http://www.phydeau.org/ukor UnKindness Of Ravens and the grand exposition of musical scribble. Wed, 18 Mar 2009 02:23:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Just saw the film, Rip, last weekend. The movie explores new creative modes of music-making (and other art forms) enabled by present day technologies and cultural interests. It also uses this path into the creative world to cover most of the present day struggles with copyright and notions of ownership ... http://www.phydeau.org/ukor/rip-the-movie/ Lots of news lately about Radiohead offering its newest album as a download (choose your own price). Saul Williams and Trent Reznor decided to do the same with their new album. They've made a lot of headlines, though Issa (Jane Siberry) has offered self-determined pricing for her music for some ... http://www.phydeau.org/ukor/radiohead-and-co-help-the-industry-catch-up/ UnKindness Of Ravens recently may have been heard by way of CKDU 88.1 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Ron Bates's The Threat is an "eclectic show of noise, jazz, indie rock, and other avant garde weirdness," which presented (among exciting bits of thumb-piano joy from Konono No.1 and well-placed rock) some ... http://www.phydeau.org/ukor/mighty-radio-of-halifax/ Adam Gould's aesthetic marries mesmer with manacles of a definite love sort. This is some fine video experimentation set to Gould's own creative mix of UKOR's "Softs" and "Backwards Cereberal Heartbeat." Watch it courtesy of the Internet Archive. Cheers Adam. http://www.phydeau.org/ukor/unconditional-love/ A subtle note to the reader. UnKindness Of Ravens (UKOR), while a little slow is far from dead. Material in the works will provide a double album within a year. Sitting on a Bench Preview Clip (mp3) http://www.phydeau.org/ukor/pause-death/ Relieve your pressing need for Spring with the noise of myth on a Ukorian stride. Mike Keigher offers his UnKindness Of Ravens video-film (50MB) of Persephonian Thoughts, which is the tenth track of the Obsidian Smoke Rings album. Please note, the video is in MPEG format, which will play on just about ... http://www.phydeau.org/ukor/persephonian-thoughts-video-film/ - Purchase the compact disc of Obsidian Smoke Rings. - Purchase the MP3 package of Obsidian Smoke Rings, encoded in a high-quality, 320 kbps bitrate (instant download from Lulu.com includes liner notes and artwork - about 130MB).* - Compare Formats In addition, the links below will allow you to download, at no-cost, ... http://www.phydeau.org/ukor/obsidian-smoke-rings-album/ Splinter me out the jewel of a juicy black lime, lime, lime... (as it echoes off) this eruption came--brought us running, red-footed, across a molten earth, which bloomed in motion. We could see the pregnant future and drank to our loosening legs. We could youtheneyes our impulses and telekinized the ... http://www.phydeau.org/ukor/from-the-mess-of-our-orgiastic-heavens/ Cover Art: Compact Disc: http://www.phydeau.org/ukor/cover-cd-art-from-obsidian-smoke-rings/ Ensemble: http://www.phydeau.org/ukor/photo-collage-of-the-group/ Unkindness Of Ravens musical aspirations transcend normalcy once again, even cell phones will bleed with aural anarchy! Disgusted by the sickly sweet ringtones that came preset into my cellphone, I sought out to find a new one... my mission ended very near to where it began: in a sea of bubble ... http://www.phydeau.org/ukor/ukor-ringtone/ Drink friends, drink, and friends let's drink again. The bottle will be empty, But not before the end. I've traveled near and far, and now I'm back to stay, Had enough travelin', enough of the wanderin' way. I saw the stars o'er Mexico, 'neath her thighs spread wide. She said, "Stay!", Lord I had to go, Though in her belly grew ... http://www.phydeau.org/ukor/drink-friends-drink/