TAG: Atmosphere

Jan26

Atmosphere give away free LP

Yes, that’s right, those Minnesota dons Ant and Slug are giving away from downloads of Strictly Leakage, an album’s worth of new goodies from Atmosphere.

They’ve also got a new Sad Clown, Bad Winter 11 out right now and they promise a the Apr release of When Life Gives You Lemons, Paint that Shit Gold which is the early leader for best album title in ‘08.

Here’s the message from Slug:

as a way to thank all of our supporters, ant and i have put together this party favor.

it’s called “strictly leakage.” thirteen songs to chase away the winter doldrums.
free and downloadable at either of these links:

Rhymesayers.com (Right Click and Save …

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Jan16

Now Earth’s sure to attract giant space gorillas

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Upon first hearing about this I was sure it was all just a beautiful dream of floating a giant banana over the broad Texas skies, but it seems Canadian artist Cesar Saez and his Geostationary Banana Over Texas project are indeed real.

The plan is to build a 300-meter long banana out of bamboo and nylon, fill it up with helium, stabilize it with a series of gyroscopes and let it wander in the upper atmosphere in the skies over Texas. This million dollar project is actually getting funding from The Canada Council for the Arts, and Saez's team of lawyers don't think any laws prohibit floating something in that part of the atmosphere.

Unfortunately the proposed launch isn't until Aug 2008, so for now there's just the Web site's amusing depictions of …

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