Headlock Manufactory

11/06 - 2/12

2012-02-10T16:16:00.000-06:00

headlockmanufactory is dead. long live headlockmanufactory.

for reasons i myself do not fully comprehend, i feel like i have outgrown this, my blog of over six years. it seems that i have submitted to the urge to "reblog" in addition to posting my own stuff, and blogger just isn't the best for reblogging. so i've created a tumblr, which you can find here:

http://flipthebar.tumblr.com/

i started things off by reposting some things i've liked recently. expect more stuff like that, plus hopefully occasional drawings and stuff of my own, as well as possibly posts relating to my impending / already-here profession of librarianship.

i'll just leave this blog standing here idle for "archival" purposes i suppose.

if you've been following this for any amount of time out there in the sightless anonymous electro-void, thanks. i won't be hard to find.

hold tight to nothing.

-matt

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2012-02-02T12:54:00.000-06:00

via tokyo scum brigade

volunteering

2012-01-29T21:49:00.003-06:00

drawn while sitting at a desk in a hallway during the bookless party at the madison public library central branch.

shattrd

2012-01-26T22:11:00.000-06:00

via samehat

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2012-01-21T19:02:00.000-06:00

Terrors - "There's no justice in this world anymore" by Cavelife

leon payne cover.

listen to this and drown yourself in a bucket of your own tears.

stereo

2012-01-18T07:51:00.000-06:00

via skull swap

barf

2011-12-13T23:55:00.000-06:00

via samehat

so should this just be an anime gif tumblr now?

music 2011

2011-11-28T23:49:00.001-06:00

albums

-peaking lights, 936
-africa hitech, 93 million miles & out in the streets (vip)
-rene hell, the terminal symphony
-wet hair, in vogue spirit
-oneohtrix point never, replica
-prurient, bermuda drain & time's arrow
-pete swanson, man with potential
-perfume, jpn
-1958-2009, 1958-2009 (lp)

reissues / repackagings / discoveries / unearthings

-roberto cacciapaglia, the ann steel album
-ghostwriters, objects in mirrors are closer than they appear & music from no man's land
-the other people place, lifestyles of the laptop cafe
-the other people place / mystic tribe a.i., sunday night live at the laptop cafe
-various artists, play that beat mr. raja: selected oddities from the tamil film industry (1984 - 1991)
-sohail rana, khyber mail
-william onyeabor, anything you sow

eps / tapes / singles / downloads

-jeff grace, meek's cutoff original score
-lucky dragons, shape tape
-cuffs, 4 track demos
-tin man, acid test 01
-sfv acid, new west coast
-ceephax acid crew, the unstoppable phax machine
-dmx krew, that was harder than i expected
-kfw, regaining composure / negating freedom
-personable, human disco
-human hands, fatal horizon
-positive shadow tapes
-mark lord tapes
-dust / five mask / lady19 tapes & downloads
-cavelife / crushed velvet rope ladder labels

tracks

-takuya matsumoto, "jump rope music"
-session victim, "good intentions"
-cold cave, "confetti"
-lil b, "motivation"
-asap rocky, "peso"
-chymera, "ellipsis"
-g-side, "im sorry :("
-ital, "ital's theme"
-knee deep, "all about love"
-mount kimbie, "at least (instra:mental remix)"
and all the k/j-pop tracks from a few posts ago. seriously, check those out, they are all incredible.

jkbx

2011-11-22T22:21:00.000-06:00

via samehat

chipps

2011-10-31T20:21:00.000-05:00

via picturebox

madison zinefest 2011

2011-10-17T16:32:00.002-05:00

madison zinefest 2011 swiftly approaches. i was at my practicum at beloit college, and all of these printouts were going to be used as scrap paper., which i thought was nonsense. so i rescued them, and maegan helped me turn them into a clutch of hand-colored / lettered / drawn flyers. no two are the same. i like them.

now they are up around campus, again, thanks to maegan. exclusive. limited ed. holy cow.

zinefest itself is this saturday, the 22nd. find some info here. and here too.

the evening before, on the 21st, there will be an excellent event at project lodge. john porcellino speaking, a ton of rad guys from chicago playing synth jams. it'll be a strange two-headed monster. will i be hoisted by my own petard? come and see! info for that is here.

no zines or minicomics or tapes from me at zinefest, which bums me out. grad school is a killer. i am going to try to make time next semester / over break, make up lost ground.

i don't even care

2011-10-07T01:26:00.000-05:00

(see also: this)

addendum:

nw yrk

2011-08-29T22:40:00.000-05:00

heavy

2011-08-12T23:54:00.000-05:00

holy cow...

"Winsor McCay spoke the saddest and greatest last words of any cartoonist. (Number two is Osamu Tezuka: “I’m begging you, let me work!”) McCay lived to draw; his greatest fear, he often said, was of losing that ability. On a July evening in 1934, the 65-year-old cartoonist called downstairs to his wife, “It’s gone, Mother! Gone, gone, gone!” He had just suffered a stroke that paralyzed his right side. Shortly afterwards, he suffered a second stroke, from which he never recovered."

from the hooded utilitarian poll of greatest comics ever

beautiful and haunting last words on both accounts. beautiful in the sense that these guys loved their work with all their hearts, haunting in the sense that death meant the end of their joy in creation. i sort of wish i had that kind of dedication to a craft, but i am also thankful that my brain is not that obsessive.

i've been thinking of starting a tumblr. should i do that?

this place is full of cobwebs

2011-07-27T00:42:00.000-05:00

music for free on purpose from two of the best in the game. continue sharing, spread far as well as wide.

mark lord, i'm closer thousand

five mask, zero go / network glass

want to post more, always busy. working on class and madison zinefest 2011, want to have a minicomic done before then. don't even know what it will be about. also want to record more music. i can do anything i want. shouting into a void. global stress.

h&l

2011-06-19T15:29:00.002-05:00

prtlnd

2011-06-07T00:20:00.000-05:00

"well, henry, the brain is the sexiest part of the body"

2011-04-30T15:51:00.000-05:00

at all times, and in all places, it should be remembered that wonder showzen is one of the best things.

