really Really Weird Remix Contest</title>
		<link>http://songsandsonics.com/2008/08/05/really-really-weird-remix-contest/</link>
		<comments>http://songsandsonics.com/2008/08/05/really-really-weird-remix-contest/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 04:19:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Boller</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[The Simple Carnival]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Casio]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[contest]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Really Really Weird]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[remix]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[sampler]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s no interview this week on Songs and Sonics. Instead, I&#8217;d like to take this opportunity to announce a Simple Carnival remix contest. 
What? A remix contest? Are you serious?
Yep. Here&#8217;s the deal. In the very near future, I will be making available the raw multitracks for the Simple Carnival song Really Really Weird:



You can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Interview: Marc with a C</title>
		<link>http://songsandsonics.com/2008/07/27/interview-marc-with-a-c/</link>
		<comments>http://songsandsonics.com/2008/07/27/interview-marc-with-a-c/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 02:49:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Boller</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Interviews]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[4-track]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Add new tag]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[America Online]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Born Vintage]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Bubblegum Romance]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Chris Zabriskie]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Jessica I Heard You Like The Who]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Linda Lovelace for President]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[lo-fi]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Marc with a C]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Mark Sirdoreus]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Mystery Science Theater]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Quantum Link]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Satellite]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[songwriting]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In a world overrun with lifeless Autotuned vocals and perfectly Pro Tooled grooves, Florida-based singer/songwriter Marc Sirdoreus &#8212; who performs as Marc with a C &#8212; is like a breath of fresh air. His cassette 4-track recordings are unapologetically lo-fi. They&#8217;re imperfect by any technical yardstick. But, as everyone says (and rarely follows through with), [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No news and a paper record player</title>
		<link>http://songsandsonics.com/2008/07/22/no-news-and-a-paper-record-player/</link>
		<comments>http://songsandsonics.com/2008/07/22/no-news-and-a-paper-record-player/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:10:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Boller</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[paper record player]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There won&#8217;t be a big article this week, as I&#8217;m preparing a special Songs and Sonics project&#8230; I should be posting about it in another week or two.
In the meantime, here&#8217;s a record player made entirely of paper. Enjoy!

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		<title>Interview: Twink</title>
		<link>http://songsandsonics.com/2008/07/14/interview-twink/</link>
		<comments>http://songsandsonics.com/2008/07/14/interview-twink/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 03:53:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Boller</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Interviews]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[4AD]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[A Very Fine Adventure]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Birdy Nam Nam]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Carl Stalling]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Daniel Higgs]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Danver Mouse]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Dreamsicle]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Ergo Phizmiz]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Evan Morris]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[FM3]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Lost in the Mysterious Mist]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Lykke Li]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Merzbow]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Mike Langlie]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Pac-Man]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Peanut Butter Crunch]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[People Take Warning]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Peter Gabriel]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Plastic Spoon]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[pling plong]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Pro Tools]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Ratatat]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Reason]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Strawberry Swirl]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Styx]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[They Might Be Giants]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Tom Glazer]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[toy piano]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Twink]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Tzadik]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Venetian Snares]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Victrola Favorites]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[yip yop]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If the present day were the golden age of Looney Tunes cartoons, Mike Langlie could easily fill the shoes of an electronic Carl Stalling.
Mike&#8217;s recording project, Twink, is toy piano-fueled electronica. It&#8217;s delightfully bonkers, and a perfect soundtrack for stories involving&#8230; bunnies. In fact, bunnies figure prominently in Twink&#8217;s CD packaging, web site artwork, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Interview: The Sonic Executive Sessions</title>
		<link>http://songsandsonics.com/2008/07/05/interview-the-sonic-executive-sessions/</link>
		<comments>http://songsandsonics.com/2008/07/05/interview-the-sonic-executive-sessions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2008 02:29:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Boller</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Interviews]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[17 Over You]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Abbey Road]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Alessi Brothers]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Anchorman]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[background vocals]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Badfinger]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Beach Boys]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Ben Folds]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Born to Run]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Brian Wilson]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Swing Low Sweet Chariot]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[The Ivys]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[The Millionaires]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[The Moon's A Balloon]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[The Nearness Of You]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[The Sonic Executive Sessions]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Thunder Road]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There are a few requirements I have for conducting a Songs and Sonics interview with someone. Beyond enjoying the artist&#8217;s music, an ideal interview subject should have most of the following:

An album to sell.
A real web site. (A MySpace page doesn&#8217;t count.)
A bio.
A history of interviews.

