Name: LDS Why? PSA by Jake Elliott in 2020
Duration: 59 s
Description: Another classic PSA from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Awesome production value, too.

2020

Black Sail

Stars Are Insane "In Lieu Of Gentlemen"

Surface Envy

This remastered version of "Indian Summer" is taken from 'Look Around' a compiled retrospective out on LP/Cassette/CD November 22nd on Domino.  Available for digital download and streaming now.  

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Domino is proud to announce 'Look Around', a compiled retrospective from the legendary Beat Happening.   Formed in the early ‘80s at Evergreen College in Olympia, Washington by Calvin Johnson, Heather Lewis and Bret Lunsford, Beat Happening combined a modern primitive pop sound with the D.I.Y. ethos of ‘anyone can do it’ and inspired countless bands and labels along the way. The music community that arose around the band and their label, K, was in many ways, the sonic antithesis of their Seattle neighbors (and friends) but was no less influential. ‘Look Around’ is a remastered, career-spanning double album anthology, handpicked by the band and a great starting point for the uninitiated as well as a refreshing reminder to those who caught the wave the first time around.

The legend of Beat Happening, and of K, is full of big names they worked with before they were stars (Beck, Modest Mouse, The Gossip), and big names they influenced (Kurt Cobain, Sleater-Kinney) Less acknowledged, however, is that the band created some of the most original and surprising music to come out of the often deliberately weird American punk rock tradition.

Beat Happening - Indian Summer

Recorded at Chime Studios

Kemp/Raeside/Moy/McKay

Ten Tiger Trax (free download)

Letter to DFW

Sacred Trickster

Recorded at Chime by Ross McGowan and mixed by John Delf at Edge.

Kemp/Raeside/Moy/McKay

"..And We Fail"

A SONG ABOUT ETERNAL FRIENDSHIP

LYRICS- RADFORD BROWN/CESAR PADILLA
MUSIC - CESAR PADILLA, LIAM O'BRIEN, MATTHEW STEDDELMAN AND ALEX BAKER

BAND
ALEX BAKER - DRUMS
KENNETH LEVINE -BASS
LIAM O'BRIEN - KEYBOARDS AND GUITAR
JACK MARTIN - GUITAR
CESAR PADILLA - VOCALS AND GUITAR

GURL I'LL FIND YOUR GRAVE - UNMIXED

A Shadow That Comes From Nothing

Stars Are Insane "Seeing You Again"

Audio recorded by yours truly on 6/3/93 at the Right Track Inn, Freeport, NY.  Track list: Hat Head, Fall In, Binder, Puzzled, Hedge, Turnout, Rode (For Justin), Closet, Pretty Mouth.

Garden Variety - Right Track Inn, Freeport, NY (6/3/93)

Another classic PSA from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Awesome production value, too.

LDS Why? PSA

Joan As Police Woman - The Magic

From Meemo Comma - "Neon Genesis: Soul Into Matter²" out March 19th
https://meemocomma.bandcamp.com/album/neon-genesis-soul-into-matter

On "Neon Genesis: Soul Into Matter²" Meemo Comma (a.k.a. Lara Rix-Martin) takes Kabbalistic text and Jewish prayer and guides them through twinkling ambient synths, breakbeats and cranking industrial noise, full of strange wonder and drama. You can hear soft synths transmuted into choirs of seraphim and moments of occulted dancefloor rapture, from Aramaic chanting and ravey breakbeats to readings from the Zohar. It is quite beautiful at times.

Jewish mysticism is at the root of Western esoteric beliefs and therefore has formed the structure of many films and books that explore the question of humanity. Inspired by the visuals of Evangelion and nineties anime soundtracks such as Ghost In The Shell (and its later Stand Alone Complex series), the new Meemo Comma album is a soundtrack to an imaginary anime that, like its real counterparts (e.g. Full Metal Alchemist), takes the beautiful parts of Kabbalah and sets them to science fiction stories.

When asked about the themes that inform her new album, Lara Rix-Martin says "Judaism is filled with many tales and teachings that prevail in science fiction to this day - whether consciously or not. Sci-Fi is the genre best equipped to explore the immensity and challenges of human experience. Something that Judaism has also been attempting for over three thousand years."

"I watched Ghost in the Shell when I was 14 and it was so striking, visually and sonically.  The soundtrack has acted as a backdrop to explore my Jewish identity. I have been reading the Talmud since last year, discovering a deeper love for Jewish stories and teachings. There are some beautiful, hopeful ideas in Kabbalah too, which were a central inspiration to this album such as the idea that the first human was non-gendered and just this form made up from the qualities of HaShem (God) who performed 'Tzimtzum', contracted their form using their Ein Sof (eternal light) to create 'Adam Kadmon' whose form split into all human souls." 

Lara playfully subheads her album: “In the year 5781 humanity is ever closer to becoming a singular consciousness. A team of humans are forming an android, Adam Kadmon (CODENAME: UNIT KADMON). First, humans have to gain higher consciousness guided by the Sefirot.“ While you don't have to know about these influences to enjoy the music, it stands true that the intention is an irreverent love letter to the way grand myths are birthed into the future through new forms, retaining their beauty and elegance.

LDS Why? PSA

Jake Elliott

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