illustrated amateur

an independent, amateur blogger, sketcher, collector, listener and cook.

[illustrated amateur @illustratedamtr]

VU & Nico is a classic, in part, due to this: they understand and translate what it feels like to be at the end of your tether: "I am tired, I am weary, I could sleep a thousand years"

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@JWilliger also, Crys Cole's Other Meetings

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@JWilliger i'm just a hobbyist, but i've been working on this: https://t.co/03q1znYrUM

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https://t.co/8YfdpEGj2H new dj-mix podcast: BISCUITS for NECK BRACERS, it's a dynamic set whiplashing between wildly different tempos.

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https://t.co/Rq8kkV2SiM got around to reporting on my annual #hibernationListening LP, this year it was Eric Dolphy's Conversations…

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https://t.co/usnOnn4qZm my music 2020 Yearbook podcast: 25 tracks from my favorite music released in the last 12, strange months.

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https://t.co/Q65BuwEisS Vegetarian Shepherd's Pie recipe (just in time for thanksgiving). An easy, savory crowd pleaser.

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https://t.co/jqm2DPGgVm :: new podcast episode.
Biscuits for… Rump Roasters, a collection of all new electronica. This time i meant to move you.

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https://t.co/ZTsndojisz NEW PODCAST: Biscuits for… Whiffs. a collection of all new, dark electronica leaning on the synths for propulsion.

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@deerhoof performing at the @GreyEagleMusic in 2019, reviewed and drawn (with admittedly rusty hands). #liveMusic #drawingMusic

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@themothlight your curatorial presence will be dearly missed

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JAN JELINEK, aka GRAMM, aka FARBEN, maybe also URSULA BOGNER(?), with JAMES DIN A4 and ASUNA
quick review of 5 LPs spanning 20 years #recordReview #drawingMusic
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https://t.co/BktoYAxpyo new podcast!
a mix chronicling three decades of personal musical obsessions. an extended diary of sorts and a window into my aesthetic soul.

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https://t.co/FcsAjy1Pbx Sarah Louise, live at the Mothlight last year

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https://t.co/9aM4oLsoCD here are my brief comments on Lasted, Orcas and Perils (which together sounds like a warning about climate change) by @pioulard and co.
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#drawingMusic #recordReview

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my 2019 Recap podcast is live: https://t.co/gwIxMVVr0Y
collecting songs from 25 albums that made my year in music.

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https://t.co/3LFnwQ0pUA Biscuits for… Mole Whacks. My new podcast collecting all new piledriving techno bangers is live.

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the head-to-head review no one was asking for: reviewing the two 50th anniversary concert releases by the competing versions of YES #progRock #recordReview #drawingMusic

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https://t.co/IOCKjjjGyo JON SPENCER at the GREY EAGLE
#liveReview @GreyEagleMusic #drawingMusic

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https://t.co/VZVISpPGSJ Loren Mazzacane / Suzanne Langille, Come Night. I covered this 1992 lp in my latest History Sifter series, about forgotten gems.