I recently stumbled upon The Sonic Executive Sessions, who had&#8230; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Interview: Optiganally Yours</title>
		<link>http://songsandsonics.com/2008/06/29/interview-optiganally-yours/</link>
		<comments>http://songsandsonics.com/2008/06/29/interview-optiganally-yours/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 04:28:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Boller</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Interviews]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Philosophy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Bob Dylan]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Brian Eno]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Casio CZ-101]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Chamberlin Rhythmate]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Chilton Talentmaker]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Dan Hicks]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Electro-Harmonix Mini-Synthesizer]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Ensoniq ESQ-1]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Exclusively Talentmaker]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Gertrude Stein]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Held]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Japan]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Jimmy Webb]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Kurzweil K2000]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Lucas &amp; Friends]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Mattel]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Mellotron]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[MicroKorg]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Moog Sonic-VI]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[music production]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Oblique Strategies]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[OperaZero]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Optigan]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Pea Hix]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Pinback]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Rob Crow]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[songwriting]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Sony Acid]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Spanish Flea]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Spotlight on Optiganally Yours]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[The World Is Round]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[UCLA]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Vako Orchestron]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Witchita Lineman]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Wurlitzer Sideman]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Pea Hix (a.k.a. Dan &#8220;Pea&#8221; Hicks) is the world&#8217;s foremost authority on Optigans.
What&#8217;s an Optigan? Glad you asked.
While Pea will explain it better than I ever could, the short version is this: The Optigan was kind of like a poor man&#8217;s Mellotron, intended for groovy early &#8217;70s family room sing-alongs. Pea began collecting Optigans when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Update: Testbild!</title>
		<link>http://songsandsonics.com/2008/06/29/update-testbild/</link>
		<comments>http://songsandsonics.com/2008/06/29/update-testbild/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 03:19:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Boller</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Isabelle Eberhardt]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[L'errante]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Petter Herbertsson]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Testbild!]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Une Teinte Intense]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[While exchanging e-mails with Petter Herbertsson before the Testbild! interview, I remarked that it would be helpful to have an English translation of the parts of Une Teinte Intense which were in French.
Katja, who spoke Isabelle Eberhardt&#8217;s words on the album, was kind enough to send along an English translation of L&#8217;errante, a song on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Interview: The High Llamas</title>
		<link>http://songsandsonics.com/2008/06/23/interview-the-high-llamas/</link>
		<comments>http://songsandsonics.com/2008/06/23/interview-the-high-llamas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 03:39:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Boller</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Interviews]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[arranging]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[BBC Radio 4]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[bossa nova]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Bruce Johnston]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Carole King]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Clarion Union Hall]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Cornelius]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Donald Fagan]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Dorothy Ashby]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Jonathan Coe]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[minimalism]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Steve Reich]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[The Beach Boys]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[The Flamingos]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[The High Llamas]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[The Old Spring Town]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[The Specials]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[The Zombies]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Walter Becker]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://songsandsonics.com/?p=47</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Our audience is like people who like licorice. Not everybody likes licorice, but the people who like licorice really like licorice.&#8221; -Jerry Garcia
Count me in among those who really like The High Llamas&#8216; particular brand of licorice.
Over the course of eighteen years and twelve albums, the Llamas have cast a dreamy sonic spell. &#8217;60s California [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Diary of a Studio Owner</title>
		<link>http://songsandsonics.com/2008/06/22/diary-of-a-studio-owner/</link>
		<comments>http://songsandsonics.com/2008/06/22/diary-of-a-studio-owner/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 02:09:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Boller</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Cat Stevens]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Diary of a Studio Owner]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Gilbert Scott Markle]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Long View Farm]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[recording studio]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Songs In The Key Of Life]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Stevie Wonder]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[The Rolling Stones]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Between a number of interviews that are in various states of disarray and a basement that&#8217;s desperately begging for some remodeling, I was unable to put together an article this weekend for Songs and Sonics. BUT&#8230; I have a link to an unbelievably rich web site that should make any musician drool:
Diary of a Studio [...]]]></description>
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