Tag: archives
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Farewell (for now) Brian Johnston
A farewell for Brian Johnston — IReverend Brainskan XIII, doubt-leader, and one of the strangest geniuses around.
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X-ray of the Past and Future
A hang gliding accident at 13, three decades of pain, and what the surgery unexpectedly unlocked.
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Statik 3
Two Appalachian folk songs — personal, melancholic, and the beginning of what became d’ville. [1993]
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Dethkaster
Smashed at a rehearsal, rebuilt with runes — how a broken Telecaster became something better.
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Tascam 234
The 4-track behind the archive, 1987–1993. Hi-fi constraints, no-bounce discipline, cassette secret handshake.
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c’ville box
Full-frame photos shot on a pocket camera in Charlottesville, 1990 — between imagination, journalism, and allegory.
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Boss BX-800 Mixer
Every archive on this site passed through this mixer. The gear behind the recordings — and what it still holds.
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New Waves
New Wave as adolescence, safe house, and punk cousin — and the Simple Minds show that changed everything.
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16:16
A 1991 dark wave EP recorded at a shared address in Charlottesville — where avant-garde and pop trajectories crossed.
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Statik 1
An EP of jazz, gothic undertow, and indie rock collision — in between worlds and not quite ready to leave any of them. [1989]
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Recycle Bin
Stray songs that never found an album. Rescued outtakes spanning decades — ambient, feral. [1986-2011]
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Backwards and Forwards
A fortune cookie in a quiet city. On archives, analog methods, and why looking backward is a running start.
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