Archive for September, 2008
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
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The self-titled debut album of A Place to Bury Strangers and my favourite album is being reissued on Rocket Girl with five extra tracks.
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Having spent time on the road this year with like-minded acts such as Black Rebel Motorcycle Club and Nine Inch Nails, APTBS has learned to execute its live show with a high level of proficiency and quiet confidence.
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Monday, September 29th, 2008
Barack Obama and Joe Biden were at a rally at University of Mary Washington on Saturday, September, 27, 2008,along with 26,000 of their friends. it was an exciting and uplifting experience to hear them speak and to be with the crowd. we cam on campus a little after 1:00 and the rally was over about 8:30. Beautiful sunshine to start with, a downpour at 5,a time of clearing, and then more rain while Obama was speaking. The rain did nothing to dampen the spirit of the crowd. It really is a thrill to be in the presence of a skilled orator.
Videos of the event
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Monday, September 29th, 2008
A Place to Bury Strangers
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Yeah, yeah, we’ve discussed A Place to Bury Strangers in this space before, but as far as “right now” is concerned, this is my favourite live band. I’ve seen APTBS five times this year and would happily follow the trio, Grateful Dead-style, for at least another five dates if I could earn a living doing so.
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Oliver Ackermann is another musician who creates instruments while also making his own music.
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Friday, September 26th, 2008
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In this second of nine parts focusing on a quick overview of the Python language for experienced programmers, you’ll learn how Python handles data types such as strings, and more. This article is excerpted from chapter four of Python in a Nutshell, Second Edition, written by Alex Martelli (O’Reilly; ISBN: 0596100469). Copyright © 2007 O’Reilly Media, Inc. All rights reserved. Used with permission from the publisher. Available from booksellers or direct from O’Reilly Media.
A Place to Bury Strangers
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Headliners A Place to Bury Strangers come heralded as the “loudest band in New York.” Although last time they were here, their postindustrial shoegaze was no match for the noise complaints of Chop Suey’s fussy neighbor. Here’s hoping they have better luck this time.
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A Place to Bury Strangers Psychedelic, heavy rock trio from Brooklyn, with Sian Alice Group and Japandroids. Biltmore Cabaret, Sept. 25, 9:30 pm, $13.00 advance at Zulu, Scratch, Red Cat.
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Friday, September 26th, 2008
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Wednesday, September 24th, 2008
PHP Web Gallery
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PhpWebGallery is a free and open source software used to present photo collections on your web site.
Mimimal HTML
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I am often surprised by just how many professionally-designed sites are delivered in the form of incomplete HTML documents. To be fair, however, the amount of code required for even an empty HTML document has grown significantly over the years.
A Place to Bury Strangers
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A little oxygen and a stop for some food did the trick and it was back to the clubland of the Visitors Center for the deafening shoegaze of New York’s A Place To Bury Strangers. While the room was packed to the gills at the beginning of the set, little or no lighting except a projector that bathed the entire stage in a strange pulsing glow of light and images combined with the sheer volume was enough to drive many away and before long there was room to move and breath. With time, their ear splitting white noise gave way to a strangely hypnotic psych pop sound that couldn’t help but evoke comparisons to My Bloody Valentine and The Jesus and Mary Chain before everything blended into one and escape to the radio friendly pop of Vampire Weekend was the only cure.
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A Place To Bury Strangers have certainly made a positive and thunderous impression on the music scene. They will be taking to the stage in The Limelight on Monday 1st December.
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the guitarist sure can make his rather beat-up guitar scream. he would violently strum with the whammy bar inside his hand… never really noticed anyone do that before. while airiel were loud and intense, a place to bury strangers varied their sound and made their set much more dynamic
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Strobes and raw noise are almost all I remember from A Place to Bury Stranger’s set. Constant pulsating light and darkness messed with my camera, which if animated, would surely have seeked immediate shelter in a closet or bathroom. With a crowd packed tight in the Heart of the Rock stage, more was felt rather than heard.
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Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008
Testing
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A more accurate title would be “Static Checking vs. Strong Testing”
A Place to Bury Strangers
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Go see these guys when they hit your town and pick up their self-titled disc at any independent record store near you … assuming they are cool enough to carry a band like this. I am still in awe at what I witnessed for just a few minutes that day!
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Midway through the first day of the Monolith music festival I caught up the band that many have called “New York’s Loudest Band,” they are A Place to Bury Strangers and here is what singer/guitarist Oliver Ackermann and bassist Jonathan Smith had to say.
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Monday, September 22nd, 2008
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Head to the Triple Rock for what will surely be one of the loudest shows of the week (year?) as scuzzy rockers A Place to Bury Strangers will bring their noise rock to the West Bank.
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I spotted the drummer from a place to bury strangers before the show and chatted with him on a couple occasions. a very nice gentleman. I also had the pleasure of talking to the lead singer who I also found to be very nice and endearing. so… on to the pics!
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Lead guitarist and vocalist Oliver Ackerman is an unsmiling, intense individual who thoroughly abuses his instrument. I was told by more knowlegable fans in the audience that all his effects pedals are homemade. That he is something of an eletronics innovator when it comes to this sort of thing.
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Sunday, September 21st, 2008
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Unbeknownst to the audience, Ackermann had run a wire under the Atlantic Ocean and plugged his amplifier into CERN’s newly christened particle accelerator — surely, this is the only machine capable of generating the awe-inspiring volumes resonating from the auditory onslaught.
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Saturday, September 20th, 2008Tags: politcal cartoons
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