As 2023 came to a close yesterday I realized that I couldn’t remember exactly which year I started Minimum Table Stacks, the blog nor the label. I’ve been fortunate enough to see some of my releases appear in the countless…
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“The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.” —Oscar Wilde…..On s/t LP (2006, Saucerlike Recordings, Australia)
Since I started my own label this past year and I have a bit more of a :ahem: financial interest (investment?) in “the game”, I’ve been paying a little more attention to labels, critics, writers, etc that I probably otherwise…
Better Late Than Never…. Smelly Feet “Smelly Neu Pollution” LP out now
If you’re reading this here you probably have some connection elsewhere to my Instagram/Twitter etc and you already know: What once was my blog is now my record label. Like having a child a little over a year ago: you…
“Wer rastet, der rostet.” (“He who rests, grows rusty.”) – German proverb – Grillhaus s/t LP (PsychForm Records, US, 2004)
Been there, my Russian friend! Needless to say, “music” or “sound” that even seems to be created by and/or for “academics” can be extremely polarizing to even the most open-minded listener. Music/film/art/literature “theory” can be pretty fascinating but it’s probably…
“How would you like a job where when you made a mistake a big red light goes on and 18,000 people boo?” – Jacques Plante… Charles Douglas “The Lives Of Charles Douglas” LP (Broken Horse Records, UK, 2011)
Many many years ago, while discussing the work of producer DJ Premier with strangers in an online music messageboard forum, one of the participants made a point that has stuck with me til this day: Someone said they weren’t fans…
“The trees in Siberia are miles apart. That’s why the dogs are so fast.” – Bob Hope… Уроды Под Водой / Марс 69 split 12″ (Post-Materialization Music / Retrotrasher / Spina!Rec, Russia, 2013)
This afternoon I’d been peeking at the news a little more than usual kinda wondering if our beloved Governor Andrew Cuomo was going to stick his head out of the State House in Albany and announce we’re all being ordered…
“An original idea. That can’t be too hard. The library must be full of them.” – Stephen Fry…..V/A “C86” LP (New Musical Express, 1986, UK)
This month sees the release of “Strum & Thrum: The American Jangle Underground 1983-1987”, a double-LP compilation on Brooklyn indie label Captured Tracks. A limited to 1000 copies colored-vinyl early issue of the set was released a few weeks ago…
“You can be in this business 50 years and still not know anything about it.” -Sammy Davis Jr…. The Lames “Cloth Jacket City ’74-’75” one-sided LP (Negative Records, US, 1993(?))
I was having lunch with my dad yesterday and he asked me, “Hey, I saw some famous professional skateboarder passed away the other day? Did you know who he was?” He was referring to Keith Hufnagel, pro skateboarder and founder…
“We are put on this earth to have a good time. This makes other people feel good. And the cycle continues.” – Wolfman Jack… Capers “Dregs” LP (Förlag För Fri Musik, Sweden, 2018)
I don’t know what took me so long to finally get around to listening to the MERZCAST (now Noisextra) the “noise” podcast hosted by Greh Holger of Chondritic Sound and Tara Connelly and Mike Connelly (Clay Rendering, Hair Police, marriage,…
“I don’t watch the news. I don’t read the papers. I’m not really in touch with society. I was born. I’m here, but I don’t believe any of it.” – Jim Shepard
A few posts back when I reminisced about my first encounter with Pussy Galore and the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion I ended up with the longest post I’ve ever written. I probably spent more time editing and going back to…