Please enjoy the following small, but choice, selection of music - as featured on the popular blog "Boring Like A Drill." Click on the images to download. Or if you prefer, enjoy original works by Ben.Harper.

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Julie Dawn: Austrian Flame (in English)

Canberra's answer to Bob Dylan crafted the perfect pop anthem saluting flames, and Austrians. Ever versatile, she also recorded it in German - just like Peter Gabriel! Full story here.

(MP3, 3'14", 3.0 MB)

Julie Dawn: Austrian Flame (auf Deutch)

Gruß Gott! Julie Dawn Kemp nach Kanberra hat ein gutes Schallplatten aufgemachen. Sie hören zu ihm und Sie sagen «Ausgezeichnet!». Hier ist die sehr interessant Geschichte.

(MP3, 3'14", 3.0 MB)

Buddy Greco: Like A Rolling Stone

Speaking of Bob Dylan, we've all heard him do this song and think, "Yeah, not bad, but what we really want is a singer who can really belt it out, with a swinging horn section and sexy backing singers!" With a swivel of his hips, Buddy answers your prayers. All of them. Full story here.

(MP3, 6'34", 6.1 MB)

Kenneth Gaburo: Lingua II: Maledetto (excerpt)

The full version of Gaburo's 40-odd minute disquisition on the word "screw" for seven virtuoso speakers is hosted on UbuWeb, but here's a brief taster for the curious. Used to show the influence of Samuel Beckett's writing for stage on Gaburo's vocal music. Full story here.

(MP3, 2'10", 3.6 MB)

Cassette Boy: Rabbits of the World 2

Cassette Boy atones for owning an audio book of The Da Vinci Code by giving us all a precise summary of its contents. Probably off the album Dead Horse. Full story here.

(MP3, 1'00", 1.3 MB)

 

Other MP3s plugged on Boring Like A Drill

 

The 365 Days Project

Also hosted by UbuWeb. 365 audio files that witness madness.

The 365 Days Project, Part II

All new weirdness for 2007, bigger than ever.

NMAtapes: the secret history of music

Shame File Music, bless 'em, are digitising and making available for download or CD-R the complete set of cassettes issued with NMA magazine. Essential listening.

Other Minds Archive

The great and the good of 20th century music, speaking and playing their music in archived radio broadcasts.

UbuWeb

Is it possible to have too much avant-garde excitement all at once, all yours, for free?

 

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