"my time"

2011-04-25T10:59:00.002-05:00

a.n.

2011-04-13T00:19:00.000-05:00

"In a way, I wonder, why should I bother to invent new characters and situations when I can just steal from the masters and get 2500 years of history and gravity thrown in for nothing? And the thing is, I’m as likely as not to be stealing from them accidentally anyway, so why not just surrender and accept my fate?"

great, substantial interview with anders nilsen over at the nashville review. looking forward to grabbing my copy of the collected big questions.

"dream line up"

2011-04-12T23:59:00.000-05:00

by johnny ryan

no time to post regularly...

2011-04-09T20:02:00.004-05:00

...but there is time to watch videos.

2010: three

2010-12-20T00:45:00.005-06:00

albums

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Infinite Body - Carve Out the Face of My God (Post Present Medium)

Ceephax Acid Crew - United Acid Emirates (Planet Mu) and Psychtapolis EP (WéMè Records)

it's my list, count 'em both.

Owen Pallett - Heartland (Domino)

a concept album whose narrative and ideas seem to unfold more with each listen. smart and challenging while remaining utterly listenable.

The Radio Dept. - Clinging to a Scheme (Labrador)

who else engineers flawless pop tunes the way these swedes do? no one, that's who.

A Sunny Day In Glasgow - Autumn, Again (self-released)

available free (on purpose) for not much longer, go get it!

The Chap - Well Done Europe (Lo Recordings)

Abe Vigoda - Crush (Post Present Medium)

Grasslung - Sincere Void (Root Strata)

Captain Ahab - The Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts (Cock Rock Disco)

also available for free, but indefinitely. The End of Irony, Captain Ahab's studio album from this year is not bad, but the energy on this live recording is pretty infectious, and has a lot of the same tracks as the proper album.

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alright i think that does it. any favorites you care to share? please do.

2010: two

2010-12-18T10:55:00.005-06:00

eps
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Tennis - Baltimore (Underwater Peoples)

Balam Acab - See Birds (Tri Angle)

the only exponent of this whole drag / witch house thing that is actually musically interesting (Salem can jump in a ditch. there, i said it.).

Pale Blue Sky - Shades of Grey (Arbor)

Peaking Lights - Space Primitive (Night People)

there was a version of this on tape too but the vinyl just looks so good (way better than the tape).

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tapes

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Baronic Wall - Traditional Appearance (Goaty Tapes)

jack is already on an entirely different plane from most human beings, and this (along with the Compass Rose tape on Ekhein from this year) is evidence that he is inching ever closer to something really transcendent. melted sci-fi blues bent around in funhouse mirrors. literally unlike any other music being made right now.

everything on Ekhein

everything on Agents of Chaos

just about everything on Jugular Forest

Copper Glove - Dead Space / No Power (Monorail Trespassing)

Perispirit - Abysmal Penetrations (Hospital Productions)

Lussuria - Silk and Honey (Hospital Productions)

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mix

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Bogdan Raczynski - Mix #2

the mixing itself isn't perfect, but that's part of what makes this thing so endearing. lands on plenty of touchstones from the past year but keeps things interesting with disco, reggae, and acid curveballs. dude's personality comes through, for sure.

2010: one

2010-12-15T23:12:00.007-06:00

year end music list time.

some favorite tracks / singles from this past year (not all necessarily released this year)(now with links (where available / applicable)):

Andrea - "Retail Juke"

it figures that now that juke and footwork is worming into the dubstep crowd, the one footwork-type track i really like is not from chicago at all. it is so good though. "You Still Got Me," from earlier in the year, is also a winner.

Nicolas Makelberge - "Dying In Africa (Games Edit)"

a slowed version of this opens up a bleary-eyed mix from games, and it's elegant. the build at the midpoint is killer. usually a simple slow-down edit doesn't mean much to me, but it really works here. the normal-speed original is ace too.

Games - "Midi Drift"

hey, speaking of games...

Ellen Allien - "Pump"

her full length this year didn't do the trick for me but this track hits all the right notes and pulses in all the right places.

Baobinga & Cosmin TRG - "I Get Ruff"

Joe - "Claptrap" and "Level Crossing"

these took a while to grow on me, as i don't typically care for tracks that are essentially just percussion, but the grooves landed on in both tracks are kind of impossible to turn down.

Kyle Hall - "Kaychunk" and "You Know What I Feel"

Richard Wagner - "Vorspiel" from Das Rheingold

Deerhunter - "Helicopter"

Space Opera - "Holy River" and "Over and Over"

Lone - "Pineapple Crush"

1958 - 2009 - II, Side B

yeah that does it for this part. if i have to think about whether or not i should include something too much, i probably shouldn't (and i should probably also get a life).

more soon.