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New Year's programme, 2001

Will Bill and the Lost Knobs

Continuing my recent NWW List fun, there's Pekka Airaksinen-- and short note: if your eyes glaze over on a name like that, try typing it out or saying it a few times to help remember it-- anyhow, Airaksinen was a member of Finnish group The Sperm, but eventually struck out on his own with Buddhist-inspired solo work featuring drum machine and electronics. Kandrasuryapradipa is one of my favorite examples so far, and comes from his 1984 album "Buddhas of Golden Light."

I've recently become re-interested in the Nurse With Wound list-- generally called the NWW List-- a list of nearly 300 band names included within Nurse With Wound's 1979 debut album. Although I've heard many of the bands previously, I had never set about listening to each in a guided manner. For the last few days, I've been rectifying this by listening to one entry an evening. Agitation Free's "Malesch" has so far been a highlight. Enjoy!