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This is Lukas Bergstrom's personal weblog. You might want to visit my professional site. You can also find me on Twitter, Bluesky, and LinkedIn.

5/6/11
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I have not forgotten

I am in the office at 6:52 after an all-nighter, the kind where you're playing catch-up and scrambling to meet a deadline. Embarrassing. And I'm listening to UB-40, so doubly embarrassing. But that's not why I decided to write. I decided to write because I just remembered my first and only visit to Parrotfish Records in St. Thomas, USVI. My mom took me because she knew I was a music geek. The color scheme, the decor, the stuff on display, all Jamaican. Not the proprietor, clearly a mainlander, middle-aged and sour-looking. I didn't know much about reggae or dancehall, so I asked for some dub. For my trouble I got a five minute lecture about how nobody in Jamaica listens to that "drug music" any more. And after lecturing me on "drug music" he tries to sell me some dancehall! The record sleeve was probably covered with five-pointed leaves! The fucking nerve!

10/11/07
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"In Rainbows" DRM-free mp3s not exactly audiophile quality

That's "Bodysnatchers". Or maybe the whole album is just compressed to shit.

10/9/07
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Used record stores in LA

I knew about Amoeba and Record Surplus. Apparently I need to check out Freakbeat and Atomic, and Fingerprints if I ever make it down to Long Beach.

7/7/06
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Trade used CDs for an iPod

Sounds like they accept about 75% of what they get sent, so that makes it ~200 CDs per 60 GB video iPod ... hmmm, how much does Amoeba pay per used CD I wonder?

5/10/06
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dealnews - how to go broke saving money
Gadgets, media, etc. Almost what you need, a little earlier than you planned to get it, for a little bit less than you probably would have paid. Basically, irresistible.

3/7/06
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TURNTABLE LAB LOS ANGELES
Before this opened LA didn't have a single decent record store with listening stations. So heeellllls yeah.

4/21/05
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Submerge ::: Detroit Techno
Apparently a lot of the Underground Resistance stuff got repressed recently, but a reliable source says "avoid the dodgy electro records in the 30's of the UR catalogue.".

3/17/05
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KOMPAKT-MP3
The whole back catalog. Everything.

10/19/04
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I Love Music rough guide to...
Holy shit. The thermonuclear version of "five cds to introduce you to [60s bubblegum pop, new orleans brass bands, metal, rave, etc]".

8/11/04
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music to buy

Air France
Metro Area Fabric mix
crammed global soundclash
Sans Soleil s/t
LUOMO - CONVIVIAL
Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom
500 greatest non-album b-sides
school of seven bells - face to face on high places
melchior lp 2007?
minimal house anthems
artist name "sense", and releases on the label "sending orbs"
best of just blaze
reign in blood
alva noto
jazz composers orchestra?
rainforest techno recommendations from vahid here
best dub albums ever
hip-hop: chris rock, wu-tang
UR comps vahid recommends here
vinyl: the sounds of sebring
disco version of star wars theme
best dj mix of 2006, favorite remixes of 2006
grooverider presents hardstep selection ii
scott walker - the drift
spoon - girls can tell
more electrohouse singles
the professionals - i didn't see it coming
all the CDs Tim Finney recommends here
kitsune love
alexander kowalski - response
toktok - tora bora
eskimo iii?
chemical brothers mixes
dj rectangle - vinyl kombat
the fall cover of a day in the life
top 100 dance singles of the 1990s
chains and black exhaust
outside the circle of fire
caetano veloso
renegade soundwave - in dub
mbm - storm the studio
download some of this shit - best remixes of 2005
bill frisell
jali roll and other african musik

7/28/04
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Perspex Sex Remixes - Freeform Five
listen to "Ewan's Hi-NRG mix"

3/30/04
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independance records
getcha grime

3/29/04
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audio lunchbox
Buy full albums as mp3s, no DRM.

1/30/04
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mixtapekings
Hip-hop mixtapes.

1/14/04
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"In December 2003, Warp will make our entire back catalogue and all new releases available as high quality, pay-per-track MP3 downloads.

bleep.com will be the quickest and easiest method of downloading Warp music from the internet. Unlike p2p file sharing (or even iTunes), bleep.com does not require users to install proprietary software to access MP3 downloads. More information to come soon!

As with this site, bleep.com is designed and built by THE DESIGNERS REPUBLIC and KLEBER

AMUSE YOURSELVES UNTIL BLEEP."

update: It's up. Cower, humans.

8/26/03
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ilm on us record stores

"L.A.: I prefer Aron's to Amoeba in many respects. It's less of a headache to shop at, the people seem to know more, and it's often much cheaper. Also, Sea Level in Echo Park is great. Headline on Melrose is good for obscure punk rock. R.I.P.: No Life."

"Also, Record Surplus on Pico Ave, which is great for cheap LPs (they only carry older stuff it seems) and reasonably priced CDs. Also, their 92 cent CD section can be a goldmine. Since the guys who run it seem to know popular music moreso than underground, you can find some steals in that section. Just picked up a copy of the Low and Dirty Three EP there for a buck."

ilm on LA record stores
some weird dude on LA classical