In October 2025, The Arcade Orchestra formed to play a tribute concert for New Zealand musician Dean Roberts, who died in 2024. This is the recording of that performance.
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Actually… no. I was being twee. I had no idea there was a Touch Zero. I probably got into them well after you did because you had good taste before I did…
I have T_ZERO_ZERO. It came in an empty envelope
You aged between the photos - you have a gray beard in the second photo. I’ll go on a limb and guess that this was a before and after of you working on that Bryan Ferry record?
So so good. This was my first purchase of 2026. An incredible album
And what an album it is! Incredible!
My first purchase of 2026!
Definitely a highlight album of the year
Is this new? Where did you get this from?
Stop messing with the cat bubba. You know she can’t pick up the key by ear to any of those songs
Please do a US tour with this lineup. Please. I asked Thor too when I last saw him. This just promises to be sublime…
And aren’t you glad you don’t tour America :)
That, admittedly, would be preferable. The closest I got to that was sending unsolicited emails and getting very gracious responses. And in the case of SWANS, following them on tour for 15 years and standing in the same spot in front of the stage every show…
“Someone told me the other day that social media was dying and that we would soon have a dead internet space in which bots spew endless drivel into the void even though humankind has turned its back.”
That made my bleary eyed morning as well (although it has allowed me to connect with my heroes)
“And a great cover”
That and “Trinity” released on the same day made it a very good day indeed. Both are gorgeous records in their different ways
That’s amazing that you spoke with Kenji Kawai. His soundtrack is as legendary as the film itself
You’re 15/10
That’s what I do with “The Disintegration Loops”. Those 4 cds are my companion for every drive to New York and back. And you’re right - it is pretty easy to speed once you settle into the music’s groove. But it’s perfect music for the thousand yard stare of each lonely American highway mile
“Introducing Carl Cocks”. That’s the track
The first track of “My Love” is legendary. It’s pretty much the whole ep
Tim Hecker also released at least his first album under his name on there I believe. Maybe that and an ep? I definitely know “Haunt me” was on there. That was back when he made good records
Follow that with “Ray of Light” for a spooktacular Halloween
“Madonna uses SHURE in-ear monitors”
Loving the Samuel Reinhard cd!
Leave the cat alone bubba
And yet he looked utterly ageless. The ‘99 look was my second favorite look of his after The Thin White Duke
Did I tell you about my experiments reading the lyrics from “La Isla Bonita” to a funky zippo? 🔥
Completely out of the blue and devastating. What a brilliant musician he was. And excellent call on “Strict Tempo”
Funny, I’m listening to “Random Angstrøm Fog” right now this rainy morning