The Null Device
2000/9/18
Although still technically at war, North and South Korea have begun working on a rail link joining the two countries' capitals. Once that is done, there are plans to connect the line to the Trans-Siberian Railway.
Not that long after A Clockwork Orange returned to British cinema screens, Britain's censors have finally passed another controversial classic, Gerard Damiano's minimalist exploration of embodiment, Deep Throat.
Other than that, not much to blog about today; though (a) I've finally got my CDs out of boxes and mostly into racks, and (b) I'll be glad when the McLympics are over.
I happened to be in the vicinity of PolyEster Records today, and found the eponymous EP by local electronica outfit Down Town Brown (you may have heard their Kraftwerk-esque house track Quantum Funk on community radio or at shows). I picked it up for $12 (the 3RRR subscriber discount came in handy); it has four tracks (including the catchy abovementioned anthem, another track in a similar style and two more experimental pieces). The artwork looks a bit homemade, but that may be the point. In any case, the EP is self-published, and not the product of a huge megacorp; proof that it doesn't take hundreds of thousands of record label advances to create a decent record these days. Anyway, good luck to the lads; and if you see their EP in shops, you may want to give it a listen.