2008 October - Buzinky Blog

Archive for October, 2008

31 Oct 2008

For your optimal listening pleasure, I am going to start building a collection of guitar chords here. Check back often, and suggest your own finds! Some of them are good for fingerpicking, but not necessarily for strumming. Play through them and hopefully you get an inspiration for your next big hit!

No Comments

“L’Eixample” by Near the Parenthesis

In: Music Reviews

29 Oct 2008

4/5 Lush, minimal, vamping electronica
Near the Parenthesis returns just one year after “Of Soft Construction” with another standout electronica album of lush, warm, subtle, and pensive soundscapes. In “L’Eixample,” Tim Arndt sticks even closer to his winning formula. Start with a swirling backdrop of reverberating, reversed, and modulating organs and guitars. Then, built a mild [...]

No Comments
Tags: n5MD, Near the Parenthesis

Warm Coffee

In: Buzinkies| Oddities| Photos

23 Oct 2008

These days are cold. I’m using a mug with a wide base to get maximum surface area on the mug warmer, and with a narrow rim to let less air contact. I also added the glass led from the Teaposy set.
The coffee is actually a freshly roasted Organic, Fair Trade Mexican Chiapas, bought for $5.92/lb [...]

No Comments
Tags: coffee

“From Pale Hands to Weary Skies” by Darshan Ambient

In: Music Reviews

22 Oct 2008

5/5 Lush, Ambient Electronica—Simple and Compelling
This album is as beautiful as it is basic. It seems to be perfect for any time or any place, yet it always conveys the comfort of home. Michael Allison begins each track with a warm synth, builds up a dry beat (on two thirds of the songs), and then [...]

No Comments
Tags: Darshan Ambient

“Isabliss” by Amethystium

In: Music Reviews

22 Oct 2008

5/5 Still the best “New Age” out there—a little brighter this time around
Amethystium has been very high on my list of favorites since the first album, and this one is no disappointment! For the fourth time now, Øystein Ramfjord somehow pulls out of the trite “New Age” genre with something new and truly inspiring. As [...]

(1) Comment
Tags: Amethystium

Creepy Image

In: Oddities| Photos

22 Oct 2008

What the heck is this? I do recall putting that jar of crystalized ginger in there and taking the photo, but the rest of the scenario evades me.

No Comments

Romans 10
God’s Righteousness is Not Ours

In: Spiritual

22 Oct 2008

My heart’s desire and prayer to God for Israel is that they may be saved. For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge. For, being ignorant of the righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness. For Christ [...]

No Comments
Tags: romans

“O Soundtrack My Heart” by Pivot

In: Music Reviews

21 Oct 2008

3.5/5 Outlandish Funky Electronic-minded Progressive Rock?
I’m having a hard time understanding this album. It’s really quite zany! Given that the songs are all over the place, and the main instruments are guitar, drum, and bass-this stuff must be progressive rock. However, there are no vocals, no central motif spanning the album, no extra long songs, [...]

No Comments
Tags: funky, Pivot, prog rock

Romans 9
The Covenant Also is of the Spirit

In: Spiritual

21 Oct 2008

Not all are children of Abraham because they are his offspring, but “Through Isaac shall your offspring be named.” This means that it is not the children of the flesh who are the children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as offspring. (Romans 9:7-8)
In chapter nine, Paul points to several old [...]